Cover image by Jillian Tamaki from Skim ©2008. Used by permission of Groundwood Books/House of Anansi. May's online Bulletin features include... May's Big Picture--Skim; by Mariko Tamaki; illus. by Jillian Tamaki May's Dozen--Fresh Veggies:  A Vegetable Dozen Bulletin Stars--what we starred this month Bulletin Quote of the Month--something fun or something to think about Bulletin Archives and Awards lists... Bulletin Homepage Archive-- past on-line Bulletin features and award-winning books and authors from 1997-2008. The 2007 Bulletin Blue Ribbons Blue Ribbon Archive Children's Book Award Winners for 2008

Welcome to the homepage of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, one of the nation's leading children's book review journals for school and public librarians. This May we veg out with a Vegetables Dozen, include a newsworthy quote from Dori Hallestad Butler's The Truth about Truman School, and present Skim written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki as the Big Picture. Starred titles are also available.  Please feel free to send any feedback about the journal or this website to bccb@uiuc.edu. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION An Introduction to the Bulletin: Including editors and staff, correspondence information, and more. Submission Guidelines--Information for Publishers Center for Children's Books (http://ccb.lis.uiuc.edu/): Including information about collection development and programming suggestions, reviews of storytelling recordings and resources, recommended websites, a virtual tour of the Center itself, news, announcements, and more, as well as information about the Center's collection, location, and hours of operation. Available to download: The 2007 Guidebook to Gift Books Other University of Illinois Resources of Interest: Including the Graduate School of Library and Information Science and the University of Illinois Library.