links for 2009-10-29

The shelves are once again bulging. Starting in early May the pace of new arrivals began to pick up, aided in early June by BookExpo America. Look for a post in

Welcome to Nonfiction Monday! We'd love to hear about your review of a nonfiction book for children. Nonfiction books for children can be lots of fun. They

Updated: originally titled Week 4 of the Library Club. This is actually week 5. Ah, it's nice to be back with a new stash of books. We didn't make it to the

Updated: I can't count! This is week 6, not week 5. I'm not sure what is harder to accept – that the Summer Reading program at the library ended 25 July or

July 2009 Beginning with the July list, I have added a note to all of our book reviews on the website. The note explains the source of the book and/or

Catherine and I returned to the library probably for the last time this summer. I wanted a batch of books with a return date that got us through to school.

Be sure to read to the bottom! We received a set of titles by Helen Orme. It's just easier to group them together!The Little Elephant with the Big Earache by

Here in the Reading Tub® we get books … lots and lots of books. In every edition of The Wash Rag I have include a list of some of those titles. These are

Okay, so I've already mentioned toy recall. Well, what about the OTHER definition of recall …. to remember!This year, pick the gift that kids will recall

Come Look with Me: Discovering Women Artists for Children by Jennifer Tarr Coyne. There is something for everyone in this collection of 12 paintings, and you

We only finished one truly outstanding bilingual book these past two months. There are some new titles in that we are very excited about in the May/June edition

These are the recent arrivals that caught our eye and are waiting to be placed with families. Some of these are books we picked up at Book Expo America in May

It has been a very busy two months, and we've got lots of books in this target audience. As you can see, we modified our format to include book cover images.

Children this age — whether you are reading to them or they are beginning to read on their own — soak up so much. They're still sorting feelings, polishing

Our goal in the Reading Tub is to bring reading home to families. We have loaded the BookBag with reviews of the books we've read. From the beginning, we

I first started writing this for next week's Reading Round-up, but then I decided to have fun with it as a post all its own. Over at the Wild Rose Reader,

Well, I think they are cool. The blogs have been fairly quiet this week as I've been tackling the TBR pile, starting with the seasonal titles. Yes, I

For the past few days, I have been following (and commenting on) the bloggers who are participating in the Library Lovin' Challenge.  Jennifer R. Hubbard

Last week, when I was in read-only mode, I was adding stars left and right to all of the items I want to revisit. Here's one that I didn't want to sit any

It has been quiet in the Tub these past few days as I am doing what everyone else is doing: clearing the way for an organized new year and putting all the keys

One of my resolutions for the new year is to "Build on what I Learned about blogging and book reviews in 2008."Well, I've taken the first step

If I were a patient person, I would have held onto my New Year's Resolution post and published it on the new and improved blog. But, my talents lie

Regular readers may remember my post about Eugene Allen, the retired White House butler who enjoyed a front-row seat at President Obama's inauguration. When I

It has been a bit of a crazy week around here …  I started doing some consulting work, which means that what used to be normal is in a state of flux.

What had been a problem just uploading images has now turned into a wiped-out blog.  We will return to normal programming as soon as possible … and I'm

So I'm trolling along, desperately trying to get semi-caught up, and I look at yesterday's post about the Library Club. Don't Let the Chicken Drive the Bus

Today started out with a great little email from Starr Weems de Graffenreid, author and multicultural educator.  She had just posted How to Find the Perfect

Over the last two weeks, I have spent about 15 minutes each morning dealing with spam comments. Go figure: It's the same amount of time I could be using to get

Yes, it's more administrivia! I had to ditch the super-duper spam filter and am now trying a transparent captcha plugin. Let's hope that this fixes the

Administrivia was a term I used to use when I worked for the Federal government. It perfectly described some of the mundane/inane  things we needed to do in

I don't know if it is the change of seasons, feeling overwhelmed and discombobulated (love that word!), or just tired of moving stuff … but I've been on a

The Reading Tub is profiled in a newsletter for Lullalee Productions. Lullalee is looking for people to share stories about helping kids learn to read.

Okay, I'm done with testing spam filters. Akismet is just going to have to suffice … I think I prefer to be a gracious host and the anti-spam plug-ins are

This summer, there have been a number of very interesting conversations about blogging, book reviews, vendor giveaways, promotions/marketing, and how they

It's been a bit crazy around here this morning, so I didn't see the New York Times' article about President Obama's speech.  Thankfully, Matt Ferraguto,

Last week, Betsy Bird (Fuse #8) announced that she is conducting a 100 Best Picture Books readers poll on her blog at School Library Journal.  She is looking

Over the past two months, we have kept a steady pace of new arrivals.  We are down from the 10-a-day of two years ago, and there is a part of me that misses

April 2009 Wow! This month just flew by. As I mentioned in a recent children's literacy and reading news round-up and also at the Share a Story blog  I'm on

SLJ: Librarians: Forget Baby Einstein; Try Reading. Refund offered for vids #literacy #kidlit

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