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Category Archives: All Ages
Most Popular Titles 2015-2016
I have remained silent here this past year because I have been focusing my energies on teaching. This past year has been my first year working as a school librarian at Myers-Wilkins Elementary School in Duluth, Minnesota. Myers-Wilkins is a … Continue reading
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2015: The Year of the Comic
The annual American Library Association (ALA) book awards were doled out yesterday, and, for those of you who missed the award show, the big winner was…. comics! For the first time, a comic — El Deafo by Cece Bell — garnered … Continue reading
Celebrate International Book Giving Day this February 14th
International Book Giving Day is coming up soon: February 14th! (Yep, that’s also Valentine’s Day.) For those of you unfamiliar with the holiday, International Book Giving Day is a day dedicated to getting books in the hands of as many … Continue reading
Big Plans for 2015
In December, I graduated from the University of Illinois with a library science master’s degree. Post-graduation, I have been dreaming and scheming about what I would like to do with Delightful Children’s Books, and I thought I would share some of … Continue reading
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How to Raise a Reader: 5 Tips for Parents
When my son Jack was in preschool, he read Charlotte’s Web aloud fluently to his classmates. When he was in kindergarten, he began disappearing into his room for a few hours every afternoon to read. My son is known for … Continue reading
International Book Giving Day 2014 Poster Unveiled
International Book Giving Day is coming up soon: February 14th! (Yep, that’s also Valentine’s Day.) For those of you unfamiliar with the holiday, International Book Giving Day is a day dedicated to getting books in the hands of as many … Continue reading
Stories From International Book Giving Day
Welcome to the International Book Giving Day blog hop! This is the place to read stories about how people around the world celebrated International Book Giving Day. (If you wrote an International Book Giving Day blog post, this is also the place … Continue reading
How My Family Celebrated International Book Giving Day 2013
My hope with International Book Giving Day is to encourage people to simply give a book to a child: Once a year. February 14th. Give a book. International Book Giving Day is – and is intended to be – that … Continue reading
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Share Stories of How You Celebrate International Book Giving Day
Those of you with blogs are invited to share stories of how you celebrate International Book Giving Day via our International Book Giving Day blog hop! You are invited to share a story about how you celebrate International Book Giving … Continue reading
Celebrate International Book Giving Day This February 14th!
February 14th is not only Valentine’s Day. It is also International Book Giving Day, a day dedicated to getting new, used, and borrowed books into the hands of as many children as possible. I first proposed that people celebrate International … Continue reading