Every Child Ready To Read At Your Library

ALSC and the Public Library Association (PLA) are working together on an early literacy initiative to prepare librarians to help children start school ready to learn. ALSC and PLA have incorporated the latest research in early literacy and brain development into a series of parent and caregiver workshops to provide libraries with vital tools to help prepare parents for their critical role as their child's first teacher. These tools were developed by Dr. Grover C. Whitehurst and Dr. Christopher Lonigan, well-known researchers in emergent literacy, and have been tested and refined by library demonstration sites around the country.

El día de los niños/El día de los libros: a celebration of children, families, and reading is held annually on April 30.

The celebration, held annually on April 30, emphasizes the importance of advocating literacy for every child regardless of linguistic and cultural background. Through a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Association for Library Service for Children (ALSC) continues to increase public awareness of this event in libraries throughout the country. ALSC continues to collaborate on this effort with the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA).

El 30 de abril es una fecha muy significativa para los niños. Se celebra el día de los niños y de los libros. Esta celebración se conoce como El día de los niños/ El día de los libros, y celebra la alegría y las maravillas de la infancia y la importancia de los libros en nuestra vida.

El incluir libros en esta festividad permite que las familias empiecen a adquirir nuevos hábitos que desarrollen en los niños el amor por los libros y por la lectura. Leer cuentos a los niños al menos veinte minutos al día puede convertirse en una tradición familiar. Los niños disfrutarán esta experiencia y crecerán amando y valorando los libros.