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Toby Alone By Timothée de Fombelle Translated by Sarah Ardizzone Illustrated by François Place Candlewick Press ISBN: 9780763641818 $17.99 Grades 5-8 In Stores *Recommended* Tiny characters have a rich history in children’s lit. Stuart Little, The Borrowers, Despereaux, and The Littles have all been keeping it real for the diminutive for quite some time. Hey, […]
Rocks! Rocks! Rocks! By Nancy Elizabeth Wallace Marshall Cavendish Children ISBN: 9780761455288 $17.99 Grades K-2 In Stores *Recommended* As a librarian, there’s nothing worse than admitting that you don’t have a wealth of materials available on a particular topic. It takes your carefully-cultivated library cred and puts it in doubt. A simple question like, “Do […]
Based on yesterday’s post, and riding on the coattails of “Stuff White People Like“, I am strongly considering starting a new blog called “Stuff that Doesn’t Mix with Libraries”. Each post will describe something that rarely interacts with the world of public and school libraries. I thought Hip Hop would be one such thing. I […]
As a general rule, libraries and sports don’t mix. Well, sometimes putt-putt golf (like at Downers Grove Public Library): Because of this oil and water-type relationship, I will restrain myself from celebrating Michigan State’s Final Four victory here, and focus on the books. What follows are the bestsellers according to the venerable New York Times: […]
Believe it or not, in the school library world, Where’s Waldo books can be pretty controversial. Many a dismissive comment has fell upon my ears regarding He Who Rocks the Red-and-White. It stems from the whole reading vs. not reading debate that will be raging for as long as kids are reading and not reading. […]
This video brings three thoughts to my mind: 1. Dang, how many librarians did Yale have back in the day? 2. Lots of boxes and heavy lifting. Not much has changed on the moving books front in the 78 (!) years since this footage was shot. 3. As someone who will soon be moving an […]
Shape By David Goodman and Zoe Miller Tate Publishing (Abrams) ISBN: 9781854377791 $22.50 Grades PreK-1 In Stores *Best New Books* ABC books. Number books. Shape books. All played out. Hold on a sec. Similar to how a good singer can turn a corny song into a great one (have you checked the lyrics to Ignition […]
Book giveaway? Nay. Everything must go book clearinghouse? That’s closer to what we’ve got going on. I’ve got a lot of books that need happy homes here, so if you are interested in any of them, send me an email at scopenotes@gmail.com or contact me on Twitter (click here to view my profile). Be sure […]
A Fuse #8 Production asked, and I sneak in at the last minute with my reply. Such is my custom, friends (p.s. I’m going to start putting this phrase on t-shirts: it’s the “that’s how I roll” for the bookish set). Way back at the beginning of the month, the previously mentioned Fuse hatched a […]
My goal is to make perfect scrambled eggs. My other goal is to bring you children’s lit information at its most unfiltered. Which books do kids want to read? Just like those perfect eggs, it’s more complex than it may seem. Bestseller lists are biased because it’s usually parents doing the purchasing. It isn’t a […]
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