Cover image by Paul Hoppe from Metal Man ©2008. Used by permission of Charlesbridge. July's online Bulletin features include... July's Big Picture--Metal Man by Aaron Reynolds; illus. by Paul Hoppe July's Dozen--Our Bodies, Ourselves?:  A Body 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 July we take a look in the mirror with a Body Dozen, include a friendly quote from Melissa Thomson's Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up, and present Metal Man written by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Paul Hoppe 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.