Posted in Books, Children, Julie's Column, Reading, tagged Dolly Parton, Imagination Library, book giveaways on Wednesday, June 11, 2008 | No Comments »
This column appeared in the Journal on June 6, 2008. Past columns can be read at juliewinkelstein.com
“When I was growing up in the hills of East Tennessee, I knew my dreams would come true. I know there are children in your community with their own dreams… The seeds of these dreams are often found in [...]
Posted in Books, Children, Julie's Column, Reading, tagged Clarice Bean, grammar in children's books, Junie B. Jones on Monday, March 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This column appeared in the Journal on March 7, 2008. Past columns can be read at juliewinkelstein.com
“Then we played horses with my other bestest friend named Lucille…And we all runned to Room Nine speedy quick…” From Sara Park’s “Junie B. Jones and Some Squeaky Peeky Spying”
One of my first assignments as a member of an [...]
Posted in Books, Children, Julie's Column, Reading, tagged book reports, GRE, online test preparation on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 | No Comments »
This column appeared in the Journal on February 15, 2008. Past columns can be read at juliewinkelstein.com
“Tyro: a beginner in learning; novice.” From “Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary,” Eleventh Edition
A few months ago I had to take the Graduate Record Exam because I am applying for PhD programs in Library Science. It had been many years [...]
Posted in Books, Children, Julie's Column, Libraries, Reading, tagged Nic Bishop, Pocket Babies, Sneed B. Collard on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This column appeared in the Journal on February 1, 2008. Past columns can be read at juliewinkelstein.com
“ A group of kangaroos together is called a mob. Not all species form mobs. ‘Mob behavior’ is found only in large species such as the red and gray kangaroos.” From Sneed B. Collard III’s Pocket Babies and Other [...]
Posted in Books, Children, Julie's Column, On the Web, Reading, tagged American Indians, Debbie Reese, Jan Brett, Three Snow Bears on Monday, February 11, 2008 | No Comments »
This column appeared in the Journal on January 25, 2008. Past columns can be read at juliewinkelstein.com
“…Because we cherish children, because we respect the authority they relegate to us, because we abhor the racial, ethnic, cultural, and gender stereotypes of the past, we cannot use books with children that are less than excellent.” Jan LaBonty, [...]
Posted in Children, News, The Albany Community, Uncategorized, tagged growing up asian in america; asian pacific fund; albany on Thursday, January 31, 2008 | No Comments »
The Albany Library currently has an exhibit of the winners in the Growing Up Asian in America contest sponsored by the Asian Pacific Fund for Bay Area Youth. The exhibit will be at the Library through February 19. Students in K-12 submit art and essays for cash prizes. One of the winners this year is Lingxuan [...]
Posted in Children, Library Programs, Reading, Uncategorized, tagged new yearsn resolutions; knitting; book groups, storytimes on Monday, January 7, 2008 | No Comments »
The Library offers many opportunities to keep those New Year’s Resolutions - especially the ones that involve doing something.
Consider joining a book group - The next book for the Albany Library Evening Book Group, meeting on January 16, is A Very Long Engagement by Sebastien Japrisot. The group meets monthly, at 7 at the Library and is [...]
Posted in Books, Children, Julie's Column, Reading, tagged challenged books, King & King, Wendy Bett on Monday, December 24, 2007 | No Comments »
This column appeared in the Journal on December 14, 2007. Past columns can be read at juliewinkelstein.com.
“That’s what a public library does, and you make the choice…We certainly want parents to make that decision for their children – not one parent making that decision for all children.” Kathee Rhode, Library Director at Lower Macungie [...]
Posted in Children, Julie's Column, tagged AWE, children and computers, children's librarians on Monday, October 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This column appeared in the Journal on October 19, 2007. Past columns can be read at juliewinkelstein.com.
“The ELS [Early Literacy Station] is not just another computer with software. Kids are captivated by the interface and start to explore immediately.” From the AWE website (http://www.awe-libraries.com/)
An Albany parent recently suggested I write a column about the [...]
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