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Archive for the “Recent Book Acquisitions — Juvenile” Category

  • Biographies of Very Creative People: New to the Juvenile Collection
    Posted May 2, 2012 by Rachel Wadham

    J.R.R. Tolkien by Alexandra Wallner. Holiday House, 2011. Call number 928 T577w 2011 The story of J.R.R. Tolkien, an ordinary man with an extraordinary imagination who became one of the world’s most beloved authors. Jim Henson: the guy who played with puppets by Kathleen Krull.  Random House, 2011.  Call number: 927 H398k 2011 Chronicles the [...]

  • New Multicultural Biographies in the Juvenile Collection
    Posted April 11, 2012 by Rachel Wadham

    Pablo Neruda: poet of the people by Monica Brown. Henry Hold and Compay, 2011.  Call number 928 N358b 2011 Describes the life and times of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet. Red Bird sings: the story of Zitkla-Sa, Native American author, musician, and activist.  Carolrhoda Books, 2011.  Call number 923.6 Z69c 2011 Zitkala-Sa finds that she [...]

  • New Picture Books in the Juvenile Collection
    Posted March 21, 2012 by Rachel Wadham

    We have added some wonderful new picture books to the juvenile collection.  Check out these titles on the 4th floor of the HBLL. I don’t want to be a pea: this is a story of Hugo and Bella by Ann Bonwill.  Antheneum Books for Young Readers, 2012.  Call number 813 B6442011i 2012 Hugo Hippo and [...]

  • Caldecott Award 2012
    Posted February 8, 2012 by Rachel Wadham

    The American Library Association Children’s Book Awards were announced on January 23rd.  Here are the titles awarded the Caldecott medal for superior illustration are listed below with call numbers for the juvenile collection in the HBLL are below.  Happy reading of these award winning books! Winner:  A Ball for Daisy, written and illustrated by Chris [...]

  • Dolly Gray Book Award Collection
    Posted January 11, 2012 by Rachel Wadham

    The HBLL is pleased to announce the formation of the Dolly Gray Book Award Collection.  The Dolly Gray Award for Children’s Literature in Developmental Disabilities (http://daddcec.org/Awards/DollyGrayAwards.aspx) was initiated in 2000 by members of the Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities (DADD) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).  Given every even year the award recognize [...]

  • New Nonfiction in the Juvenile Collection
    Posted December 14, 2011 by Rachel Wadham

    Wonders of the world by Philip Steele.  New York: Kingfisher 2011.  Call number 930 St32w 2011 From the ancient to the modern this book uncovers the world’s greatest marvels from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to the Three Gorges Dam in China.   Nurse, soldier, spy: the story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War hero [...]

  • Books For A Bear Party
    Posted November 16, 2011 by Rachel Wadham

    Today is “Have a Party With Your Bear Day” – so if you are going to party why not read a good book.  Here are some new juvenile books that any bear would enjoy for a read aloud at their party. Bedtime for Bear by Brett Helquist.  New York : Harper/HarperCollins Publishers, 2011.  Call number [...]