Louis Sachar, Lois Lowry, Jennifer Armstrong, and Kimberly Willis Holt are hitting the road as part of Dell Laurel-Leaf's Readers Circle USA Teens Read Author Tour. A total of seven young adult authors, including Adam Bagdasarian, Janet Tashjian, and Ruth Pennebaker, will divide into four teams, traveling the country to speak about their books. The 10-state tour, which kicked off May 19 in New York, will end in Texas this August. For more information, visit www.randomhouse.com/teens/readerscircle.
2009 National Book Awards On the red carpet with nominees in the Young People's Literature category.
Photos by Rocco Staino.
SLJ Covers 2009 A bigger and better view of SLJ's covers from 2009
BookExpo America 2009: SLJ's Day of Dialog School Library Journal held a Day of Dialog in conjunction with the annual BookExpo America on May 28, 2009 at the Brooklyn Public Library. Full story: bit.ly/1a0G7o