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Picture Book Review: Ball by Mary Sullivan
Posted by: TracieP | Posted on: Posted on: May 15, 2013
Dog just wants to play with his favorite toy: a bright, red ball. This near-wordless tale unfolds in comic-like panels, featuring expressive illustrations that charm and amuse. Readers who wonder what their pets do while they're at school will appreciate the insight in Ball.
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Youth Science Fiction Review: The Fellowship of Alien Detection by Kevin Emerson
Posted by: GwenythU | Posted on: Posted on: May 14, 2013
Author Kevin Emerson begins a new series with the story of eighth graders Haley, from Connecticut, and Dodger, from Washington State, who have been awarded the chance to do two weeks of summer field research on extraterrestrial visitors to Earth. Traveling with their parents, the two find...
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Family Program: Gold Medal Picture Books
Posted by: GwenythU | Posted on: Posted on: May 14, 2013
Celebrate Children's Book Week with us at the Main Library at a program on Sunday, May 19 at 2:00 p.m. featuring picture books that have been awarded the Caldecott Medal for outstanding illustrations. The program will include dramatic presentations and audience participation. Every child who comes...
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Poetry Contest: 2013 Prize Announcements
Posted by: TracieP | Posted on: Posted on: May 2, 2013
In honor of National Poetry Month this April, the Palatine Public Library District sponsored its fourth annual poetry contest. The contest wrapped up with a special ceremony to celebrate the winners and participants on Saturday, April 27th, 2013. Librarian Tracie Padal has helped plan and...
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2013 Monarch, Bluestem, Caudill, and Abraham Lincoln Award winners announced!
Posted by: TracieP | Posted on: Posted on: April 19, 2013
Votes have been tallied and the results are in: Illinois readers in grades K-12 have selected the 2013 winners of the Monarch, Bluestem, Rebecca Caudill, and Abraham Lincoln Book Awards. The Monarch Award winners are chosen by readers in grades K-3. 1st Place...........Pete the Cat:...
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Youth Fiction Review: Bully by Patricia Polacco
Posted by: GwenythU | Posted on: Posted on: April 18, 2013
Lyla enjoys her new school in San Francisco and excels academically and in cheerleading. Then someone launches a vicious Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, and cell phone campaign against her, accusing her of cheating on a standardized test. A friend helps trace the messages to their origin, takes...
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Youth Fiction Review: Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin
Posted by: TracieP | Posted on: Posted on: March 27, 2013
After a bitter dispute with his father, Rendi runs away from home. He makes his way to the countryside, where a kind innkeeper takes him on as a chore boy. Between chores, Rendi gets to know the innkeeper and his daughter and exchanges stories with the inn's mysterious guests. But all the while, he...
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Youth Fiction Review: May B. by Caroline Starr Rose
Posted by: TracieP | Posted on: Posted on: March 13, 2013
Imagine you are all alone, in an unfamiliar place. There are no telephones, no cars. 15 long miles lie between you and the nearest neighbor. It is cold and snowing fiercely. You are beginning to run out of food. How would you keep yourself--and your hope--alive? A 12-year-old girl finds herself...
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Picture Book Review: This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen
Posted by: GwenythU | Posted on: Posted on: February 28, 2013
This is a worthy winner of the 75th annual Caldecott medal! The Caldecott medal is awarded by the Association of Library Services to Children to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children published in the previous year. This year's winner, author/illustrator Jon Klassen...
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Youth Fiction Review: Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
Posted by: TracieP | Posted on: Posted on: February 28, 2013
11 years ago, a baby girl washed ashore in Tupelo Landing, North Carolina during a wicked hurricane. The child's parents were never found; Tupelo Landing's amnesiac cafe owner and larger-than-life cafe hostess took her in and raised her as their own. That baby girl has grown into soon-to-be...
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