The holidays are just around the corner.  And the NAMLE Marketplace is ready to help you get that special gift for family or friends.

NAMLE's gift this year to our members is a special holiday discount of 10% plus FREE shipping with orders over $50. Place your order by December 10 to receive your gifts by the holidays'.  

 a storybook about  the popular aardvark who just HAS to have a gizmo for his dog that he sees in a TV commercial.  But why wait till the holidays, use this book NOW to help kids get through that holiday madness called "the gimmes".     

Teddy is a bear whose story reassures young children who may become disturbed by violence they encounter on TV, in movies  or other media.  Written by children's media expert Dr. Joanne Cantor, it's a storybook, an activity book and a going-to-bed book rolled into one!  Highly recommended for age 3-6. 

Eye Spy:  An Interactive Coloring Book is a terrific gift for pre-schoolers up to grade 2.  (or for early childhood teachers.) The coloring/drawing activities help children express  their feelings about what makes them scared, what superheroes are made of, how commercials work - and more!.  Great gift for media savvy grandparents who like to  spend time with little ones.  Also available in Spanish!
 

by Scott McCloud  and Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean by Douglas Wolk are a terrific two-part introduction to "sequential" art and provide a goldmine of stories, tips, models and history of the comic form in the US.  Fascinating for art teachers, too.  

Yo-TV Production Handbook is a low-cost,  high quality paperback to help young filmmakers keep professional track of their productions.  Written by teens at Educational Video Center in New York City, it's filled with practical worksheets and checklists including permission slips for minors.    

Intergenerational Resources

World War II on the Air.
Let Edward R. Murrow's voice from London rooftops ring out in YOUR living room as you listen to the men and women who invented journalistic reporting during WW II.  Ideal for grandparents to share with today's generation - or vice versa. A large format "coffee table" book with CD Rom

We Interrupt this Broadcast:  The Events that Stopped our Lives is a similar resource (book with CD)that captures the original broadcast of world-shattering incidents of the Second World War.    From the Hindenburg disaster to the Kennedy funeral to the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center,   share We Interrupt This Broadcast between generations and see how long the conversations go on!  



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