National Library Events

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April 30th marks the 12th anniversary of the national El día de los
niños/El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day) celebration,
also known as Día, and libraries across the country will host Día
celebrations with family programs including bilingual story hours,
book giveaways, and other literacy events. This year, through the
generosity of Nickelodeon®, Dora the Explorertm will support Día as
its first ever spokescharacter. Dora can be found in libraries
throughout the country posing for a special bilingual poster and
bookmark that encourage children to "Celebrate Books!" (Celebremos
los libros!)...
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Gaming @ your library Day: One Game, One Time, Many Players
Friday April 18th is Gaming @ your library Day. As one part of that
day, the Games and Gaming Members Initiative Group (MIG) and the ALA
are encouraging people across the country to play the same board game
at the same time: "Ticket to Ride", at 7PM Eastern/6PM Central/5PM
Mountain/4PM Pacific. Designed by Alan R. Moon, and published by Days
of Wonder, "Ticket to Ride" is an excellent example of the new
generation of board games...
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In Celebration of National Library Week
"One might hear this week how we celebrate libraries because they
house national treasures-e. g., knowledge, history, creativity, and
equal accessibility. But I celebrate libraries for very personal
reasons," writes author and professor BJ Ward. Read his memories of
libraries from his youth...
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Celebrate Poem in Your Pocket Day
April 17 is the first national Poem In Your Pocket Day, created by
the Academy of American Poets to help us celebrate April as National
Poetry Month. Poem in Your Pocket Day encourages us all to pick our
most favorite poems and carry them with us to share with our family
and friends. The Academy suggests several clever ways to take our
poems along with us, including handwriting some lines on the back of
our business cards, adding a poem to our e-mail footers, posting a
poem on our blog or social networking page, and texting a poem to our
friends...
http://link. ixs1.net/ s/lt?id=i413440& si=a194642190& pc=95&ei= x197825