Move over, Barbie. A 5 ¼-inch-high plastic librarian action figure—with glasses, a practical haircut, sensible shoes, and a raised finger ready to shush—is making its debut. The new doll is modeled after a real librarian, Nancy Pearl, the director of the Washington Center of the Book at the Seattle Public Library. The doll is available online from Accoutrements (www.accoutrements.com) for $8.95 and will appear in stores this fall.
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