News from the Curriculum Resource Center

December is here and, in the library world, that means the beginning of the American Library Association’s award season.

Last week, the Young Adult Library Services Association announced this year’s finalists for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. To qualify for this award the book must be a work of non-fiction and published specifically for young adults (aka ages 12-18) between November 1, 2009 and October 31, 2010. The five nominated titles were:

Janis Joplin: Rise up Singing by Ann Angel; They Called Themselves the KKK: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti; Spies … Continue Reading

Marino, Gianna. One Too Many: A Seek and Find Counting Book. Chronicle Books LLC. 2010. ISBN: 9780811869089

One Too Many is a beautifully illustrated book that encourages visual learning and counting techniques. We begin on page one with 1 flea and with every turn of the page another group of animals joins our flea in the barnyard. The illustrations of each animal are similar in coloring, forcing readers to hunt for each new animal as they join the gathering group of barnyard cronies. The ending … Continue Reading