February 2012
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It Was a Dark and Stormy Night...
There are books I read as a child that I have re-read periodically ever since; there are children’s books that I have only known as an adult, and then there are the books that I read when I was young but for some reason haven’t read since. There’s nothing really strange about this; I am, after all, nominally an adult, and not every book one reads as a kid merits being returned to...
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Women and Children First! Why anyone who cares... →
Great Gay Teen Books from Alex Sanchez →
realkidsgoodbooks:
Alex Sanchez has compiled a great list of LGBTQ books for teens. He’s the author of a number of books including, Rainbow Boys, So Hard to Say, Getting It, The God Box and Boyfriends with Girlfriends.
“Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If...”
– Judy Blume, born today in 1938. (via thelifeguardlibrarian)
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Horror for Kids: How Goosebumps outlasted Harry... →
Goosebumps celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
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“I’m in love with you, and I’m not in the business of denying myself the simple...”
– John Green, The Fault in Our Stars (via bookmania)
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Even Crocodiles Get the Blues →
In new picture books, one crocodile stands out in workaday Oslo; another watches as other species disappear from the wild.
(As a native Floridian, I’m partial to these readable reptiles.)
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Urban Children's Literature in Short Supply,... →
Does it seem possible that over the last decade, only one book series for early readers—those in the 2nd and 3rd grade range—features a main character who is Latino?
That rather stunning discovery was made by Jane Fleming, a professor at the Erikson Institute in Chicago, with her colleague Sandy Carillo, a literacy and language specialist who works with English learners in a school district...
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Mulberry Street May Fade, but ‘Mulberry Street’... →
And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street turns 75.
A tour of Springfield, Mass., where Ted Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, was raised, suggests that some of the images from his books were inspired by things he saw growing up.
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What was your favorite YA novel of 2011?
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What book will you give your valentine this year?
January 2012
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“We don’t need a list of rights and wrongs, tables of dos and don’ts: we need...”
– Philip Pullman (via onesunnycloudyday)
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WatchNot to be missed! Pt 2 of Stephen Colbert’s interview with Maurice Sendak!
“The sad thing is…I like it.” - Maurice Sendak
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Watch“Newt Gingrich… is an idiot. Of great renown, I’ll give him that. There is something so hopelessly gross and vile about him… lets not take him seriously.” -Maurice Sendak
“Generally, by the time you are real, most of your hair has been loved off, and...”
– “The Velveteen Rabbit” by Margery Williams (via julie911)
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NYPL Wire–The New York Public Library: 10... →
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A Ball for Daisy, written and illustrated by Chris Raschka, just won the 2012 Caldecott Medal! Youth Materials Specialist Betsy Bird shares her picks for 10 winners that have stood the test of time.
1942: Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (Viking) These ducklings don’t age…
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“Remember that there are only three kinds of things anyone need ever do. (1)...”
– C. S. Lewis, in a letter to Sarah, his godchild, on 3 April 1949 via Stan Carey (via bobulate)
So true.
(via readandbreathe)
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Walter Dean Myers chosen as new YA literature... →
“’Reading is not an Option!’ is my platform,” he told the School Library Journal. “As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow simple instructions. This is no longer the case. Children who don’t read are, in the main, destined for lesser lives. I feel a deep sense of responsibility to change this.”
McNally Jackson Kids Page →
Check out the new Kids page on McNally Jackson’s website! Event listings, book fair updates, and information about our new monthly puppet show coming soon.
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What will you resolve to read this year?
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