It is time once again for the annual Family Reading Festival at  Akron’s Main Library on Saturday, February 4, 10 am – 4 pm.  Jim Gill, singer/songwriter from Chicago, is back by popular demand!  He will perform at 10 am and 2:15 pm.  We will also feature storyteller Robin Echols Cooper and musician David Young  at [...]

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    Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade, written and illustrated by Melissa Sweet won the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for the most distinquished nonfiction book for children from the American Library Association.  It had also won the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children from [...]

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  Chris Raschka won the 2012 Caldecott Award for his wordless picture book, A Ball for Daisy.  The American Library Association announced the 2012 award winners on Monday, January 23.  The Caldecott Award recognizes the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children.  This  wordless picture book is about all the fun a [...]

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  Jack Gantos’ book Dead End in Norvelt won the prestigious Newbery Award today after having recently won the Scott O’Dell Award for historical fiction for young people.  The Newbery Award is given to the author of the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature every January by the American Library Association.  This humorous book tells [...]

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  Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos is the 2012 winner of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction for young people.  The award was announced on January 17, 2012.  The Horn Book publication states: The award, created by Scott O’Dell and Zena Sutherland in 1982 and now administered by Elizabeth Hall, carries with [...]

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    Celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr and explore Black History with Janice Chappell’s Majestic Wings Program Saturday, January 21 at 2 pm in the Children’s Library at Main.  This program for all ages will use fun and interactive displays, music and movement to share the stories of heroes who inspire us [...]

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This is the time of year that children’s book awards and best books are announced.  If you are looking for recent, outstanding books for children, check the following websites: School Library Journal, Kirkus, Publishers’ Weekly and Parents’ Choice Awards.  Here are a few outstanding titles from 2011 to check out: Little White Rabbit. Written and illustrated by [...]

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