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June 2012

Children’s Program Ideas – Legos

Children’s Program Ideas – Legos Lego programs have been growing in popularity at many libraries. They attract those boys who may be drifting away from reading, and girls enjoy the Legos, too. Most of the [continue reading]

Published on Jun 29, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Programming Ideas
Tags: Legos

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Review of the Week

Barnett, Mac. Chloe and the Lion.  Adam Rex, Illus.   Pic. Bk.  Hyperion, 2012. 48p. $16.99.  978-1-4231-1334-8.  OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-5. Readers know from the very beginning that this picture book will be a bit different. “This [continue reading]

Published on Jun 27, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Chloe and the Lion, Mac Barnett

From Boardbook to Facebook

If you have not yet checked out Adele Fasick’s new book on library services to youth and social media, it is well worth a look: Fasick, Adele M. From Boardbook to Facebook: Children’s Services in [continue reading]

Published on Jun 26, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Professional Development
Tags: Adele Fasick, From Boardbook to Facebook

Read-Alike

A Wrinkle In Time Read-Alikes

Alexander, Lloyd. The High King.   In the fifth and final book in the Chronicle of Prydain series, the ultimate confrontation occurs determining the fate of Taran the Pig-Keeper. Barron, T.A.  Heartlight.   Kate and her grandfather [continue reading]

Published on Jun 22, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: fantasy, Readalikes, time travel, Wrinkle in Time

Review

Review of the Week

Two new books on Steve Jobs: Blumenthal, Karen. Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different. Non-fic. Feiwel/Macmillan, 2012. 310p. $16.99. 978-1-25001-557-0,  PB $8.99 978-1-25001-445-0.  OUTSTANDING. GRADES 6-10. From birth, early adoption, and early education through [continue reading]

Published on Jun 20, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Steve Jobs

Programming Ideas for “The Lorax”

With the hit film based on Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax due out on DVD on Aug. 7, 2012, many libraries are planning programs with The Lorax as the central theme.  Because of the plot’s celebration of trees [continue reading]

Published on Jun 18, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Media Watch, Programming Ideas
Tags: The Lorax

Author Rosa Guy Dies

Author Rosa Guy Dies at age 89:  Rosa Guy, a Caribbean-born writer known for her unflinchingly direct novels for young people about black life in urban America, died on June 3, 2012 at her home [continue reading]

Published on Jun 15, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Obituary
Tags: Rosa Guy

Review

Review of the Week

House, Silas. Same Sun Here.  Fic.  Candlewick, 2011. 298p. $15.99. 978-0-7636-5684-3. OUTSTANDING.   GRADES 5-8. Authors Silas House and Neela Vaswani create a novel of letters written in the personas of a girl, Meena, living in [continue reading]

Published on Jun 13, 2012
Posted by: pennypeck
Tags: Sam Sun Here
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