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Master the huge array of quality children's books from the past and the present with this must-have resource from children's librarian Elizabeth Bird. With her strong passion for children's books and the profession, Bird will help you Build and manage your children's collection Strike a balance between award winners and classics Arrange your space to best showcase and display books Review the basics of storytime, storytelling, and booktalking Add the 100 children's books that belong in every library Children's Literature Gems is about managing and caring for a part of the library devoted to children who love good books and is a must for every children's librarian-new or experienced! "This book is for the serious children's librarian, one for whom 'professional development' is a motto, and who wants to make the most of both the collection and the library in which it is housed." Elizabeth Bird is a Senior Children's Librarian with New York Public Library's Children's Center at 42nd Street. She runs the children's literary blog A Fuse #8 Production on the School Library Journal website, which was shortlisted for Book Blogger Appreciation Week in the Best Kidlit Blog category. Bird has written articles for Horn Book Magazine and currently reviews for Kirkus. In 2004 she earned her Master's in Library and Information Science at The College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota.