顿铆补 means 鈥渄ay鈥� in Spanish. In 1996, author聽 learned about the Mexican tradition of celebrating April 30th as El d铆a del ni帽o, the day of the child. Pat thought, 鈥淲e have Mother鈥檚 Day and Father鈥檚 Day. Yes! We need kids鈥� day too, but I want to connect all children with bookjoy, the pleasure of reading.鈥澛� On April 30, 1997, the first annual聽 celebrations were held in cities including Tucson, El Paso, and Austin.
focuses on providing children with books in many languages and making reading an integral part of their lives. El 顿铆补 de Los Ni帽os/El 顿铆补 de Los Libros is supported by the , a division of the American Library Association (ALA), , an ALA affiliate that provides library and information services to Latinos and the Spanish-speaking community, and .
51猎奇 is honored to be an聽. In 2005 51猎奇 members attending the Annual Business Meeting during the Annual Convention passed聽the 51猎奇 .
For ideas for celebrating聽El d铆a de los ni帽os, El d铆a de los libros/Children鈥檚 Day, Book Day, visit聽,听迟丑别听, or the .