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Wonder By R.J. Palacio Knopf (Random House) ISBN: 9780375869020 $15.99 Grades 4-7 In Stores *Best New Book* Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library It’s a beautiful thing, when a book truly grabs you. It doesn’t happen all that often, and it’s impossible to know when it’s coming. Even with all the advance warning […]
Some books you expect to see on the library hold shelf. You’ve got your Hunger Games, your Wimpy Kid, your Guinness – all understandable. But what I like to see are the hidden gems that don’t get a lot of attention that kids are lining up to read. Enter #holdshelf, then, to help spread the […]
ARE YOU DONE WITH DEWEY? School librarian Tali Balas Kaplan is, and she’s sharing her reasons why on the ALSC Blog. Can’t say I’ve seriously considered the switch, but I’m hearing of more and more public and school libraries moving on from the system Melville built. http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2012/04/done-with-dewey/ ARCHIE COMICS – NOT WHOLESOME Bookshelves of Doom […]
The feel-good children’s lit video of the year? The folks at Reading is Fundamental (RIF) are beginning a new literacy campaign titled Book People Unite. They just released this charming PSA, featuring a cast of favorite characters. I ask you – where else are you going to see Greg Heffley tinkling the ivories on a […]
Whether consciously tapping into a popular trend or completely by coincidence, some book covers just look like each other. Today we have two covers that jumped out at me. Let’s have a look… The Romeo and Juliet Code by Phoebe Stone. And our second cover… One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt Side by […]
Yesterday, a piece of comics, nay, American history went on the auction block – the check DC Comics used to purchase the rights to Superman. Part history lesson, park comic geek hyperbole, it’s hard not to like this video about the check that changed comics. How much did the check go for? Six figures. (Thanks […]
Click here for the Covering the Newbery Gallery 1973: Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George Original Cover: My Redo: Side by Side: Verdict: I dig the green of the original, but I like the image on my redo. Points taken away, however, for the fact that it sort of looks like the imaginary […]
I’ve mentioned it in these pages before, but the strangest bookmark story I have is when a student came up to me, holding a picture of me, explaining that he had found the photo in his library book. It turns out I had checked that book out the previous summer, marked the page with what […]
Back in the halcyon days of the late aughts, A Fuse #8 Production’s Top 100 Picture Books and Top 100 Chapter Books polls were daily required reading for any children’s lit supporter worth their salt. Consider that the warm-up. Process perfected and team of number-crunchers assembled, the Top 100 lists are making a triumphant return. […]
Amos had some good friends. They were looking out for him. – Barack Obama Picture books spotted in the wild! The first family sat down at the annual White House Easter Egg Hunt for a bit of story time. Sasha and Malia read 2011 Caldecott winner A Sick Day for Amos McGee, and the president […]
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