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It was February. I hesitated to call, as I had yet to read a single book by Sy Montgomery. But call her I did. “I’m embarrassed about it, and I promise I’m going to read your books,” I said, “but I really need to talk with you right now, and I h...
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Books signed by members of the Children’s Book Guild and collected for donation to a White House library have found a wonderful home instead at the new Library of Congress Young Readers Center. Each book included a Guild bookplate designed by member Ros...
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By Jacqueline Julesfor ¡Colorín’ Colorado!The school library is an important resource for English Language Learners (ELL). It may be the first place many students and their families get experience using a lending library. What can school librarians do...
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New Database of Nonfiction Children’s Authors
Twenty-two leading children’s book authors have formed a group called INK Think Tank: Nonfiction Authors in Your Classroom and have launched a FREE online database of nonfiction books. Their website, www....
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When Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Jon Scieszka visited the Children’s Book Guild in May, he recommended a book called Readicide, by Kelly Gallagher. I was immediately intrigued. The complete title of this book is Readicide: How Schools...
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SLJ's Extra Helping : Sy Montgomery talks about tarantulas, orangutans and believing in her readers.
Sy Montgomery has been chased by a gorilla, bitten by a vampire bat, and assaulted by a nocturnal, flightless, endangered parrot. Armchair traveler...
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SUSAN CAMPBELL BARTOLETTI 2009 Washington Post Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award
Susan Campbell Bartoletti is a remarkable researcher and interpreter of history who has given young readers keen insight into troubling times and experiences.
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You have probably gotten it in the mail by now. Or maybe by e mail. Or maybe you saw it in one of the many newspapers where it appeared. The big bold headline would have caught your attention: If You Are a Book Author, Book Publisher or Other Person Who...
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Doreen Rappaport, recipient of the 2007 /Washington Post- Children’s Book Guild Award for Nonfiction, is a remarkable researcher and interpreter of history and biography for young people. She has written over 30 books for young readers and they reflec...
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Sneed B. Collard III was named the winner of the 2006 Washington Post/ Children's Book Guild of Washington, DC Nonfiction Award. The author of more than 30 outstanding nonfiction books for young people and a resident of Missoula, Montana, Collard's first ...
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Caroline Arnold, the distinguished author and illustrator of 130 books for children, will receive the Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award on Saturday, November 12, 2005. The award will be presented at the annual Children's Book Week Lun...
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"We are all creative, and each of us has important things to say in our own unique voices that are valuable to others." -Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
The annual Nonfiction Award is presented to "an author or illustrator whose total body of work has contribu...
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What Do You Do With a Tail Like That? What Do You Do When Something Wants to Eat You? Slap, Squeak and Scatter: How Animals Communicate
Steve Jenkins mixes whimsy with fact to share what he calls the elegance of science with young readers. His work is ...
