Resources for Families

America Reads: Families - What Your Can Do
http://www2.ed.gov/inits/americareads/families_cando.html

Tips and strategies on how to encourage early literacy skills.
El dia de los libros/El dia de los libros: Many children, many cultures, many books!
http://dia.ala.org/

El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day), is a celebration every day of children, families, and reading that culminates yearly on April 30. The celebration emphasizes the importance of advocating literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/ecrr/resourcesab/braindevelopmentearlylit...

Books, videos, and websites on brain development and early literacy.

American Indian Youth Literature Awards
http://ailanet.org/activities/youthlitaward.htm

The children's book award was created as a way to identify and honor the very best writing and illustrations by and about American Indians. Awards given for picture book, middle school and young adult.
American Indians in Children's Literature
http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/

Blog written by Debbie Reese (Nambe Pueblo) who reviews and discusses books written by Native authors that provides children with accurate information about American Indians.
Techniques for evaluating American Indian web sites
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~ecubbins/webcrit.html

Informative site created by AILA member Elaine Cubbins.

Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) Literature Awards
http://www.apalaweb.org/awards/awards.htm

Annual book awards that honor and recognize individual works about Asian/Pacific Americans and their heritage, based on literary and artistic merit. Awards given out for picture book, youth literature, and young adult literature.
Children's and YA Books with Asian American Themes
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/diversity/asian_am/asian_am.htm...

Fantastic website by best-selling author Cynthia Leitech Smith, featuring bibliographies of selected books on Japanese Americans, Chinese Americans, Korean Americas, as well as multicultural, multiracial, and interracial themes.

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