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Lisa G. Kropp, Lindenhurst Memorial Library, NY, Spring is in the air as trees begin to bud, flowers push up through thawed earth, and baby animals explore the world around them in earnest. In early learning land, [...]

Young learners are inquisitive in nature, focusing on both large- and small-scale learning--often at the same time. The world is literally their classroom. They are fascinated by their own sense [...]

Over a year into the We Need Diverse Books campaign, most of us in library land know what diversity means to the publishing world--but to a child under age five? [...]

Board books are designed to survive the wear and tear of babies' and toddlers' inquisitive mouths and hands and offer a wonderful opportunity to share with a child snuggled on [...]

Some of you may recall my faux pas in January, when I inadvertently made eye contact with a vendor at ALA and wound up being introduced to a new device [...]

Normally I don't like New Year's resolutions, but one I'll try in January is to incorporate more fun, open-ended writing activities in early learning classes and play areas. Why? The [...]

IN A TIME WHEN BABIES AND TODDLERS OFTEN LOUNGE IN strollers while glued to electronic devices, what's a librarian to do? Proclaiming 'No electronics in early learning land!' isn't practical--or [...]

A friend recently posted this as her Facebook status: 'Oh man. The barrage of 'Why?!' has begun!!!' I chuckled, and then discovered this statistic in a Boston Globe editorial by [...]

Encouraging Positive Behavior. 9 min. ISBN 9781597233477. Preparing for School Success. 19 min. ISBN 9781597233484. Preventing Problems. 12 min. ISBN 9781597233460. You and Your Child. 23 min. ISBN 9781597233453. ea: [...]

Things are just ducky in the town of Delmar, NY. That's because the Bethlehem Public Library's (BPL) children's department launched the Rubber Ducky Club, encouraging parents and caregivers to share [...]

One of the things I like most about my colleagues is that they, like me, tend to be opinionated, which leads to the sharing of thoughts and ideas. Take, for [...]

On my left wrist is a piece of gadgetry that is supposed to motivate me to get up from behind my desk and walk. While I occasionally hit my goal [...]

TALLEC, Olivier. Who What Where? illus. by Olivier Tallec. 32p. Chronicle. Sept. 2016. Tr $15.99. ISBN 9781452156934. PreS-Gr 2--Ingeniously quick-witted, this follow-up to Who Done It? has the same slim [...]

* NOVESKY, Amy. Love Is a Truck, illus. by Sara Gillingham. 24p. Cameron Kids. Nov. 2016. Board $12.95. ISBN 9781937359867. Toddler-PreS--Fire trucks usually get all the love, but in this [...]

PATRICELLI, Leslie. Hair, illus. by Leslie Patricelli. 26p. Candlewick. Jan. 2017. Board $6.99. ISBN 9780763679316. Baby-Toddler--Clad in just a diaper, a cartoon-style white baby declares, 'I have a hair!' What [...]

After attending the New York State Library Association conference on November 2-5, and listening to Rebekkah Smith-Aldrich and Matthew Bohemian speak about sustainability, I was fired up. Then, November 8 [...]

The last year or so has seen a wide-ranging conversation around diversity in children's books, which is a great one to have. But what about diversity in parenting? What about [...]

I never thought that toys would be a polarizing topic, yet here we are. Librarians either love them or strongly disagree with their placement in children's rooms. Today's children's librarians [...]

When it comes to early learning, I can't get enough of blogs. There are so many good ones out there that I hesitate to pick and choose--but I'm going to [...]

Children will always love stories. It's the parents we need to turn into lifelong storytellers. One of my greatest memories is reading the same, mundane book over and over, night [...]

Three toddlers stack plastic plates and cups onto a table while another pretends to wash some forks in a sink. Across the way, a grandmother and her 30-month-old grandson build [...]

I'm having a nightmare. In it, my editor has pitched me an idea to cover virtual preschool. In my nightmare, I think: 'Virtual preschool? I don't even have my own [...]

Banks are not traditionally known for innovating with early childhood education programs--or for acting as cheerleaders for a Guinness Book of World Records challenge, for that matter. Yet PNC Bank, [...]

Looking over 20 years' worth of storytime plans that I have created for my toddler and preschool programs, I notice that one author's name appears quite regularly: Lois Ehlert. Her [...]

Remember the adage 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away?' Well, pediatricians have a new one: 'A book a day builds your brain today!' OK, I just made that [...]

Mayhem, shmayhem. It's proof that little ones are learning. Confession: I dislike flying. But when SLJ held its second annual Think Tank event at the Nashville Public Library in April, [...]

The poor and children of color remain underserved. Libraries must step up. After President Obama's January 2014 State of the Union address, I reported on renewed federal support for preschool [...]

Kids lose more math than reading skills over the summer. Let's change that. I love research and statistics, which is a funny statement coming from a self-proclaimed math phobe. But [...]

Lately, I have become obsessed with numbers--and with good reason. Across the country, educators are looking to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) to increase the level of students' knowledge [...]

It's 1993, and I'm terrified. Heart pounding, sweaty palms. What was I thinking when I agreed to do this? I'm preparing to lead the rhyme 'Itsy Bitsy Spider' to a [...]

BENNETT, Artie. Poopendous! illus, by Mike Moran. 36p. Blue Apple. 2012. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-1-60905-190-7. Gr 1-3--In rhyming couplets, Professor P. Poopdeck gives readers 'the inside scoop on every type [...]

A list of children's books about diversity is presented which includes "A Tale of Two Daddies" by Vanita Oelschlager, "Jessica's Box" by Peter Carnavas and "ABC for You & Me" by Meg Girnis.

HILL, Kirkpatrick. The Year of Miss Agnes. S & S/Margaret K. McElderry Bks. 2000. Gr 3-5--The year is 1948, and the latest in a long string of teachers arrives at [...]

EDWARDS, Becky. My First Day at Nursery School. illus. by Anthony Flintoft. Bloomsbmy. 2002. PreS-K--A little girl worries about going to school, but art, music, and new friends distract her, [...]

HARRIS, Robie H. I Am Not Going to School Today! illus. by lair Ormerod. S & S/Margaret K. McElderry Bks. 2003. K-Gr 2--A little boy determines that since 'you don't [...]

HOPKINS, Lee Bennett. School Supplies: A Book of Poems. illus. by Renee Flower. S & S. 1996. K-Gr 4--A. charming back-to-school icebreaker, featuring the work of Jane Yolen, Carl Sandburg, [...]

JACKSON, Ellen. It's Back to School We Go! First Day Stories from around the World. illus. by Jan Davey Ellis. Millbrook. 2003. K-Gr 5--Eleven students, actually composites created from a [...]

KENNEDY, Dorothy M., sel. I Thought I'd Take My Rat to School: Poems for September to June. illus. by Abby Carter. Little, Brown. 1993. K-Gr 5--These poems range from the [...]

FRANCO, Betsy. Counting Our Way to the 100th Day! illus. by Steven Salerno. S & S/Margaret K. McElderry Bks. 2004. K-Gr 4--Franco has come up with 100 clever poems celebrating [...]

WELLS, Rosemary. My Kindergarten. illus. by author. Hyperion. 2004. PreS-K--This hefty collection is a treasure trove of poems and activities about music, math, science, and social studies, celebrating that magical [...]

BUNNETT, Rochelle. Friends at School. Star Bright. 1995. K-Gr 3--This photo-essay follows a day in a primary classroom made up of children with different abilities. The matter-of-fact text doesn't offer [...]

STUVE-BODEEN, Stephanie. Elizabeti's School. illus. by Christy Hale. Lee & Low. 2002. Gr 1-3--A young girl in Tanzania is sure that school is not for her. It isn't until she [...]

AJMERA, Maya & John D. Ivanko. Back to School. Charlesbridge. 2001. Gr 1-5--Students from a wide variety of cultures are highlighted in this look at education around the globe. Simple [...]

SMOTHERS, Ethel Footman. The Hard-Times Jar. illus. by John Holyfield. Farrar/Frances Foster Bks. 2003. Gr 1-5--Book-loving Emma and her family follow the crops to find jobs as migrant workers while [...]

WELLS, Rosemary. Emily's First 100 Days of School. illus. by author. Hyperion. 2000. K-Gr 2--Emily's family and friends help fill her number book throughout the first 100 days of school. [...]

SLATE, Joseph. Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten. illus. by Ashley Wolff. Dutton. 1998. K-Gr 2--Miss Bindergarten is back, along with her brightly illustrated multi-species A to Z [...]

SHANNON, David. A Bad Case of Stripes. illus. by author. Scholastic/Blue Sky. 1998. Gr 1-5--Worried that no one will like her if she doesn't wear the right clothes or admits [...]

REYNOLDS, Peter H. The Dot. illus. by author. Candlewick. 2003. Gr 1-4--Convinced she cannot draw, Vashti pokes a dot onto her blank paper and defiantly hands it to her teacher, [...]

RATHMANN, Peggy. Ruby the Copycat. illus. by author. Scholastic. 1991. K-Gr 2--When Ruby, a new student, joins the class, she decides to copy everything that Angela does, eight down to [...]