Children’s Book Week
Children’s Book Week is May 10-16 (remember how they changed it in 2008 from November to May?). Sponsored by the Children’s Book Council (
http://www.cbcbooks.org/) since 1944, visit
http://www.bookweekonline.com/ to see the poster, future CBW dates, and something new: this year they are asking children and teens to vote by May 3rd in their Children’s Choice Book Awards:
http://www.bookweekonline.com/voting.
A list of five titles, five authors and five illustrators is given for 4 different age groups. I’m looking forward to finding out which ones get the most votes!
I am in the middle of
Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan. Fifteen unusual short stories, illustrated by Tan in black-and-white or full color make an interesting afternoon read. So far my favorite story is about the foreign exchange student, Eric. Only the illustrations show you how truly unique he is. The family isn’t sure he is enjoying his stay with them, until they see the farewell gift he left them.
(The Nebraska Library Commission receives free copies of children’s and young adult books for review from a number of publishers. After review, the books are distributed free to Nebraska school and public libraries.)
