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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

McSweeney's Take on Children's Songs

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Yes, I know I have a strange sense of humor, but you must read this. Take a look at Sarah Schmelling's post entitled Mom Takes Children...
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Monday, January 11, 2010

Monday Poetry Stretch - Firsts

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Today is the first day of the spring semester. As I prepare, I've started thinking a lot about firsts--first day of school, first kiss, ...
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Friday, January 08, 2010

National Puzzle Month - Great Reads

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January is National Puzzle Month . In our house we do a lot of jigsaw puzzles (usually one a week), but we also like logic puzzles and ...
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Poetry Friday is Here!

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Did you know that January is National Puzzle Month ? In honor of this month-long celebration I'm sharing a wonderful poem by Russell Hob...
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Thursday, January 07, 2010

Poetry Stretch Results - Shadorma

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The challenge this week was to write in the form of shadorma , a six-line poem with with a syllable count of 3/5/3/3/7/5. Here are the resul...
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Children's Librarians Are Ambitious Bakers ...

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Below is a quote from an article written for SLJ . It's just more proof of why John Green is made of awesome. Adult librarians are like...
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Winners of 2010 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize Announced

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The winners of the 2010 AAAS /Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books have been announced. This prize "celebrates outsta...
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Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Ephron on Reading and Other Important Matters

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Yesterday my sister handed me a copy of Nora Ephron's book I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman . I read it fr...
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Monday, January 04, 2010

Hooray for Scieszka Day!

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When the lovely ladies at A Year of Reading cooked up the idea of celebrating Jon Scieszka , I knew I had to participate. As I sat down to ...
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Monday Poetry Stretch - Shadorma

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This week I thought we'd try another new (to me at least) poetic form. The shadorma is a poem composed of six lines with a syllable cou...
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Nonfiction Monday - Davies and Layton

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I think Nicola Davies is a genius. She has the knack for writing about science in a clever, highly engaging manner. Pair her text with the q...
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Friday, January 01, 2010

Cybils Finalists Announced!

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Hurray! The finalists for the Cybils have been announced! Check out the books that made the cut in these categories. Easy Readers & Sho...

Books With Lasting Connections

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The January 2010 issue of Book Links features Lasting Connections of 2009 , a " list of the 30 picture books, novels, and nonfiction bo...
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Poetry Friday - Love Poem With Toast

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Today marks a new beginning--2010. Last year I marked the first poetry Friday with Tennyson , my traditional New Year's Eve read. This y...
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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Poetry Stretch Results - Endings and Beginnings

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The challenge this week was to write a poem about a beginning, and ending, or both. Here are the results. Left Behind: 2009 by Jane Yole...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Times Best of the Decade - Books

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The critics at Time Magazine have weighed in on the best movies, TV, books and theater of the decade . Lev Grossman (THE MAGICIANS, THE COD...
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Monday, December 28, 2009

Nonfiction Monday - Let It Snow

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We had a foot of snow one week before Christmas. The bulk of it was still here on Christmas Eve, but it all began to melt away in the rain o...
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Monday Poetry Stretch - Endings and Beginnings

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With the new year approaching, I'm thinking of what will be left behind in 2009, as well as the fresh start offered by 2010. It seems pa...
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Friday, December 25, 2009

Poetry Friday - Christmas Bells

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On Christmas morning in 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow composed an anti-slavery poem that was later adapted into the carol entitled “I Hea...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

A Little Book-Related Art Work

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My son was over the moon when an ARC of Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist Book 2: The Basilisk's Lair arrived addressed to him last week. H...
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