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New but Not...
CSLP Teen Video Challenge Winner
FLYP 2013 PSA
Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
Out and About
Sneak Peek Book Reviews
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Summer Reads
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By signing up for a CSLP website account, youth services staff have access to more resources not included in the CSLP manuals.
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Ongoing Training
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If you work in a Florida library, you are eligible to enroll in more than 350 self-paced online courses offered through WebJunction Florida. Have a WJ account but can't remember the password? Try
WebJunction
(case sensitive) and you'll be prompted to reset your password.
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2013 Celebration Weeks and
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New but Not...
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Chat With Jana
The Chat With Jana webinar on May 16 will spotlight sponsorships and/or partnerships. If you have had successful relations with businesses, organizations, etc., please contact Jana Fine. If there is any specific book or activity from the FLYP summer reading workshops that you would like more information on, please email Jana Fine, Youth Services Consultant, jana.fine@dos.myflorida.com. Twitter  FLYP is tweeting. Are you following us? You can find us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/FLLibDev.
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CSLP Teen Video Challenge Winner
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The 2013 Florida Teen Video Challenge winner is Shelby Baille (pictured above) from Jensen Beach, Florida. She worked with library staff from the Cummings Library in Martin County to produce Finding Beneath the Surface at the Cummings Library.
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FLYP 2013 PSA
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CSLP has made the Dig into Reading public service announcements (in both Spanish and English) available as downloads for TV broadcast. Public libraries should send these links to broadcasting stations that accept digital video files for broadcast. CSLP is offering links to the English and Spanish versions of the three encoding options (mpeg2, Standard def h.264, and High def h.264) for digital download. Each station can download the format that works best for them. DVD copies of the PSA are available to order; please contact Jana Fine at jana.fine@dos.myflorida.com no later than by May 3, 2013.
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Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
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National Poetry Month
National Poetry Month is a month-long, national celebration of poetry established by the Academy of American Poets, designed to draw attention to the art of poetry, to living poets, to our complex poetic heritage, and to poetry books and journals of wide aesthetic range and concern. 
The Academy hopes to increase the visibility and availability of poetry in popular culture while acknowledging and celebrating poetry's ability to sustain itself in the many places where it is practiced and appreciated.
The Libri Foundation Grants
The Libri Foundation is currently accepting applications for its 2013 Books for Children grants.
The Libri Foundation is a nationwide, nonprofit organization which donates new quality hardcover children's books to small and rural public libraries throughout the United States.
In order to encourage and reward local support of libraries, The Libri Foundation will match money raised by local sponsors from $50 to $350 on a 2-to-1 ratio. Thus, a library can receive up to $1,050 worth of new children's books. After a library receives a grant, local sponsors (such as formal or informal Friends groups, civic or social organizations, local businesses, etc.) have four months or longer if necessary to raise their matching funds.
Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries
Booklist's Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries delivers easy, practical ideas and activities that help integrate children's and young-adult books into the curriculum or library shelves. With thematic bibliographies, author interviews, and useful ideas for connecting kids and books, each monthly e-newsletter also features a sneak peek at what's coming up in future issues of Book Links and Booklist magazines.
Target Early Learning Childhood Reading Grant
Each year Target offers a $2,000 Early Childhood Reading Grant. Applications are accepted between noon CST March 1 and noon CST April 30 each year. Target funds programs that foster a love of reading and encourage young children, preschool through third grade, to read together with their families. Reading grants support programs such as library storytimes and family reading nights. Programs must take place between September 2013 and August 2014.
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Out and About
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Out and About showcases programs and activities from libraries around the state and country. This month we feature two Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros
(Children's Day/Book Day) Family Book Club mini-grant recipients.
Founded in 1997 by children's author Pat Mora-with help from the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking ( REFORMA), Día "emphasizes the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds" and culminates yearly on April 30. Twelve winning library entries from across the United States ranged widely in diversity of population, grant application-savvy, and level of experience in celebrating Día. A predominantly Haitian American community, North Miami's first book club session will kick off with visits by a Haitian American author to the participating 12 elementary schools in the area, and then continue with book club meetings every two weeks. "There will be a facilitator, a translator, and a bilingual book discussion led by local storyteller Lilian Nerette Louise," says library director Lucia Gonzalez. "Parents will have the experience of reading books together with their children. They are mostly working parents and it's very hard to get them to the library. We're also offering them a nice sit-down dinner."
Cuentame un Cuento /Tell Me a Story Book Club
Orange County Library System's Orlando Public Library youth programs assistant Jackie Padilla and youth outreach coordinator Natalie Houston found that having strong relationships and partnerships with local businesses and talent was a big plus in applying for this award. Community groups, Houston says, can "either help spread the news about programs, or donate their time and services. We've used a local DJ for entertainment, a Cuban bakery for refreshments, etc. But these relationships have to be built over time." This will be Orlando's seventh Día program, and the library will extend the celebration into the whole year until next April with bilingual storytimes and its "Cuentame un cuento /Tell Me a Story Book Club."
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Cuentame un Cuento Bilingual Book Club
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Counting Tools 1 to 10. (2013). New York : Children's Press.
Part of the Rookie Toddler series, this sturdy, super vivid and vibrant counting book is just right for toddlers. The colorful, semicircular edges of the pages are tactile and inviting. The pictures are completely updated with cordless drills as well as other hardware. This book is perfect to check out, but children's librarians might want to utilize this one for a Father's Day flannel board story.
 abc. (2013). New York : Children's Press. Another book from the Rookie Toddler series, this durable and colorful alphabet board book is a great addition to any collection. The format of this series is very tactile yet built to last. All of the pictures inside are highly intuitive and accessible for toddlers learning their a-b-c's. This series fits any budget so consider getting the whole set!
JDolce@maitlandpl.org
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Florida Library Youth Program
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