Children's Reading Foundation of Doña Ana County board of directors gives away thousands of free books to children in Las Cruces and Doña Ana County, New Mexico, throughout the year.

In a ceremony held in the Asturian capital of Oviedo, Crown Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia presided over a reception to honor those who have excelled in the fields of science, arts, or humanities. Spanish writer, Antonio Muñoz Molina was the winner of the literature prize.

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is now accepting applications for mini-grants intended to allow libraries to initiate Día Family Book Club programs. Mini-grants are part of ALSC’s Everyone Reads @ your library grant, generously funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation.

Univision's scholarship is open to all students of Latino/Hispanic heritage regardless of whether they are US citizens or undocumented. The amount awarded for each scholarship is approximately $5,000. The Deadline to apply is November 18, 2013.

See in the newsletter's latest edition links to awards, resources, books to download, and more.

The October edition features the upcoming Miami Book Fair International, Liber 2013 reviews, highlights on the latest awards received by writer Clara Sanchez (Planeta) and Dr Montiel-Overall (Achievement in Library Diversity Research). ARS interviewed this month Teresa Mlawer and “The Last Song” author, Nicholas Sparks, as Amigo del Español. Don't miss the latest on books releases and industry news.

The Spanish-language book market in the United States has a better appeal to the Latin population with more accessibility to Spanish-language publications. There's a mix of publications that touches upon religion, health improvement, biographies, novels and classic children books.

The University of Alabama School of Library and Information Studies is pleased to announce the 2014 National Latino Children’s Literature Conference to be held in Tuscaloosa, AL on March 13-14, 2014. This exclusive conference was created to promote high-quality children’s and young adult books about the Latino cultures, and to offer a forum for librarians, educators, researchers, and students to openly discuss strategies for meeting the informational, educational, and literacy needs of Latino youth (children and teens) and their families. Featuring nationally-acclaimed Latino literacy scholars, award-winning Latino authors and illustrators of children’s and young adult books.

Founded in 1964, Alfaguara has supported Spanish and Latin American literature, building a two-way street for published works on either side of the Atlantic, while the prize has subsequently established itself as a benchmark for quality literary awards given to unpublished work written in Spanish. Its prestige throughout the Spanish-speaking world secures the winning works international distribution, reaching over 400 million Spanish-speakers.

Voxxi publishes this complete report on the impact of bilingual education, entitled “Bilingual education: Why gutting it hurts us all”, exploring different aspects of these programs that are being cut in some states.