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Bank Street CCL Announces Irma Black Award, Cook Prize Finalists
New York’s Bank Street Center for Children’s Literature (CCL) has announced the finalists for its Irma Black Award for the best read-aloud picture book for first and second grade, and the finalists for...
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Pick of the Day: Exclamation Mark
ROSENTHAL, Amy Krouse. Exclamation Mark. illus. by Tom Lichtenheld. 56p. Scholastic. Mar. 2013. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-545-43679-3. Gr 1-5–Through a perfect pairing of clever design and tongue-in-cheek...
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Pick of the Day: Take Me Out to the Yakyu
MESHON, Aaron. Take Me Out to the Yakyu. illus. by author. 40p. glossary. S & S/Atheneum. Feb. 2013. Tr $15.99. ISBN 978-1-4424-4177-4; ebook $12.99. ISBN 978-1-4424-4178-1. LC 2011050907. K-Gr 2–A...
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Pick of the Day: Perfectly Percy
SCHMID, Paul. Perfectly Percy. illus. by author. 40p. HarperCollins/Harper. 2013. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-06-180436-6. LC 2011030447. PreS-K–Percy is a porcupine with a problem. He loves balloons, but...
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Pick of the Day: Have You Seen My New Blue Socks?
BUNTING, Eve. Have You Seen My New Blue Socks? illus. by Sergio Ruzzier. 32p. Clarion. Mar. 2013. RTE $16.99. ISBN 978-0-547-75267-9. LC 2012012192. PreS-Gr 1–A small green duck has lost his new blue...
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Pick of the Day: The Highway Rat
DONALDSON, Julia. The Highway Rat. illus. by Axel Scheffler. 32p. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine. Apr. 2013. RTE $16.99. ISBN 978-0-545-47758-1. PreS-Gr 2–Inspired by Alfred Noyes’s “The Highwayman,”...
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JLG’s On the Radar: Be Not Afraid—Picture Books for a Not-So-Scary Storytime
Any librarian will tell you that scary books are popular―no matter how young the patron. Knowing that someone else is scared can lessen a child’s anxiety. Reading about frightening things also provides...
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JLG’s On the Radar: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
Interpreting illustrations is never more important than when reading a wordless book. Stories without text―or just a few words―provide an opportunity for children to focus on meaning, characters, and...
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Pick of the Day: Frog Song
GUIBERSON, Brenda Z. Frog Song. illus. by Gennady Spirin. 40p. bibliog. websites. Holt. 2013. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-8050-9254-7. LC 2011041940. K-Gr 4–Guiberson has carefully chosen and researched 11...
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Pick of the Day: A Long Way Away
VIVA, Frank. A Long Way Away: A Two-Way Story. illus. by author. 40p. Little, Brown. Apr. 2013. Tr ISBN 978-0-316-22196-2. PreS-Gr 2–This innovative picture book is designed to be read vertically...
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Pick of the Day: Round Is a Tortilla
THONG, Roseanne Greenfield. Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes. illus. by John Parra. 40p. glossary. Chronicle. Apr. 2013. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-1-4521-0616-8. PreS-Gr 2–This picture book in rhyme...
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Michelle Knudsen, Andrea Menotti Score Bank Street CCL’s Top Book Prizes
Students at The Good Hope School in St. Croix with some of the contenders for the 2013 Irma Black Award. New York’s Bank Street Center for Children’s Literature (CCL) has named Michelle Knudsen’s Big...
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Pick of the Day: The Mighty Lalouche
OLSHAN, Matthew. The Mighty Lalouche. illus. by Sophie Blackall. 40p. Random/Schwartz & Wade. glossary. May 2013. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-375-86225-0; PLB $20.99. ISBN 978-0-375-96225-7; ebook...
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Pick of the Day: Papa’s Mechanical Fish
FLEMING, Candace. Papa’s Mechanical Fish. illus.by Boris Kulikov. 32p.bibliog. Farrar/Margaret Ferguson.June 2013. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-374-39908-5. Gr 2-4–This picture book is a fictional account...
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Pick of the Day: Brush of the Gods
LOOK, Lenore. Brush of the Gods. illus. by Meilo So. 40p. Random/Schwartz & Wade. June 2013. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-375-87001-9. LC 2012006442. K-Gr 3–Young Wu Daozi tries to please his calligraphy...
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Pick of the Day: Shimmer & Splash
ARNOSKY, Jim. Shimmer & Splash: The Sparkling World of Sea Life. illus. by author. 40p. further reading. Sterling. 2013. Tr $14.95. ISBN 978-1-4027-8623-5. LC 2012012863. Gr 2-5–Arnosky has been...
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Picture Book About Islam Ignites Twitter Battle
Children’s book author and former teacher Kate Messner has always had a passion for sharing books with kids, so when she recommended Hena Khan’s beautiful Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns(Chronicle,...
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Pick of the Day: Steam Train, Dream Train
RINKER, Sherri Duskey. Steam Train, Dream Train. illus. by Tom Lichtenheld. 40p. Chronicle. 2013. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-1-4521-0920-6. LC 2012030942. PreS-K–From out of the midnight darkness comes a...
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Pick of the Day: Inside Outside
BOYD, Lizi. Inside Outside. illus. by author. 40p. Chronicle. 2013. Tr $15.99. ISBN 978-1-4521-0644-1. LC 2012015430. PreS-Gr 2–This wordless book follows a boy through the seasons as he plays with his...
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Librarian, Blogger, Author: Betsy Bird Talks About ‘Giant Dance Party’
Photo by Sonya Sones Longtime School Library Journal blogger Elizabeth Bird, the New York Public Library’s youth materials collections specialist, can add published author to her name this year. Her...
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