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All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah based on the classic books by Sydney Taylor All-of-a-Kind-Family First things first. Yes, this is based on the classic books by Sydney…
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The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter publishes February 1, 2019. This volume is full color, 240 pages is a companion to the physical…
My 10 year old likes fantasy, realistic fiction, and historical fiction. She has read the Wings of Fire series, Harry Potter, etc. Are there any…
First things First What is the ABC of It? click here Who is Leonard S. Marcus? Click here Contents of the catalogue click here What…
A Recap The University of Minnesota Libraries, Children’s Literature Research Collections will be adapting The ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter (originated at The…
Were you one of the 500,000 visitors to the ABC of It: Why Children’s Books Matter exhibit at The New York Public Library? Were you…
Setting Up for Classes Get your schedule as early as possible. Teacher planners didn’t work for me. I created a binder with my schedule in…
The First Picture Book I forgot to mention when I was writing about Tana Hoban, the forerunner of her work was Edward Steichen, the…
Sandra Boynton is the Unsung Hero of Emergent Literacy. She is an author, illustrator, songwriter, music producer and entrepreneur has written more than 50 children’s books and created more than 4,000 greeting cards. (New York Times. 2013). Boynton was early pioneer, transitioning her illustrations and playful text from their origins in greeting cards to board books embraced by generations. Surely you remember “Hippo, Birdie, Two Ewe”?
#100 Women Artists https://www.continuum.umn.edu/umnlib/2018/06/excuse-me-sir-yes-this-is-a-rant/ What Started Project http://www.jacquelinedavies.net/blog/2018/6/2/excuse-me-sir-did-you-forget-something Jose Aruego, best known for illustrating Robert Kraus’s Leo the Late Bloomer (Windmill, 1971), died August 9 in…
