Picture Book Biographies for Black History Month
February is Black History Month, and it is a time of celebrating black culture and history, recognizing the accomplishments of individuals, as well as the Civil Rights movement and other…
How to be a Good Reader
If you’re reading this, you can definitely read! Congratulations! So why do you need advice on how to be a good reader? Reading aloud, especially to children, is skill that…
Book Nutrition: Different Ways to Feed the Brain
Recently, the staff in the Children’s Room has been noticing a trend in children’s and young adult literature: lots of adults take out and read books traditionally written for young…
The Battle for the Newbery Award
“If something bad is happening to a child in a book, that book will win the Newbery”, a veteran children’s librarian complained to me once. And I can’t deny it.…