Book of the Week
Buzz Alert: PERFECT SQUARE by Michael Hall
Who knew that a perfect square could be transformed into so many things? In his stunning follow-up to last year’s MY HEART IS LIKE A ZOO, Michael Hall creates rivers, mountains, and parks out of a single square of paper. The storytime possibilities are limitless: give kids a square of paper and scissors and see [...]
Diana Wynne Jones
Many of you have heard the sad news of Diana Wynne Jones’ passing by now. Her long-time editor, Virginia Duncan, gave us the news via email and, with her permission, we’d like to share Virginia’s letter that also served as a lovely tribute to a remarkable and legendary writer: I am very sorry to let [...]
POETRY FRIDAY: Shel Silverstein
Everyone getting ready for Poetry Month in April? What have you got planned? If you’re looking for last-minute ideas, we have just made available a brand-new Shel Silverstein Poetry Month Event Kit online! Check it out here. And here’s the poem for today, just in time for spring – I think we’ve all been in [...]
New Series: The Genius Files by Dan Gutman
You know Dan Gutman’s books, of course. He’s the author of the wildly popular My Weird School series and its offshoots, as well as The Baseball Card Adventures series as well. When I was a librarian, we couldn’t keep these series on the shelves so I was thrilled when I heard about… THE GENIUS FILES! [...]
New Voices: Bettina Restrepo
When Nora’s father, Arturo leaves their home in Mexico to search for work in the United States, Nora stays back with her mother, Aurora and her grandmother. Nora struggles to make sense of her loss as the three women live in abject poverty in wait of Arturo’s return and a better day. When the letters [...]
Texas Library Association Conference
Around the office, we refer to this time of year as “Conference Season”. You’ll see why – here’s the schedule: April: Texas Library Association Conference May: International Reading Association Conference May: SLJ Day of Dialog/BEA June: ALA Annual Conference It’s crazy…but we also have lots of fun. First up is TLA in Austin where we [...]
SUMMER AND THE CITY Winners!
Congratulations to our SUMMER AND THE CITY giveaway winners: GABRIELLE and SUMMER LAURIE! And be sure to check out SUMMER AND THE CITY when it comes out on April 26, 2011!
Irish Authors: Kate Thompson
St. Patrick’s Day is almost over – the parade outside our windows on Fifth Avenue has finally ended (no more bagpipes!) and we’re getting ready to go home to change out of our green clothing (okay, not really…our gray and black clothing). And we’re all hoping to avoid really obnoxious drunkenness outside our office building [...]
ARC Giveaway of SUMMER AND THE CITY
THE CARRIE DIARIES by Candace Bushnell introduced the world to Carrie Bradshaw as a teenager, leading up to her move to New York City (wasn’t the end line of THE CARRIE DIARIES the most perfect thing?!). Now there’s SUMMER AND THE CITY. Carrie Bradshaw is loving NYC in the summer, especially since she’s taking her [...]
Bookmobiles
Most everyone who works in libraries has a fond memory involving the bookmobile. I never visited one as a child, but I worked on one as part of my first job in a children’s room…and I loved every second of it. For some kids, it was their first exposure to a library at all and, [...]
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