Notes from a Children's Librarian
Book picks and more from teacher-librarian Julie Booker
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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.
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Notes from a Children's Librarian: Spring Books
Dirt, butterflies, flora, and native stories make this spring book list.
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Notes from a Children's Librarian: Deborah Ellis
Julie Booker explains how she became a convert of The Breadwinner series.
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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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: Great KidLit by Authors of Adult Fiction
A selection of kids' books from some of Canada's most acclaimed authors for grown-ups.
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Notes from a Children's Librarian: Adventure and the Reluctant Reader
What better way to draw kids in to literature than through exciting plot-driven graphic novels?
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Notes from a Children's Librarian: Graphic Novels for Summer
Each of these picks delivers its own take on the graphic form, and makes for easy reading during the summer months.