Pat Mora and El Dia de Los Niños

You may have noticed that Pat Mora is reading at Southside Library on Saturday at 11:15 AM, as part of the El Dia de Los Niños events this weekend. Ms. Mora is known nationwide as a leader in establishing "El Dia" as a celebration in this country, and she presents workshops supporting bilingual education throughout the country. Pat Mora was the recipient of the 2006 National Hispanic Cultural Center Literary Award.

A Santa Fe resident, Ms. Mora is also a good friend of the Santa Fe Public Library. She recently donated a complete set of her books to the Southside Library. Her books encompass picture books for children, poetry for children and adults, non-fiction books, and teacher resource books. Many of her books are published in Spanish and bilingual editions. Her titles include the greatly loved picture book Tomás and the Library Lady, winner of the 1995 Tomas Rivera Award, and Doña Flor : a tall tale about a giant woman with a great big heart. Her most recent publication is Marimba!: Animales from A to Z.

Some of the other titles she donated include:
The Bakery Lady/La Senora de la Panaderia
A Birthday Basket for Tia
This Big Sky
Confetti: Poems for Children
The Desert is My Mother: El Desierto es mi Madre
A Library for Juana: The World of Sor Juana Inez
Love to Mama
Maria Paints the Hills
Pablo's Tree
The Song of Francis and the Animals

Pat Mora has provided a wealth of good reading for Santa Fe. It is through the generosity of many of our authors that the Library can provide the materials so requested by the public.

To learn more about these and other books by Pat Mora see her website.