Grief Angels
15-year-old Owen Marlow is experiencing a great, disorienting loss after his father suddenly passed away and his mother moved them to a new town. None of his old friends knew how to confront his...
View ArticleIf your library is closed and you have no access to storytimes or books, why...
https://www.storylineonline.net/ The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside...
View ArticleVirtual Story-times
Josh Gad’s Gad Book Club – the man who contains the voice of Olaf in Frozen has been live-streaming himself reading picturebooks on his twitter account (https://twitter.com/joshgad). You can find the...
View ArticleEducational Resources
A short list of online educational resources : Project MUSE is temporarily making a wide range of scholarly research articles available on their platform:...
View ArticleRacial Equity Tools
Racial Equity Tools is designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity. This site offers tools, research, tips, curricula and ideas for people who want to increase their...
View ArticleAndersen Press release FREE ‘Summer Staycation Activity Pack’
Andersen Press are continuing their commitment to supporting children and families who are at home with a free activity pack featuring their new summer titles. As many families will be taking their...
View ArticleLibrary Sweets/Candy Club
I had this idea years ago, back in my UK Public Library days but I was unable to get it off the ground at the time due to not knowing any US Librarians and a smaller network than I have now. The...
View ArticleGuest Post: A Monument to Cognitive Dissonance by Lindsay K. Bandy
I can still see those Sharpie slashes. My middle school librarian had carefully, lovingly, censored out every swear word from every copy of every book in our small, Mennonite school’s library. Today,...
View ArticlePublisher Permissions for Online Storytimes in 2021
UK Faber permissions extended to March 31 2021 Hachette Little Tiger permissions extended to March 31 2021 https://littletiger.co.uk/little-tiger-group-permissions-policy-for-online-book-readings...
View ArticleShow Us Who You Are
When Cora’s brother drags her along to his boss’s house, she doesn’t expect to strike up a friendship with Adrien, son of the intimidating CEO of Pomegranate Technologies. As she becomes part of...
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