Thursday, December 15, 2022
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
2022-2023 Read Across America Calendar
Each month, we feature three books—one each for young, middle grade, and young adult readers—that explore a topic related to diversity and inclusion. Check out the calendar below to see what's in store!
Activate Inner Strengths
Characters in these books can show students how to look within, recognize the gifts they have, and appreciate who they are.
Monday, December 12, 2022
Luminarias or Farolitos "NM True & Tour"
NEW MEXICO TRUE
LUMINARIAS WHAT ARE LUMINARIAS? The glowing brown sacks that adorn Albuquerque walkways, churches and homes each holiday season are called luminarias and date back more than 300 years. The New Mexican tradition began when the Spanish villages along the Rio Grande displayed the unique and easy to make Christmas lanterns, called luminarias to welcome the Christ child into the world. A traditional luminaria is a brown paper bag, which has been folded at the top, filled will a couple cups of sand and a votive candle. ALBUQUERQUE'S LUMINARIA TOUR If you visit Albuquerque in December, you'll experience the Old Town Plaza's annual Luminaria Tour where hundreds of people walk into the cool night and wander through the golden glow of more than a thousand twinkling paper lanterns. There is also an annual Luminaria Bus Tour each year on Christmas Eve. To explore other holiday traditions in Albuquerque, visit our Winter Holiday page. Luminarias THE HISTORY OF LUMINARIAS Luminarias have not always been made out of paper bags, the early versions were actually small bonfires of crisscrossed piñon branches which were built in three-foot high squares. When colored paper was brought over from Asia years later, luminarias became what they are today. Instead of making lanterns that would hang in a tree or from a roof, which would become damaged by the wind, small bags were made and placed on the ground, rooftops and along pathways.
LUMINARIAS WHAT ARE LUMINARIAS? The glowing brown sacks that adorn Albuquerque walkways, churches and homes each holiday season are called luminarias and date back more than 300 years. The New Mexican tradition began when the Spanish villages along the Rio Grande displayed the unique and easy to make Christmas lanterns, called luminarias to welcome the Christ child into the world. A traditional luminaria is a brown paper bag, which has been folded at the top, filled will a couple cups of sand and a votive candle. ALBUQUERQUE'S LUMINARIA TOUR If you visit Albuquerque in December, you'll experience the Old Town Plaza's annual Luminaria Tour where hundreds of people walk into the cool night and wander through the golden glow of more than a thousand twinkling paper lanterns. There is also an annual Luminaria Bus Tour each year on Christmas Eve. To explore other holiday traditions in Albuquerque, visit our Winter Holiday page. Luminarias THE HISTORY OF LUMINARIAS Luminarias have not always been made out of paper bags, the early versions were actually small bonfires of crisscrossed piñon branches which were built in three-foot high squares. When colored paper was brought over from Asia years later, luminarias became what they are today. Instead of making lanterns that would hang in a tree or from a roof, which would become damaged by the wind, small bags were made and placed on the ground, rooftops and along pathways.
Our Lady of Guadalupe by NM Author, Pat Mora
The Beautiful Lady: Our Lady of Guadalupe
Knopf Books for Young Readers, illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher
Available as an e-book: For Kindle For Nook
Download a hi-res jpeg of the book jacket.
Visit the press page for the media, reviewers and bloggers.
La hermosa Señora: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Knopf Books for Young Readers/Dragonfly Books
Available as an e-book: For Kindle For Nook
Download a hi-res jpeg of the book jacket.
A basket for Our Lady of Guadalupe seems a wonderful practice. You may prefer another spiritual power to whom you wish to entrust your prayers and hopes. Life is both joyful and hard. It's comforting to entrust our concerns to powers greater than ours.
A Prayer Basket
Do you believe in the power of prayer? And do you have trouble at times remembering the people and issues you wish to pray for? I do. Some years back, my dear friend Father Murray Bodo who has given me many good ideas, suggested a prayer practice. In a basket, he puts slips of paper on which he has written the names of those he wants to pray for or for his current intentions. During his daily time for reflection, he can hold the basket rather than focusing on a memory exercise.
Rudolfo Anaya Reading Challenge
SANTA ROSA — The third annual Rudolfo Anaya Reading challenge inspired Santa Rosa students to read over 800 books, with middle and high schoolers creating 70 art projects.
Santa Rosa High School students were challenged to read local author Maximiliano G. Tenorio’s “Too Far From Heaven” while middle and elementary students were challenged to read Southwest titles that featured Hispanic/Latino, Native American, cowboy, and other local themes.
“It is great when students get excited about reading which can be rare these days,” said Darrel Gomez, Santa Rosa Middle School English Language Arts teacher. “The Rudolfo Anaya Reading Challenge allowed our students to read and learn about Hispanic and Native culture. This project was an effective way to get the students to learn about an author who has ties to the community.”
The challenge ran for a month and ended on Oct. 30, on” Rudolfo Anaya I Love To Read Day,” which was passed into law by the state Senate in 2019 as a day dedicated to the celebration of Anaya’s legacy of promoting youth literacy in New Mexico.
Over the last three years, students in the Santa Rosa Consolidated School district have read 2,137 books for this challenge.
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