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Let's all celebrate Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros (Childrens Day, Books Day)
The Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County (PLCMC) will present Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros, an event that will take place Saturday, April 25 at 10 a.m. at ImaginOn located at 300 E. 7th Street. This annual celebration is an opportunity to promote literacy, and also to link children with books, languages and cultures.
This year’s special guest will be author and illustrator Arthur Dorros. His work includes 24 books, one of them “Abuela”, a book that received the Parent’s Choice Award. Dorros will be available to meet children and families who attend the event at ImaginOn.
PLCMC has planned a great assortment of activities for the Día celebration. Families will have the opportunity to enjoy the event at ImaginOn, or at their favorite neighborhood library. The activities include a showcase of crafts from around the world, dances, family workshops, storytelling and more.
The schedule for ImaginOn:
Meet the author and illustrator Arthur Dorros. Attend family workshops.
10 a.m. Crafts from around the world
1 p.m. Meet Dora the Explorer and Diego! Also dances from around the world, a proclamation and more.
3 p.m. Karate, storytelling and Zumba workshops.
Children and families can also enjoy a great variety of activities close to home.
Día Highlights at the branches:
Native American stories and crafts at Carmel
International food sampling at Scaleybark
Mesoamerican art/culture and mask-making at North County
Enjoy Rocío Gonzalez, a native of Colombia, as she shares Latin American stories and songs
Cinderella stories from around the world at West Boulevard
What names mean in different languages at Belmont Center
Bilingual stories and dance at Beatties Ford Road
Carnivale! Featuring crafts and games from many cultures at South County
Learn how to make a piñata at Sugar Creek
For more details and a complete list of Día activities, visit www.plcmc.org/dia
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Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros is a very successful event that PLCMC has celebrated since 1998. The Library has promoted Día state-wide with Pat Mora, author and founder of the national event. This celebration has experienced great growth and expansion. It began as a storytelling celebration, and today, it is an impactful community cultural celebration. This is a wonderful, low cost way for children and families to celebrate.
Since its founding in 1903 as a Carnegie Free Library, PLCMC has provided community service and outreach to the citizens of the Charlotte area. One of the premier libraries in the country, PLCMC has been recognized as a “Five Star” library in a national index of public library service from Library Journal and was named winner of the 2006 National Award for Library Service. The library sponsors a variety of community-based programs, from computer and Internet workshops to the award-winning Novello Festival of Reading, a celebration of the joys of reading and learning. With 24 locations, 1.4 million volumes, 79,000 DVDs, CDs and audiobooks, and a vast selection of titles available to download from the library’s web site, PLCMC is dedicated to its mission of expanding minds, empowering individuals and enriching the community.
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