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NPR's Book Concierge
I was excited to see that NPR published their 2015 Book Concierge, but on taking a closer look there were some genres, themes, and concepts that were glaringly missing, in my opinion. Now, I can’t talk for the entire list, I merely focused on the kids books and of the…
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National Book Award Finalists
The National Book Award Finalists have been announced this week and the Young People’s Literature list has a number of great books. I personally haven’t gotten a chance to read them all, but I have read Benjamin Ali’s The Truth About Jellyfish and Noelle Stevenson’s Nimona. Which I think is a…
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Early Literacy on NPR
NPR is in the midst of a three-part series about literacy in America – yesterday, focusing on access to books and today, focusing on simple ways parents and caregivers can help their children be ready to enter school ready to learn and succeed. As for tomorrow, I’m interested to see where…
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NPR's Book Concierge
It’s that time of year as librarians, bloggers, websites, organizations and more create their “Best of the Best” list for the past year. While I would love to post about all the different lists that are available, sadly, I don’t have the time, so instead, as I find lists that…