Publications about books for children and young adults
From Dr. Robert Needlman explaining the difference between babies falling asleep and learning how to go to asleep, through Cambridge librarians Julie Roach and Beth McIntyre coaching us through selecting books for preschool story time to Anna Dewdney using photographs to demonstrate how to transform unpleasant expressions on family members faces into picture book gold, [...]
Recommended nonfiction books about life skills and wellness. From the April 2013 issue of Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book.
Recommended nonfiction books about farming and gardening. From the April 2013 issue of Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book.
Recommended nonfiction books about animals and their habitats. From the April 2013 issue of Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book.
Recommended nonfiction books about explorers and exploration. From the April 2013 issue of Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book.
Recommended nonfiction books about the Holocaust. From the April 2013 issue of Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book.
The books recommended below were all published within the last several years and reviewed by The Horn Book Magazine. Grade levels are only suggestions; the individual child is the real criterion. Preschool Suggested grade level for each entry: PS Lots of Spots by Lois Ehlert (Simon/Beach Lane) Frequently funny poems, rhymes, and the occasional [...]
Spring is here, and love is in the air (be sure to catch What Makes a Good YA Love Story? by Katrina Hedeen and Rachel L. Smith in the upcoming May/June 2013 issue of the Horn Book Magazine). Here are four more books that will make teens contemplate love in all its forms. The main [...]
Jenny Brown and the Center for Children’s Literature at Bank Street are putting on an ECE show of their own next Saturday, April 13th. “Literature for Early Childhood: What Do You Need to Know?” runs from nine to noon and will be keynoted by Horn Book fave Laura Vaccaro Seeger. You can sign up here.
Cambridge Public Library youth services manager (and Horn Book reviewer) Julie Roach will be discussing library services for preschool children at our Fostering Lifelong Learners event (free; you should come) at CPL on April 25th. I asked her to share some of her thoughts on serving this (very) particular audience. (I think her answer to [...]
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