Angela and Dianna recommended these two titles in December at which time I commented that these books would be the March Professional Reading topic. Thanks for suggesting these titles! Both of these books offer wonderful suggestions in creating storytimes that will enhance the experience for children and caregivers.
Early Literacy Storytimes @your library®: Partnering with Caregivers [...]

I hope everyone who attended the PLA Conference this past week had a great experience as well as a safe trip home!  And a big thanks goes out to everyone who stopped by the booth to say hello to Aimee Strittmatter or me, your two loyal staff attendees!
For those who didn’t attend PLA or didn’t peruse [...]

ALSC Vice President Pat Scales is currently working on committee appointments, a spring task of not some small work. With luck, if you are an ALSC member, you filled in a Committee Volunteer form at conference or online sometime in the past year and expressed interest in serving on some of the amazing committees that [...]

Listen to podcast.
This six-minute podcast begins with audio from the closing session of the Homeschool Sneak Preview, an event to inform homeschooling families about local resources available to them. This event was held on Friday, March 14, 2008, at the Allen County (IN) Public Library. Lou Papai, Education Programs Department Manager of Fort Wayne’s [...]

Ai chi qing cai de e yu / wen, tu Tang Mouniu.
When I say I shared a book with a mom, most people don’t give it another thought because after all I’m a children’s librarian and I often share books with moms who come to my story time.  It’s the last thing on their minds that the [...]

A green thumb is not required for enjoying these reads!

Who owns the beautiful garden in Mary Ann Hoberman’s Whose Garden is It?  That’s the very question asked by Mrs. McGee, who happens upon a lovely garden during her daily stroll.  The proud gardener introduces himself as the gardener, and boasts that no one is allowed [...]

I am loving the blog posts of the PLA (Public Library Association) Conference Bloggers. Check them out at the PLA Blog. In fact, several are sharing on Twitter too, discussed more here.
Even though June seems a long time from now, we are recruiting ALSC members to be ALSC Bloggers for ALA 2008 Annual and [...]

Library Journal has published its 2008 list of Movers and Shakers.  Among those recognized are several librarians who serve children.  And they are:
Devo Carpenter, Children’s’ Program Specialist, Austin Public Library – created the award-winning Second Chance Books program for incarcerated youth (including children under 14 years old).
Sarah Erwin, Assistant Director, Kirkwood Public Library (MO) – [...]

submitted by Jessica Trujillo, an ALSC-sponsored ALA 2008 Emerging Leader
Hello all. It’s me again. My Emerging Leader Group D has been busy as bees creating a survey to see how ALSC improves the lives of its members (because it does, doesn’t it?). The purpose of the survey is “to determine how ALSC [...]

 
Voting is now open for the first ever Children’s Choice Book Awards! The Children’s Book Council abd CBC Foundation launched the program this morning with the announcement of 25 finalists in five categories (see below). The Children’s Choice Book Awards program was created to provide young readers with an opportunity to voice their opinions about the books being [...]