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CHICAGO — The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½), has announced the release of the Día Family Book Club Curriculum. As an extension of El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day), commonly known as Día, the Día Family Book Club is a reading program that engages children and families in the shared reading and discussion of contemporary children’s literature that reflects our common plurality.

“The Día initiative is a daily commitment to linking children and their families to diverse books, languages and cultures,” said ALSC President Starr LaTronica. “This great resource by children’s librarians and for children’s librarians will allow libraries across the country to do just that.”

All lesson plans are available to download and print for free through the . The Día Family Book Club Toolkit is also available; released in 2013 this toolkit takes librarians wishing to create a program through the step by step process.

Lesson plans for the Día Family Book Club Curriculum were created by Sherry Bridges, masters student, the School of Library & Information Studies at the University of Alabama; Oralia Garza de Cortes, consultant, Latino Children’s Books; Jamie Holcomb, masters student, the School of Library & Information Studies at the University of Alabama; Jamie C. Naidoo, PhD, associate professor at the University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies; Jenna Nemec-Loise, children’s librarian, Chicago Public Library; Lessa Pelayo-Lozada, children’s librarian, Glendale Library, Arts & Culture. The curriculum was created through the Everyone Reads @ your Library grant funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation.

Additional resources including booklists, coloring and activity sheets, and Día posters are also available online. For more information please visit .

About ALSC

ALSC, a division of the 91´«Ã½, is the world’s largest organization dedicated to the support and enhancement of library service to children. With a network of more than 4,000 children’s and youth librarians, literature experts, publishers and educational faculty, ALSC is committed to creating a better future for children through libraries. To learn more about ALSC visit .



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