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Friday, October 31st, 2008
Friday morning session - Vicki Stanfield and I presented:
Move Over Dick and Jane: Reconsidering Books for Beginning Readers
What constitutes a book for beginning readers? Do they come in one format or many? Historically media specialist and reading teachers have referred to Frog and ...
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
Each summer I attempt to read some history and criticism of children's and YA literature from earlier decades. One of the people I have been reading a bit about recently is Anne Carroll Moore, a pioneer of children's librarianship and literary criticism. She had a tremendous influence on ...
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
You don't need a barn for this cow, your library will work.
I am reading my way through a list of books recommended by speakers or colleagues at ALA annual 2007. Purple Cow:Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable was mentioned by Stephen Abram during his session "10 Cool Technologies ...
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