• Lists

    10 Books to Celebrate America’s Birthday

    One Nation: America By the Numbers by Devin Scillian A is for America: An American Alphabet by Devin Scillian Grandma Drove the Garbage Truck by Katie Clark This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie The Night Before the Fourth of July by Natasha Wing Hats Off for the Fourth of…

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    Summer Reading: Book Lists and Tips for Every Age

    Penguin Random House is on point right now, promoting audiobooks at the gym and partnering to create Brightly – a resources for families to encourage and engage lifelong readers.  And what I appreciate so much about Brightly is that recommendations are not only books published by Penguin Random House, but by…

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    Building a Home Library

    Check out the Children’s Book Council’s 2016 Building a Home Library booklist created by the  ALSC’s Quicklists Consulting Committee and the  ALA-Children’s Book Council (CBC) Joint Committee, of which I am a part of.  These booklists are created every other year and include not only classic stories, but newly published material…

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    LGBT Pride Month

    I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings Red: A Crayon Story by Michael Hall Worm Loves Worm by J. J. Austrian Jacob’s New Dress by Sarah Hoffman This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman Stella Brings the Family by Miriam B. Schiffer Heather Has Two Mommies by Lesléa…

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    Gaming, is it so different from books?

    I am the first to admit that I am not a gamer.  I prefer to spend what little free time I have on reading.  But, as my gamer boyfriend points out, gaming and reading are very similar.  Video games often build expansive worlds, creates rich characters with backstories and have…