Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy

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Facing Book Bans: A Meetup Recap

Facing Book Bans: A Meetup Recap

Book challenges and bans have increased dramatically in recent years, and librarians often find themselves in the center of the ...
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Nursery Rhymes in Storytime

Children’s librarians are storytellers, and with that storytelling comes the natural propensity to add music and rhyme into our Storytimes ...
Join the 2025 CLEL Bells Committee

Join the 2025 CLEL Bells Committee

Hi!  My name is Holly, and I have been on the CLEL Bell Awards committee for two years. I am ...

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