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Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros — San Francisco Sunday, April 24th, 2005
1:00-4:00 PM
Dolores Park (Dolores St. @ 20th)
San Francisco
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

(In case of rain the event will be held at San Francisco Bahá'í Center, 170 Valencia Street @ Duboce. For additional information call 415-575-3535 x 14)

Please join us for an afternoon of children and books, featuring multicultural music, dance, storytelling, art activities, and a BOOK GIVE AWAY!

Live performances by:
Abada Capoeria, Chinese Dance Group, and The Murphy Irish Dancers

Storytelling performances by:
Jaime Riascos, Mary Norris, and Tureeda Mikell

Activities provided by:
ArtSpan, Asian Art Museum, Bay Area Discovery Museum, KQED, Mexican Museum, Nuestros Niños, San Francisco Center for the Book, and Zeum

Emcee:
Dr. Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne, radio host of Nuestros Niños

Don't miss the Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros events at the San Francisco Public Library:

Saturday, April 9, 2005
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Mission Branch, 300 Bartlett Street, 415-355-2828
Join artist Elizabeth Gómez, illustrator of Moony Luna / Luna, Lunita Lunera, for a children’s art activity.

Wednesday, April 13, 2005
10:30 - 11:30 AM
Fisher Children's Center, 2nd Floor
Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, 415-557-4554
Join author and poet Tony Robles as he reads from his English / Tagalog children’s book Lakas and the Manilatown Fish / Si Lakas at ang Isdang Manilatown.

Saturday, April 16, 2005
2:00-3:00 PM
Fisher Children's Center, 2nd Floor
Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, 415-557-4554
Join author Rigoberto González and artist Cecilia Álvarez as they read from their new English/Spanish children's book, Antonio’s Card / La Tarjeta de Antonio.

Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros — San Francisco is a collaboration of ArtSpan, Bay Area Discovery Museum, Children's Book Press, KQED, Mission Learning Center, Nuestros Niños, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco State University's Jumpstart Program, and the University of San Francisco.

Sponsored in part by Ashbury Children’s Foundation, Junior League of San Francisco, Wells Fargo Foundation, Latino Community Foundation, San Francisco Youth Fund, St. Francis Foundation, and the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund.