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Librarians on the Fly 110,000 books, 500 teachers, 20 schools, 11 libraries, and only 2 librarians...  Try as we might, we can't be everywhere.   Want to connect more kids with books through technology? Want to incorporate 21st century tools into your lessons? Need to advocate for your library? Follow our blog and we will teach you on the fly...

To me, one of more difficult things about being a reader is explaining why I didn't like a novel without sounding like a) a jerk, b) a passive-aggressive dweeb, or c) a small-minded fool. The rub is thus: You want to be discerning, without sounding douchey. But that's so much easier said than done. What follows is a tip sheet I've developed based on my own reading, and as a connoisseur of book reviews. I hope it'll help.

Interesting book recommendation resource.

Read aloud book lists. Young.

Online books read by authors and celebrities. FREE BOOKS.

Watch for those posters and bookmarks to be ready soon- David Weisner and Lane Smith. Celebrate Children's Book Week!

Helen Frost's new book Hidden is brilliant, here is a great video to promote this book and other titles by her!

This article discusses www.tracknewbook.com, www.book-buzzes.com/, www.anynewbooks.com/, www.authoralerts.com/, and www.wowbrary.org/.

Kathy Otto, an Oregon school librarian, has a blog about incorporating children's books when teaching in grades K-6. "My goal is to create a resource for teachers, home schoolers and anyone interested in quality books for children. Each title is one I have carefully evaluated and selected to support curriculum as well as your class read-alouds. Elementary school librarians are losing their jobs nationwide resulting in the loss of this valuable resource for students and teachers. I have 35 years experience working with kids and their books, so you can consider me your personal librarian!" Check it out!

Critical Thinking Consortium: created this link to lessons/resources on "thoughtful books", some books are actually available online for printing and reference. "The Thoughtful Books series makes use of exemplary children's literature to help young readers learn to read critically and to thoughtfully consider ethical matters. Each resource in this series features specific tools supporting literacy development and encouraging the deliberataion of ethical considerations. Teachers and parents are encouraged to use the suggested activities to introduce the tools and then to encourage their young children to apply them in a variety of situations overtime, until the tools are used independently, selectively, and naturally."

Great article with some interesting author links at the end...

A timleline showcasing Banned Books from over the years

Día is a nationally recognized initiative that emphasizes the importance of literacy for all children from all backgrounds. It is a daily commitment to linking children and their families to diverse books, languages and cultures. The common goals of all Día programming are to:

Great ideas for publishing books- especially for children (and children's book writers)

Poems About Books and Reading

Tag, you're it! It's a game we all loved to play as kids. This book makes poetry fun and interesting by inviting poets to play a game of tag. It all starts off with Jack Prelutsky writing about the moon and what would happen if it was a balloon or cheese or a sun. And then Joyce Sidman's tagged!

Here are my first graders' Book Spine Poems.

Please join our conversation! Share these Book Spine Poem Albums with your students and have them comment on them.

Charles R. Smith- wonderful poet, list of his books. One of my favorites! Book List

The grade levels you see here are only a general recommendation. I've seen middle schoolers get excited about Brown Sugar Babies and first graders enjoy Rimshots. This is only a guide of where to begin.

Fantastic read aloud chapter books-- starring Mighty Girls...

Level Up book club - one topic brought up on TLChat