{"id":32902,"date":"2013-03-14T09:22:32","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T16:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=32902"},"modified":"2013-03-14T15:03:58","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T22:03:58","slug":"palmdale-city-library-receives-dia-de-los-ninos-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/03\/14\/palmdale-city-library-receives-dia-de-los-ninos-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Palmdale City Library receives Dia de los Ni\u00f1os Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Palmdale-city-library.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-27877\" alt=\"Palmdale city library\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Palmdale-city-library-1024x680.jpg\" width=\"644\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Palmdale-city-library-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Palmdale-city-library-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Palmdale-city-library.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a> PALMDALE \u2013 The Palmdale City Library recently received a $5,000 grant from the\u00a0Association of Library Services for Children (ALSC) to create a book club in celebration of Dia de los Ni\u00f1os entitled \u201cLeamos Palmdale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Association of Library Services for Children is a division of the American Library Association.\u00a0 This grant was awarded to only six libraries nationally in the Palmdale City Library\u2019s size category.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Dia-de-los-Ni\u00f1os-Grant.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-32904\" alt=\"Dia de los Ni\u00f1os Grant\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Dia-de-los-Ni\u00f1os-Grant-300x188.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Dia-de-los-Ni\u00f1os-Grant-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Dia-de-los-Ni\u00f1os-Grant-80x50.jpg 80w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Dia-de-los-Ni\u00f1os-Grant.jpg 796w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This grant will create a series of programs to promote a love of books and reading to multicultural children, and stimulate discussions of family and community heritage and values using the following four books:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Where the Mountain Meets<\/i> <em>the Moon<\/em> by Grace Lin,<\/li>\n<li><i>Mi Abuelita<\/i> by Tony Johnston,<\/li>\n<li><i>Esperanza Rising<\/i> by Pam Mu\u00f1oz Ryan, and<\/li>\n<li><i>\u00a0I Too Am America<\/i> by Langston Hughes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each of these books will be provided free to participants while supplies last.\u00a0 The first of these programs, discussing <i>Mi Abuelita<\/i>, will take place on April 6 in the Lilac Room of the Chimbole Cultural Center.<\/p>\n<p>El d\u00eda de los ni\u00f1os\/El d\u00eda de los libros (Children&#8217;s Day\/Book Day), is a celebration of children, families, and reading that culminates yearly on April 30. The celebration emphasizes the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>As celebrated by libraries and librarians, D\u00eda is an enhancement of Children\u2019s Day, a celebration which took hold in 1925 following the World Conference for the Well-being of Children in Geneva, Switzerland as a day to bring attention to the importance and well-being of children. Each country selected its own day for the celebration with Mexico and many other Latin American countries choosing April 30.<\/p>\n<p>In March 1996, author Pat Mora learned about the holiday being celebrated in Mexico. She proposed linking Children&#8217;s Day, the celebration of childhood and children, with literacy and bilingualism, creating a new holiday: El d\u00eda de los ni\u00f1os\/El d\u00eda de los libros.<\/p>\n<p>The Palmdale City Library is open seven days a week. Hours of operation are Monday through Thursday from 10 am to 8 pm; Friday and Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm; and Sunday from 1 to 5 pm.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call the Palmdale City Library at 661-267-5600 or TDD 267-5167, or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofpalmdale.org\/library\" target=\"_blank\">www.cityofpalmdale.org\/library<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Information via press release from the City of Palmdale.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE \u2013 The Palmdale City Library recently received a $5,000 grant from the\u00a0Association of Library Services for Children (ALSC) to create a book club in celebration of Dia de los Ni\u00f1os entitled \u201cLeamos Palmdale.\u201d The Association of Library Services for Children is a division of the American Library Association.\u00a0 This grant was awarded to only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32902"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}