The Palo Alto Art Center presents Bibliophilia, an exhibition featuring drawings, paintings, and sculptural works by artists who are united by their love of books and libraries. Bibliophilia showcases the work of fourteen artists who use [continue reading]
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Storytime Outreach, National Book Awards, CLA Food Drive, New BayNews Posted
Bringing Storytime to the Long Wait for Social Services Check out this great story on the Oakland Public Library’s children’s librarians offering storytime at social service agencies, such as Eastmont Town Center: http://kalw.org/post/bringing-storytime-long-wait-social-services. Congratulations to [continue reading]
Hats Off to Dr. Seuss Exhibit
Petri’s Fine Arts, a gallery in Sausalito, CA, is presenting an exhibit honoring Dr. Seuss from August 31 to September 15, 2013. The exhibit pairs Dr. Seuss’s never-before-seen Hat Collection alongside his little-known collection of [continue reading]
U.S. Postal Service Seeks Stamp Ideas from Children’s Books
In the past, postage stamps that celebrated children’s books have been popular, from the 2004 series of stamps based on Dr. Seuss characters, to the 2006 series based on animal characters in children’s books. The U.S. [continue reading]
New Pop-up and Toy Books
Carter, David A. Princess Bugs: A Touch-and-Feel Fairy Tale. Little Simon, 2013. $12.99. ISBN 978-1-4424-5055-4. This small book doesn’t have Carter’s customary pop-ups; all the illustrations are flat. But the book does contain tactile elements, [continue reading]
Early Literacy Programming in the Digital Age
Infopeople recently held a free webinar on Early Literacy Programming in the Digital Age, presented by Cen Campbell and Genesis Hansen. Covering both research on interactive screen use by preschoolers with practical ideas for library [continue reading]
New Children’s Poet Laureate Kenn Nesbitt
The Poetry Foundation is pleased to announce that poet Kenn Nesbitt will serve as the next Children’s Poet Laureate: Consultant in Children’s Poetry to the Poetry Foundation. In awarding the $25,000 cash prize and two-year [continue reading]
Activity Books for the Library
Angleberger, Tom. Art2-D2’s Guide to Folding and Doodling: 75+ Things to Fold, Draw, and Do! Amulet, 2013, 163p., $12.95, ISBN 978-1-4197-0534-2. Because the “Origami Yoda” novels are so popular, you may already have tweens requesting [continue reading]