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Info on a Library Grant for Books--due March 15

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature is pleased to announce grants for your library's 2014 Día program, El Día de Los Niños/El Día de Los Libros (Children's Day/Book Day), with an African American Focus.

If interested, please download the attached application and apply. The grant award amount is $500 in selected multicultural children's books for your library. The application deadline is March 15, 2014. The winning recipient or recipients will be notified on or about March 22, 2014.

Past Grant Winners:

2013

Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center, Queens Library System, Corona, NY

Ocean County Library, Lakewood Branch, Lakewood, NJ

Inglewood Public Library, Main Branch, Inglewood, CA

2012

Rudisill Regional Library, Tulsa, OK.

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Dr. Claudette S. McLinn, Executive Director

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature

8461 S. Van Ness Ave., Suite 101

Inglewood, CA 90305

Email: Center4MulticulturalChildrensLit@aol.com

El Día de Los Niños/El Día de los Libros "Many Children, Many Cultures, Many Books"