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These are the library blogs I enjoy following, though I won't claim to always keep up with them all.

  • Children's and YA Books

    • 100 Scope Notes
      The blog of elementary school librarian and SLJ reviewer Travis Jonker
    • Curious Pages: Inappropriate Books for Children
      Children's author/illustrator Lane Smith's witty, somewhat subversive blog is just the cup of tea to wash away the cloying aftertaste of the occasional too-sweet picture book.
    • Read Roger
      Roger Sutton of Horn Book blogs his "raves and rants"
    • Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
      "Why stop at six?" Julie Danielson's fabulous blog about children's and YA literature, especially focusing on picture books and graphic novels
    • The Brown Bookshelf
      "Designed to push awareness of the myriad of African American voices writing for young readers," this blog explores issues of race and identity into which I have little personal insight.

  • Library Blogs

    • Awful Library Books
      "Hoarding is not collection development." Here is the funny side of weeding the library shelves, in all its grungy glory.
    • Unshelved
      This webcomic about life and work at the public library also posts immensely helpful comic-form booktalks. once a week.

  • Youth Music

    • Zooglobble
      In the never-ending quest for children's music that will not drive parents to homicide, I turned to Zooglobble. This is a fabulous collection-development tool for anyone who has to buy children's music.