Noche de Cuentos 2010

How long has it been since your family has visited your local library?

The LBBC would like to challenge all of our readers to participate this week in the Noche de Cuentos 2010, a family literacy focus program generously supported by the American Library Association as part of ALA President Camila Alire’s Family Literacy Focus Initiative.

Launched by the National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking (also known as REFORMA), Noche de Cuentos will be celebrated March 20-27, 2010 in conjunction with World Storytelling Day, which was observed during the spring equinox on March 20.

According to their press release, "REFORMA invites families from Latino communities across the United States to join the global community in the celebration of World Storytelling Day and gather at their libraries to share stories, songs and experiences from their families, their communities, or their countries."

“REFORMA believes that storytelling and the oral traditions are key in the transmission and preservation of culture, as well as a significant tool in developing literacy skills,” says Loida Garcia-Febo, President of REFORMA. The mission of Noche de Cuentos is to promote and preserve the art of storytelling within our Latino communities in the US. “Our language and our stories bind us together, they make us stronger,” says Garcia-Febo.”
 
We'd like to encourage all of you to plan your own Noche de Cuentos sometime this week. Why not have a little get together at your local library? Or how about inviting your familia and your amigos over for dessert and some good old-fashioned storytelling? If they're anything like mine, I'm sure 'Buelita or Abuelo will be more than happy to share some childhood memories or other tales from their youth. And tus niños are sure to be an attentive audience.