Month: January 2006

Notable Children's Books 2006

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The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has its Current Notable Children’s Books List on their website.

Printz Award Photos

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John Green’s blog, Sparksflyup.com has a great photo essay about the phone call he got when he won the Printz for Looking for Alaska.

The Dirty Little Boy

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The Dirty Little Boy by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Steven Salerno is a wonderful book.  It is the story of a little boy who is so dirty that he actually asks his mother for a bath.  She is busy doing white laundry in her washtub, so she tells him to go learn from the animals how to take a bath.  So he tries to bathe the way that birds, pigs, cats and horses do.  But he just gets dirtier and dirtier.  Finally, he returns to his mother, who promptly puts him in the washtub and gets him shiny clean.

The book takes traditional storytelling techniques and combines them with modern illustrations that retain a retro feel.  It is a perfect readaloud with its rhythmic language and repetition.  The writing is witty and fun, with a real child-friendly topic.  Just a joy to have discovered and to have read. 

Published in 2001, it was just released in paperback in October.

See Hatfield

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See Hatfield is a blog from Charles Hatfield. The blog is filled with posts on children’s books, films based on books, comics, and children’s culture.

Pixiepalace

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Pixiepalace is a blog that has some children’s books mixed in with other topics. Definitely worth checking out.

YALSA Audiobooks

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YALSA has a list of the 2006 Selected Audiobooks that are recommended for their appeal to teens, the quality of their recording, and their enhancement of the written work. If you enjoy audiobooks or select them for a library, these are the ones to listen to.

Sandra Boynton

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Sandra Boynton has a homepage that is silly, fun and sweet, just like her books.  Find out more about her and her work, share with other fans, and play online games.

Quick Picks 2006

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If you are looking for books that will fly off your shelves, then this is the list for you: 2006 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. I always find books that I have never seen reviews for or even heard of. This year they selected 91 titles for the list. The list is designed as recommended titles for teens who do not like to read.

BBYA 2006

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2006 Best Books for Young Adults is a wonderful list to look at. This year the list contains 91 recommended titles. The committee also selected a Top Ten:
Akbar, Said Hyder and Burton, Susan. Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager’s Story. Bloomsbury, 2005. $24.95. (1-58234-520-1).
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow. Scholastic, 2005. illus. $19.95. (0-439-35379-3).
Buckhanon, Kalisha. Upstate. St. Martin’s, 2005. $19.95. (0-312-33268-8).
Green, John. Looking for Alaska. Dutton, 2005. $15.99. (0-525-47506-0).
Lynch, Chris. Inexcusable. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, 2005. $16.95. (0-689-84789-0).
Meyer, Stephanie. Twilight: A Novel. Little, Brown/Megan Tingley, 2005. $17.99. (0-316-16017-2).
Vaughan, Brian K. Runaways: Volume 1 HC. Illus. by Adrian Alphona. Marvel, 2005. $34.99. (0-7851-1876-4).
Westerfeld, Scott. Peeps. Penguin/Razorbill, 2005. $16.99. (1-59514-031-X).
Wooding, Chris. Poison. Scholastic/Orchard, 2005. $16.99. (0-439-75570-0).
Zusak, Markus. I Am the Messenger. Knopf, 2005. $16.95. (0-375-83099-5).