Just One More Book!!

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In this episode, we play a listener submitted review:

• Madlenka (by Peter Sis) reviewed by Kevin Hodgson
  

We’d love to hear your thoughts on a favourite children’s book. Send your MP3 recorded or type-written review in email to justonemorebook@gmail.com, or phone it in to our listener feedback line (206-350-6487).

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Author: Jack Prelutsky
Illustrator: Peter Sis
Published: 1998 Harper Trophy (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0688161626

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I will always extend our storytime by one book, if this is it. These seventeen poems are a read aloud dream. They feel great in the mouth, evoke a good range of moods and emotion and end with a rousing glint of intrigue that brings the reading to a perfect close.

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• Bryper.com (new media and online communications)
• Canadian Podcast Buffet (an audio magazine of all things podcasting)
• Career Mom Radio (insights, stories & ideas for balancing career & family)
• CLIP Podcast (Critical Literacy in Practice)
• The DaddyCast (a community for dads)
• Daily Source Code (Adam Curry’s podcast)
• Dancing with Elephants (family podcast)
• Desperate Husbands (keeping you out of the doghouse)
• Electric Sky (interviews and documentaries)
• GNMParents (multi media parenting channel)
• Grammar Girl (quick and dirty tips for writing better)
• G.R.I.T.S. Kidz Radio
• Growing Enthusiasm (adults and children discovering life)
• I Should Be Writing (a podcast by a wanna-be writer, for wanna-be writers)
• Information Architecture (I.A.) Podcast
• Isaak’s Thoughts about the Library world
• JamesPod (a one man show from the bedroom of James Whittingham)
• Journey Inside My Mind (Hard Rock Homeschool)
• KidsWifeWorkLife (kids, marriage, work and life)
• The LD Podcast (for Parents by Parents of Kids with Learning Disabilities)
• Manic Mommies (trying to do it all … and do it well)
• MommyCast (holding the world together, one child at a time)
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• Swimming in Literary Soup (serving a love of reading & life through children’s books)
• Teaching for the Future (implementing media & technology literacy)
• The Book Of Life (jewish people and the books they read)
• Two Boobs and a Baby (a comedy parenting podcast)
• The ZedCast (comedy skits and stories from Canada)

Blogs

• A Chair, A Fireplace and a Tea Cozy (talk about stories)
• A Library by Any Other Name (is Still A Collection of Information)
• A Net in Time (blog for homeschooling our son)
• A Readable Feast (a blog by Anne-Marie Nichols)
• A Scrapbook of Inspiration (A blog by Karen Harvey Cox)
• A Year of Reading (two teachers write about their lives as readers)
• A Wrung Sponge (a librarian’s blog)
• About:Deafness / Hard of Hearing
• Accidental Blogger (Cerebral Table Talk)
• Achokablog (weblog of Michael Thorn, editor of ACHUKA)
• Adventures of Andy & Ali
• All up in the Kool-Aid (the Alisha life blog)
• Amoxcalli (celebrating reading & treasuring books as sacred)
• Ardent Peace (the meaning of life with rhys and Irene)
• Beattie’s Book Blog (thoughts of a publisher, bookseller & awards judge)
• Bevers Book Blog
• Bibliosphere News (news, views and events for school libraries)
• Big A Little a (children’s books, writing, and life)
• Black Threads in Kid’s Lit (exploring African-American picture books)
• Blah, Blah, Blogg (photographer and future librarian)
• Blog me til Midnight (be inspired always)
• Bloomabilities (a children’s book editor living and working in Manhattan)
• Blue Rose Girls (red rose girls reborn in the modern age)
• Bob Goyetche (husband, father and technologist)
• Bonnie Lass of Bon Accord
• Book Buds (kid lit reviews)
• Book Lust (a community for people who love books)
• Book Moot (a book blog)
• Booksprouting (sprouting stories and books to feed your child’s imagination)
• Booktalking 2.0 (a blog of Joyce Valneza for The School Library Journal)
• Booktopia (book ramblings and recommendations)
• Bronwyn’s Resources for Families
• Cachibachis (odds & ends about children’s literature and writing for kids)
• CBCPL Birth to Six News (literary topics)
• Check it Out (books and life in a school library)
• Cheryl Rainfield (Avid Reader, Teen Fiction Writer, and Book-a-holic)
• Children’s Book List
• Children’s Illustration (a blog about children’s illustrations)
• Children’s Writings by KarenHarveyCox
• Connect 2.0 (connecting the community to The Learning Hub of Elementary School)
• Contessa Isabella (cry of the wolf)
• Create/Relate (News from the children’s book biz)
• Creative Cup Illustrators Group (encouragement & inspiration for illustrators)
• Coutts Canadian-Flavoured Education News
• Cynsations (reading recommendations, literacy advocacy and more)
• DaveLaMorte.com (a digital scratchpad for Dave’s thesis and artwork)
• Darcy Pattison’s Revision Notes
• Dave Riddell (science and technology educator)
• Design Mom (where design and motherhood intersect)
• Drawn! (Inspiration is everywhere)
• Driving In (a blog by Marjorie Gibson)
• Eileen’s Web 2.0 Odyssey (youth services programs, web links & reading lists)
• Elms in the Yard (thoughts of a Woman from Jerusalem)
• Empty Boxes
• Escape Adulthood (secrets from childhood for the stressed out grownup)
• Everyday Mom
• Everyone Sees Their Own Rainbow
• Farm School
• First Book Blog (Do you remember the magic of your first book?)
• Five and a Half (handmade, recollected)
• Fuse8 Productions (children’s librarian) thanks again!
• Gabblehatch (read it again!)
• Go Barefoot
• Gooseberry Lane (tackling the challenges of everyday life)
• GottaBook (thoughts, opinions, and ramblings about children’s literature)
• Grade 3 Blog Pals (Third Graders communicate with friends around the world)
• Great Reads (reviews of great, mostly off mainstream books)
• Grow Wings (blog of writer & artist Laini Taylor)
• Hand Made Paper (a blog by Nicole)
• Happy Antipodean (Book reviews, and commentary from Down Under)
• Heart of the Matter
• I Dream in Colors (ramblings of a 24-year-old web and graphic designer)
• Il Bloggo (creativity in the everyday life of I, Hanna)
• Illustration Friday (weekly illustration challenges for a creative community)
• IllustrationMundo (a place where illustration gets all the love)
• In the Pages (book blog)
• Instigator Blog (podcasting 101)
• Invisible Ink (underground tech culture from Zachery Houle)
• JacketFlap.com (children’s publishing blog reader)
• Jagged Line (the blog from Candlelight stories)
• Jen Robinson’s Book Page (promoting the love of books by children)
• Jimbo Jabber (Jim Di Bartolo’s Art Blog)
• JJK Blog (The official blog of Jarrett J. Krosoczka)
• John Gushue … Dot Dot Dot (points east from a St.John’s based journalist)
• Just Dewey It (Martin County Library System Staff Web Log)
• K-3 Web Site..ings of the Day (resources & lesson plans for the K-3 classroom)
• KangaLMT2 (an exploration into the world of Web 2.0)
• Kelly Jones (thoughts, reflections and discoveries..)
• Kelly’s MySpace page
• Kiddie Lit (a librarian’s view of Children’s Books)
• KidLit (books and more for children and teens)
• Kids Literati (a book blog about the best in children’s literature)
• KidzLit Online
• Klages (blog of sciFi author Ellen Klages)
• Kristina’s Book Blog or here
• Langwitches (the magic of learning through technology)
• Librarian in Black (resources and discussions for tech-librarians-by-default)
• LibrariAnne (librarian, knitter, rocker, reader)
• Librarian Bloggers (online community on ning.com)
• Library Stew (books, technology and tales from the trenches)
• Life As Daddy (a guy, his wife, their son … and other stuff)
• Literacy in Public Libraries
• Lisa’s CEP 416 Blog
• Literary Safari (a writer, editor, teacher, and traveler)
• Literati (a Can-Lit blog)
• L.M. Montgomery Research Group
• Love Yourself (resources for children’s writers)
• LS5013 Information Storage & Retrieval (a teacher-librarian explores web2.0)
• Mark Blevis (podcast lounge)
• Martha Stewart’s Blog
• MattapoisettMellos (family blog and Joy Luke Book Club)
• Mes Paroles S’envolent (Laurent LaSalle)
• Midwestern Lodestar (a joy of reading young peoples’ literature)
• Mrs. E’s Excerpts (promoting literacy in the school library)
• The Miss Rumphius Effect (a teacher educator discusses children’s literature and issues)
• Mitali’s Fire Escape (a chat about life between cultures)
• Mother of all Blogs (a blog by Ann Douglas)
• My Readable Feast
• MotherReader (the heart of a mother, the soul of a reader)
• Musings of a Bespectacled Blonde ()
• My Thought Spot (art, books, running, annoying salepeople)
• My Thoughts
• Natasha’s News (a writer’s journey in the Children’s Book World)
• National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance
• Nichole’s Auxiliary Storage
• Off The Bookshelf (book reviews by a mother of six)
• O Gato qe Le (the cat that reads – Portugese blog)
• On the Edge
• One Moment At A Time (mindful parenting, life learning and radical unschooling)
• Oowey, Gooey Marshmallows and other Writeabilities (teaching elementary writing)
• OPAL Training (keeping librarians up-to-date)
• Paper Tigers blog
• Paradise Found (an eclectic home educator and book author)
• Parent’s Eye View (a blog by Whitney Hoffman)
• PearSoup.com (let’s face it life is pear-shaped)
• Pensacola Junior College Library Blog
• Petrona (Thinking and linking about books)
• Picture-Bookies (collaborative blog of professional book illustrators)
• Picture Book Junkies (picture book illustrator’s conglomerate)
• Pioneer Woman with Cell Phone
• Pixie Stix Kids Pix (thoughts, observations & ideas about children’s books)
• Pixiepalace (a children’s book blog)
• PLA Blog (the official blog of the the Public Library Association)
• Planet Esme (the best children’s books from Esme’s bookshelf)
• Play Library (two mommies chatting toys, games, books, etc…)
• Propernoun (Mindy’s book journal)
• PuppetPerson
• Quill and Quire (Canada’s magazine of book news & reviews)
• Random Thoughts (thoughts, readings and doubts of Ranjani and Sathish)
• Rebecca’s Pocket (a blog by Rebecca Blood)
• Read, Write, Believe (blog of writer Sarah Lewis Holmes)
• Reading Moms (news, views, reviews and interviews)
• Reid Elizabeth (tales of life with a girl on the go)
• Saffron Tree (a multi-cultural experience book blog)
• Scholar’s Blog (blog of an English independent scholar of fantasy fiction)
• ScottMerrick (blog of an educator and a learner)
• Scrub-a-Dub-Tub (the Reading Tub blog)
• SemiColon (homeschool teacher & book lover)
• Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast (a blog about books)
• Shaken & Stirred (a reader’s martini glass)
• Shelf Elf (read,write, rave)
• Smoke & Mirrors
• Space Junk (interstellar flotsam & jetsam)
• Special 2 Me (about being a mom, teaching,..)
• Sprittibee (homeschooling mom)
• Storytime Standouts Weblog
• Students for Literacy Ottawa (volunteer literacy work with children & teens)
• Subscribe to Literacy (feeding kids & families hungry to read & succeed)
• Suburban Hostage (thoughts of a mom)
• Susan Sandmore (stuff and weirdness at a low, low price)
• Sweet Serenity of Books
• sysrick.com
• TeachieTech (tech literacy for “old school” teachers)
• Texas Technophobe (a blog by Librarian Specialist, Rebecca)
• The Fun Stops Here
• The Learning Guys (guys that know a lot about learning and love to learn)
• The Taming of the Muse (how to find it, catch it, feed it & make it stay)
• The Sandbox
• The Well-Read Child (instill a joy of reading in your child)
• think:lab: (future of learning, fueling creativity)
• Thoughts from a TechnoSpud (technology tips & occasional ramblings)
• Three Silly Chicks (readers, writers and reviewers of funny books for kids)
• Tiny Treasury
• The Kingdom of Books (reading rules and readers reign)
• The Little Bookroom (reviewing books for children and families)
• Three Silly Chicks
• Through the Studio Door (the quest to create children’s picture books)
• Toe Jam & the Toenail Fairies
• Top Ten Sources (web content directory)
• Tough City Writer (writer, editor, mom)
• U Tech Tips (tech tips for Educators)
• Unabridged (blog of Charlesbridge children’s book publisher)
• Unsell Family Blog
• Using Mentor Texts to lift the level of writing in my classroom
• Valerie’s EDLI 276 blog
• Vintage Kids’ Books My Kid Loves
• Web2pid? (don’t let Web2. 0 make you feel 2pid)
• Wendy Priesnitz – Challenging Assumptions (author, journalist, editor, public speaker)
• What Adrienne Thinks About That (children’s librarian on books,… & life)
• What Counts! (A blog by Susan Ens Funk)
• What Fred Read (reading young adult literature)
• What is Toby Reading Now? (reviewing books that don’t insult kids’ intelligence)
• What The Tech! (faculty and staff of Portage Township Schools)
• Where’s My Cow (random musings of a children’s librarian)
• Whimsy Books (a blog by the picture book girl)
• Whole New Minds (english in the flat world)
• Wild Rose Reader (children’s books and children’s poetry)
• Wizards Wireless (life, children’s books, comic books & HP)
• Womb To Grow (BabyNut.com organic & natural parenting blog)
• Word Power
• World of Words (thoughts on children’s books and writing)
• WRB (Words, reading and books)
• Writing For Children
• Young EBUS Writers
• Your Neighborhood Librarian (waxing gibberish)

Authors & Illustrators

• Mike Artell
• Dan Bar-el
• Andrea Beaty
• John Bianchi
• Anne Broyles
• Heather Castles
• Rhody Cohon
• Livia Coloji
• Brenda Ferber
• Margot Finke
• Elizabeth Ficocelli
• Stacia Deutsch
• Laura Diehl
• Sylviane A. Diouf
• Shane Evans
• Deborah Freedman
• Lee Edward Fodi
• Rachna Gilmore
• Diane Greenseid
• James Gurney
• Carol Heyer
• Kyra E. Hicks
• John Himmelman
• Victoria Jamieson
• Lita Judge
• Jarrett J. Krosoczka
• Uma Krishnaswami
• Marie LeTourneau
• James McCann
• E.B. McHenry
• Mary Ann Hoberman
• Richard Michelson
• Derek Munson
• Jeff Newman
• Sara O’Leary
• Peggy O’Neill
• Alicia Padron
• Daniel and Jill Pinkwater
• Jane Ray
• Cynthia Reeg
• Sherry Rogers
• Nicole Rubel
• Alan Silberberg
• David Michael Slater
• Anastasia Suen
• Greg Trine
• Amy Wachspress
• Kirsti Anne Wakelin
• Mo Willems
• Natasha Wing
• Ferida Wolff

Publishers

• Annick Press
• Barefoot Books (Celebrating Art & History)
• Flashlight Press (Picture story books that explore and illuminate)
• Gumboot Books (Treats for the eyes and the imagination)
• Iris the Dragon (Helping detect & deal with mental illness in children)
• Nickname Press (Open-minded, diversity-friendly children’s books)
• Red Cygnet Press (Nurturing new literary talent)
• Richard C. Owen Publishers (Meet the author autobiographies)
• Shen’s Books (children’s books that promote cultural understanding)
• Sylvan Dell Publishing (Science and math through literature)
• Woza Books (Children’s books that raise the spirits)
  

Libraries

• American Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC) ChildTech Wiki
• American Library Association (ALA) – Great web sites for kids
• American Library Association (ALA) – Web connections for Sept 2007
• Annapolis Valley Library Kids’ Corner
• Chemung County Library District
• EBSCO Information Sevices (Research Database)
• Harford County Library (Kidzone Adult/Caregiver Resources)
• Greater Victoria Public Library (Literacy Links)
• Just Dewey It (Martin County Library System Staff Web Log)
• Kitchener Public Library (Ontario, Canada)
• Memorial Hall Library Parenting Picks
• Monroe County Library System
• PLA Blog (The official blog of the the Public Library Association)
• The Kiddosphere @ Fauquier County Public Library
• San Francisco Community School Library: Tawnya’s Favorites
• SRSD Libraries Blog
• Strathcona County Library (Alberta, Canada)
• Washington Free Public Library

Schools/Universities

• Ã…bo Akademi University Library (Finland)
• Academy at Carrie F Thomas Library Media Center
• Arapahoe High School Teacher’s Blog (The Fischbowl)
• Bennett Elementrary School (Library)
• Central Michigan University Libraries
• Chapman’s Retreat Elementary Library
• Charles Sturt University (Education Virtual Library)
• Community Consolidated School District 46 (Lake County, Illinois)
• Connersville Middle School Library Media Center
• Convent of the Sacred Heart Elementary School (San Fransisco, CA)
• Critical Literacy Trends and Issues (American University, Washington D.C.)
• Delany College (Granville, Australia)
• Fairview School
• Fremont Elementary School
• Georgia Children’s Picture Storybook Award 2008
• Graded School — Library News (San Paolo Brazil)
• Hong Kong International School (Hong Kong)
• Kowloon Junior School (Hong Kong)
• Linden Meadows School Tech Talk (Media Literacy in the classroom)
• Mead School District: Media Specialists
• Mount Holyoke College
• Mrs. Hinten’s Kindergarten Class (Great Web Resources)
• Nob Hill Media Centre (Broward County Public Schools, Florida USA)
• Northern Parkway School Library Tech Fair Projects
• Partners in Literacy at Harwinton Consolidated School
• Pensacola Junior College Library Blog
• Pillager Public Schools ISD0116
• Sabal Palm Elementary
• San Francisco Community School Library (California USA)
• St. Joseph School Library
• Simmons College (Graduate School of Library & Information Science)
• The Webb School, Bell Buckle TN
• Trillium Woods Elementary School (Barry, Ontario)
• University of British Columbia (Canada)
• University of Texas at San Antonio
• Westmoreland Central School (Library page)
• Willard R2 Schools
• Wiltshire College

Media

• ABC Channel 7: The Denver Channel (Colorado, US)
• All About Kids Magazine (Richmond, VA)
• Books for Keeps Magazine (UK)
• Book Links Magazine (September 2007, American Library Association)
• Canadian Living Magazine (June 2007, print edition)
• ForeWord Magazine (Reviews of good books independently published)
• Glebe Report (Ottawa, ON)
• Horn Book (publications about books for children and young adults)
• Keith Runyon Book Reviews (Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY)
• Learning Magazine
• Life Learning Magazine (Inpiring Families around the world who learn without schools)
• Microsoft Home Magazine (articles, tips and tools for better living)
• Ottawa City Journal (Ottawa, ON)
• Ottawa Morning (CBC Radio, Ottawa, ON)
• Parksville Qualicum News
• Points North (CBC Radio, Sudbury, ON)
• Publishers Weekly (Shelftalker Blog)
• Salt Lake City Tribune (Family Briefs)
• School Library Journal (New York, New York) and again!
• The Edge of the Forest (a children’s literature monthly)
• The Great Northwest (Thunder Bay, ON)
• The Telegram (St. John’s, Newfoundland. Nov. 2007)

Other

• Theresa, whose fabulous coffee fuels our book reviews each morning!
• ABC Canada Literacy Foundation
• Association of Librarians in English Speaking Schools in Hong Kong
• Association for Bright Children of Ontario (Ottawa Chapter)
• Authors and Illustrators on the Web (a resource by Jamie Boston, Librarian)
• Author Illustrator Source
• Books and Writers Community (community forum)
• Brady Magazine (Putting writers on the map)
• British Columbia Teacher-Librarians’ Association
• CanadaPodcasts.ca
• Canadian Parents Forum
• Celestial Spirit (photo art and thoughts of an artist . teacher . explorer)
• Childhood Matters (radio show for all who care about kids)
• Child’s Life (family events, activities and services)
• Children’s Book Market
• Children’s Picture Book Price Guide
• Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Chat Board
• Children’s Writers & Illustrators of British Columbia
• Culture.ca
• Design and Production of Media Resources (LIS 5313)
• Dewey Browse Teacher Resources
• Education Network Australia (Supporting Learning in the Home)
• Families.com (the internet’s community of friends & family)
• Fandangle Magazine (online magazine for kids ages 6-10)
• Federation of Children’s Book Groups
• Ideas (interactive dialogue with educators across the state)
• Info To Go (monthly online educational resource newsletter)
• In The Picture (Putting disabled children in the picture)
• International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)
• International Reading Association (Literacy Links: Teacher and Parent Resources in Education)
• Internet Resources Newsletter (monthly newsletter for academics, students,… and social scientists)
• Itty Bitty Book Worm (monthly literature-based preschool curriculum)
• Kids Review (Book Reviews By Children For Children)
• Joyful Learners (helping students learn to read — and enjoy it)
• LisaWhite.De
• LM TechTalk (links and ideas to enhance media literacy in our classrooms)
• Meet The Stars (helping teacher-librarians learn about Web 2.0 tools)
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinal Education News
• MetaxuCafe (Books Blogs Talk)
• Moonrattles (A community for tweens touched by adoption or fostering)
• Mother Daughter Book Club
• Nancy Christie (Writer’s Resources and Personal Growth)
• National Literacy Trust of the UK (Book Ideas List)
• Paper Tigers (books from and about the Pacific Rim and South Asia)
• ParentSource.ca (parent and kid guide to Durham Ontario)
• Pennsylvania Center for the Book
• Philosophy for Children
• Podcasters Across Borders (conference Kingston Ontario June 2007)
• Podcast Directory for Educators
• Podcasting News
• Punk Farm.com
• Raising Readers (opening the world of literacy to our youth)
• Reading Rockets Newsletter (helping children learn to read)
• Read To Me (An intergenerational reading program)
• ReadWriteThink: Web resources
• Reference Resources (Virtual Private Library internet information blog)
• Saskatchewan Literacy Network
• SchLib Wiki (Good school libraries positively affect student achievement)
• School Library Association (UK)
• Sites For Parents (parent resources on the web)
• Snowy Day Design (website design and artwork)
• Steve Watson
• Stories for Children Magazine (free eZine for children 3 to 12 years old)
• SUNLINK Link of the Week (Florida’s K-12 Union Catalogue)
• Surfing the Net with Kids (children’s website directory)
• TeachingBooks (sharing the spirit of books and reading)
• Technology School of the Future (resources for teachers of English)
• Technospud Online Projects (online educational projects & lesson plans)
• The Federation of Children’s Book Groups
• The Reading Tub (Turning a page… opening the world)
• Third Storey Productions
• Thinkfinity (literacy, education and technology)
• Top Ten Sources — Children’s Literature
• 21st Century Librarians (Information Fluency, Web2.0)
• Tyler Schroeder’s Podcasting Resources
• USA Writes 4 Kids
• Women In Podcasting Directory
• Zaadz: Get Inspired

And many thanks to you for including Just One More Book in your day!

Andrea & Mark