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For more about the Pura Belpé Award and some great Spanish books for kids, check out our recent feature article: http://www.atyourlibrary.org/top-10-spanish-books-kids
Author of “The Storyteller’s Candle”, an Honor Book for the 2009 Pura Belpé Award for Narrative, Lucía González has been a longtime lover of libraries. In this video she tells how the libraries of her childhood in Cuba differ from those in America, as well as the importance role libraries play in their communities.
Duration : 0:7:14
HarperCollins Children’s Books had a dream. They wanted to achieve something never before attempted. They wanted, specifically, to line a load of books up and push them over. This is the result.
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Jon Scieszka, appointed the first National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature by the Library of Congress, held a number of teaching positions in the first through eighth grades before taking a year off to develop ideas for children’s books. He is the author of some of the best known and funniest books written for children, including “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs,” the “Time Warp Trio” chapter book series, the Caldecott Honor Book “The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Fairy Tales” and the newest “Trucktown” series (Simon & Schuster, 2008). He is the founder of Guys Read (www.guysread.com), a nonprofit literacy organization, and he lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Maurice Sendak talks about his work, childhood and inspirations, in a DVD by the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia, www.rosenbach.org. The Rosenbach is the sole repository of the original artwork of famed author and illustrator Maurice Sendak and a foremost authority on all things Sendak. Author of Where the Wild Things Are and 108 other books, Sendak, now 81 years old, chose the Rosenbach to be the permanent home of his work in the early 1970s thanks to shared literary and collecting interests. The Rosenbachs Sendak collection is the largest collection of Sendakiana in the world, with over 10,000 preliminary sketches, final drawings, manuscripts, books, and ephemera.
The DVD, “There’s a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak: A Retrospective in Words and Pictures” explores the masterful storytellers extraordinary career through his own words as the author talks about his favorite characters and the many influences and settings of his richest stories. Get the DVD at www.rosenbach.org!
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Ready to read rhythm and rhymes at stories4kidz.com. Picture Book, Animated Video and audio. Stories written and illustrated by Miss Daisy.
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Author and Illustrator Ruby Roth describes her vegan and vegetarian children’s book “That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals” and the ideas that inspired her to write it. More info at http://www.WeDontEatAnimals.com
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Author Jeff Stone discusses his series, The Five Ancestors, and demonstrates some of the kung fu from the books. This production is part of Random House Childrens books: Classroom Cast.
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