Off the Shelf
Today is the Very Hungry Caterpillar Day and marks the 40th anniversary of Eric Carle's classic children's picture book about a hungry caterpillar who eats his way through the book until he becomes a butterfly. To help celebrate this special day, Penguin Publishing Group has designed activities and coloring sheets that can be downloaded from their website. Click here for more information.
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Feel like you're Sybil when trying to find a good book to read? Well, then try the Cybils. The Cybils are a unique series of book awards that are given by children's and young adult book bloggers based on the principle that books can have both literary merit and kid appeal. Click here for a complete list of the 2008 finalists. This year's winners are:
Easy Readers: I Love My New Toy by Mo Willems
Fantasy and Science Fiction:
Elementary/Middle Grade: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Teen/Young Adult: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Graphic Novels:
Elementary/Middle School: Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale
Teen/Young Adult: Emiko Superstar by Mariko Tamaki
Non-Fiction Picture Book: Nic Bishop Frogs by Nic Bishop
Non-Fiction Middle Grade/Young Adult: The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir by Cylin Busby and John Busby
Fiction Picture Book: How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham
Middle Grade Fiction: The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
Young Adult Fiction: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Poetry: Honeybee: Poems and Short Prose by Naomi Shihab Nye
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Celebrate the 105th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Seuss by checking out some of his books or by attending one of the three celebrations being held at the library today! Click here for more information!
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