Category: graphic
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Picture it: a program
Do you want a program that you can do at your library that is: intergenerational? collaborative? creative? involves multiple departments, including tech services? celebrates picture books and novels? Well, here it is: Buy a bunch of blank books from Bare Books. They have paperbacks, picture books, graphic novels, board books–all of them blank and ready…
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No, really, let kids choose what they read
In case you need something to tide you over while you wait for your copy of Reading Unbound to arrive, here are some more quotes about why we need to let kids choose what they read. We want to help our students fall in love with books in ways that foster a life-long devotion to…
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Why Kids Need to Read What They Want
In the most recent edition of Cover to Cover by K.T. Horning, there are no early childhood, middle grade, or ya distinctions in books for children. Encompassing fiction and nonfiction, the breakdown is: Picture books (including board books) Readers/Beginning Readers/Easy Readers Transitional books Chapter books That’s it. We have those formats, and within those formats, every genre is…
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A Zeal of Zebras
I’m not gonna lie, I’m a word nerd, so when A Zeal of Zebras: An Alphabet of Collective Nouns arrived in my mailbox (1) I literally (2) squealed with delight. Beautifully illustrated examples of wackadoodle collective nouns? Yes, please. This book is visually gorgeous: I’d be happy to have any of the pages reproduced as…
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Rick and Rack and the Great Outdoors
Rick and Rack and the Great Outdoors by Ethan Long Rick and Rack are a raccoon and a deer, respectively, and in this slight graphic novel they go on three different outdoorsy adventures, including fishing, tracking, and paddling around the lake in a canoe. There is really no through-line to the three anecdotes, and this…
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