Spring Children’s & Young Adult Materials Review Sessions – Through 4/17
Spring materials review sessions (oral reviews of children’s and young adult books) are coming up soon, beginning in Northfield on Wednesday, March 28. Here is the schedule: Wednesday, March 28 – Brown...
View Article2012-2013 DCF List
It’s here! Check out the list of 30 great books the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award committee just selected. Hope you like the choices. http://libraries.vermont.gov/libraries/cbec/dcf
View ArticleNew Green Mountain Book Award Masterlist
And the opportunities to spend your book budget keep on coming! The newly selected Green Mountain Book Award list for high school students for 2012-2013 is now on our website:...
View ArticleDCF & Red Clover Winners Have Been Chosen
Drum roll , please… The 2012 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award has been won by Raina Telgemeier for Smile! It is too soon to know about the ceremony, but I will certainly keep you informed. Born Yesterday...
View ArticleThe Draw of Darkness in Young Adult Fiction
Check out today’s Vermont Edition program (VPR) that will be repeated again this evening at 7 p.m. Podcast available at: http://www.vpr.net/episode/53435/draw-darkness-in-young-adult-fiction/ Today’s...
View ArticleVermont Early Literacy Initiative Newsletter
The third edition of the quarterly VELI newsletter is now up on our website: http://libraries.vermont.gov/libraries/cbec/eli Edited by VLA Vice President Debbi Gadwah-Lambert, the director of the Alice...
View ArticleNew Graded Booklists
My fabulous advisory committee (Cheryl Cox, Kathy Dulac, Amy McMullen, Hannah Peacock, Julie Pickett, Chris Poggi and Nancy Rumery) have updated the graded booklists we have on our website, from...
View ArticleDOL Materials Review Session – One Session Only
DOL Materials Review Session will take place Wednesday, October 10, at the Brown Public Library in Northfield at 9:00 am. For many years DOL has presented a series of oral book review sessions of...
View ArticleYoung Writers Project
Each year, Young Writers Project distributes writing prompts for Vermont and New Hampshire students, K-12, and the students respond to the prompts in school and after school on our web site,...
View ArticleTeen Video Contest for Summer Reading
The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) and the Department of Libraries are launching the “2013 Teen Video Challenge”, a national video competition designed to get teens involved with reading...
View ArticleChildren’s Librarian Round Table
Good Morning all of you wonderful librarians! On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm we will be hosting a children’s librarian round table at Midstate in Berlin. All Children’s...
View ArticleFall Materials Review Session
Hello, all you wonderful librarians: Now that school is back in session, I want to make sure that you have the next Materials Review Session on your calendar. It will be on Friday, October 11 at 9:00...
View ArticleCall to Action! Advocacy for School Libraries & Librarians
The Vermont School Library Association (VSLA) needs your support! Please plan to attend one of the 3 public hearings about reinstating library language in the proposed Vermont Education Quality...
View ArticleVermont Libraries On The Air
Listening alert! Monday, October 7 was the first in a series of programs on VPR’s Vermont Edition called: Dorothy’s List: A Monthly Series for Young Readers. Tune in to hear these discussions featuring...
View ArticleUPDATE: Call to Action! Advocacy for School Libraries & Librarians
This is an important message from the Vermont School Library Association (VSLA) about the public hearings that start today for the Vermont State Education Quality Standards. Secretary of Education...
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