Robert Sabuda offers a wonderful official site. Sabuda is the creator of amazing popup books that carry them to an entirely new level. His site offers information on how you can make your own popups.

Paul O Zelinsky has a wonderful website featuring his latest book, Doodler Doodling. You can also take a peek at the new animated version of his Wheels on the Bus.

The Toronto Public Library has created a list of the 100 Best Canadian Books for Today’s Children and Teens. The list is nicely sorted into age categories with separate sections for folk tales and poetry.
Via About Children’s Books.

Walter Wick is the incredible photographer behind the very popular I Spy books as well as books he has both photographed and written, like A Drop of Water. Click on the Features section of the site to go behind the scenes and discover how he creates his photographic magic.

Now you can play the Save the Trees Game based on Dr. Seuss’ wonderful book. The game requires Shockwave.

Center for Children’s Books announces The 2005 Gryphon Award. THe award is given annually to the author of “an outstanding English language work of fiction or non-fiction for which the primary audience is children in Kindergarten through Grade 4.”
This year’s winner is Little Rat Rides by Monika Bang-Campbell, illustrated by Molly Bang. The two honor books are Down Girl and Sit: Smarter Than Squirrels by Lucy Nolan, illustrated by Mike Reed and You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Michael Emberley.

YA Authors Cafe is something I should highlight more often. They hold chats on Tuesdays at 8:30 pm. Coming on February 8th, you can join the wonderful YA authors, Libba Bray, A.M. Jenkins, Catherine Atkins, and Mary E. Pearson as they discuss how point of view affects their writing.

VOYA OnLine has some great articles on gaming with kids at the library. They cover everything from board games to video games to Dungeons and Dragons.
Currently at our library we do board games and at my previous job, I started doing D&D with teens. I have never tried video games, but now the wheels are turning in my head. We don’t have consoles, but we do have a small laptop lab. Now I just have to find a multiplayer game that is child-appropriate.

NPR : Families Wrestle with Concerns on TV Indecency
An interesting piece on parents worrying about what their children are being exposed to on television, including sex and violence. Nicely, no one is talking censorship of the programming, but trying to make appropriate choices for their children.