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		<title>Pat Mora&#8217;s Bookjoy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pat Mora, one of my favorite authors has entered the wonderful world of blogging.  Her Bookjoy Blog is all about finding the joy in books.  She&#8217;s hoping that we all contribute and commenhttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gift on ideas for El día de los niños.  What gives you bookjoy?  Visit Pat often at   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uncle Nacho’s Hat/El sombrero del Tío Nacho</title>
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Uncle Nacho’s Hat/El sombrero del Tío NachoAdapted by Harriet RohmerIllustrations by Mira ReisbergPublisher:  Children&#8217;s Book PressISBN-10:  089239112XISBN-13:  978-0892391127
Uncle Nacho’s Hat is a delightful and colorful fable adapting to change, which was originally a Nicaraguan folktale.  I’m always happy when someone as talented as Harriet Rohmer breathes life into an old tale [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poetry Friday &#8211; Poetry Meets Animation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The tale of how the ³Poetry Everywhere² project came to be may seem like aseries of happy coincidences, but executive producers Liam Callanan and BradLichtenstein emphasize that the key to making this ³poetry cinema² a realityis the outstanding talent of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students.
April is National Poetry Month. Beginning in late April/early May 2008, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Save the Tacos!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok Gente,
It&#8217;s not books, reviews or anything literary &#8211; I just want to save the Taco Trucks and street vendors (mmmm esquites).  Sign the petition and I&#8217;ll love you forever.

    
    
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		<title>Las Comadres and El día de los niños</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My comadres over at Las Comadres Para Las Americas have sent the following email about a very important teleconference. 
To learn more about Las Comadres please click here.
Queridas comadres&#8230;it&#8217;s TELECONFERENCE TIME! ToRegister&#8230;
http://www.lascomadres.org/home_e/events/teleconference7.html
We ask that you consider purchasing the children&#8217;sbook we selected for April and donating it to anelementary school in your area.
In celebration of El [...]]]></description>
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		<title>El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Dia) (Children&#8217;s Day/Book Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In celebration of the Association for Library Service to Children&#8217;s (ALSC) national initiative, El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Dia) (Children&#8217;s Day/Book Day), First Book is offering librarians the opportunity to receive new bilingual books for free or at deeply discounted prices, to share with the low-income families you serve.  Check [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poetry Friday Hosting &#8211; Almost Caught Unaware</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow!  What a month I&#8217;ve had!  I&#8217;ve been so busy with work and other things; my granddaughter Jasmine turned 5 (was just a second ago she was a tiny bit of a baby, my first granddaughter after all those boys); Adriana Dominguez is now contributing for Cuentecitos (welcome again!); I&#8217;ve gone and joined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10th Annual Walk for Cesar Chavez</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be there, will you?  Register here.
Join thousands in continuing the call for social justice by participating in the 10th Annual CESAR CHAVEZ WALK
Walk alongside Chavez family members, students, elected officials, celebrities, and community members and celebrate Cesar Chavez Day 2008.    Walk sponsors include Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children&#8217;s Day/Book Day)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may or may not be aware of El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Book Day/Children’s Day). If you’re Latino, it may remind you of El día del niño that is celebrated in your country of origin. That’s what it reminded me of when I first learned about it. The difference between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuentecitos Interviews and Welcomes Adriana Dominguez</title>
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Last year at Book Expo America, I had the great pleasure of meeting the very gracious Adriana Dominguez, Executive Editor at HarperCollins Children’s Books and Rayo.  In the months after that meeting, we’ve corresponded many times about Latino children’s literature and I’ve been impressed both by her warmth and expertise.
Adriana Dominguez is an Executive [...]]]></description>
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