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Ghosts of the Past (and Present)

by mrsweasley@evpl on Friday, February 13 2009, 11:22am

Have you ever been haunted by a book? I was haunted by a book I couldn’t remember. My mother told me that when I was about three years old, I had a favorite book, one I checked out over and over again. I had absolutely no recollection of that book...

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Filed under: picture books, books, haunted house, ghost, authors and illustrators

Invention of Hugo Cabret

by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl on Friday, July 25 2008, 3:08pm

This is the Caldecott Award winner with the most pages ever. The detailed pictures are fascinating. Brian Selznick's inventive artwork carries the bulk of the story line.

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Filed under: fiction, reviews, Caldecott

The Cafe is open!!

by TeachersPet@evpl on Friday, September 5 2008, 2:14pm

I just had a wonderful bowl of potato/cheese/broccoli soup and a piece of the best carrot cake I have ever, ever tasted! Hurray for the new cafe with hot items on the menu!

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Filed under: central library

Do You have a Famous Relative?

by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl on Monday, December 22 2008, 1:34pm

Every family has a relative who is their claim to fame. Mine is Branch Rickey, the man who hired Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in major league baseball. Now Kadir Nelson has written and illustrated We Are The Ship; The Story of Negro...

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Filed under: reviews, Caldecott, American History, Branch Rickey, Kadir Nelson, Negro League Baseball, authors and illustrators

The Next Newbery?

by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl on Monday, October 5 2009, 2:30pm

I've just read a review of When You Reach Me from our EVPL Newsletters. The reviewer fully expects this book to win the next Newbery Award and/or be high on all the best children's books of the year lists. (Click here to read that review.) Rebecca...

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Filed under: Newbery, book lists, rebecca stead

"Where has Tillie laid her egg?"

by bookchick@evpl on Monday, January 5 2009, 9:26am

Tillie Lay an Egg by Terry Golson is a delightful book about a hen who likes to do things a little differently than the other hens. Wait her turn to lay an egg? Bah! Tillie has more important things to discover. You can discover them too as you read this...

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Filed under: reviews, Tillie Lays an Egg, Terry Golson, Ben Fink, authors and illustrators

How to make classical music fun for kids

by FiddleChick@evpl on Monday, August 25 2008, 2:21pm

I've noticed not only as a former child musician but now as an adult musician/teacher that getting young children interested in classical music is almost like pulling teeth! Some kids just aren't interested in the classics. So, how do you get...

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Filed under: storytime, Music, Beethoven

How Long Could YOU Keep From Talking?

by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl on Thursday, November 13 2008, 5:12pm

Dave was normally a pretty noisy 5th-grader. In fact, maybe he was a loudmouth. But after reading about Gandhi, and how for many years he spent one day a week not talking at all, Dave thought it was worth finding out what it would be like to keep silent...

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Filed under: fiction, reviews, Andrew Clements, school stories, kids, books

Why I Love Being a Children's Librarian, part 2

by mrsweasley@evpl on Friday, October 17 2008, 10:19am

The September 2008 issue of School Library Journal reports that there is "a strong, positive link between the amount of children's materials circulated by public libraries and fourth-grade reading scores." The study by the National Center...

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Filed under: reading, test scores

Andrew Clements makes me laugh

by kiya@evpl on Monday, July 28 2008, 1:41pm

Andrew Clements makes me laugh. Even when his books are a little bit sad, they still have funny spots. Clements writes books for all ages of children - there are picture books, easy chapter books, harder chapter books, and books for teenagers. One of...

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Filed under: fiction, Andrew Clements

Woody Guthrie ALWAYS makes folk music fun

by FiddleChick@evpl on Monday, September 8 2008, 11:21am

This weeks theme for Music Mania is "Folk Music." By folk I of course mean "American Folk" or "Mountain Music." Of course, I already believe no matter what age you are, you are going to love folk music because of its peppy...

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Filed under: storytime, Music, Woodie Guthrie

Osborne, Usborn, Usborne, Us Born Books, whatever?

by bookmarkbeck@evpl on Thursday, September 11 2008, 12:43pm

Is anyone familiar with this publisher and the Usborne Books? I don't mean Mary Pope Osborne, but that's what came to mind when my next door neighbor started raving about the beautiful educational books she buys for her daughter. Then I remembered...

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Filed under: fiction, nonfiction, storytime, picture books, ecology, costumes

Puppy Love

by HipChick@evpl on Tuesday, August 4 2009, 2:56pm

Yes, it’s true. Nothing is cuter than a boy and his dog. And before we got our puppy we read a lot of books about different kinds of dogs, behaviors, and training. Did you know that the library has over 1700 children’s books about dogs? While...

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DO NOT READ THIS BOOK!

by mrsweasley@evpl on Friday, August 14 2009, 11:38am

Libraries and librarians are known as promoters of intellectual freedom , but I was shocked to find this dangerous and subversive propaganda among my new books. Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians purports to be an account of the exploits of dubious...

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Nazi Germany? American Police State?

by UndergroundLibrarian@evpl on Saturday, December 20 2008, 3:10pm

Years ago Frank Asch wrote a whole series of picture books about Moonbear, which were for young children and were very heartwarming. Mrs. Marlowe's Mice is neither. Written with his son Devin, this book has a much darker quality. Depictions of the...

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