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CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Children’s Lit Community Launches Auction to Help Refugees in Europe

Fresh Graphic Novel Picks – ALSC Blog

From school books to publishing, black girls deserve better representation

‘I pinch myself everyday’ says children’s book author and illustrator Ashley Spires

Jackie Carter, Who Pushed for Racial Diversity in Children’s Books, Dies at 62

Why children and teens need funny books

Why it’s time to take children’s books seriously

I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.:

EBOOKS

How Amazon Kindle Unlimited Scammers Wring Big Money From Phony Books

LIBRARIES

Beyond books: Eight things you may not know about libraries

Boulder Public Library aims to empower parents with new early literacy app

Community celebrates Billings Public Library’s recent awards

In praise of the Library of Congress

Is your local library a bestseller? — Mass. circulation rates tell an interesting tale – The Boston Globe

L.A. Public Library unveils new card designed by Shepard Fairey

Lending a Library a Hand in Colorado

Library director reflects on dramatic changes as retirement draws near

The once and future library

Open libraries: Self service libraries – The Danish way.

The Rise of Pirate Libraries

Toronto library workers say they’re heading for strike | Toronto Star

Weeding the Worst Library Books – The New Yorker

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TEEN READS

The best starter graphic novels for YA readers

New Study of Impact of Literacy Apps

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Science Daily has information about a study of the impact of tablets loaded with literacy apps on children. For the last four years, MIT, Tufts University and Georgia State University have been studying whether tablet computers with literacy apps could improve reading preparedness of young children living in economically disadvantaged communities.

They did three trials of the tablets: one in two rural Ethiopian villages with no schools and no written culture, one in a suburban South African school with a student-teacher ratio of 60 to 1, and one in a rural school in the United States.Students are given the tablets with no coaching from adults, because the plan is to scale this up to a larger level. There was no issue with children using the tablets and most had explored all of the apps by the end of the first day.

The results:

In the South African trial, rising second graders who had been issued tablets the year before were able to sound out four times as many words as those who hadn’t, and in the U.S. trial, which involved only 4-year-olds and lasted only four months, half-day preschool students were able to supply the sounds corresponding to nearly six times as many letters as they had been before the trial.

New trials are being run now in Uganda, Bangladesh, India and the US. A total of 2000 children have been part of the study so far.

This is certainly something for libraries and teachers to keep an eye on!

This Week’s Tweets, Pins & Tumbls

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CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Baby Books – Fowl Language Comics

Dinosaurs At Bedtime  – https://t.co/uCxK6ovS7m

Faith Erin Hicks Interview for ‘The Nameless City’ – GeekDad

The Inside Story of Rudyard Kipling and ‘The Jungle Book’

‘It Takes A Lot Of Bravery To Be Kind,’ Says Kids’ Author Kate DiCamillo

James Cross Giblin, 82, Wide-Ranging Author of Books for Children, Dies

The masses have spoken and they want BLOOD! A review of Samurai Rising. Beheadings galore!

Miss Peregrine author returns with illustrated collection of fairytales

My Republica – Exploring children’s literature in Nepal

Where Were These Kids Field Guides When I Was a Kid? – GeekDad

With ‘Thunder Boy Jr.,’ Sherman Alexie hopes to help correct a problem

C.S. Lewis:

LIBRARIES

Brown County to again consider library changes

Cat-Owning, Knit-Loving, ‘Hopelessly Sterotypical’ Librarian Is A ‘Jeopardy’ Badass

Fewer Americans Are Visiting Local Libraries—and Technology Isn’t to Blame

Madison Public Library wins nation’s highest library and museum honor for community service https://t.co/kcs084PYOI

Wisconsin’s Oldest Library Founded This Week In 1836 | Wisconsin Public Radio

RT : Libraries Need Diverse Books » Public Libraries Online

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TEEN READS

Catching Up With Comedian Jeffery Self On His New Young Adult Novel ‘Drag Teen’

Kids Can Press to Launch Teen Imprint

Naming Super-Man – Gene Luen Yang on Kenan Kong, China’s new hero –

Why Jane Eyre is most definitely a YA novel

This Week’s Tweets, Pins & Tumbls

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betterbooktitles: Eric Carle: The Very Hungry Caterpillar We’re a month away from the release of Never Flirt With Puppy Killers, so I’d like to share the best of Better Book Titles this month. Here’s my favorite.

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Green Books for Eco-Minded Kids & Parents | Brightly

Kwame Alexander on winning the Newbery Award: ‘I’m going to keep it real with you’

Why I Came Out As A Gay Children’s Book Author

LIBRARIES
The 7 most beautiful new libraries in North America
The fall and rise of subscription libraries – BBC News
Need a ukulele? Grab one at Toronto’s 1st musical instrument library
Survey Shows Fewer Americans Are Visiting Libraries
TEEN READS
36 of Your Favorite YA Romances
TV deal for O’Neill’s Asking For It | The Bookseller

ALA’s Frequently Challenged Book List for 2015

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The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom has released their list of the most challenged books in the United States for last year. Here is the top ten:

  1. Looking for Alaska by John Green
  2. Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
  3. I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings
  4. Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
  5. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
  6. The Holy Bible
  7. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
  8. Habibi by Craig Thompson
  9. Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan by Jeanette Winter
  10. Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan

Ah, once again so many of my personal favorites on the list. Though I am not surprised to see LGBT books on the list, since they have always featured prominently on the list, I am saddened to see two that are specifically about transgender teens and children being targeted. Both are about real people and offer a glimpse into the transgender experience from those who are living it.

Though this list always makes me sad, it also lights a fire to make sure that my community has open access to these books as well as books like them. To make sure that LGBT members of our community see themselves reflected in our collection. To make sure that those from religions other than Christianity see themselves in children’s books on our shelves. To have books for teens that contain sexual experiences because, seriously, they are teens.

What lights your fire?

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CHILDREN’S BOOKS

13 Books That Teach Body Positivity To Kids

13 Children’s Books That Will Make Any Mom Laugh

Authors of Kid’s Books Seek Repeal of North Carolina Law

How Much Money Would Harry Potter Owe Hogwarts in Damages? | Nerdist

How To Get Kids Hooked On Books? ‘Use Poetry. It Is A Surefire Way’

Kids’ book author Beverly Cleary’s formative year as a librarian in Yakima

The next World of Warcraft spinoff is a children’s book series

LIBRARIES

Flint Public Library & StoryCorps Join Forces to Archive 1st Person Accounts of the City’s Water Crisis

Philadelphia libraries to get $600 million makeover courtesy of Mayor Kenney’s new plan

Philly’s Paschalville Library has a new collection: Neckties

Providing Calm in the Chaos | American Libraries Magazine

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READING

The Impact of a Single Book

International Children’s Book Day Quotes: 20 Sayings About Reading To Share With Lit Lovers

TEEN READS

Lumberjanes Wins GLAAD Media Award For Outstanding Comic –

This Week’s Tweets, Pins & Tumbls

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CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Beverly Cleary, creator of Ramona Quimby, still going strong at 99

We Stories aims to get white families talking about race, racism through children’s books

16 Hilarious Signs That Prove Libraries Are the Greatest:

LIBRARIES

As libraries embrace maker rooms, are the poorest users being left behind?

British public library service faces ‘greatest crisis in its history’

For Adults, Lifelong Learning Happens The Old Fashioned Way

In San Jose, Poor Find Doors to Library Closed

Libraries: The decline of a profession? – BBC News

Nintendo partners with SF public library to teach kids about game design

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This Week’s Tweets, Pins & Tumbls

| Tasha

Here are the links I shared on my Twitter, Pinterest, and Tumblr accounts this week that I think are cool:

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

16 Children’s Books That Will Make You See The World Differently

Behind Our Favorite Children’s Books, a Woman Who Championed Them

Books on Film: In the Studio with Marla Frazee — 100 Scope Notes

Has Harry Potter made the trend for longer children’s books fly?

NPR – More Color In Kids’ Lit: Your Best Picks

LIBRARIES

Dennis Walcott gets hands-on as Queens Library CEO

Ep. 19 “Fish! Fish! Fish!” | Library Stories from NYPL

San Jose library amnesty weighed as unpaid fines near $7 million

Books have a way of making you homesick for a place you've never been to.:

TEEN READS

Books I Wish I’d Read as an LGBTQ Teenager

‘Gossip Girl’ Author Cecily von Ziegesar Has A New YA Book Deal

Lauren Myracle Talks To ‘Little White Lies’ Co-Authors About Race, Power, & Their New YA Book

Top 10 invented worlds in teen books

This Week’s Tweets, Pins & Tumbls

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CHILDREN’S BOOKS

5 Big Reasons to Continue to Read to Your ‘Big’ Kids

Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit gets his own 50p coin – and he didn’t have to steal it

Best Princess Books for All Ages

Celebrating a legendary kids’ book illustrator – The Boston Globe

Children’s books for Muslims are great idea, author says

It Took Dr. Seuss a Year to Write ‘The Cat in the Hat’—and It Changed Kids’ Lit Forever

A name speaks volumes for these children’s books:

Scholastic and We Need Diverse Books announce an expanded partnership! | On Our Minds  

Simon & Schuster Launching an Imprint for Muslim Children’s Books – World Religion News

Why are so many children’s fantasy books adapted as films?

LIBRARIES

16 Hilarious Signs That Prove Libraries Are the Greatest

Dennis Walcott, Former Schools Chancellor, Is Named C.E.O. of Queens Library

MIT’s Future of the Library: Encouraging Social Knowledge-Building

San Francisco Public Library hosts drag queen story hour for children

Snark, Sarcasm, and Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarians » Public Libraries Online

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TEEN LIT

Angus, Thongs author Louise Rennison dies – BBC News

This Book Gives Native Girls The Tools To Seek Help After Getting Raped