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Youth Services Notes |
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From the Library of Virginia
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Refresh Your Find It VA Skills:
Access Video Just for Kids
Help your users find and enjoy great children's programs, including TV shows like Arthur, Sesame Street, Odd Squad, SciGirls, and much more. Access Video Just for Kids also offers read-along storybooks and learning videos to explore topics like reading, writing, math, arts and science.
When: Thursday 12/4, 1 PM ET
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| Nature Backpacks
The State Park parking passes for the Discovery backpacks are expiring at the end of this year (2025). We have received the updated passes that are good until December 2028. A survey to directors has been sent that asks who coordinates the backpacks at your library system, how many backpacks you have, and your mailing address.
Nearly all Virginia State Parks charge a per car parking fee for entrance. Two parks charge a per person fee: Natural Bridge and Southwest Virginia Museum state parks. Annual Passes include admission for up to 4 at Natural Bridge and Southwest Virginia Museum state parks. |
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Come hear keynote speaker Dan Santat and attend breakout sessions about the manual, learning to decorate a space, and dinosaur programming to use in your library. This event is made possible at no cost to attendees.
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CSLP Ordering Window Opens Soon
If your library is planning to use the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) theme, Unearth a Story, for summer 2026, it is almost time to order! The Library of Virginia pays for the LSTA-eligible items: book logs, posters, stickers, bookmarks, certificates and select promotional materials. An email with ordering instructions and code will be forthcoming.
Ordering will be available for the month of December. |
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CSLP Manuals
The CSLP Manual access codes have been sent to each Virginia public library director. If you have not received it or it has not been forwarded to you, please contact me and I will send the information to you. |
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Pokémon Clubs at Your Library
AASL and ALSC have joined with Pokémon to create and implement Pokémon Clubs in public and school libraries! Through this partnership, participating libraries will receive extensive resources to create a new club (or enhance an existing one) for patrons 5-14. Membership in AASL or ALSC is required. Learn more and apply! |
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2025 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Winner
The National Book Foundation announced the 2025 winner, selected from 325 titles submitted in the Young People’s Literature category.
Daniel Nayeri, The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story
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Margaret Wise Brown Prize in Children’s Literature
Hollins University in Roanoke pays tribute to one of its best-known alumnae and one of the most beloved children’s book authors by awarding the Margaret Wise Brown Prize in Children’s Literature. The annual award showcases the best picture book manuscript as selected by a panel of judges and is among the few children’s book honors with a cash prize.
The 2025 winner is Two Together by Brendan Wenzel Honor Book was On a Summer Night by Deborah Hopkinson. |
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Children's Book Council Favorites Awards
The books on the annual FAVORITES awards are new books read and rated by thousands of children, teachers, and librarians in rural, suburban, and urban schools and libraries across the U.S. every year.
The CBC then creates PDFs, spreadsheets, and an online listing of books to discover the best in new children’s, middle-grade, and young adult fiction and nonfiction. All formats are available here.
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Your library program can be featured here!
Please submit a photo and description of your favorite program! |
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Upcoming Important Dates & Celebrations
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National and State Conferences 2026 March 2-4: Virginia State Literacy Association (Roanoke) April 1-3: Public Library Association (Minneapolis)
October 1-3: ALSC National Institute (Buffalo NY) October 18-20: Virginia Library Association (Norfolk)
November 19-22: NAEYC (Orlando, FL) |
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