Día de Muertos 2020

by Library StaffLibrary BlogPosted on Comments are Disabled

By Johanna Ulloa Girón, MSW, Library District Community Services Manager The tension between life and death. The tension of the ticking seconds experienced while becoming something else, something we love even while it leaves us behind. The tension in knowing that life will fade, it will cease to be and become something else, something close …

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Matt de la Peña, Love, and Mirrors and Windows

by Katie AumanBook Recommendations, Library Blog, Library Programs, News, WritingPosted on Comments are Disabled

There’s a concept in teaching and learning that readers, especially children, use books, stories, and the characters they encounter like windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors. It’s an issue of representation – of seeing yourself reflected in the characters you meet – but also seeing the faces and stories of others. When you and your …

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