Last week when I was doing class visits with 5th graders. I was shocked and saddened that less than a handful of over 125 of…
The number one blog that I read might surprise the children’s literature audience. Ask a Manager. Alison Green was a manager at a non-profit and…
The Caldecott Criteria A “picture book for children” as distinguished from other books with illustrations, is one that essentially provides the child with a visual…
It is hard for the colleagues and friends of two amazing children’s librarians to be in Denver for the American Library Association MidWinter conference….
Launching Little Red Riding Hood: A Comparative Folk Tale Study The Kerlan Collection staff, the Friends of the Kerlan, graduate students, Phd candidates, undergraduates, and…
The Kerlan Collection holds thousands of children’s books in addition to the manuscripts, research notes, and original art of children’s book writers and…
JoAnn Jonas and her Caldecott Wishlist In the olden days, people would call each other just to converse. My friend JoAnn and I can range…
The Short List for the 2018 The Cook Prize! The Cook Prize honors the best science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) picture book published for children…
Lois Ehlert, Artist, Designer, Curator Lois Ehlert Covers A double-page spread of a lifetime collage of covers from Scraps: A Colorful Life (Beach Lane,2014)…
You know when you have a high reading 1st grader? Ready for a meaty short chapter book? A page-turning story? This is a perfect…