Monday Morning Smile

Do you have the book,“Diary of a Wimpy Worm”?  (Combining the children’s book “Diary of a Worm” with the popular “Diary of a Wimpy Kid”) Discover more than 250 “diary” titles, including “The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life through the Pages of a Lost Journal” about a diary found in a Manhattan dumpster and [...]

Children’s books go digital

By Lindsey Levinsohn Mar 24, 2011 6:51 AM (The above titles have been recently added to our eMedia Catalog along with many others.) Children’s books are the cornerstone of reading.  From a very young age, children are introduced to books that allow them to marvel at faraway lands and colorful characters through illustrations and powerful words. To [...]

Monday Morning Smile

“What was the name of the spider in Charlotte’s Web?” Jessica Hayes University Media Center Jacksonville, FL E.B. White struggled to find a strong beginning for Charlotte’s Web. He wrote at least eight different versions attempting to use the barn as a setting before he created the strong opening lines, ‘Where’s Papa going with that [...]

ABCs of eReading

From the WSJ article – The ABCs of E-Reading Technology has brought a range of features to books that wouldn’t be possible in print. Children’s author Lynley Dodd sells a title from her “Hairy Maclary” series as an app for the iPad. It lets parents or kids record themselves reading the book aloud, and a [...]

Databases Cancelled

The following databases are canceled this month. Digital Sanborn Maps New Book of Popular Science Hobbies and Crafts Children’s Literature Comprehensive In Case you missed these databases which were canceled in January and February: Recorded Books/Net Library (e-audio books) Net Library (eBooks) Opinion Archives bundle: This includes any separate links to the following products: NACLA [...]

iPhone App for Children Books

The International Children’s Digital Library (ICDL) , which is the world’s largest collection of children’s literature available freely on the Internet, today announced the release of the ICDL for iPhone application. Available free at Apple’s iPhone App Store, the ICDL for iPhone application allows users to take advantage of the advanced capabilities of the iPhone [...]

Top Websites

Just One More Book!! Podcast – Children’s book reviews and interviews with authors, illustrators, editors, publishers, teachers, librarians and more A children’s books-themed podcast, it comes out three times a week, is between 5 and 25 minutes in length, and discusses favorite books and literacy issues. There are over 300 archived episodes, so there is [...]