MEDIA ADVISORY, For Immediate Release: March 13, 2007
Contact: Lori Low, Children’s Book Press
415-821-3080 x13, llow@childrensbookpress.org

San Francisco Celebrates Día de los Niños,
Día de los Libros
Annual Festival Promotes Community Involvement in Literacy

WHAT:
Community celebration honoring children, families, and reading. Free and open to the public, “Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros, San Francisco” offers interactive art activities and live multicultural music, dance, and storytelling. A book give-away provides each child with his or her own book.

WHEN:
Sunday, April 29, 2007
1:00-4:00 pm

WHERE:
Mission Dolores Park (Dolores St. @ 20th), San Francisco, CA
For general information or in case of rain call 415-575-3535 x14 for alternate location.

STAGE PROGRAM:
MC: Dr. Marisol Munoz-Kiehne, Host of “Nuestros Ninos” on 98.1 KISS-FM
MC: Rona Renner, Executive Director & “Childhood Matters” Host on La Kalle 100.7-105.7FM and KLOK 1170AM
12:40-1:05 San Francisco Circus Center’s Youth Circus
1:15-1:45 Nick Barone Puppets “Tales from the Enchanted Forest”
2:00-2:30 Missia Saran Diabate, music and dance from Guinea
2:40-3:20 Golden Thread Fairytale Ensemble, traditional Iranian storytelling with folk music
3:20-4:00 Taiko Ren, Taiko drumming

ACTIVITIES
Interactive art activities such as “Fishing for Letters” and Milagro making will be provided by: Bay Area Discovery Museum, KQED Early Learning, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, Nuestros Ninos, Our Family, Precita Eyes Mural, SCRAP-Scroungers’ Center for Reusable Art Parts, SF Children’s Art Center, SF Recreation & Park, SFSU Jump Start, Tree Frog Trek, and ZEUM.

ABOUT DIA
“Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros” (Children’s Day/Book Day) is celebrated in cities and towns across the country, and emphasizes the importance of advocating literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds. San Francisco’s annual Día began in 1999, after the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution declaring April 30th as “El Día de los Niños—Celebrating Young Americans.” Since then, Día has grown dramatically, with close to 1,000 participants in San Francisco alone.

HOSTS & SPONSORS
“Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros, San Francisco” is a collaboration of Bay Area nonprofits and community organizations that are committed to literacy and education: Bay Area Discovery Museum, Children’s Book Press, Childhood Matters, KQED Early Learning, Mayor’s Office of Community Development, Mission Learning Center, Nuestros Niños, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, and San Francisco State University’s Jumpstart Program

Sponsored in part by Ashbury Children's Foundation, City National Bank, Latino Community Foundation, Mariuccia Iaconi Book Imports, Target, and Wells Fargo