Sweet friends, In today’s post for the “31 Days of Children’s Books” series, I am talking children’s book awards. Namely, the Newbery Medal awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association. The Newbery is awarded to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. [source] This […]
31 Days of Children’s Books, Day 5
hApPy hUmp dAy, friends! Trying to get ahead a little on my blog posts for this “31 Days of Writing” gig! Typing this up as I eat lunch in the library where I am subbing. I wish I could just dash off a few lines or even paragraphs, real quick. But I love these books […]
31 Days of Children’s Books: Day 4
Sweet ones, Here we are for Day 4 of my “31 Days of Children’s Books” and today I am sharing a book I just now read. Just. Now. I purchased it at the Texas Library Annual Conference in April. But, being the librarian that I am, promptly shelved it away, sadly without reading it first. […]
31 Days of Children’s Books: Day 3
Hi Dolls! It is Day 3 of “31 Days of Children’s Books”. But I was also committed to writing a blog post for The Blended Blog. So this is the post that I wrote for TBB ‘s “5 Ways to be a Better” series. The hardest part of writing this TBB post was trying to […]
31 Days of Children’s Books: Day 2
Gentle readers, Welcome or welcome back to the second day of my “31 Days of Children’s Books” writing challenge. So far, so good. With this post I will have written two in a row. Yay, me! Two down, and…I hate math…29 posts to go? I have been thinking about this topic. My first inclination was […]
31 Days of Children’s Books: Come Read With Me
Dearest Readers, Throughout the month of October, I will be participating in “Write 31 Days” – an online writing challenge. “Write 31 Days” was created by home blogger, Myquillyn Smith (The Nester), and is now hosted by Crystal Stine. Participants are invited to pick a single topic and to write a post about that subject […]