CLCD NEWSLETTER Volume 2, Issue 1 January 2003 Happy New Year! We all know how important an image is….and now you will see full-color images of book jackets in the when you look at the full display section of the Children's Literature Comprehensive Database. While we all know you can't judge a book by its cover, a picture is worth a thousand words! Whether you are seeking out new books, or want to make sure this is the older title for which you have been searching, the book jacket image will help make your task easier. To subscribe or for a free trial, go to www.childrenslit.com. The CLCD Company, LLC will be exhibiting at ALA Midwinter from Friday, January 24 to Monday, January 27. Please stop by to see our new look. If you already subscribe, we would love to meet you. Our booth number is 142. In addition, the January issue of KLIATT Magazine has an article about CLCD. It is another way you can learn more about the database and the company behind it. Announcing: Reviews from Australia We are very pleased to announce the addition of book reviews from Lollipops: What's On For Kids, a review service from South Australia. Lollipops features reviews from both students and adults of books, films, and multimedia. Search Tip of the Month Each time you use the database you will see more jacket images. Please note that we have just begun to load them, so while there are many thousand available there are many more thousand to put up. We know that this is a feature that has been requested but many subscribers, and we are delighted to be able to bring book jacket images to you. If you need to search for a specific Lexile score and combine it with a subject term, you can do it just by putting the information in the search box. For example, baseball lexile 540 brings up four books about baseball that meet that criteria and two additional ones that mention baseball in the review. Anytime you want to check what you keyed in as your search criteria click on detail in the menu list on the left side of the screen and the pop-up window will show what you keyed in the search box. We have been asked to provide our month newsletter to other than our primary contact within an organization. A new feature allowing you to sign up for just the electronic newsletter will be available in mid January. The Free Stuff New this month at our website: www.childrenslit.com: On January 20, 2003 Americans across the country will celebrate the national holiday honoring the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As they have since 1994, thousands of Americans remembered Dr. King by serving in their communities-by making the holiday "a day ON, not a day off." (Taken from www.mlkday.org.) We have compiled a selection of books about Dr. King. A new series relating to a variety of aspect of African-Americans literature and culture begins this month. For January we are presenting what is available and new in African-American folktales. Spacecraft is the second of a twelve part series focused on the books that present various aspects of our universe, space exploration, the planets, stars, and much more. On January 31, 1958, the United States sent its first satellite, Explorer 1, into space. The selected books offer readers a look at some of the amazing machines being built as part of the NASA space program including satellites, rockets and shuttles. LOVE 101: Building Compassion in Kids by Gwynne Spencer suggests some ways for today's parents to build a meaningful reservoir of empathy in their kids in spite of a world filled with rage and lunacy. Our featured authors this month are Chris Van Allsburg and Stephanie Calmenson. The CLCD Company, LLC Click here to go back to the newsletter index.