What do you really know about the power of listening? Maybe you’re an audiobook fan, maybe you believe listening to audiobooks is cheating, maybe you’ve not given much critical thought to how listening matters to literacy. The Sound Learning project provides a wealth of research, practical tools, and other guidance to help educators, librarians, and parents understand […]
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As we gear up for the American Library Association’s 2019 Midwinter Meeting, we’re celebrating the official debut of ALA’s new member-driven Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table. We regularly feature graphic novel galleries in our conference display booths and are proud to represent a range of publishers who produce fine visual literary work for kids
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Books and media from our publishers regularly receive starred reviews and feature on many lists of best titles. We’re really proud of award-winners that come from our publishers, too! In the past year, the following have won awards for children and youth publications: From Tilbury House, the picture book Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean:
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This is adapted from a post was originally published on our heritage blog PS We’re Reading on 25 August 2015 Many picture books offer opportunities for children, and even adults, new to English to explore both the written and spoken language they are acquiring. How picture books are put to this purpose requires sensitivity to
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We are thrilled to share that at the Youth Media Awards announcements earlier this month, author Shari Green and publisher Pajama Press were awarded the prestigious Schneider Family Book Award’s Middle School division for Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess. The Schneider Family Book Awards is an initiative of the American Library Association that honors “an author or
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For many of us, it’s been a long winter. What better way to celebrate Earth Day than to get outside, and what better activity than to listen to some Earth-celebrating audiobooks while you walk or sit and enjoy the spring scenery! Live Oak Media has a lot to offer to fit this bill! We can
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This was originally posted on our heritage blog PS We’re Reading on 20 June 2017 Barefoot Books celebrates inclusivity with Baby’s First Words, a board book that follows one busy baby and her two dads through a day full of exploration. Also available in Spanish as Mis primeras palabras, this title by Christiane Engel introduces younger
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Does that sound like a scary new science to you? It may well be! Inhabit Media, our favorite Inuit publisher, has a new picture book available that’s stuffed full of scary stuff! You can share with readers five to seven all the gruesome facts about The Dreaded Ogress of the Tundra–and then turn them loose
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This was originally posted on our heritage blog PS We’re Reading on 8 February 2015 The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) released its annual list during the opening of the 2015 Midwinter meeting of the American Library Association. Among the books touted on the new list are several from our own
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