This year National Library Week falls in the midst of a time when most public and school library buildings are necessarily closed. However, in many communities, library services and online collections are very much available. In 2020, celebrate the library at your place instead of in a library building! Not sure how to find your […]
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February 19, 2020, marks the first celebration of making a practice to read books from Canadian authors and publishers. We have some to share with you so you can settle in for a day of reading above the 49th parallel (and some from parts of Canada south of that, too). Let’s start with First Nations publisher Inhabit Media,
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Today’s blog post was written by our Marketing Manager Emerson Heflin. February 11th draws attention to the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Today, less than 30% of science researchers worldwide are women, so we could use the help of some inspiring picture books and novels to change the narrative and celebrate the women
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January 31 is Multicultural Book Day and that arrives this year on the heels of the American Library Association’s 2020 announcements of youth media awards. Among the rich array of picture books, novels, youth audience nonfiction, audiobooks, and apps, authors and illustrators, and children’s literature experts who received plaudits this year, we think these would enhance
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Books for kids in middle grades and into their tweens and early teens engage audiences by invoking curiosity. This occurs in both informational and imaginative narratives. And we’ve got some excellent suggestions to help independently reading kids celebrate this year’s 100th anniversary of Children’s Book Week! Just this week, the national association that creates and
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Whether you’re looking for a gentle picture book for a child new to the holiday or something to ratchet up the fear factor for a blasé teen, the crop of possibilities is glowing with options. From Pajama Press, Pumpkin Orange, Pumpkin Round, by Rosanna Battigelli and illustrated by Tara Anderson, provides seasonal rhymes and images
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October has brought a wonderfully rich harvest of awards to our publishers. The Northern Dawn‘s book awards, Northern Lights, were announced in a range of categories “honoring children’s literature of extraordinary merit.” We are so pleased to see so many of the books we love on the roster of 2019 winners: Board Book/Toddler Winner: From
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A recent and welcome mini-trend we’re seeing is the art of featuring children who recognize and respond appropriately to adult sadness. Since virtually all small children do have significant adults in their lives and since all of us as humans of any age sometimes experience sadness, the real life reality is that kids do see adults
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This is the second in a series of four posts with which we ask you to join us in celebrating World Kid Lit Month (#WorldKidLit on social media). As we continue to celebrate World Kid Lit Month with a cavalcade of kids’ books from international publishers, we make our next stop in the Western Hemisphere,
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