Thanks so much to Marcia Sarnowski from Winding Rivers Library System for sending this excellent resource along! Many of you use the Starred Reviews I send out each month. Elizabeth Bluemle blogs for Publishers Weekly, and she has compiled a list of books that have recieved starred reviews from Booklist, The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, The Horn Book, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal. There are no annotations, but if you are looking for lists of current titles, this may help you in your selection process.
http://tinyurl.com/yjfm864
Free “Freadom to Read Kits” from The Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader
I got an email from the Children's Book Council today that you might want to consider: The Children’s Book Council and Every Child a Reader are offering a new “Keep Bans Off Our Books” kit for librarians, teachers, and booksellers in support of the right to free...