The Very Hungry Caterpillar vs Frida: Viva la Vida: The Surge of Esoteric Subjects in Children’s Picture Books

Students and faculty often bring a children’s book up to me and ask me for what age it is suitable. This is one of the hardest questions to answer, particularly when a book appears to be written for a very young child but covers a complex subject.  One trend I’ve noticed in children’s picture book [...]

Millions of Great Children’s Books…and a budget: Deciding what to Select

Gazillions of children’s and young adult books are published yearly. How to select the “best” in children’s books is often overwhelming. Thankfully, there are several trusted selection tools and resources which help me decide what to collect for our children’s collection.  I always keep in mind curriculum areas, such as science and math, regularly scouring [...]

Featured Book of the Day: Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed

“Inidvidualism is being attacked in our Country today,” argued Michael Sanders of Academic Computer Services this morning.  As Mr. Sanders worked  diligently on the library scanner next to the reference desk, I was privy to his rants about the difficulty of being an individual in today’s society of spineless lemmings. Well…that’s not exactly what he [...]

Just in time for summer…new children’s and young adult books in the juvenile collection

Check out the Juvenile Location on the 5th floor for new children and young adult books! As a guide, click on the 2009 American Library Association Notable Books link. We have just about every book on this list, as this is one of my selection guides for discovering high-quality children’s books. The list is broken down [...]

Brief Glance at the 2009 Popcorn n’ Picture Books Presentation

Here is a brief PowerPoint presentation by Ms. Tang, our Distance Eductaion Librarian, of the 2009 Popcorn n’ Picture Books Presentation. You must click on the link several times to get it to work. popcornbymstang