Preschool to Grade 4 07/01/2009
Fiction ADLER, Victoria . All of Baby Nose to Toes illus. by Hiroe Nakata. unpaged. Dial 2009. RTE $14.99. ISBN 978-0-803-73217-9 . LC number unavailable. PreS–Through bouncy verses, children follow a toddler’s antics as her grandparents, parents, a brother, and a pet dog celebrate everything about her, from her eyes to her tummy to her toes.
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Grades 5 & Up 07/01/2009
Fiction BARNES, John . Tales of the Madman Underground: (An Historical Romance 1973) 532p. Viking 2009. Tr $18.99. ISBN 978-0-670-06081-8 . LC number unavailable. Gr 9 Up–Karl Shoemaker, in group therapy at school since fourth grade, turns a new leaf on the first day of senior year, 1973. His goal is to be normal and avoid therapy while still keeping his friends, who are all part of t...
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Adult Books for High School Students Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 07/01/2009
Fiction BAKKER, Gerbrand . The Twin . tr. from Dutch by David Colmer. 250p. Archipelago . 2009. Tr $25. ISBN 978-0-9800330-2-1 . LC 2008045725. Adult/High School—Henk was more popular and athletic than Helmer, his identical twin, while growing up on a small rural Netherlands farm. Henk was their father's favorite son.
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Professional Reading 07/01/2009
LOW, Elizabeth Cothen , comp. Big Book of Animal Rhymes, Fingerplays, and Songs . 324p. illus. bibliog. index. score. Web sites. CIP. Libraries Unlimited . 2009. pap. $40. ISBN 978-1-59158-630-2 . LC 2008032664. Low has compiled more 650 rhymes, fingerplays, poems, and songs. Her introduction supports new storytime planners as well as veterans who might need an additional song or poem for a pr...
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Multimedia Review 07/01/2009
Video/DVD Art Instruction Making Books . video or DVD. 24:50 min. Crystal Prods. 2009. video: ISBN 978-1-56290-620-7 , DVD: ISBN 978-1-56290-619-1 . $29.95. Gr 7 Up—Artist Peggy Flores provides step-by-step demonstrations of the basics of making books with different binding materials and techniques.
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Graphic Novels 07/01/2009
Elementary and Middle School DUMAS, Alexandre . The Three Musketeers . vol. 1. ISBN 978-1-59961-594-3 . DUMAS, Alexandre . High Treason . vol. 2. ISBN 978-1-59961-595-0 . DUMAS, Alexandre . The Iron Mask . vol 3. ISBN 978-1-59961-596-7 . DUMAS, Alexandre . The Man In the Iron Mask . vol. 4. ISBN 978-1-59961-597-4 .
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Never Too Young to Cite By Shonda Brisco - 07/01/2009
You've got to be kidding! Teach first graders how to do research? Teach second graders how to cite their sources? If it seems that teaching information literacy skills to elementary students is a little overwhelming (or even impossible), think again. Capstone has created an innovative new database designed for K-2 students that will make teaching kindergarten students how to perform library re...
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BookExpo America 2009: SLJ's Day of Dialog School Library Journal held a Day of Dialog in conjunction with the annual BookExpo America on May 28, 2009 at the Brooklyn Public Library. Full story: bit.ly/1a0G7o
2008 National Book Awards Nominees in the young people's literature category graced the red carpet on Awards night Nov. 20, 2008.
The Buzz Nov. 2008 So the economy’s gone south, you still need your gadgets.
Folktales from Around the World: The Bear Prince. DVD. 11:56 min. with tchr’s. guide. Prod. by Colman Communications. Dist. by 100% Educational Media (schoolvideos.com). 2008. $39.95.
K-Gr 4–While this animated Mexican fairy tale will be new to most viewers, the story contains familiar elements from such popular tales as “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Little Mermaid,” and “Puss in Boots.”
Let them eat cake! Library aide Shanta Ramkhelawan (left), librarian Camina Raphael, and Colleen McCrea, head of the children's library, served delectable dessert to more than 130 people celebrating the 85th anniversary of the historic Robert Bacon Memorial Children's Library in Westbury, NY. Upon opening its doors in 1924 it was only the third children's library in the world.