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BOOKHUB...A Fun Way For Readers To "Order" Books For Delivery From The Library When we return to learn in the fall, I want our students to be excited about being able to find, check out and read books from our library. I want to make sure we are there to help them with this process as it will look different this year. Since our students will be staying in their classrooms, we will be coming to them with the books. We will need a way for them to "order" what type of books they want so we can do the "shopping" in the library and match them up with books they will love to read. One night last week, my family ordered GRUBHUB at home. As we were on the app ordering food with a few special instructions, putting in our name, address and receiving an estimated delivery time, I started to think how this was a lot like how we can get books into the hands of our readers too.

Booklist Selection Policy Revised 1999 Booklist operates under policies established by the Publishing Committee of the American Library Association. Its primary purpose is to provide a guide to current library materials in many formats appropriate for use in public libraries and school library media centers. The needs of small and medium-sized libraries receive special consideration in all selection decisions. All materials reviewed in the Adult Books, Books for Youth, and Media sections are recommended for purchase by libraries and media centers. This recommended-only policy, in place since Booklist's founding in 1905, has been adapted over the decades to reflect changes in the philosophy of public library service.

Explore the Themes and Genres of Young Adult Books - WHSmith Blog What is YA fiction? YA fiction offers something to suit a range of reading tastes – making it less of a genre as such, and more of a category with a recommended reading age. Of course, that’s not to say these books can’t also be enjoyed by ‘grown-ups’ – some of the biggest bestsellers in recent years were intended for the YA audience – but there are certain themes and patterns running throughout (for example, coming-of-age narratives) that make them particularly appealing for this demographic. Which genres feature in YA fiction? From romance to horror and everything in between, nearly every genre is covered under the umbrella category of YA fiction; here are the ones that tend to feature most commonly: Sci-Fi / Dystopian

Grey House Publishing - R.R. Bowker's American Book Publishing Record Annual The annual editions of the American Book Publishing Record® represent the accumulation of the twelve (12) monthly issues of ABPR. For this 2018 edition, approximately 50,000 entries are represented for books published or distributed in the United States. The main input source is MARC data received from the Library of Congress. Entries that are excluded are federal and other governmental publications, subscription books, dissertations (unless published), and journals and pamphlets under 49 pages. Pamphlets are included if we feel that the subject matter is current and topical or important enough to be of interest to the public. Entries include the following elements when they are available:

Genres and forms for young adult and young fiction We've listed some places you can source YA book titles. The Sapling — a New Zealand website “all about children’s books … because books grow humans.” Teen Blog — Wellington Public Library’s round up of books, reading and links. Selection Tools - Collection Development - LibGuides at West Virginia Library Commission There are many sources that assist in selecting books. Among these are book reviews, “best of” and recommended title lists, and annotated bibliographies. · Book Reviews Even though only a small fraction of books published are actually reviewed, the book review is one of the most important selection tools. The statewide database MasterFile Premier (WVInfoDepot) is an excellent source for finding full text book reviews. The following are all available: Booklist, Horn Book, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, VOYA.

Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) 2019: Hello Lighthouse illustrated and written by Sophie Blackall (Little, Brown/Hachette) 2018: Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell (Feiwel and Friends/Macmillan) 2017: Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe (Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.) 2016: Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear illustrated by Sophie Blackall, written by Lindsay Mattick (Little, Brown/Hachette) 2015: The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat (Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.) 2014: Locomotive by Brian Floca (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing) 2013: This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen (Candlewick Press) 2012: A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka (Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.) 2011: A Sick Day for Amos McGee, illustrated by Erin E. Top of list

Selection Tools for School Librarians Resources for School Librarians - Index "It does not matter how many books you may have, but whether they are good or not." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca (3 B.C.-65 A.D.), Epistolae Morale Books and Audio-Visual - Web Sites The New York Times Children's Book Reviews Kirkus Children's and Teen Book Reviews Children's Book Reviews by the Guardian Booklist The Children's Book Review - News of new and bestselling books, and reviews of books arranged by topic. University Press Books Selected for Public and Secondary School Libraries - These books are selected by an ALA commmittee of librarians who work with young adults.

Using #Bookstagram to Enhance the Library For the past three years, as I’ve incorporated Google Suite, Canvas, Kahoot, and other interactive digital tools into my library practice, I’ve seen firsthand how technology can benefit my school community. During the quarantine, my technological skills helped me communicate with staff and students to provide instruction, book lists, videos, and research information. The most exciting pursuit for me while in lockdown, though, was starting a bookstagram account on Instagram. Bookstagram, a community of Instagram users focused on the love of books, brings together people from all over the world as they share photos, ideas, recommendations, and reviews.

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. The award commemorates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honors his wife, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood. NEW CSK BLOG: Follow the latest news and information from CSK on the brand new CSK Blog! To learn more, visit www.olos.ala.org/csk.

The Neuroscience of Your Brain on Fiction Researchers have discovered that words describing motion also stimulate regions of the brain distinct from language-processing areas. In a study led by the cognitive scientist Véronique Boulenger, of the Laboratory of Language Dynamics in France, the brains of participants were scanned as they read sentences like “John grasped the object” and “Pablo kicked the ball.” The scans revealed activity in the motor cortex, which coordinates the body’s movements. What’s more, this activity was concentrated in one part of the motor cortex when the movement described was arm-related and in another part when the movement concerned the leg. The brain, it seems, does not make much of a distinction between reading about an experience and encountering it in real life; in each case, the same neurological regions are stimulated.

Leveraging Reading Influencers I can’t remember when I first heard the term social media influencer. Probably in the context of a reality star or the latest Internet fad. I think I rolled my eyes when I heard that someone could make a career out of it. But in the wake of the college admissions scandal, the term entered the public conscious because one of the celebrities caught in the media glare has a daughter who is/was one.