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Creative Educators = Engaged Students

With the beginning of a new school year, educators prepare to guide and inspire their students to be imaginative, literate, critical thinkers and lifelong learners. What a challenge!

In ZING! Seven Creativity Practices for Educators & Students, Pat proposes seven practices that can assist in developing personal creativity and professional inventiveness. Following these practices ensures you are tending to your own creative health and are thus able to support your students.

Reprinted from Zing! Seven Creativity Practices for Educators and Students.

September is Library Card Sign-up Month

The American Library Association annually sponsors Library Card Sign-up Month. This year they’re asking librarians, parents and kids to share how the library makes you happy. Post your comments, photo or video to Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #LibraryHappinessIs.

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New Resource Book from Jamie Campbell Naidoo and Katie Scherrer

Día Dynamo Jamie Campbell Naidoo has a new book, co-authored with Katie Scherrer. Once Upon a Cuento: Bilingual Storytimes in English and Spanish is an all-in-one resource for librarians, sharing strategies to attract Latino and Spanish-speaking families to the library. Find out more.

Once Upon a Cuento

Join Me: Vote for First Book

The Cat in the Hat has thrown his iconic red & white hat into the ring for president! To celebrate the release of One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote, Random House Children’s Books has teamed up with Día Partner First Book and other nonprofits to encourage kids (and grown-ups, too) to vote for a cause they care about. The winning organization will receive a $10,000 donation from Random House.

VOTE FOR FIRST BOOK from now through November 8 at: http://www.seussville.com/catinhat4prez and please share the “get out the vote message”s from the First Book social media sites with your friends and followers!