Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Science Experiments with Professor Robert Winston

Robert Winston is an amazing scientist who has done oodles of books for DK. He was on the Late Show with James Corden, promoting his latest books. The results are hilarious...I have to tell you, I was a bit stressed out watching the experiments...DON'T TRY THESE AT HOME! Or maybe do ;)

Friday, January 27, 2017

President Obama's Reading List

In his last week of office, President Obama met with some amazing writer's to discuss the writing life. Here is a list of some of his favorite books.

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

PW's Top Library Stories of 2016

PW did a review of 2016 and the big library news stories of the year. In it they discuss Carla Hayden's appointment as the librarian of Congress, the first African American woman to the post. They als touch on ebooks, Orlando and a whole bunch more.

Friday, January 20, 2017

40 Years of the Canadian Children's Book Centre!

2016 was the Canadian Children's Book Centre 40th anniversary. In their magazine they did a brilliant piece on the history of the centre...and what a history! From Phyllis Yaffe to Chickadee Magazine to Robert Munsch, the Centre has been at the heart of Canadian children's publishing for over 40 years. To read the full article, click here.

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

How Cool is This!!!

The Dragon Brothers is a new trilogy from James Russell and Link Choi. The characters Flynn and Paddy discover a hidden magic on their island.  The much-loved maps on the end papers of each book now have augmented reality content. Rather than me trying to explain it, take a look at the video below. If you're keen to try it out, download 'AR Reads' from the App Store or Google Play (it's free) and try it out for yourself!