CLCD NEWSLETTER Volume 2, Issue 4 April 2003 As I write this, the Washington DC area is slowly recovering from its Presidents' Day snowstorm. In fact, the It is with pure delight that I watch the earth renew itself and take on so many shades of glorious green. I just love the early light green color as the leaves begin to form on the trees. The grass below is turning from its winter brown to bright green, and as the flowering bulbs spring up from their dormancy, the green of their leaves forms the perfect accent for the beautiful spring pastels of the tulips and daffodils. However, if the thought of all the work you need to do before the end of the school year is making you "green" then you will certainly want to subscribe to the Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) If you are a "Green Librarian," one who is about to graduate from library school or has been a librarian for just a couple of years, CLCD can help you broaden your scope of children's literature, help you answer questions for students, teachers and parents, and help you prepare bibliographies. To discover these and many other benefits of subscribing to the CLCD, go to www.childrenslit.com for a free trial. By the way, as our subscribers talk about how valuable the CLCD is to them, we have seen Children's Literature Specialists turn green with envy - and hurry back to their libraries, bookstores, universities and other venues to take a look. For no matter how long you have been working with children's literature, the CLCD database is the key place to turn for information on children's books, audio books and videos. Announcing: Our subscribers will notice that we have added spiffy new colors to our search screen. With its splash of red, features and choices seem to stand out more, making it easier than ever to use. Also when you use the modify search button, it will now hold all the information that you previously entered, so remember if that is not what you want use the clear button before entering your search criteria. The Children's Literature Comprehensive Database Company, LLC (CLCD) (www.childrenslit.com) and Barnes & Noble.com (NASDAQ: BNBN) (www.bn.com) have teamed up to create a CLCD custom online bookstore. CLCD subscribers and visitors to the Children's Literature web site will now be able to purchase books from a custom bookstore developed by Barnes & Noble.com while using the CLCD database. Subscribers will receive an additional 5% discount on all purchases, including more than 50,000 library editions of books. "We are delighted with our new relationship with Barnes & Noble.com. With the co-branded bookstore CLCD will become an even better tool for librarians and children's literature professionals who are looking to save time and money. Access to ordering while online at CLCD now broadens the scope of the database, while bringing an additional benefit to our subscribers in the form of a special discount at Barnes & Noble.com" stated Marilyn Courtot, president of the CLCD Company, LLC. "We are pleased to work with CLCD on this program which is a natural extension of Barnes & Noble's commitment to serving communities across the country," said Brian Buckley, vice president of professional sales and merchandising for Barnes & Noble.com. "CLCD subscribers will now have access to Barnes & Noble's more than one million in-stock titles, and our vast selection of audio books, music and DVDs, and free shipping with two or more items." You can now keep up with what's "hot" in children's literature. On our web site homepage you will find the bestseller information on children's books from Book Sense. The list is based on sales from independent bookstores across America. We link directly to the statistics supplied by the booksellers. Search Tip of the Month Libraries and other organization who need to do sport buying will find the new bookstore service quite useful as will your patrons, if you have provided access to them. If you click the link from the search page or the search results page it takes you to the main bookstore page. If you click the bookstore button while looking at a specific book or CD it takes you right to that item in the CLCD/B&N bookstore. There you can find additional reviews and related information about the book or CD. Organizations can be set up to use purchase orders, this feature, plus the additional subscriber 5% discount really sets this new bookstore apart form all others. The Free Stuff A sure sign of spring is the beginning of baseball season. On our homepage (www.childrenslit.com) we have updated the themed reviews for books on America's favorite pastime. In addition, you will find reviews of the new Easter, Passover, Spring books; later in the month the sections for Space and African American books will be updated. April is poetry month and to help you prepare your displays and discover the best of the new, you will want to look at the poetry section. Also this month is a very interesting interview with Lynn Curlee, whose eye for detail and engaging style have given us The Brooklyn Bridge, Liberty, Rushmore, and Capital, to name a few, and we have updated the interview with Laura Melmed whose Capital! Washington from A to Z welcomes readers to the town she now calls home. Also featured this month are Chris Raschka and Langston Hughes. Remember that you can now order any books that you might need directly and quickly through either the Children's Literature or CLCD custom online bookstore! Only subscribers to CLCD get the extra discount. Spreading The News Our monthly newsletter is now available to everyone within an organization, not just the primary contact. A new feature at www.childrenslit.com will provide you with a form allowing you to sign up for just the electronic newsletter. The Children's Literature Comprehensive Database is your most complete source of information about children's books. Indeed, it is the next best thing to having the book in hand, and the best tool for leading you to the best books. All at a most affordable price. The database is updated mid-month; to subscribe to the CLCD, go to www.childrenslit.com. Your inquiry about CLCD has generated this email. 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