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The Dark By Lemony Snicket Illustrated by Jon Klassen Little Brown & Co. $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-316-18748-0 Ages 4-8 On shelves April 2nd You do not know the temptation I am fighting right now to begin this review with some grandiose statement equating a fear of the dark with a fear of death itself. You have [...]
Last April, I asked about Library Patrons and Self-Published Books. When it comes to books and readers and library patrons (or customers or members or whatever you prefer), my philosophy is fairly simple: Give readers what they want. Implementing that is complex: it’s about knowing what readers want, specifically, in terms of titles. It’s knowing [...]
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Prepare for another winter storm by hunkering down with some of the comics coming out this week. BOOM! Studios and IDW Publishing continue their two smash-hit titles with a new Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake, and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Marvel Comics has another Monsters Inc. one-shot, The Perfect Date, and Papercutz [...]
Wapos Bay, a stop-animation DVD series from National Film Board of Canada, provides a realistic view of modern Cree life with touches of humor and a strong cultural undertone. Be sure to check out the starred review.
"One of the students said to me, 'You know IWitness is kind of like a cross between a library and YouTube.'"
"Teaching media literacy seems almost as important as teaching any other subject because it is one of the main ways that young people learn and develop--and if you don't know how to navigate the basics of consuming media and using media, you're in trouble."
Steve Pierson and his Los Angeles-based band Jambo rock as they perform 14 original feel-good songs on their second album for kids, Hootenanny. Be sure to read the starred review.
The Madness Underneath: The Shades of London, Book Two by Maureen Johnson. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2013. Personal copy. Sequel to The Name of the Star. The Plot: Rory, physically recovered from being stabbed by a killer ghost, returns to her boarding school. That ghost is gone, but she soon [...]
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