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BEA in a Day
My co-worker and I went up to Book Expo America (BEA) on Friday, just for the day. We couldn’t go for all three days and got up extra early on Friday to drive to New Jersey to grab the NJ Transit up to Penn Station and then walked the few…
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Quick Book Display
I don’t know if others have seen it, but two days ago President Obama sat down with the chief book critic of The New York Times and talked about how important reading and books were during his years in office. I’m a librarian and I follow a lot of book related news,…
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Anna Dewdney Read Together Award
An amazing award is being created by Penguin Young Readers, Children’s Book Council, and Every Child a Reader to remember acclaimed children’s author/illustrator Anna Dewdney who passed away in September from cancer. The Anna Dewdney Read Together Award “will be given annually to a picture book, published in the U.S. during…
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13 Picture Books That Celebrate Hispanic Heritage
I’m guest posting on Brightly today! Check out this awesome list of 13 Picture Books That Celebrate Hispanic Heritage to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. And don’t forget to check back again here in the upcoming days for an even more extensive list of titles (because there are so many great…
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ARCs, What Are They and What Do You Do With Them?
ARCs have been discussed on Twitter over the past few days because a blogger grabbed an over-abundance of ARCs at a conference (multiple copies of each title) and are now trying to send them to people for $20 and up. The cost to send books through media mail is under…
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When School Administrators Think They Know Best
Many authors enjoy being placed on the banned book list, not because their book is challenged, but often because it means their book gets into more hands when people become curious as to why it was banned. But, I also think that it must hurt when adults don’t understand or…
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Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Reasons I Love the Book World
I love books, that’s easy enough. I love my job. I wanted to be a librarian from the first time I visited a library when I was little. Even those days when I go home and pour myself a glass of wine because it’s been one of those days, I wouldn’t have it…
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Resource Sharing: Let's Get Busy Podcast
I’m convinced that there are certain people in the kid lit world that have either learned how to stop time… or they just don’t sleep! I’m talking about people like Mr. Schu, Colby Sharp, the Joint Chiefs over at Storytime Underground and I’m officially adding to the list Matthew Winner.…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Debut Authors Who Have Me Looking Forward To Their Sophomore Novel
Sadly, I had written a list last week and now can’t seem to find it, so I had to re-create my list again (and couldn’t remember a few of the authors), but I found a few more that I would be excited about as well! Natalie Lloyd, author of A…
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Skype Author Visit
It’s been an eventful week already! We have a pretty large grant due on Friday, we had our first middle school program of the school year on Monday night, I spent yesterday and this morning at Penn State for a committee meeting, (quickly) drove back to the library for a…