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A Renaissance of Children's Literature
I saw this terminology (or something very similar) on Twitter over the past week and it seems to continually be popping up after hearing many librarians, teachers, parents and kids enjoying soooooo many of this year’s books published for children. Don’t get me wrong, according to statistics, the publishing world…
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Book Review: When the Sea Turned To Silver
I just finished When the Sea Turned To Silver by Grace Lin this morning. And I’m not surprised at how lovely it is. Grace does an amazing job at integrating Chinese folklore seamlessly into a tale all her own. This is the third companion novel to Where the Mountain Meets the Moon…
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Reading Diversely
I am, primarily, a reference librarian in the children’s department which means that I’m sitting at a desk for most of the day answering questions about the computers, looking for books to use for school reports and endlessly answering, “(Insert child’s name here) has read all The Diary of a Wimpy…
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Diwali Celebration
We had a HUGE crowd to celebrate Diwali last night! We have a large Indian population in our community and although Diwali is celebrated in different ways (across India), we had a wonderful time last night! For our youngest patrons we hosted a brief storytime with a beautiful Diwali book The…
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“A Market-Driven Solution to the Need for Diverse Books”
First Book (an organization that provides access to books for children in need) announced today that they aren’t just supporting the need for more diverse books in the publishing world for children and teens, but they’re also “putting our money where our mouth is and pledging to purchase 10,000 copies…