NMLA in Carlsbad

Visit the REFORMA de Nuevo Mexico booth for some free bilingual books and the 3D Dragon display.

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Back to School and Summer Reading Finale

REFORMA de Nuevo Mexico participated in several markets to distribute information for summer reading and their local library. The finale was in Las Cruces where we distributed bookbags with bilingual books and school supplies at the famous Las Cruces Downtown Market. Parents and students enjoyed the STEM physics and electricity project. World's Miss Tourism and International Tourism Latinas were on hand to help distribute and promote the literacy event. Look for more bilingual books in the Free Little Libraries.

Rattlestiltskin: Bilingual Storytime with Kristin & Xochitl on September 6

Hosted by The Public Library of Silver City, New Mexico and Silver City Museum Kristin Warnack of Virus Theater and Xochitl Hernandez Moctezuma of Guadalupe Montessori School will read "Rattlestiltskin" in English and Spanish. From renowned children's book author Eric A. Kimmel comes this delightful reimagining of the classic fairy tale Rumplestiltskin, with a Southwestern setting and Spanish vocabulary. In this story, Rosalia is in debt to the strange little snake man after he teaches her how to make tortillas so light they float in the air! Can she outsmart the trickster and keep her freedom? Register and attend at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_s4v0iRAfR4Cp5QdTblvMzw.

Kristin Warnack de Virus Theatre y Xochitl Hernandez Moctezuma de Guadalupe Montessori School leerán "Rattlestiltskin" en inglés y español. Del renombrado autor de libros para niños Eric A. Kimmel llega esta encantadora reinvención del clásico cuento de hadas Rumplestiltskin, con un entorno del suroeste y vocabulario en español. En esta historia, Rosalía está en deuda con el extraño hombrecito serpiente después de que él le enseña a hacer tortillas tan ligeras que flotan en el aire. ¿Puede ser más astuta que el tramposo y mantener su libertad? Regístrese y asista en https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_s4v0iRAfR4Cp5QdTblvMzw.

Dona Ana County Free Little Libraries

Pick up a free bilingual and STEM book packet at Dona Ana County Free Little Libraries. Complete the survey on this blog if you could not find a packet in your NM Free Little Library and RNM will mail one to you.  

Miss New Mexico Teen Tourism, Valeria Marquez and Miss New Mexico Tourism, Daisy Cervantes along with Brianna Pena, have been busy this summer, with virtual science bilingual presentations including in packets from Explora Science Center in Albuquerque along with the New Mexico State Library's summer reading program information and links with a fun activity, New Mexico Book Bingo.   

We are limited at the Downtown Craft and Makers Market this summer through October, but have offered curb-side distribution during the virtual storytime.  

Please wear a mask and practice social distancing, we do sanitize the materials in the NM Free Little Libraries, but please wipe down if you get one, before 

you use the books, experiments, etc.   RNM is grateful to The Stocker Foundation, who has provided us with the resources to keep education during the summer months and provide support for the beginning of the school year.

RNM has supported the summer reading program at Hatch Public Library, please visit the virtual storytime and the library, if you are in the area for more details.

Look for us on September 26 for a virtual Cuentos Storytime featuring our NM Latinas through ZOOM with an opportunity for an open mic.  Email us for some details at nwnmac1@gmail.com

45th Anniversary of The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Can you believe that this year is the 47th anniversary of The Very Hungry Caterpillar? Time flies! Celebrate by sharing this colorful classic with the kids you serve on March 20th.

In addition to the signature bilingual board book and the First Book special edition of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, the First Book Marketplace is full of Eric Carle favorites and other excellent board books. Enjoy them with the young readers in your life and watch them bloom into lifelong readers! 


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World Language Vendors

World Language Vendors        

When we work with world language vendors, we ask them to send us lists of materials that fit specific profiles that we send them. We break our budget down by audience, material type, and fiction/nonfiction. The vendor will send us a list of materials that fit this profile, and I then run through the list, confirming that we do not already own the title. We do not have very large budgets for our world languages, so I do not like to buy MARC records. And because I cannot create original records for Chinese, Persian, Russian, etc., I confirm that the record is already available in SkyRiver or WorldCat.

Generally speaking, world language vendors receive their books internationally. Sentrum orders their stock directly from Moscow; Tomo’s books come directly from Mexico City. Some international publishers do not have the same quality that we are used to, and this can sometimes be an issue. I personally do not know how this can be avoided, but we have had to return some brand-new items that arrived with broken spines due to poor gluing or loose stitching.

When we order children’s materials from world language vendors, we tend to put most of our budget towards picture books, board books, and nonfiction relating to the country of origin’s folklore or general fairytales. We have found that chapter books do not circulate very well in non-English languages.

Arabic

                Multi-Cultural

                Sanabil           

Chinese

                Actrace

                Baker & Taylor

                Booklinx

                Tsai Fong

 Indic -- Hindi / Punjabi

                India for Everyone

                Multi-Cultural

Persian

                Raha Books

Russian

                Baker & Taylor

Sentrum

Spanish

                Baker & Taylor

                NODA

                Tomo

Ukrainian

                Sentrum

Vietnamese

                Multi-Cultural

VENDORS
Actrace

                SPL’s Contact: David Du

                Actrace can receive FTP orders from and send FTP invoices to our ILS, which is very helpful. They will also sell us MARC records. We’ve used this once or twice; they don’t catalog for us. They send us a MARC record (we add call numbers and any local practices).

Baker & Taylor

                I can rely on B&T to have really popular Spanish children’s titles and bilingual board books. We receive titles from B&T processed which is a huge help, so when I can, I order from B&T.

Booklinx

                SPL’s Contact: Annie Wang

                Also supplies our Chinese language magazines. A great vendor to work with.

India for Everyone

                SPL’s Contact: Monica Khosla

                We have not yet ordered from India for Everyone, but we are very optimistic!

Lectorum

                Lectorum is the oldest and largest Spanish materials distributer in the United States. A subsidiary of Scholastic from 1996-2009, Lectorum is THE place to get children’s Spanish titles.

                Side note: Teresa Mlawer was owner and president of Lectorum from 1976-2012, until she retired from the company. Ms. Mlawer has translated hundreds of English children’s titles into Spanish and helped Lectorum become the largest publisher of Spanish-language materials in the United States. She now works with Rosen Publishers in New York. Rosen publishes non-fiction English, Spanish, and bilingual books for grades K-12. Baker & Taylor carries quite a few Rosen titles, so we generally order through B&T, but Ms. Mlawer has been an incredible resource for SPL.

Multi-Cultural Books and Videos

                SPL’s Contact: Joel Samuel

                Can provide original MARC records and copy cataloging for additional cost.

                Multi-Cultural is usually the go-to vendor when it comes to non-English language materials, and we continue to work with them and with a broad selection of other vendors in order to fulfill our changing collection needs.

NODA Audio-Visual, LLC

                Mr. Noda is a Spanish DVD vendor who runs his small business out of Colorado. He sends newsletters once a month featuring 30 or so new titles (generally adult), including personal recommendations made by Mr. Noda himself. A few of the titles featured are English-language movies dubbed in Spanish; however, the bulk of his DVDs are movies that were produced in Mexico with Mexican actors. He includes great classic Mexican cinema from the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s and also includes more modern Mexican movies from the 2010s. We receive great service and quality products from Mr. Noda.

Raha Books

                SPL has not yet utilized Raha Books’ services, but we will be ordering from them this fiscal year.

Sanabil

                SPL’s Contact: Amira Choucair

                Primary focus is on Arabic books for children. We have had great success with Sanabil, and their picture books are high quality.

Sentrum

                SPL’s Contact: Ira Tatelbaum

                Also supplies our Russian language magazines. Sentrum has been a great vendor to Sacramento Public. They are very attentive to our special requests. When we received our first list from Sentrum, we had to limit the amount of children’s chapter books and asked to increase the number of picture books and nonfiction folk tales relating to Russian lore. I believe chapter books are more prevalent in Russia, and picture books are harder to find. But when we explained what we needed, Sentrum was able to provide.

Tomo Books USA

                SPL’s Contact: Jesse Ituarte

                Located in Fresno, CA, I believe Tomo Books mainly sells to California libraries, but I could be mistaken. Mr. Ituarte is very dedicated to his company and has great customer service skills. Although we have purchased some great children’s nonfiction from Tomo, I’d say his main market is adult titles.

Tsai Fong

                SPL’s Contact: Judy Lee

Tsai Fong will sell us MARC records, and will provide bib cards for free (bib cards are scraps of paper they send in the books that includes title, author, ISBN, etc.).

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Please note: these are informal opinions based on our selector’s experiences.

Contact Chelsea Couillard-Smith at ccouillard@saclibrary.org for more information.

Sacramento Public Library, Collection Services, 2015