World Turtle Day

Have you ever wondered about turtles? How many kinds are there? Why do turtles have shells? What do they eat? How long can turtles live?

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Happy birthday, Christopher Paul Curtis!

Flint, Michigan native and Newbery Medal winner Christopher Paul Curtis was born on this day in 1953.

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Happy Birthday, Kate DiCamillo!

Award-winning writer Kate DiCamillo was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on this day in 1964. Celebrate her special style of storytelling with one of these titles.

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World Water Day

Get a cool drink and check out these titles on this precious resource.

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March Is National Craft Month

Feeling crafty? Visit your library and check out books like these for cool project ideas.

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March Is Youth Art Month

Browse the art collection at your library to learn more about famous artists and their work or to make some art of your own!

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February is African American History Month

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Boston Globe Horn Book Awards 2015

Picture Books

Winner:          

The Farmer and the Clown by Marla Frazee

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Honor Books:

It’s Only Stanley by Jon Agee

Once Upon an Alphabet by Oliver Jeffers

Fiction

Winner:

Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms by Katherine Rundell

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Nonfiction

Winner:

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, & the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming

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Honor Books:

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club by Phillip Hoose

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

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And the Winner Is...2016 Youth Media Awards

John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature:

Last Stop on Market Street written by Matt de la Pena, illustrated by Christian Robinson

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Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children:

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear illustrated by Sophie Blackall, written by Lindsay Mattick.

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Coretta Scott King Book Award, recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults:

Author Award:           Gone Crazy in Alabama written by Rita Williams-Garcia

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Illustrator Award:       Trombone Shorty illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Troy Andrews and Bill Taylor

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Pura Belpre Award honoring a Latino writer and illustrator whose children’s books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience:

Author Award:           Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir written by Margarita Engle

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Illustrator Award:       The Drum Dream Girl illustrated by Rafael Lopez, written by Margarita Engle

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Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children:

Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh

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Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book:

Don’t Throw It to Mo! written by David Adler, illustrated by Sam Ricks

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Today is Soup Day!

Slurp up a bowl of your favorite and read one (or more!) of these soup-themed books:

Sip, Slurp, Soup,Soup:  Caldo, Caldo, Caldo by Diane Gonzales Bertrand

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Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert

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Soup for One by Ethan Long

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Chicken Soup With Rice:  A Book of Months by Maurice Sendak

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Happy Birthday, Yuyi Morales!

Enjoy one or more of her award-winning stories. Just click on the title to find the book in our catalog.

Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book

Little Night

My Abuelita

Nino Wrestles the World

Viva Frida

October 28 is National Chocolate Day!

Munch on your favorite candy bar while reading one of our recommended reads.

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Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling