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Summer Reading Resources - Keep Your Kids Reading Created: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 Updated: Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Summer Reading Resources: Here are tips, reading lists and advice on encouraging your kids and teens to read during the summer. Use these summer reading resources to find appropriate books for you...
Summer Reading Fun with Libraries and Children's Books Created: Sunday, January 04, 2004 Updated: Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Learn about public library summer reading programs for children, as well as recommended summer reading lists of children's books for your child, from series, read alouds, and chapter books to age a...
Books for Boys Recommended by Librarians – Librarians Recommend Books for Boys Created: Thursday, February 26, 2009 Updated: Monday, May 21, 2012
Librarians Recommend Books for Boys - If you are looking for books for boys, get recommendations from those who know what appeals to boys - librarians. These recommended reading lists of children's...
Lola at the Library - Picture Book About Libraries Books and Reading Created: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Updated: Thursday, May 17, 2012
Lola at the Library is a children's picture book about the joy of going to the library and enjoying storytime, borrowing books and having Mommy read them at home. Lola is a very young African Ameri...
Some More Thoughts - Share Your Story: How and Why I Share Picture Books With My Children Created: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Updated: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Parents, teachers, librarians and others share how they use picture books and how picture books benefit children. Readers respond to the
What Impact Have Maurice Sendak's Books Had on You and Your Kids Created: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
See how readers responded to the question, What Impact Did Maurice Sendak's Books Have on You and Your Kids? and share your own response.
Maurice Sendak - Artistry and Influence Of Children's Author and Illustrator Created: Friday, December 05, 2003 Updated: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Maurice Sendak's children's picture books, artwork and stories, have had a major impact on children's literature, with one book by Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are, winning both a Caldecott Medal ...
Children's Books That Make Good Mother's Day Gifts Created: Friday, June 15, 2007 Updated: Wednesday, May 09, 2012
If you are looking for a special Mother's Day gift for the mother or grandmother, here are some children’s picture books and one book of quotations from children’s books that should appea...
Children's Books that Make Great Graduation Gifts Created: Friday, June 15, 2007 Updated: Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Oh, the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss is one of several children's books that make excellent gifts for graduates. If you are looking for a unique graduation gift for a high school or college gradua...
Pieces A Year in Poems & Quilts - Children's Poetry Book Created: Sunday, January 04, 2004 Updated: Wednesday, May 09, 2012
The children's poetry book Pieces: A Year in Poems & Quilts, written and illustrated by Anna Grossnickle Hines, uses patchwork and appliqued miniature quilts as a backdrop for poems about the seaso...
Randolph Caldecott Medal for Illustration of Children's Picture Books Created: Monday, January 17, 2005 Updated: Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Learn all about the Randolph Caldecott Medal, the most prestigious award in the U.S. that an artist can receive for illustration of children's picture books. Here you'll find information about the ...
Yesterday We Had A Hurricane - Bilingual Picture Book Created: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 Updated: Tuesday, May 08, 2012
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Inside Hurricanes - Review of Nonfiction Book for Middle Grade Readers Created: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Inside Hurricanes is a good nonfiction book for middle grade readers. Written by Mary Kay Carson it includes fold-out pages, diagrams, photos and more.
Lauren Oliver Interview - Author of Delirium Teen Books Created: Sunday, May 06, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Ln this interview with author Lauren Oliver, the author of Delirium, learn about her books, her interests and her writing.
Author Jon Scieszka National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Created: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 Updated: Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Children's book author Jon Scieszka has written numerous popular children's books, both children's picture books and the Time Warp Trio chapter book series. Scieszka is committed to promoting boo...
Reluctant Readers - Hi-Lo Books, Tips and Recommended Reading Created: Saturday, January 03, 2004 Updated: Monday, May 07, 2012
If your child is a reluctant reader who never seems to find a book he or she likes there are a lot of helpful available resources, including hi-lo books.
Advice on Encouraging Reluctant Readers to Read Created: Monday, May 07, 2012 Updated: Monday, May 07, 2012
See how others have encouraged their reluctant readers to read and share how you helped your child who was a reluctant reader to become more interested in reading.
Teen Book Review: Delirium by Lauren Oliver: A Dystopian Novel About Forbidden Love Created: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Updated: Monday, May 07, 2012
Lauren Oliver's book Delirium is a novel about a dystopian society where love is forbidden and feared. Learn more about Delirium and young adult author Lauren Oliver in this teen book review.
Hate List - Realistic Teen Fiction By Jennifer Brown Created: Monday, April 30, 2012 Updated: Sunday, May 06, 2012
Hate List is the dramatic young adult novel by Jennifer Brown. This book review will provide information about this book of realistic teen fiction.
May 2012 Calendar of Children's Books for Holidays and Events Created: Sunday, April 12, 2009 Updated: Thursday, May 03, 2012
May 2012 Calendar of Children's Books - Here you'll find books for kids for Asian Pacific Heritage Month, Latino Books Month, Children's Book Week, Memorial Day and other May holidays and events.
Robert F. Sibert Sibert Medal - Informational Book Award For Children's Books Created: Monday, January 26, 2009 Updated: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is a children's book award administered by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC).
2012 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Winner and Honor Books Created: Friday, January 21, 2011 Updated: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
The 2012 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal winner and the 2012 Sibert Honor Books are excellent informational books for kids.
2010 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal - 2010 Sibert Medal Winner and Honor Books Created: Sunday, February 07, 2010 Updated: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Read all about the 2010 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal winner and the two 2010 Sibert Honor Books that were also named. For good informational books for children and younger teens, I rec...
2009 Robert F. Sibert Medal for Informational Book for Children - 2009 Sibert Medal Winner and Honor Books Created: Saturday, February 06, 2010 Updated: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
The 2009 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award went to Kadir Nelson,who wrote and illustrated We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball. Two Sibert Informational Book Award Honor Book...
2011 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal - 2011 Sibert Informational Book Award Winner and Honor Books Created: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, May 02, 2012
The 2011 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal winner the 2011 Sibert Honor Books are excellent nonfiction books for kids. For good children's informational books for children and younger teens...
Screen-Free Week / Turnoff Week - Good Idea or Bad - Readers Respond Created: Sunday, April 19, 2009 Updated: Monday, April 30, 2012
Screen-Free Week, formerly Turnoff Week and TV Turnoff Week, is a national initiative designed to get families to turn off the TV, computer, electronic games, etc. and rather than spending so much ...
What the Dormouse Said, Lessons for Grown-ups from Children's Books Created: Sunday, September 05, 2004 Updated: Sunday, April 29, 2012
If you love children's books, you'll want a copy of What the Dormouse Said, Lessons for Grown-ups from Children's Books, a collection of quotations from more than 200 books for children that was co...
Screen-Free Week FAQs Also Known As Turnoff Week and Children’s Books Created: Friday, March 20, 2009 Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012
What is Screen-Free Week, which used to be known as TV-Turnoff Week and Turnoff Week, and what does it have to do with children's books/
April 2012 Calendar of Children's Books - Books for Babies to Teens Created: Saturday, April 01, 2006 Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012
The April 2012 calendar of children's books contains recommended children's books for the season, including books for National Poetry Month, National Library Week, Passover and Easter.
Hi-Lo Booklists for Reluctant Readers - High Interest Low Readability Books Created: Friday, June 15, 2007 Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012
Hi-lo books are for reluctant readers who are not reading on grade level and who are not interested in books at their reading level. High interest low readability books provide reluctant readers w...
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom - Book Review Created: Friday, April 27, 2012 Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012
Learn about The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom, in this book review about the award-winning novel in verse, a work of historical fiction by Margarita Engle
Novels in Verse For Teens - Stories Told in a Series of Poems Created: Sunday, August 07, 2011 Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012
Review this list of novels in verse for teens, which includes Crank and Impulse by popular teen author Ellen Hopkins.

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