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Award-Winning Illustrator Marla Frazee & the Best Interview Ever

| January 30, 2012 | 0 Comments
Award-Winning Illustrator Marla Frazee & the Best Interview Ever

Marla Frazee is the award-winning author and illustrator of many celebrated bestselling books including The Seven Silly Eaters, Stars, The Boss Baby, Roller Coaster, and the Clementine series. Her acclaimed books All the World and A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever received the Caldecott Honor Award.

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Review: Coral Reefs by Jason Chin

| January 27, 2012 | 0 Comments
Review: Coral Reefs by Jason Chin

By Nina Schuyler, The Children’s Book Review Published: January 27, 2012 Coral Reefs By Jason Chin Reading level: Ages 5 and up Hardcover: 40 pages Publisher: Flash Point (October 25, 2011) Source: Publisher What to expect: Science, Nature, Biology, Marine life, Water

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Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2012

| January 25, 2012 | 0 Comments
Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2012

The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a Topeka, Kansas school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association.

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(Theodor Seuss) Geisel Award, 2012

| January 23, 2012 | 0 Comments
(Theodor Seuss) Geisel Award, 2012

The Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year.

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Pura Belpré Award, 2012

| January 23, 2012 | 0 Comments
Pura Belpré Award, 2012

The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.

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Caldecott Medal, 2012

| January 23, 2012 | 0 Comments
Caldecott Medal, 2012

The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

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Newbery Medal Winners, 2012

| January 23, 2012 | 0 Comments
Newbery Medal Winners, 2012

The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

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The Year of the Dragon in 3D – A Peek ‘n Play Story App

| January 21, 2012 | 0 Comments
The Year of the Dragon in 3D – A Peek ‘n Play Story App

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Fancy Nancy Dress Up App

| January 20, 2012 | 0 Comments
Fancy Nancy Dress Up App

Make Nancy look extra fancy in this first-ever official Fancy Nancy game app!

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Everneath by Brodi Ashton

| January 19, 2012 | 0 Comments

Last spring, Nikki Beckett vanished, sucked into an underworld known as the Everneath. Now she’s returned—to her old life, her family, her boyfriend—before she’s banished back to the underworld . . . this time forever.

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