Outreach
UIUC students reading in spanish for kids

Latin American Story Time is a community event organized by CLACS and the Urbana Free Library since 2006, with support from the U.S. Department of Education. The event invites children and their families to enjoy bilingual storytelling, traditional music, and crafts.

Latin American Story Time typically takes place from 2:00 to 3:00 PM on the second Saturday of each month during the academic year (September through May) at the Urbana Free Library. 

 

 

"Discovering Latin America and the Caribbean" is an interactive, bilingual program for children in PreK through 3rd grade that features stories, poems, rhymes, movement, and traditional songs from Latin America. The program takes place at the Champaign Public Library every other Tuesday from 6:30 to 7:00 PM.

 

Please check the CLACS Event Calendar for future scheduled story times. Previous story times are listed below:

2025

February 8th, 2025: Drummer Boy of John John reading

Past Events

2024

  • January 25th, 2024: Carnivals in Brazil & in the Andes
  • February 10th, 2024: To Carnival! A Celebration in Saint Lucia reading
  • February 27th, 2024: Challwaschay / Pececito reading
  • March 9th, 2024: El mamboretá reading
  • March 26th, 2024: El reino del revés reading
  • April 13th, 2024: My Two Border Towns reading
  • April 23rd, 2024: Caranguejo não é peixe reading
  • September 14th, 2024: 9 Kilometers reading
  • September 17th, 2024: Mexican Muralism
  • September 24th, 2024: Dame la mano reading
  • October 22nd, 2024: Yaw, Yaw, Puka Pulleracha reading

2023

  • February 11th, 2023: Guaraní reading
  • March 11th, 2023: Portuguese reading
  • April 8th, 2023: Quechua reading
  • November 11th, 2023: "ABC El Salvador" reading
  • December 9th, 2023: Portuguese reading

2022

  • February 12th, 2022: Spanish/English reading
  • March 12th, 2022: Quechua/Spanish/English reading
  • April 9th, 2022: Portuguese/English reading
  • May 14th, 2022: Spanish/English reading of Rescatando palabras / Digging for Words, by Angela Burke Kunkel

2021

  • February 13th, 2021: Quechua/English reading of ¿Uchuy kanichu? / Am I Small?, by Philipp Winterberg
  • March 13th, 2021: Spanish/English reading of Across the Bay, by Carlos Aponte
  • April 10th, 2021: Portuguese/English reading of Eu adoro comer frutas e vegetais / I Love to Eat Fruits and Vegetables, by Shelley Admont
  • May 8th, 2021: Spanish/English reading
  • September 18th, 2021: Spanish/English reading
  • November 13th, 2021: Portuguese/English reading

2020

  • May 2nd, 2020: Spanish/English reading of Marimba! Animales from A to Z, by Pat Mora
  • May 22nd, 2020: Spanish/English reading of Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music, by Margarita Engle
  • June 26th, 2020: Portuguese/English reading of Boa Noite, Lontrinha do Mar / Good Night, Little Sea Otter, by Janet Halfmann
  • July 24th, 2020: Quechua/Spanish/English reading of Maria Had a Little Llama / María tenía una llamita, by Angela Dominguez
  • August 22nd, 2020: Spanish/English reading of La Luz de Lucía / Lucy's Light, by Margarita del Mazo
  • October 24th, 2020: Guarani/Spanish/English reading of Canta, rana, canta / Sing, Froggie, Sing, traditional folksong, illustrated by Carolyn Dee Flores
  • November 21st, 2020: Spanish/English reading of Sembrando historias: Pura Belpré: bibliotecaria y narradora de cuentos / Planting Story: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré, by Anika Aldamuy Denise, illustrated by Paola Escobar