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Checking In: Newbery/Caldecott 2017
Yep, you read that right. Travis Jonker wrote up a great list of some Caldecott and Newbery suggestions for his blog 100 Scope Notes on School Library Journal, granted we have no idea what the Committees will be talking about, but I’m in love with at least half of each of…
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2015 CYBILS WINNERS
Definitely take time to check out the amazing list of CYBILS winners for 2015! This was the first time I’ve been a part of an award committee and although it was a lot of work, it was great working with librarians, teachers, and bloggers who all care as much as…
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2016 CLEL Bell Awards Winners
The CLEL Bell Awards were announced this morning by the Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy (CLEL) inititave. There are five books selected, each focusing on one of the early literacy practices. So, without further ado…. Read – Sloth Slept On by Frann Preston-Gannon Write – Inside This Book: (are three books) by…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 2/1/16
I have the best intentions to get a lot of reading done each week and then my week gets filled up with programs and meetings and dinners out and parties… and I haven’t read as much as I would have liked!Oh well, what I did get to read this week…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’ve Recently Added To My TBR
I’m constantly adding new books to my ever-growing to be read (TBR) pile. These are just a few of the books I’ve come across in the past month or so that I’m interested in reading. Will I get to them all? Not likely, but I can’t complain that I have…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 1/18/16
Over the past week I finally got to read I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson – a world that I was so intrigued by, with two protagonists sharing the same story from two time periods with two points of view. I think John Green, Sarah Dessen and the like…
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2016
Wow! I’m not even sure where to start. I got up extra early, skipped my gym workout and got to work by about 7:15 so I could listen to SLJ’s pre-game show before the live webcast of the Youth Media Awards at 8:00am.It was so worth it. I know everyone…
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ALA Midwinter Conference & Youth Media Awards
I’m super jealous of all my library friends who are spending a fantastic weekend in Boston at the ALA Midwinter conference. I’m going to be following the #ALAMW16 hashtag to see what’s happening and the #alaleftbehind hashtag to commiserate with other librarians stuck at home.The conference is very early this…
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2016 Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
If you haven’t heard, the kid lit world is blowing up with the news that Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese and Boxers and Saints is the 2016 Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. He follows a long line of BIG names in the field including Kate DiCamillo, Walter Dean Myers and…
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2015 Nerdies
The 2015 Nerdies have officially been announced! Take a look at all the amazing titles from each category: Fiction Picture Books Nonfiction Picture Books Early Reader and Chapter Books Graphic Novels Poetry and Novels in Verse Nonfiction Middle Grade Fiction Young Adult Fiction (Part One) Young Adult Fiction (Part Two) The…