The Cook Prize is presented by the Bank Street College of Education and honors the best science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) picture book published for children ages 8-10. Finalists are chosen by a panel of judges including two math/science faculty from the Graduate School of Education and two teachers from the School for Children […]
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Cows in Storytime – Dairy Parade 2017
The first Tuesday in June is a local holiday in my hometown. Every June our county’s finest come out for the annual Dairy Parade highlighting our local businesses, community organizations, marching bands, and, of course, the local dairy industry complete with a Dairy Princess. The Dairy Parade has been a mainstay in my life, first […]
Comstock-Gág Read Aloud Book Awards
Comstock-Gág Read Aloud Book Awards is a program initiated by the Curriculum Materials Center at the Livingston Lord Library at Minnesota State University that supports two separate awards, the Comstock Read Aloud Book Award and the Wanda Gág Read Aloud Book Award. The Comstock Read Aloud Book Award is an annual award for the best read […]
Girls in STEM
In honor of CLCD’s founder, Marilyn Courtot, computer programmer and female pioneer, here is a list of award winning books that put women in the STEM spotlight. Enjoy! Ada Twist, scientist By: Andrea Beauty Ada Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to […]
This Time Last Year – Award Winning Books From May 2016
From the top books published in May 2016, the following titles went on to win awards and live up to their pre-pub hype Save me a seat By: Sarah Weeks Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of […]
National Teacher’s Day — Celebrating One of the Best!
National Teachers day is May 9, 2017 and to celebrate I decided to honor one of my longest and closest friends, Leslie Randall Peters, who also happens to be an amazing art teacher. Of all of my friends, (all 4 of them), it seems that Leslie always knew exactly what she wanted and how to […]
Derby Day — Books for the Horse Lover
May 6, 2017 marks the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby, the “greatest two minutes in sports.” The Grade 1 stakes race for 3 year old Thoroughbred horses has been held annually at Churchill Downs since 1875. If you are like me, this means almost nothing to you aside from a visit to the National Museum […]
Don’t Get Caught in the Rain — Rainy Day Stories
April brings spring showers and hopefully spring flowers so do not despair on a rainy day but instead embrace it and enjoy these books for a rain themed story time. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale By: Verna Aardema A cumulative rhyme relating how Ki-pat […]
Happy Birthday! Celebrating Authors/Illustrators Born in April
Celebrate spring and the birthdays of these great authors and illustrators April 2 Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales By: H.C. Andersen A collection of Andersen’s tales including The Fir Tree, The Little Match Girl, The Emperor’s New Clothes, Thumbelina, The Tinderbox, and The Ugly Duckling. Ages 6 and up April […]
Storytime in the Garden — Picture Books About Flowers and Gardens
I am on a good weather high. Yesterday was sunny and 60’s and todays forecast is close to 80. As we were out walking yesterday I saw a lot of people clearing out their gardens to plant new seeds and noticed flowers coming up. Though we are still a long way from our last frost […]
Love for Libraries — Celebrating National Library Week
I have a love hate relationship with libraries. Of course, having worked in a public library, academic library, school library, and medical library, I love libraries! Still, having worked in a public library, academic library, school library, and medical library, I hate libraries. Let me explain. I have often said I could write a book […]
The E.B. White Read-Aloud Award — Picture Book Finalists
The E.B. White Read-Aloud Award is given annually by the American Booksellers Association. Below are the Picture Book finalists for 2017 which “reflect the playful, well-paced language, the engaging themes, and the universal appeal to a wide range of ages embodied by E.B. White’s collection of beloved books”. Click here for the Middle Reader finalists. A […]
Spring is Here…Finally!
Spring is here finally, or at least for today. The sun was shining and warm air surrounded us as we walked downtown. Daddy took Gertrude to the park on the bike, I hung diapers to dry out in the driveway. It feels great! After a long winter it is hard to remember the beauty of […]
Alyssa Harvey — Librarian Extraordinaire
Alyssa Harvey is my hero. As a circulation assistant at the Cortland Free Library she has made her mark in Youth Services. When I left my job as Youth Services Librarian after my maternity leave she was there to pick up where I left off and in the absence of a Librarian she took over […]
April Fool’s — Trickster Tales From Around the World
Trickster tales are stories that have stood against the test of time. They often involve a mischievous animal character who loves to play tricks on his friends. Often times the tricksters will get what is coming to them but other times they get away with their pranks. Almost every culture has its own trickster tales […]
Winter is for Snow — But…It’s March for Goodness Sake
Having been buried in nearly 2 ft of snow this past week I thought I would share with you a post and reading list I did back in November at the beginning of the season. Now, similarly, more than 3 months later we have been pummelled with snow so that any hopes of an early Spring […]
The Chocolate Lily Book Award — British Columbia’s Reader’s Choice Children’s Book Award
The Chocolate Lily Book Award was the brain child of teacher-librarian, Karen Ehrenholz who was looking to connect her own daughters as well as her students to writers and illustrators in their own community. The award is a reader’s choice award which encourages grade school students to read and enjoy fiction written by authors and […]
Scrub a Dub Dub Put Me In the Tub — Stories About Bathtime
Full disclosure…this list comes straight from my desire to take a shower (I can’t stand taking a bath). It has been a long and admittedly stinky week. Thanks to Winter Storm Stella we can no longer see the green grass which made us think Spring was around the corner. Silly Central NYers! That green grass […]
Lucky Leprechaun Reads
St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated each year for the patron saint of Ireland. What began as a religious feast has now morphed into a celebration of all things Irish and in turn the Leprechaun has become the day’s mascot. In Irish folklore the Leprechaun is a type of fairy who we all know grants wishes […]
The Amelia Bloomer List of Recommended Feminist Literature
AMELIA BLOOMER PROJECT TOP TEN Born in 1818 in Homer, NY, just one town over from where I was born and have been raised, Amelia Bloomer was an American women’s rights and temperance advocate. The appropriately named Amelia Bloomer Project creates an annual booklist of feminist books for young readers, ages birth through 18. Here […]
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