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Poetry Friday: Douglas Florian
You couldn’t ask for a more stunning Friday here in New York – it’s sunny and 82 degrees with a light breeze. Heaven. In celebration, I give you this poem: WHAT I LOVE ABOUT SUMMER by Douglas Florian Morning glories Campfire stories Picking cherries And blueberries Riding bikes Mountain hikes Bird calls Curve balls Short [...]
KidLitCon 2010
Have you heard of KidLitCon? It’s the conference for children’s literature bloggers (which includes YA, of course) and 2010, I believe, will be their third year. I attended last year in the D.C. area and absolutely loved it. It really ran the gamut: there were authors, illustrators, teachers, librarians, and enthusiasts in attendance. Here is [...]
Storytime Corner: Summer
We’re in the thick of the summer heat, right? While working in a library, I was known for choosing snow- and rain-themed storytimes during the summer, using a little reverse psychology. For today, though, we’re going to celebrate summer with this bright and sunny storytime: BOOKS – ONE HOT SUMMER DAY by Nina Crews PICNIC [...]
Big Nate
BIG NATE creator, Lincoln Peirce, in the Washington Post. I originally conceived this blog post as a “BIG NATE is an awesome read for boys!” booktalk. But after reading the Post article a couple more times, what I took away from it was not that BIG NATE is a good “boy book” (though it is that); [...]
Weekend Links
Here is a sample of what we were reading and loving online this past week: Cindy and Lynn over at Bookends review SIR CHARLIE CHAPLIN: THE FUNNIEST MAN IN THE WORLD by Sid Fleischman. Cindy gives great tips on how to get kids to pick up this fascinating story. To read more on Sid and [...]
Poetry Friday: Shel Silverstein
Ever have one of those weeks? Of course you do because don’t we all? Then this is the poem you want to read – it’s the perfect pick-me-up. And it’s never too early to instill the lesson it teaches to the kids you encounter everyday. LISTEN TO THE MUSTN’TS by Shel Silverstein Listen to the [...]
Maryrose Wood Visits North Shore Public Library
Maryrose Wood: An Author Visit By Lori Blend and Katherine Welch The Summer Reading Club Kick-Off with author Maryrose Wood was the opening event for North Shore Public Library’s Teen and Children’s Summer reading programs. Preparations for our event began in early June with school visits to all of the students in our library district. [...]
Beezus and Ramona
I had a mentor who was a librarian for 40 years before retiring. Sitting in her cubicle one day, she confessed the following to me: “I never read a single Ramona book that whole time. I didn’t read my first one until about 10 years ago.” You can imagine my shock. How could she not have [...]
Meet our freelancer, Tony!
My name is Tony Hirt, and I’m part of the School and Library Marketing team at HarperCollins Children’s Books. Some trivia about me: I have worn pantaloons professionally. (I once worked at a Renaissance Festival.) I have jumped out of a plane from a very great height. (And I lived to tell the tale.) I [...]
And the winner of the original art by Mo Willems is…
Martha Cole, Children’s Coordinator, Chesapeake Public Library System in Chesapeake, VA! We reached Martha yesterday with the good news, and she said, “WOW!!!!!! I’m truly excited; this news has made my day. What I had originally hoped to win at ALA was an IPAD. This is way better!” We’d like to give a big shout out [...]
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