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El día de los niños / El día de los libros (Children's Book Day) |
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Thursday,
April 30 / el 30 de abril, jueves
Brought to you by the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library. All programs are free.
For more information, please call Youth Services: (541) 766-6794.
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Nuestro Canto |
Bring your family to enjoy these events:10 am Special Preschool Storytime presented bilingually by Lincoln School students and Youth Services Librarian, Ruth Rose Hennessey
3:30 pm EastWest Dance Celebration performance with Corvallis Children's Chinese Dance Group
7 pm Nuestro Canto presents their dramatizations of Mexican legend |
El día de los niños/ El día de los libros (Children's
Day/Book Day) has been observed annually on April 30th since 1997.
It is a day created by librarians and educators as a celebration
of childhood and bilingual literacy. It emphasizes the importance
of advocating literacy for every child regardless of linguistic
and cultural background. The celebration is cross-cultural and intergenerational.
In the words of one of the founders of El día de los niños/ El día
de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day), author Pat Mora: "April
30th has become a day for remembering the power of words and books
in the lives of our young people and for honoring all the languages
spoken in the homes of this country. One in five of our school children
comes from a home in which a language other than English is spoken.
By honoring these languages, we celebrate our linguistic and cultural
wealth."
Corvallis-Benton County Public Library Won the 2003 Mora Award!
REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information
Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking, selected the Corvallis-Benton
County Public Library as the winner of the 2003
Estela and Raúl Mora Award promoting participation in the celebration
of Día de los Niños/ Día de los Libros (Day of the Children/ Day
of the Books). The award is donated by writer Pat Mora and her three
siblings in honor of their parents and was established to honor
children, promote bilingual literacy and encourage reading among
all children. The winner will receive $1,000 plus a plaque to be
donated by the Mora grandchildren. The stipend and plaque have been
awarded annually since 2000 to the school, library or community
organization that sponsors the most exemplary celebration. For more information, contact
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, Youth Services Librarian, at 541-766-6489.
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