{"id":4420,"date":"2013-02-13T08:41:30","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T15:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/?p=4420"},"modified":"2013-02-13T08:41:30","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T15:41:30","slug":"board-book-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/board-book-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Board Book Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/bb-pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/bb-pic-266x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"WornBoardBooks\" width=\"266\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4430\" srcset=\"http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/bb-pic-266x300.jpg 266w, http:\/\/melissa.depperfamily.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/bb-pic.jpg 505w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite their sturdy pages, board books are kind of ephemeral&#8230;they get beat up super fast in the library collection and apart from a core set of classics, they seem to go in and out of print quickly too. Besides your vendor&#8217;s order lists, how do you stay on top of new releases? <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a few places to go for help: <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/readertotz.blogspot.com\/\" title=\"ReaderTotz\" target=\"_blank\">ReaderTotz<\/a> blog is devoted to board books! Plus they just had their <a href=\"http:\/\/readertotz.blogspot.com\/2013\/01\/annual-call-for-youth-media-board-book.html\" title=\"ReaderTotz: Annual Call\" target=\"_blank\">annual call for a board book award<\/a>. (<a href=\"http:\/\/cybils.com\" title=\"Cybils\" target=\"_blank\">Cybils<\/a>&#8230;are you listening? \ud83d\ude42 )<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jkrbooks.typead.com\">Jen Robinson&#8217;s Book Page<\/a> has a <a href=\"http:\/\/jkrbooks.typepad.com\/blog\/board-books\/\" title=\"Jen Robinson's Book Page: Board Book Reviews\" target=\"_blank\">category for board books<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.curledupkids.com\">Curled Up With a Good Kids&#8217; Book<\/a> also has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.curledupkids.com\/boabooks.htm\" title=\"Curled Up With a Good Kids' Book: Board Books\" target=\"_blank\">board book category<\/a>, and a long list of board book reviews. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fci.org\/best-books-babies\/index.html\" title=\"Best Books for Babies\" target=\"_blank\">Best Books for Babies<\/a> annual list, while not exclusively for board books, is still a great resource for highly-recommended titles.<\/p>\n<p>And just this week, Travis at <a href=\"http:\/\/100scopenotes.com\/\" title=\"100 Scope Notes\" target=\"_blank\">100 Scope Notes<\/a> talked about <a href=\"http:\/\/edelweiss.abovethetreeline.com\/\" title=\"Edelweiss\" target=\"_blank\">Edelweiss<\/a>, a tool for searching new books &#038; frontlist titles from multiple publishers at once. This is a new tool for me, and when I checked it out, I saw that you can limit your search to board books. <\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/catchthepossibilities.blogspot.com \" title=\"Catch the Possibilities\" target=\"_blank\">Amy<\/a> for making sure I knew about ReaderTotz! Where else do you go for board book news? What other blogs do a good job covering board book releases?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite their sturdy pages, board books are kind of ephemeral&#8230;they get beat up super fast in the library collection and apart from a core set of classics, they seem to go in and out of print quickly too. 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