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Do You Know What February 14th Is? Other Than That.
Please back away from the sweethearts. Let the poster tell it… (Poster by Mariann Maray) The croc and boy have spoken. February 14 is International Book Giving Day. You can give a book to a child. You can donate a book to a place that could use it. Or you could just leave a book in [...]
Review: Superworm by Julia Donaldson
Superworm By Julia Donaldson Illustrated by Axel Scheffler Arthur A. Levine (Scholastic) ISBN: 9780545591768 $16.99 Grades PreK-2 In stores January 28, 2014 Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library There’s a rhyme battle going on in children’s literature. It’s a battle between fans of non-rhyming Sendak and MC Seuss. You can like both, of [...]
Chris Raschka and Jon Klassen: A Caldecott Conversation
Chris Raschka: Do you remember the first moment you thought that you might like to make a picture book? Jon Klassen: I went to school for animation, but I remember a day in my college apartment when I’d bought a whole pad of multicolored construction paper and I drew a picture of two kind of [...]
Children’s Lit Commish: All Picture Books Must Appear to be ‘What Does the Fox Say?’ Sequels
In an unprecedented move, the Children’s Literature Commissioner has declared that all new books must give the impression they are What Does the Fox Say? sequels. At a press conference this morning, the Commissioner appeared wearing sunglasses in the shape of dollar signs to outline his controversial plan. “Have you seen this yet?” said the [...]
Morning Notes: Kumbaya Revisited Edition
KUMBAYA, MY NERDS, KUMBAYA I attended NerdCampMI last year and left singing. It was my first “unconference” experience and it was spectacular. So many great people attended, all in the name of literacy and sharing ideas. Colby Sharp just announced that registration is open for the 2014 edition of NerdCampMI, and I wholeheartedly recommend you [...]
Review: I Didn’t Do My Homework Because… by Davide Cali
I Didn’t Do My Homework Because… By Davide Cali Illustrated by Benjamin Chaud Chronicle Books ISBN: 9781452125510 $12.99 Grades 1-3 In Stores March 4, 2014 Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library Kids will go to great lengths to avoid homework. I Didn’t Do My Homework Because… is a little book that celebrates this [...]
Notes on December 2013
In December… …we remembered how weird and great 2013 was. From Grossest Moment to Best Song, no oddity wend unexamined in 2013 Children’s Lit: The Year in Miscellanea. …we cast a movie. With your help, a (fake) cast for the (imaginary) film Children’s Literature: The Movie: Chapter 2 came together beautifully. …lumps of coal were [...]
Library Tales: Traction
A couple years back, there was a student who was pretty overdue with his book. It was Hulk: The Incredible Guide – this oversized, heavy, square-shaped book that explains everything in the Hulk-verse. Often, students will offer some explanation for the whereabouts of a long-overdue book. But Hulk: The Incredible Guide had been gone for [...]
Morning Notes: The Leader of the Kids Edition
AMBASSADORIAL SUCCESSION Kate DiCamillo is the new National Ambassador of Young People’s Literature. She’s a perfect pick. SLJ gave me the honor of interviewing Ms. DiCamillo for the February issue and they included an excerpt in their Ambassador announcement. Click here to read. AND THE BEST-SELLING BOOK OF 2013 IS… … a book for kids. [...]
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