2022 CLEL Bell Award Winners!

The CLEL Bell Picture Book Awards are an annual recognition of five high-quality picture books that provide excellent support of early literacy skills for young children in each of five categories: read, write, sing, talk, and play. Eligible books were published or distributed in the United States between November 16, 2020 and November 15, 2021. …

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2022 CLEL Bells Shortlist

The Bell Awards Committee has selected the shortlist titles for the 2022 award. After much deliberation, five titles have been selected for each of the early literacy practices, Read, Write, Talk, Sing and Play.  It was a difficult choice given the number of amazing books published and suggested this year. Thank you to everyone who …

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Play, Learn, and Grow Videos Are Ready to Roll!

Growing Readers Together is proud to announce our video-based, caregiver workshop is ready to share with families and caregivers in your community! Created to support early literacy and learning for anyone caring for young children, these videos are adaptable to your library’s needs. Post the links on your library website or social media page, view …

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