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Check out this interesting article by Holly Korbey about how interest in reading for pleasure drops off in some children after age 8. Korbey offers some useful tips for fostering interest in reading long past childhood. Read the article here: How to Help Students Develop a Love of Reading
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We are excited about the newest New York Times’ Best Illustrated Books of 2016 list, published yesterday. We cannot wait to check these out from the library this weekend. Read the article here: The New York Times’ Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2016
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With Halloween behind us, we look forward to Thanksgiving and sharing good food and time with family and friends. We really like the free printable worksheets offered at Activity Village. A variety of worksheets are available such as “How to Draw a Pilgrim Ship” or “How to Draw a Turkey.” One of our favorite worksheets is “I Am Thankful For…” which gives kids a space to write their answers. These
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Halloween Hustle, written by Charlotte Gunnufson and illustrated by Kevan Atteberry, is an entertaining and silly take on traditional Halloween monsters. With colorful illustrations, it is the story of a skeleton who really loves to dance but keeps falling apart on the way to a Halloween party, only to have to mend himself again. The rhythmic verses are easily followed by children and the monsters are illustrated such that they
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Just in time for Halloween comes a wonderful read from the creators of the Gruffalo, Room on the Broom, written by Julie Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. This delightful rhyming picture book tells the story of a kind witch and her loyal cat who travel through the night sky. Along the journey, they encounter several helpful animals who, ultimately, lend a hand when disaster strikes. This fun tale surely
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We hope you had a wonderful summer and had plenty of time to fit in some reading. In anticipation of the start of school, we thought we would share a wonderful resource to be used throughout the year. The New York Public Library offers excellent content for children and adults of all ages, including book lists. Below is a link to the NYPL’s list of notable books from 2015. Also
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An insightful survey shows the impact of a nightly reading ritual in children. In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal this article describes how once children learn to read, in many homes, the nightly reading ritual ends. However, 40% of the children in the survey ages 6-11 still wish their parents read to them. The sacred time spent was meaningful to both parents and children. Link to Full Article on WSJ
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Check out how one organization creatively gets books into the hands of young boys. Kudos to the Barbershop Books! Link to Story
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If you’re looking for a children’s book to read, the publisher Scholastic has a great search feature on their website that lets you browse through their books. Also, there is a separate resources section for recommended reading lists for children. Feel free to browse through their website for much more. Link to Scholastic’s Search Feature http://www.scholastic.com/parents/book-search Link to Scholastic’s Resources http://www.scholastic.com/parents/books-and-reading
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The New York Times released a list of awesome books published in 2015. The best in picture books, middle grade and young adult fiction and nonfiction, selected by the children’s books editor of The New York Times Book Review. Picture Books ASK ME.By Bernard Waber. Illustrated by Suzy Lee. 40 pp. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. $16.99. This posthumous book by the great Waber (“Lyle, Lyle Crocodile”) features a long, leisurely, lovely conversation between
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