\n\u201cElba has a big block. She’s been dragging it around for a long time. Norris dances everywhere he goes, even uphill. He is always surrounded by a happy cloud of butterflies. Can Norris and his butterflies help ease Elba’s sadness and convince her to join them on a trip to the ocean?\u201d – March, 2019 – Scholastic Press. \u00a0<\/strong>(Learn more\u00a0about the book\u00a0here.)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
Small World<\/em>\u00a0 by Ishta Mercurio Pictures by Jen Corace<\/strong><\/a> Croc and Turtle! The Bestest Friends Ever!<\/em>\u00a0 by Mike Wohnoutka<\/a> <\/strong> Another<\/em>\u00a0 by Christian Robinson<\/strong><\/a> How To Read a Book<\/em>\u00a0 by Kwame Alexander Illustrated by Melissa Sweet<\/strong><\/a> I Have an Idea!<\/em>\u00a0 by Herve Tullet <\/strong><\/a> Will your favorite 2018 book be announced at the ALA Youth Media Awards on Monday, January 28th<\/sup>?\u00a0 As I review all of my favorites, I wonder if\u00a0any of the books from our library\u2019s Mock Geisel will be one of the real Geisel Award books? \u00a0Make sure to explore the ALSC Blog 2019 Mock Election Results<\/a> and stream the Youth Media Awards live! Explore the\u00a0Notable Children\u2019s Discussion schedule and book list at #alamw19<\/a>\u00a0and the Book Buzz Theater Schedule here.<\/a><\/p>\n See you at #alamw19! Maybe at Caf\u00e9 Ladro<\/a> drinking a Hot Chocolate, Top Pot Donuts<\/a> reading one of your new books or Macrina Bakery<\/a> flipping through your session notes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Are you creating books lists (and reading piles) of new 2019 Children\u2019s Books? Are you thinking about each book and how you can turn them into a new library program or storytime?\u00a0 Below are new books that I can\u2019t wait to read and share! (Highlighted at #alamw19)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":227,"featured_media":20140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1659,703,1604],"tags":[779,1053,115,117],"class_list":["post-20131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ala-midwinter-2019","category-blogger-paige-bentley-flannery","category-competencies-for-librarians-serving-children-in-public-libraries","tag-award-books","tag-new-books","tag-programming","tag-storytime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cWhen Nanda is born, the whole of her world is the circle of her mother\u2019s arms. But as she grows, the world grows too. It expands outward\u2014from her family, to her friends, to the city, to the countryside. And as it expands, so does Nanda\u2019s wonder in the underlying shapes and structures patterning it: cogs and wheels, fractals in snowflakes. Eventually, Nanda\u2019s studies lead her to become an astronaut and see the small, round shape of Earth far away. A geometric meditation on wonder,\u00a0Small World\u00a0<\/em>is a modern classic that expresses our big and small place in the vast universe\u201d \u00a0July, 2019 Abrams Books for Young Readers<\/strong>.<\/a>\u00a0 Signing at #alamw19 Sunday, January 27th<\/sup> 9:00am-10:00am<\/a>.\u00a0 Full ALA Midwinter schedule here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\u201cMeet Croc! He is the strongest and fastest crocodile around. Meet Turtle! He agrees that Croc is the strongest and fastest. But what happens when Elephant lifts that heavy rock with ease? And when Cheetah speeds on by? Croc and Turtle might not be the strongest or the fastest, but they’re definitely the best at something even more important . . . Introducing an utterly charming new duo, this humorous and heartwarming adventure will delight readers of all ages.\u201d\u00a0 February, 2019 – Bloomsbury Children’s Books<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cIn his eagerly anticipated debut as author-illustrator, Caldecott and Coretta Scott King honoree Christian Robinson brings young readers on a playful, imaginative journey into another world.
\nWhat if you…encountered another perspective? Discovered another world? Met another you? What might you do?\u201d March, 2019 – Atheneum Books for Young Readers.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
\n“In this beautiful picture book, Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander and Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet take us on a poetic and beautiful journey between the pages of a book.” June, 2019 – HarperCollins<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u201cFrom one of the true creative geniuses of this generation comes a unique meditation on and celebration of the magic of the birth of a simple idea. Sparkling with visual wit and bubbling with imagination, this is a richly emotional exploration of the creative process: from an initial tentative inkling, to the frustration of chasing the wrong notion, to finally the exhilaration of capturing\u2014and nurturing\u2014just the right idea. I Have an Idea!<\/em> <\/a>is a scrumptious cloth-spined package of color and inspiration equally at home on a child’s bookshelf, in a new graduate’s backpack, or atop a creative’s desk.\u201d \u2013 March, 2019 – Chronicle Books<\/strong>.<\/a>\u00a0 (So many program ideas with Tullet’s new book,\u00a0I Have an Idea!)<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mock-Geisel--150x150.jpg\")