Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Looking for Quality Books for the Kids in Your Life?

Check out the Bank Street College
Center for Children's Literature
BEST OF THE BEST
List of Books Published
for Kids 0-18 in 2014!

The Bank Street College Center for Children's Literature recently published The Best Children’s Books of the Year, 2015 Edition, which includes more than 600 titles chosen by the Children’s Book Committee as the best of the best published in 2014. 

In choosing books for the annual list, reviewers consider literary quality and excellence of presentation as well as the potential emotional impact of the books on young readers. Other criteria include credibility of characterization and plot, authenticity of time and place, age suitability, positive treatment of ethnic and religious differences, and the absence of stereotypes. Nonfiction titles are further evaluated for accuracy and clarity. Each book accepted for the list is read and reviewed by at least two committee members and then discussed by the committee as a whole.

To download the list (which is categorized by age group), visit the Bank Street College website here.

Monday, March 9, 2015

An Easy and FREE Way to Help the NCBLA

Register the NCBLA
as Your AmazonSmile Charity and
Help Us Raise Funds to Continue Our Mission
   
AmazonSmile, the charitable foundation of Amazon.com, provides an easy way to support charities like the NCBLA each time you shop online. All you need to do is register the NCBLA as your AmazonSmile charity recipient, and AmazonSmile will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases directly to the NCBLA at no extra cost!



To register, just visit smile.amazon.com and select National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance Inc as your charity of choice. Once you have registered, the NCBLA will automatically receive donated funds every time you shop as long as you start your shopping at smile.amazon.com.

Thank you very much for your kind consideration! 

To read more about the AmazonSmile program, go to: smile.amazon.com/about
National Childrens Book And Literacy Alliance Inc