The amazing Amy Cheney currently works at Write to Read – Juvenile Justice Center and has an amazing blog. We know you’ll enjoy this moving interview and the wonderful book suggestions. We sure did!
Browsing: Quest for Literacy
To support the message of Screen Free Week, Random House Children’s Books has created a video featuring four illustrators to support parents and teachers in their efforts to encourage kids to look up from their screens and enjoy life!
Joan VanSickle Sloan is the Community Outreach Coordinator at Blount County Public Library in Maryville, Tennessee. After reading this interview, you’ll love what Joan does!
Holly Kuhlman is the exuberant library clerk whom you can find amidst the shelves of the library at Glenwood Elementary School in San Rafael, California. We’re honored to shine the spotlight on our first library clerk for TCBR’s “On the Shelf column” and we know you’ll enjoy her book suggestions.
Now in its third consecutive year, the blog, KidLit Celebrates Women’s History Month, brings together distinguished authors and illustrators of books related to women’s history with librarians and bloggers from across North America.
We’re thrilled at TCBR to shine the spotlight on Teglas and share her obvious joy of life as a librarian!
7 Tips for Writing Haiku for Children! Know what makes a haiku a haiku. Study the masters. Respect the rules before you decide to break them.
Nancy Pearl has worked as both a librarian and a bookseller and is the librarian equivalent of Wonder Woman. She has been gifted with a wide range of superhuman powers; including, but not limited to, a natural ability to book talk. We’re so honored to have spoken with Wonder Woman herself and we are delighted to share her excellent book suggestions.
Sometimes, it’s more important to engage children in the process rather than force them to act. Following are some books that pre-teens will surely enjoy because of their irreverent characters, intriguing situations or simply contradictory messages. They are sure to entice even the most reluctant pre-teens.
Elizabeth Bird is the Youth Materials Specialist of New York Public Library. She is also the sensational voice of the School Library Journal’s A Fuse #8 Production and has served on Newbery. In her usual jaunty manner, Elizabeth talked to TCBR about becoming a librarian and shared many not-to-miss books, new and old.