Read Across America Day!

Read Across America Day, in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday, was last week, so we celebrated at StoryTime by reading The Cat in the Hat and making hats!

2009 Youth Media Awards Announced Today!

For the full list, click here: 2009 Youth Media Awards

Newbery Medal (click for more info)

The Graveyard Book

by Neil Gaiman, HarperCollins Children’s Books

Caldecott Medal (click for more info)

The House in the Night

illustrated by Beth Krommes and written by Susan Marie Swanson, Houghton Mifflin Co.

Geisel Award (click for more info)

Are You Ready to Play Outside?

written and illustrated by Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group

More New Books .... phonics!

Some of you have checked out this book, wet pet: a flip-a-word book and requested more! soooo..... here you go! I just received these books today, and they should be on the Beginning Reader shelves next week! Here's a review from School Library Journal:

K-Gr 2: Children will be instantly attracted to the bold, colorful pictures in these books. Each title focuses on three different word families. Pig looks at words containing the letter combinations ig, ug, and at, while Snake features ake, oat, and ant. Peek-through pages transform illustrations to match the changing consonants (e.g., jig becomes dig ). While most of the pages feature only one or two words, the last page of each section is a review of all the words from the family. The bright, flat illustrations outlined in black are reminiscent of the artwork in Dick Bruna's Miffy books (Kodansha America), but are more colorful. These titles could be used with beginner readers or as an introduction to rhyming words. Each one includes a page about word families that adults might find helpful.