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I have collected various sources surrounding the importance of children's literature, resources for finding notable books and helping struggling readers, videos of books being read aloud, as well as a few children's authors. These sources are meant to be helpful to both teacher and parents.

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The Value of Children's Literature, Article from Luther College

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The Value of Children's Literature, Article from Luther College

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"The Value of Children's Literature"

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Located in the vibrant town of Decorah, Iowa, Luther is an undergraduate, residential liberal arts college affiliated with the Lutheran Church (ELCA).

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Bulletien of the Center for Children's Books

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Bulletien of the Center for Children's Books

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Reviews of children's books

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Welcome to The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
We are one of the nation's leading children's book review journals for school and public librarians. We provide concise summaries and critical evaluations to help you find the books you need for your library's collection.
Fantastical depictions of history often use fantasy elements to provide emotional distance from the tragedies of the past. This month's Big Picture, Brooms, instead draws on the fantastical to amplify and confront issues of both the past and the present. Set in 1930s Mississippi, this graphic novel follows a team of magic users called the Night Storms, women of color who compete in illegal broom races by night. It is a heartfelt, gripping, and resonant story about power-how the majority wields it, and how marginalized groups reclaim it.

Our best books of the year for 2022 are available now! We were lucky this year to see a sizeable increase in the diverse identities and ideas represented in literature for youth, and with that in mind, we couldn't help but expand our own award list-there were just too many stellar examples of our field's growing inclusivity. Happy reading!

75 Years of Children's Literature

The 75th volume year of the Bulletin is being commemorated in a digital timeline exhibit at https://ccb.ischool.illinois.edu/ccb75/. As the Bulletin prepares to move into its future, take a look at its past, in glorious black and white and on bleed-through onionskin paper.

The Bulletin is partnered with the Center for Children's Books, a research center whose mission is to facilitate the creation and dissemination of exemplary and progressive research and scholarship related to youth-focused resources, literature, and librarianship.

Cover illustration from Brooms copyright © 2023 Teo DuVall. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Levine Querido.

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Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

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We are one of the nation's leading children's book review journals for school and public librarians. We provide concise summaries and critical evaluations to help you find the books you need for your library's collection. Fantastical depictions of history often use fantasy elements to provide emotional distance from the tragedies of the past.

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Notable children's and young adult books, reviews and rewards

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The Horn Book Magazine and The Horn Book Guide are the most distinguished journals in the field of children’s and young adult literature and the core of our company. Founded in 1924 by Bertha Mahony to herald the best in children’s literature, more than eighty-five years later, we are still following her lead.

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A 501(c)(3) nonprofit, WNDB aims to create a world where every reader can find themselves in the pages of a book. To reach this goal, we've created programs to mentor diverse writers and illustrators, support diverse publishing professionals, and provide books to classrooms nationwide.

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Notable books, awards, and blogs about books

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Reading and writing activities for school and home

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Not your everyday calendar, here you can find important events in literary history, authors' birthdays, and a variety of holidays, all with related activities and resources that make them more relevant to students.

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Not your everyday calendar, here you can find important events in literary history, authors' birthdays, and a variety of holidays, all with related activities and resources that make them more relevant to students.

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Parent and teacher resources, and reading strategies and activities for teaching reading

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Explore reading basics as well as the key role of background knowledge and motivation in becoming a lifelong reader and learner. Watch our PBS Launching Young Readers series and try our self-paced Reading 101 course to deepen your understanding.

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Videos of stories read by actors and actresses

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The SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Daytime Emmy-nominated, Storyline Online, features celebrated actors reading children's books to inspire a love of reading in millions of children worldwide.

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Videos of stories read by astronauts, in space

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Story Time From Space | T2 Science & Math Education Consultants

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Mo Willems: The Joy of Creation | A Kennedy Center Digital Stage Original

"Everything that I do comes from a place of wanting to do something ridiculous."-Mo Willems

We Are All Connected | Kennedy Center Public Art Installation

A Large-Scale Public Art 2-Dimensional Playscape on the REACH Plaza

Okay, this is cool!

Have you checked out Mo's

2023 Text and Art © Mo Willems. ELEPHANT & PIGGIE is a trademark of The Mo Willems Studio, Inc.

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Mo Willems is an author, illustrator, animator, and playwright. He was the inaugural Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence (2019-2022), and he continues to collaborate in creating fun new stuff involving classical music, opera, comedy concerts, dance, painting and digital works with the National Symphony Orchestra, Washington National Opera, Ben Folds, Yo-Yo Ma, and others.

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