In honor of Earth Day

In honor of Earth Day, here are the covers of my program booklets on Recycling: "Talking about Trash" and "Trash to Treasures." You can contact me if you want either booklet - just click the link on the side for Oakland Public Library, Second Start.

Bees, Beetles and Butterflies

Dear friends,

Here is an amazing, 166-page illustrated pdf of stories, poems and songs I got from PUBYAC, a listserv of children's and young adult librarians:

http://www.story-lovers.com/bugbookv.2.pdf

Jackie Baldwin, the creator of this magnificent book, says:
..."because of its length (166 pages, 125 stories, 32 contributors) and the number of full-color photos included, it takes 1.5 minutes to download onto my computer, but I've heard from others that it can take nearly five minutes, depending on a computer's speed. Another friend did it in 25 seconds. My suggestion: go make a cuppa tea while the download is going on! ...If you decide to print out the whole book, I've designed it without any blank pages, so you can do odd numbers 1-165, then even numbers 2-166. But I would suggest that you split it into three sections, just to be sure that the printing is going as expected. I usually split it 50, 50, 66. You'll be doing double-sided pages, so you should use a heavier paper..."

Incidentally, if you are interested in PUBYAC, here is their link:
https://mail.prairienet.org/mailman/listinfo/pubyac
If you decide to subscribe, I highly recommend you get the digest (otherwise your mailbox will be flooded with a gazillion emails every day!)

Why Babies Need Books

This is a handout prepared by Sandi Cohn, Marin Literacy Project. For the complete document, please contact Deborah at Partners in Reading.