Posted on October 21, 2009 by Ashleigh Blomfield
More than 10,000 and growing! Click here to see a list of resources added to our collection during June.
September Highlight
Aliki
My Five Senses
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2000
My Five Senses introduces children to sound, taste, smell, sight, and touch and explores the ways the senses often work together to discover something new. “Sometimes I use more of [...]
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Posted on August 21, 2009 by Ashleigh Blomfield
More than 10,000 and growing! Click here to see a list of resources added to our collection last month.
July Highlight
Del Vecchio, Mark
Postmodern Ceramics
London: Thames and Hudson, 2001
At its worst, postmodernism is defined as a “culture of fragmentary sensations, eclectic nostalgia, disposable simulacra, and promiscuous superficiality, in which the traditionally valued qualities of depth, coherence, meaning [...]
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Posted on August 11, 2009 by Ashleigh Blomfield
More than 10,000 and growing! Click here to see a list of resources added to our collection during June.
June Highlight
O’Brien, Lucy
She Bop II: The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop and Soul
London: Continuum, 2002
Women have always been making and consuming music. But how have women negotiated the genres and sub-genres of the music industry [...]
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Posted on June 12, 2009 by Ashleigh Blomfield
More than 10,000 and growing! Click here to see a list of resources added to our collection last month.
May Highlight
Butterwick, Kristi
Heritage of Power: Ancient Sculpture from West Mexico
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004
Last month we purchased some new art books at the annual sale at the store of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [...]
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Posted on April 8, 2009 by Ashleigh Blomfield
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March Highlight
Williams, Marcia
Tales from Shakespeare: Seven Plays
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 1998
Looking for a way to introduce Shakespeare to early readers? Tales from Shakespeare: Seven Plays retells some of Shakespeare’s most popular texts, including Romeo and Juliet, Julius [...]
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Posted on February 28, 2009 by Ashleigh Blomfield
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February Highlight
Gonzalez, David
Aesop Bops!
Rainart Productions, 2008
Aesop Bops! is the latest release from our current repertory artist David Gonzalez (The Frog Bride).
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Posted on January 30, 2009 by Ashleigh Blomfield
More than 10,000 and growing! Click here to see a list of resources added to our collection last month.
January Highlight
Giovanni, Nikki
Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat
Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, 2008
This New York Times bestseller is a gem for educators wishing to explore the language and history of hip hop culture.
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