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Youth Media Awards or BEST Day for Children’s Literature/Media
The Youth Media Awards are announced every January at 8:00 am, when most sane people are getting ready for work, commuting, or just beginning work. This year because the American Library Association Midwinter Conference was held in Seattle, the awards were announced at 11:00 am EST. For most of the…
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Chu’s Day
“When Chu sneezed, bad things happened.” This would have been the perfect book for my story time on sneezes and sniffles…. but I didn’t have this book at the time. I absolutely love the illustrations, by Adam Rex, of the cute little panda bear with a HUGE sneeze. The full-page…
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Green
This little book is absolutely delightful! It’s s a true celebration of the color green in all of its forms and could be used as easily in story time or on-on-one. It would also be a great book to use to discuss color in an art class as well. Laura…
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Extra Yarn
Extra Yarn is such a fun story that reminds me of the clay-mation story Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town with a dark, somber town where colors have been all but washed away. Anabelle’s knitting skills and magic yarn box change her drab town from dark and dreary to colorful and fun! …
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Sensory-Friendly Storytime: Sneezing
We’ve been on a pretty long break from our story times, here at the library. Don’t get me wrong, there has been plenty of story times for the holidays and a lot of special guests will be coming to visit in the next couple of weeks, but I’ve had a…
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Red Sled
Red Sled by Lita Judge is a perfect story to share with a little one on a cold winter night. Using only onomatopoeia words, or words that are used to describe sounds, Judge can tell an entire story of what happens to a red sled while a child is sleeping. …
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2012 Cybils Shortlist
The Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards have announced the shortlist for 2012! Definitely take a look as these are some of the great books published during the past year. Winners will be announced on February 14th and the judges are people who regularly submit to a blog about…
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The Composer is Dead
I would have to say that Lemony Snicket is one of the most interesting authors that is currently writing for children. From A Series of Unfortunate Events to The Lump of Coal his work is definitely different and kids go crazy for it! With that being said, I picked up The Composer is…
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The Black Book of Colors
This is probably one of the most interesting picture books I have ever seen! A quick story before I continue on: I volunteered at a summer camp for children with visual impairments and each child was different – from those who were completely blind, to those who could differentiate light…
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Best Books List
I have to say the end of the year brings with it a lot of fun – especially in the form of Top 10 and Best Books Lists. The New York Public Library has pulled together the top 100 books for reading and sharing this year. What’s great about this…