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What are the ramifications of incorporating reference type books into the regular collection?

I am seriously weeding my Reference collection and wondering if the books I have left would be used more if I put them with the regular collection. Students use our non-fiction col …
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Collective term for 0-8 year olds?

I'm looking for suggestions of what to call 0-8 year olds inclusive. Do you have a catchy handle for this age group that you can/do use in communications to parents, teachers, etc …
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Censorship of Children’s Picture Dictionary

Today my 2nd grade students discovered that our Children's Picture Dictionary has full page illustrations of a man and woman with the body parts labeled. It caused quite a stir in …
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Hands on library programs appealing to boys ages 6 - 12/13/14

A Children's Librarian at my library wants to supplement their current programs by offering ones that will appeal to boys, specifically ages 6 - 12 or 13 or 14. She is looking for …
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Easy readers about GIRL dogs

I have a very determined young patron who is determined to read books about dogs. But the dogs have to be girls. While searching my favorite databases, I've mostly come across book …
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Royalty-free background music?

Does anyone know a good source for free music that I could download & use to accompany our puppet show performances (we play music during scene changes, etc.) The play in que …