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New highlights on the Family Reads page on InfoSoup include Fall booklists, the October selections from the Read On Wisconsin book club, and a plug for the Meet the Illustrator offerings from Bookletters. A new Meet the Illustrator
feature is posted on the 26th of each month. These are clever graphical
interviews with talented children's book Illustrators/Authors. They are lots of fun and a great way to learn about new (and old) picture
books.
Vampires, werewolves, shape-shifters and other fun creatures that go bump in the night are featured in Books with Bite, the newest list on our Teen Reads page. Check it out!What's your favorite book with some bite? Tell us about it in the comments.
Check out our Family Reads page for an ever-growing collection of booklists. Just in time for Fall are two new lists, Apples and Halloween. Also, for parents and teachers looking for storytime ideas, take a look at the Autumn Books & Media list. Enjoy!
BookLetters are annotated lists of new or noteworthy books covering a wide variety of subjects and genres, fiction and nonfiction, business to science fiction. Check out InfoSoup's list of available BookLetters at http://info.infosoup.org/bookletters/. If you like what you see, you can subscribe to the lists of your choice and have them delivered to you via email or RSS feed. It's a great way to discover new titles you may not come across otherwise.
Give BookLetters a try and let us know what you think about this service in the comments!
Give BookLetters a try and let us know what you think about this service in the comments!
The Appleton Public Library children's staff have been busy this summer! They have published new buggy booklists, including Insects & Creepy Crawlers (fiction) and Insects & Creepy Crawlers (nonfiction). Other new lists include Community and Community Helpers and Summer Books & Media.
Visit the InfoSoup Family Page for more booklists, award winners, Tumblebooks, and BookLetters features!
Visit the InfoSoup Family Page for more booklists, award winners, Tumblebooks, and BookLetters features!
The teen staff Appleton Public Library have published two new booklists you'll want to be sure to check out:
- Leap of Faith: Believers and Doubters
This list includes books for teens about religion. From a religion passed down in the family to a new spiritual idea, the teens in these books must face the question: What do I believe? - Twilight Read-Alikes
Dangerous romances, supernatural enemies and mysterious circumstances abound in these stories. Read them while you wait for Breaking Dawn, the next book in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series.
Catch the Reading Bug at your local library this Summer, and check out our new list of materials entitled Bugs, Bugs, Bugs! This list has books for all ages and interests. Select from categories, such as Picture Books, Board Books, Poetry and Jokes, Folklore, Crafts, Music, and more!
If you're interested in historical fiction, you'll want to read these reviews from librarians who know books!
Check out our Gaming Books for Teens list, which includes stories about gaming, as well as books that will tell you how to improve at games.We also have a list of books that include characters from Shakespeare's plays, fictional accounts of his family and life, and fiction based on the plots of his plays. Take a look at Shakespeare in Teen Fiction.
