2013 Grammy Award Nominees: Best Children’s Album Listed below are the nominees for the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Children’s Album. The winner will be announced on February 10, 2013. Can You Canoe? – [continue reading]
Review of the Week
Riordan, Rick. The Red Pyramid:The Graphic Novel. Orpheus Collar, Illus. Graphic. The Kane Chronicles Series. Hyperion, 2012. [192]p. $21.99. 978-1-4231-5068-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-9. This graphic novel is an excellent retelling of The Red Pyramid, the [continue reading]
More “Bests,” Job Openings, Reviewer Advice, and More!
More end-of-the-year “Best” lists National Science Teachers Association: Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12: http://www.nsta.org/publications/ostb/ostb2013.aspx Horn Book Fanfare 2012: http://www.hbook.com/2012/12/blogs/read-roger/horn-book-fanfare-2012/ 2013 YALSA Nonfiction Award finalists “Titanic: Voices from the Disaster” written by Deborah Hopkinson, [continue reading]
Breakfast Storytime Ideas
This is a storytime around breakfast, something to which all preschoolers can relate! For a craft project, you can have each child string Cheerios cereal to make an edible necklace. This is a great craft [continue reading]
Outstanding!
Every month, we’ll post an annotated bibliography of books that were rated ‘Outstanding’ and nominated for our Distinguished List at our previous month’s meeting. Members can see full reviews of these books and many more [continue reading]
More “Best Lists!”
More “Best Lists” being released! Check out: http://www.slj.com/2012/11/featured/best-books-2012/ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/books/review/notable-childrens-books-of-2012.html Submitted by Linda Perkins
Guardians of Childhood Read-Alikes
Read-Alikes for William Joyce’s Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King, the first in the series Guardians of Childhood. Fantasy novels featuring famous literary characters or figures from mythology and folklore can [continue reading]
France Storytime Ideas
An iconic French children’s character is Madeline! Here is a paper craft you can use to go with the classic picture book. Bemelmans, Ludwig. MADELINE. The popular book about “twelve little girls in two [continue reading]