Another award given out this month was the Coretta Scott King awards. This group of awards recognizes African-American authors and illustrators of...
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Another award given out this month was the Coretta Scott King awards. This group of awards recognizes African-American authors and illustrators of...
Pura Belpré was the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. The Pura Belpré awards were created in 1996 to honor her legacy and to...
This week was a big week in children's literature! The annual Youth Media Awards given out by the American Library Association were announced! All...
2019 has been a great year for picture books - interactive high-five competitions, wordless science fiction, celebrations of food and history,...
The last quarter of each year brings a renewed focus on gratefulness. Thanksgiving and the holiday season entreat people to really think about what...
Spring is arriving to Cleveland! Slowly and steadily, buds, flowers, grass, and more are becoming more colorful; a saturated green, with bright pops...
Every year librarians and other professionals gather at the ALA Midwinter Conference to celebrate the best of the best in children's literature....
Local author and professor Thrity Umrigar sat down with us recently to discuss the writing of her first children's book, When I Carried You in My...
There's a little less than a month left in the library's summer reading program for kids, Around the World in 30 Days of Reading. The travel theme...
July 12, 2017 marked the 200th birthday of Henry David Thoreau, American author, philosopher, and naturalist. As a member of a group known as the...
The American Library Association recently hosted it's annual midwinter conference and with it came a slate of awards announcements. The Youth Media...
This month I traveled to Noble and Oxford Elementary schools to share some great books with the Aftercare groups at each building. It's always a...