Cover image from I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery ©2012 by Michele Wood.  Used by permission of Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. February's online Bulletin features include... February's Big Picture--I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery; written by Cynthia Grady; illus. by Michele Wood February's Dozens--Down and Dumped: A Heartbroken Dozen Bulletin Stars--what we starred this month Bulletin Quote of the Month--something fun or something to think about Bulletin Archives and Awards lists... Bulletin Homepage Archive-- past on-line Bulletin features and award-winning books and authors from 1997-2011. The 2011 Bulletin Blue Ribbons Blue Ribbon Archive Children's Book Award Winners for 2011

Welcome to the homepage of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, one of the nation's leading children's book review journals for school and public librarians. Yes, the list has arrived! The best of part of the New Year here at the Bulletin is getting to announce the Bulletin Blue Ribbons 2011. To take a look back on the best of children's and YA literature for 2011, click here for our annotated annual list of award winners.   Sure the holidays may be over, but books are wonderful presents to give throughout the entire year. Before you head out to the bookstore, be sure to check out The 2011 Guide Book to Gift Books, a revised and updated guide that can help you pick the perfect books for giving and receiving. Two for the price of one! We've got a double presidential feature in this month's Big Picture that takes a look at Suzanne Tripp Jurmain's Worst of Friends: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the True Story of An American Feud and Those Rebels, John and Tom by Barbara Kerley. Start the new year off right by picking up a new hobby with this month's Dozens, a conveniently crafty list. Finally, wander over to this month's list of starred reviews and don't miss a quote from Daniel Handler's wonderfully heartbreaking Why We Broke Up. 2011 ALA Awards announced: That list, along with other children's book award winners, are featured here. Please feel free to send any feedback about the journal or this website to bccb@illinois.edu. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION An Introduction to the Bulletin: Including editors and staff, correspondence information, and more. Submission Guidelines: Information for Publishers Center for Children's Books (http://ccb.lis.uiuc.edu/): Including information about collection development and programming suggestions, reviews of storytelling recordings and resources, recommended websites, a virtual tour of the Center itself, news, announcements, and more, as well as information about the Center's collection, location, and hours of operation. Available to download: The 2010 Guidebook to Gift Books Other University of Illinois Resources of Interest: Including the Graduate School of Library and Information Science and the University of Illinois Library.