I just orderd paper dolls of McCain and OBama for my media center. While there are no dolls available (yet) of Paris Hilton, I do think these figures will make for a fun way to get students excited! Dover offers free paper doll samplers at John McCain Paper Doll Website http://www.mccainpaperdoll.com Barack Obama Paper Doll… Read More McCain and OBama are such Dolls!!
For a relaxing change of pace, A Wrung Sponge can be an interesting read. The most current entry is a request for suggestions for author visits while other entries include book reviews, library aids, knitting, gardening and gluten free cookie. What i really, really like about the site are the links to oustanding children’s resource… Read More Blog of Note: A Wrung Sponge
The Library of Congress is the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution and the largest library in the world, with more than 134 million books, recordings, photographs and prints, maps, music items, and manuscripts. Collected in more than 470 languages, the materials range from rare cuneiform tablets to born digital materials. Through its Web site, the… Read More LOC online Orientation
The Wheatley Book Awards celebrates 40 Years of Black Book Publishing and launches the Flora Mwapa Literary Award as the opening event of the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Harlem Book Fair. This will be a public, red carpet award program that honors the founders of modern black publishing and those who contribute to African… Read More Harlem Book Festival
An excellent source of essays regarding people of color in science fiction. Includes article on how Stephenie Meyer chose to have POC characters related to the while protagonist in Twilight series links to new sci fi sources review of Panchetantra: The Tall Tales of Vishu Sharma, a YA sci fi graphic novel review of Zahrah… Read More People of Color in SciFi
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