{"id":21719,"date":"2019-09-22T00:01:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T04:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=21719"},"modified":"2019-09-18T12:49:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T16:49:31","slug":"find-your-next-professional-read-the-latest-and-greatest-from-ala-editions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2019\/09\/find-your-next-professional-read-the-latest-and-greatest-from-ala-editions\/","title":{"rendered":"Find Your Next Professional Read: The Latest and Greatest from ALA Editions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have you had the chance to pour through the fall and winter ALA Publishing catalog? Nothing excites me more than mail, especially a catalog. But we all lead busy lives, so I\u2019ve pulled together the latest and greatest titles from this season\u2019s catalog for your easy perusal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21720 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Jewell_MovePlayLearn_300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Jewell_MovePlayLearn_300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Jewell_MovePlayLearn_300-70x90.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21721 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/manglik_300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/manglik_300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/manglik_300-60x90.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21722 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Mills-Campana_Create_300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Mills-Campana_Create_300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Mills-Campana_Create_300-63x90.jpg 63w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Check \u2018em out:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alastore.ala.org\/tpys\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seamless Youth Services for Every Age and Stage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Karis Loop<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alastore.ala.org\/content\/move-play-learn-interactive-storytimes-music-movement-and-more\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Move, Play, Learn: Interactive Storytimes with Music, Movement, and More<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Alyssa Jewel<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alastore.ala.org\/content\/25-projects-global-explorers\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">25 Projects for Global Explorers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alastore.ala.org\/content\/25-projects-art-explorers\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">25 Projects for Art Explorers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Christine M. Kirker<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alastore.ala.org\/content\/create-innovate-and-serve-radical-approach-childrens-and-youth-programming\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Create, Innovate, and Serve: A Radical Approach to Children\u2019s and Youth Programming<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> edited by Kathleen Campana and J. Elizabeth Mills; forword by Susan Hildreth<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alastore.ala.org\/content\/coretta-scott-king-awards-50th-anniversary\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Coretta Scott King Awards, 50th Anniversary, Sixth Edition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> edited by Carole J. McCollough and Adelaide Poniatowski Phelps<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alastore.ala.org\/content\/newbery-and-caldecott-awards-guide-medal-and-honor-books-2019-edition\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Newbery and Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books, 2019 Edition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alastore.ala.org\/content\/muslims-story-expanding-multicultural-understanding-through-children%E2%80%99s-and-young-adult\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Muslims in Story: Expanding Multicultural understanding through Children\u2019s and Young Adult Literature<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Gauri Manglik and Sadaf Siddique<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a bonus, check out an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alastore.ala.org\/content\/gauri-manglik-and-sadaf-siddique-positive-stories-about-muslims-can-foster-multicultural\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">interview with the authors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alastore.ala.org\/content\/mother-goose-loose-updated\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mother Goose on the Loose, Updated!<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alastore.ala.org\/content\/mother-goose-loose%E2%80%94here-there-and-everywhere\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mother Goose on the Loose&#8211;Here, There, and Everywhere<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Betsy Diamant-Cohen<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21723 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Dorr_300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Dorr_300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Dorr_300-60x90.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21724 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Hurtado_300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Hurtado_300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Hurtado_300-70x90.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21725 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Walter_Cole_300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Walter_Cole_300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Walter_Cole_300-60x90.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you\u2019re also looking to beef up your backlist knowledge, take a peek at a few other noteworthy titles from the past few years:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alastore.ala.org\/content\/lgbtqai-books-children-and-teens-providing-window-all\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LGBTQAI+ Books for Children and Teens: Providing a Window for All<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Christina Dorr and Lizabeth Deskins; foreword by Jamie Campbell Naidoo<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alastore.ala.org\/content\/stories-songs-and-stretches-creating-playful-storytimes-yoga-and-movement\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stories, Songs, and Stretches! Creating Playful Storytimes with Yoga and Movement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Katie Scherrer<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alastore.ala.org\/content\/200-original-and-adapted-story-program-activities\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">200+ Original and Adapted Story Program Activities<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Rob Reid<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alastore.ala.org\/content\/36-workshops-get-kids-writing-aliens-zebras\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">36 Workshops to Get Kids Writing: From Aliens to Zebras<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by AnnMarie Hurtado<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alastore.ala.org\/content\/transforming-summer-programs-your-library-outreach-and-outcomes-action\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Transforming Summer Programs at your Library: Outreach and Outcomes in Action<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Natalie Cole and Virginia A. Walter<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alastore.ala.org\/content\/enhancing-teaching-and-learning-third-edition-leadership-guide-school-librarians\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Enhancing Teaching and Learning: A Leadership Guide for School Librarians, Third Edition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Jean Donham<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alastore.ala.org\/content\/maximizing-school-librarian-leadership-building-connections-learning-and-advocacy\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maximizing School Librarian Leadership: Building Connections for Learning and Advocacy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by Judi Moreillon<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All of these links take you to the ALA Publishing page, but there\u2019s always one other place you can check: your local library!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have you read a great professional development book lately? Let me know! I\u2019m always on the lookout for my next (work-related) read.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This blog relates to ALSC Core Competency VII: Professionalism and Professional Development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-21097\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lex-5-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lex-5-2019.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lex-5-2019-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lex-5-2019-650x487.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lex-5-2019-667x500.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lex-5-2019-120x90.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alexandria Abenshon, Library Manager (and children\u2019s librarian at heart) at the New York Public Library, is writing this post for the Public Awareness Committee. She can be reached at alexandrianabenshon@gmail.com.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Have you had the chance to pour through the fall and winter ALA Publishing catalog? Nothing excites me more than mail, especially a catalog. 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