Building a Home Library – Ages birth to 14 years

The ALA-Children’s Book Council (CBC) Joint Committee, with cooperation from ALSC’s Quicklists Consulting Committee, have updated the 4 Building a Home Library bibliographies. The book selections help guide parents and caregivers on assembling a high quality home library for children.  The lists include “tried and true” classics, hidden gems, multicultural selections and new and notable reads.

Please note that the Committee has provided two versions of each bibliography, a bi-fold and a one page doubled-sided (OPDS). For either version you must select for your printer to print in landscape form as a double-sided sheet. These settings can be found under “Properties” when the print menu appears after you select “Print”.

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Collection Development and Weeding Tips

Abby Preschel Kalan wrote a concise article on Collection Development and weeding that I hope you take the time to read.  Click –>here for the article.

It has been a pleasure to meet with all of the new directors at SALS and discuss collection development. Weeding with new eyes is always easier. Abby has some quick tips that we can probably all agree on – so go head to your stacks and see if you have any of the following items, still on your shelf:

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