Resources for Día de Los Niños / Día de Los Libros

Idaho Commission for Libraries Resources

Building Bridges Display
A traveling tabletop display includes 60+ review copies of the best children's multicultural literature from birth to middle school, including some Spanish/English bilingual books. The display may be reserved for two weeks and will be shipped free of charge to Idaho libraries, schools, and other organizations working with families. For more information visit the web site at: http://libraries.idaho.gov/node/390

Bilingual Support Materials: The State Commission provides free Spanish/English bilingual support materials for Idaho libraries, schools, and organizations who work with families.

• Information on early brain development

• Spanish language nursery rhyme booklet

• Spanish language Great Books for Young Children bookmarks - set of 4 (babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and school age).

Quantities are limited to supplies on hand. See our order form. Library Materials: Visit our online catalog at http://libraries.idaho.gov/online-catalog to interlibrary loan the following library materials:

• 25 Latino Craft Projects: Celebrating Culture in Your Library by Ana-Elba Pavon and Diana Borrego. (on order)

Public Awareness Handbook

Idaho's El Día de los Niños Public Awareness Handbook http://www.gccfc.idaho.gov/documents/dayofthechildhandbook.pdf
Visit the Governor's Coordinating Council of Children and Families web site for this free downloadable resource.

Web Sites

Go to links for :

• El Día de los Niños
• Multicultural Literature and Book Lists
• Resources for Librarians and Teachers
• Resources for Parents and Caregivers

El Día de los Niños

• El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros (Texas) www.texasdia.org
  Sponsored by the Texas Library Association with a grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, the site has a wealth of materials, program ideas created specifically for El Día de los Niños.

• Graphics for bookmarks, border graphics, and logo www.texasdia.org/dia_art.html
  Created by the Texas Library Association, these may be used for educational purposes as long as credit is given to the Texas Library Association and artist Jane Tenorio-Coscarelli.

• National Latino Children's Institute www.nlci.org/
  The only national Latino organization that focuses exclusively on children launched the nationwide El Día de los Niños initiative. Their website contains a resolution, a handbook for celebrating the holiday, a press kit, and a list of national celebration locations.

• Texas State Library www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/projects/ninos
  Texas libraries have been in the forefront of celebrating El Día de los Niños. This site has ideas for celebration activities; graphics for bookmarks; songs, rhymes, and games; a bilingual program guide; booklists and other resources.

Multicultural Literature and Hispanic Book Lists

• Americas Award www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS/outreach/americas.html
  This award is sponsored by the national Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP). It is given in recognition of U. S. works of fiction, poetry, folklore, or selected non-fiction that authentically portrays Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the U. S.

• Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents. www.csusm.edu/csb/
  Sponsored by California State University, San Marcos. Isabel Schon, Director, is author of numerous books on selecting Spanish-language materials, as well as a regular contributor to review journals.

• "Criteria for Evaluating Multicultural Literature" www.pages.drexel.edu/~dea22/multicultural.html
  Created by Drexel University Professor Denise Agosto, 2002. Concise assessment criteria are based on "accuracy, expertise, respect, purpose, and quality."

• Multicultural Children's Literature www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/educatrs/presrvce/pe3lk28.htm
  The North Central Regional Educational Laboratory's site has links to multicultural literature web sites.

• Pura Belpré Award www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/belpremedal/belprmedal.htm
  This award, established in 1996 by the American Library Association, is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.

• "Selecting Hispanic Books: Hispanic Bibliography Central & South America: Hispanic Americans" http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/mulhispbib.htm
  Hosted by the Internet School Library Media Center.

• Small Presses Owned and Operated By People of Color http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/pclist.htm
  A list compiled by the Cooperative Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award http://www.education.txstate.edu/departments/Tomas-Rivera-Book-Award-Project-Link.html
  This award is given annually to the author/illustrator of the most distinguished book for children and young adults that authentically reflects the lives and experiences of Mexican Americans in the United States. It was established in 1995 by the College of Education at Texas State University–San Marcos.

• Vandergrift's Children's Literature Page www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/ChildrenLit
  This web site created by Kay E. Vandergrift, Professor of Communication, Information and Library Studies at Rutgers University, has a wealth of information about children's literature, including multicultural literature and booklists for various cultural groups.

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Resources for Librarians, Educators and Other Professionals working with families

• The Librarians' Tool Kit winslo.state.oh.us/services/LPD/tk_latino.html
  Created by the Ohio State Library, an excellent and comprehensive resource for information on serving the Latino population.

Resources for Parents and Cargivers

• How to Help Your Child Read and Write - Babies and Toddlers www.ed.gov/Family/RWN/Actividades97/early.html

• How to Help Your Child Read and Write - Preschool to Second Grade
  www.ed.gov/Family/RWN/Actividades97/begin.html
  America Reads archived pages have family literacy activities in Spanish.

• Colorín colorado! www.colorincolorado.org
  Information, activities and advice about reading for Spanish-speaking parents. Produced by Reading Rockets, a service of WETA, the flagship public broadcasting station in the nation's capitol. The page may be access in English or Spanish.

• Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans www.yic.gov
  Spanish language version www.yosipuedo.gov/
  The White House's Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans makes numerous early literacy documents for parents available online.

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