Día de los Niños Día de los Libros

Donie GignacValencia Branch LibraryPatricia Montiel Overall

University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona

History of El Día de los Niños/El Día de

los Libros In 1996, Pat Mora met with REFORMA Tucson Chapter.

First Día programs held in El Paso, Santa Fe and Tucson in April 1997.

1997-Tucson Program - Public librarians visited 3 elementary schools whose librarians were REFORMA members to promote the first Día.

REFORMA purchased bookmarks to distribute to all students at the 3 elementary schools and attendees at the public library program to come.

1st Tucson Public Library Día program Held at the South Tucson Branch Library

in collaboration with City of South Tucson Police and Fire Departments and Pima County Parks and Rec.

Library Staff performed a puppet show.

Police and Fire Departments broughtfire trucks and police cars.

Parks and Rec. provided face painting.

PCPL Día Programs

Started small - one location for several years.- Rotated at one branch for 3 yrs.- Main Library for 3 yrs .

Has grown to 21 branches in 2008.

Anticipated to expand to all branches soon.

Funding provided by Friends of PCPL.- $3,600.00 allotted for 2008

REFORMA/Tucson Chapter - incentives

Publicity Flyers/Bookmarks

Press Release

Website

Bear Essentials Newspaper

Local NewspaperArizona Daily Star

Downtown Alliance Newsletter

Local Authors

Susan LowellThe Three Little Javelinas

Jennifer J. StewartClose Encounters of a

Third World Kind

Local Presenters

MegaScience Meg

James ReidJuggler Extraordinaire

Gwen RayHanuman Puppet Theatre

Library Staff Presentations

Special Día Storytimes

Puppet Shows

Teddy Bear Picnic

Storytelling

Multicultural Program

Cultural Competence Frameworkfrom Montiel-Overall, P. (2008)

Collaborations

REFORMA/Tucson Chapter

Friends of PCPL

Phoenix Theatre Academy/ OneBook Arizona for Kids

Downtown Alliance

MAKE WAY FOR BOOKS

Partnerships Schools High School/College Service Clubs Parks and Recreation Police/Sheriff/Fire Departments Literacy Organizations Book Stores/Vendors/Local Publishers REFORMA chapters YMCA - Healthy Kids Day, April 12th

Local Businesses – food, give-aways Official Sponsors – Target, etc.

Día Inspired Programs

Story Town – Collaborative programwith MAKE WAY FOR BOOKS

Nuestras Raíces

Multicultural Programs

Harry Potter Parties

STORY TOWNSTORY TOWN

Mayor Ramona Grijalva

Nuestras RaícesNuestras Raíces

Harry Potter Parties

Entertainment

Batucaxé

Capoeira

Multicultural Programming

Cultural competence demonstrated in these programs:

A proposed continuum from Montiel-Overall, P. (2008).

Día WebsitesDía Websites

www.patmora.com

http://www.reforma.org/Dia.htm

http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alsc.cfmclick on Día de los Niños

References:

Montiel-Overall, P. (2008). “Cultural Competence in Collaborative Teaching Between Teachers and Librarians”

presented at the Annual Conference of the International Association of School

Librarianship, Taipai, Taiwan, July 20, 2007.