Notes From a Children's Librarian
Our resident children's librarian columnist chooses books by theme for children of all ages.
Notes From a Children's Librarian: Food Books
Our Children's Librarian columnist, Julie Booker, brings us a new view from the stacks every month.
Notes From a Children's Librarian: Making Things
Our Children's Librarian columnist, Julie Booker, brings us a new view from the stacks every month.
Notes from a Children's Librarian: First Chapter Books
Great books to entice reluctant readers or to read aloud to a younger crowd.
Notes from a Children's Librarian: Great, Great Books About Grandparents
Our Children's Librarian columnist, Julie Booker, brings us a new view from the stacks every month.
Notes from a Children's Librarian: Spring Books
Dirt, butterflies, flora, and native stories make this spring book list.
Notes from a Children's Librarian: Deborah Ellis
Julie Booker explains how she became a convert of The Breadwinner series.
Notes From a Children's Librarian: Friendship Books for February
Friendship and frost go hand in hand in these warm and cold tales for February.
Notes from a Children's Librarian: Books from the North
Our children's librarian columnist, Julie Booker, brings us a new view from the stacks every month.
Notes from a Children's Librarian: Dystopian YA
Strong female characters dominate these dystopian tales for teens, with common themes of environmental decay, orphanhood, and the question of knowing …
Notes From a Children's Librarian: Halloween Books
Picture books, a first chapter book, a junior novel, and a collection of Canadian ghost stories all make for spooky reads this Halloween.
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Notes From a Children's Librarian
Our resident children's librarian columnist chooses books by theme for children of all ages.
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