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InfoSoup's summer reading blogs are now available!

Kids and parents can visit Be Creative @ Your Library to find book reviews, coloring sheets, craft projects, puzzles, and more. Why not add your own review of your favorite book or comment on a posted review from someone else? We hope you'll tell us about what you're reading this summer.

Teens are also welcome to post their own reviews and comment on posted reviews at Express Yourself @ Your Library. We have also collected some links to interesting web sites for you to check out this summer. If you don't see your favorite site, be sure to tell us about it so we can add it to our list.

The blogs were created to supplement the reading programs taking place in InfoSoup libraries this summer. Be sure to check out your local library to see what they have planned for you!

This month marks the 40th birthday of the much-loved children's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Take a look at this brief video of the author and illustrator talking about his book and how it came about.

Penguin Publishers have created an activity kit for educators to celebrate this event, but families could use it together, too. It includes a poster, activity sheets, and a list of Eric Carle's books. Take a look!

If you haven't read The Very Hungry Caterpillar, celebrate its 40th birthday by checking it out today at your local public library. And while you're at it, look for additional titles by Eric Carle to take home with you, as well. Here are a few to get you started:

• From Head to Toe
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
• The Tiny Seed
• 10 Little Rubber Ducks
• A House for Hermit Crab
• Mister Seahorse
• Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
• Pancakes, Pancakes!
  

We have three new booklists on the family page. The Hmong - Fiction for Children highlights children's items from the Appleton Public Library's wonderful Hmong Resource Center. Another booklist, The Vietnamese, includes a wide range of children's fiction and non-fiction books about the history, culture and people of Vietnam. Multicultural Books for Children presents a selection of picture books, chapter books, and non-fiction books that explore culture and identity from diverse perspectives. Thanks to the Appleton Public Library Children's Services staff for contributing these lists!

At the end of January, the American Library Association announced their selection of top books for children, including the winners of the prestigious Caldecott and Newbery awards.

The 2009 Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to children's literature was awarded to The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.

The House in the Night, illustrated by Beth Krommes and written by Susan Marie Swanson, won the 2009 Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Learn more about the Caldecott and Newbery Medals on the ALA web site and visit our Family Page on InfoSoup to find more award winning books for kids.

Stories Without Words is a new booklist on the Family Page on InfoSoup. This list highlights some of the very creative artists/illustrators that tell wonderful stories though wordless or almost wordless picture books. Be sure to take a look at Lights Out and Hogwash by the ever inventive Arthur Geisert. Thanks to Sue from the Waupaca Area Public Library for sharing this list!

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!

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!