[Lead] Celebrating Día (El día de los niños/El día de los libros) April 30

El día de los niños/El día de los libros, April 30 Dear LEAD NetRoots members and affiliates, El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Day of the Child/Day of the Book) is a celebration based on childhood and literacy that began in 1997. Borrowing from the traditional Mexican holiday "El día de los niños," the American version expanded to include literacy when acclaimed author Pat Mora took up the cause in 1997. A year later, the U.S. Congress officially designated April 30 as "Day of the Child."  This year, our LEAD Partner First Book will be accepting submissions for the Estela and Raúl Mora Award starting 5/2/16.  The award will be limited to school-based and school-led Día celebrations, and the winner will receive $1,000 in resources from the First Book Marketplace. There will also be two honor awards of $500 in First Book Marketplace credit each. We appreciate your help spreading the word and sharing bookjoy!   Saludos y mil gracias por ayudarnos a celebrar el vigésimo aniversario de Día! Enrique G. Murillo, Jr., Ph.D.  Executive Director, LATINO EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY DAYS (LEAD) College of Education  California State University, San Bernardino    Celebrate Día. Spread Bookjoy!  First Book has tons of resources to help you plan an exciting Día  celebration to bring Children's Day, Book Day/El día de los niños, El día de los libros to life in your community this spring. Sign up with First Book today so you can get access to thousands of books and educational resources for your Día celebration!  Here are 5 ways to make this year's celebration extra special: 1. Register As you plan the details of your Día celebration, don't forget to register your event for more information about the Estela and Raúl Mora Award. (This year's winner will receive a $1,000 gift credit to the First Book Marketplace!) 2. Decorate Cover school hallways and doors of classrooms with bookjoy. Make banners featuring the covers of multicultural books and inspirational book quotes.  3. Host a Family Book Carnival Create a book walk instead of a cake walk. Play book bingo using words from a book you read aloud together. Host book trivia with literacy related prizes! 4. Raise funds for brand new books  Have you seen our new, free First Book Fundraising Campaigns? Personalize your page and share with supporters in your community. Keep 100% of the proceeds towards new books! 5. Engage everyone with stories Everyone in your community has a place in your book celebration! Enlist guest readers such as principals, community helpers, and parents. Middle school and high school students can read their favorite books from childhood aloud to younger partners. Early readers can tell their own unique stories through pictures. Questions?   Email - help@firstbook.org  |  Call - (866) READ-NOW    Join or learn more about LEAD activities, events or programs on any of our webpages, social networks, partnerships or education projects  a  nd help promote a broad-based awareness of the crisis in Latino Education and enhance the intellectual, cultural and personal development  of our community's educators, administrators, leaders, parents and students.  Share our links and show your online community  that Latino education is the economic imperative of our time, and the civil rights issue of our generation. LEAD - Latino Education Projects https://www.facebook.com/LEADProjects         https://twitter.com/LEADProjects          http://instagram.com/LEADProjects http://www.youtube.com/user/LEADCSUSB         http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2306496         https://www.snapchat.com/add/leadprojects