Pam Werre, Curriculum Materials Center librarian, and Carol Sibley, Library Professor Emerita, presented at the Northern Lights Library Network “Better Together” conference on June 6, 2019. Werre and Sibley presented findings from their research on Vietnamese and Hmong juvenile refugee fiction published since the end of the Vietnam War. They also presented on the importance of diversity in children’s book […]
For the fifteenth year, children have chosen the best read aloud picture books in Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Comstock-Gág Read Aloud Book Awards program. A humorous, interactive book with an owl narrator is the winner of the 2019 Wanda Gág Read Aloud Book Award. Don’t Blink was written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by David Roberts. Two titles were […]
“Songs of horses and lovers” by Madelyne Camrud received a gold medal “IPPY” in the “Poetry – specialty (illustrated/anthology)” category at the Independent Publisher Book Awards. The book was edited and designed by Angela Beaton, a library technician (CMC/University Archives) in the Livingston Lord Library.
For the fourteenth year, children have chosen the best read aloud picture books in Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Comstock-Gág Read Aloud Book Awards program. A comical snail with a French accent who wants to be everyone’s favorite animal is the winner of the 2018 Wanda Gág Read Aloud Book Award. Escargot was written by Dashka Slater, illustrated by Sydney Hanson, and published […]
The MSUM Curriculum Materials Center and the Livingston Lord Library will announce the winners of the 14th annual Comstock-Gág Read Aloud Book Awards Wednesday, May 9 at Bennett Elementary School in Fargo. The award books will be read aloud and book talks will be presented for each honored book. The Comstock-Gág Read Aloud Book Awards program supports two awards: Comstock Read […]