Newsletter 2413 Issue 24132009101311162
-- School Library Journal, 10/13/2009
SLJ Extra Helping
2009 T+L Conference: Tech Tips, Budget Breaks, and Mind-Bending Toys
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October 13, 2009 |
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 Halloween is just around the corner, and there's nothing like a good ghost story to grab kids' attention.
Check out "Scare Tactics" for some perfect titles for teens and tweens.
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TECH TRENDS
 2009 T+L Conference: Tech Tips, Budget Breaks, and Mind-Bending Toys
Media specialists and other members of the K–12 community are gearing up for the T+L Conference, set for Oct 28–30 in Denver.
Sponsored by the National School Boards Association's (NSBA) Technology Leadership Team, the event has inspired some buzz, with attendees on blogs and Twitter chatting about everything from speaker Stanley Young, CEO of NeuroSky whose breakthrough technology can be found in one of this year’s hottest Christmas toys, to the Kent School District in Washington, which will share its experience with one-to-one computing at T+L. more » » »
Blogs
- ShelfTalker: A Children's Bookseller's Blog
Elizabeth Bluemle, Co-owner, Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, Vt.
THE STARS SO FAR (updated October 2009)
Here you go, folks: the updated list of 2009 starred reviews for children's books. And, for those who would like the list with book covers and more information, the 2009 Stars Library. I confess I ...
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- A Fuse #8 Production
Elizabeth Bird, Children's Librarian, Children's Center at 42nd Street
Librarian Preview: Simon & Schuster (Fall 2009)
Am I the only person who gets confused by the little walking guy logo Simon & Schuster sports? I look at it and I keep thinking it should be the logo of Walker Books or something. Ach weel. Such...
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- ShelfTalker: A Children's Bookseller's Blog
Josie Leavitt, Co-owner, Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, Vt.
A Day Alone
Because of our staff vacation schedule, I recently found myself working alone this past Saturday. Generally, working solo for an eight-hour shift is not something I look forward to, but I found the da...
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- Bowllan's Blog
Amy Bowllan, The Hewitt School, New York
Writers Against Racism: Eleanora E.Tate
Eleanora E.Tate, author of eleven contemporary fiction, biographies, and historical fiction, brings an authentic “neighborhoods and communities” perspective to her middle grade novels. ...
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NEWS
 Library of Congress to Unveil Young Readers Center
John Russell, the Librarian of Congress from 1897 to 1899, is finally having his dream come true—an area of the Library of Congress is being set aside for kids.
The Young Readers Center will officially open to the public on October 23, but School Library Journal was given a sneak preview by Jane Gilchrist, who will oversee the operation of the first area devoted to children in the library’s 209-year history. more » » »
 USBBY's Conference Explores Global Connections Through Children's Literature
More than 225 librarians, teachers, authors, illustrators, and publishers from 17 countries thronged the Q Center in suburban St Charles, IL, October 2–4, to attend the United States Board on Books for Young People’s (USBBY) Eighth Biennial Regional Conference for a weekend of speeches, panel discussions, and an opportunity to explore global connections through children’s literature.
USBBY President John Mason, Scholastic’s director of library and educational marketing, made the opening remarks at "Children's Books: Where Worlds Meet," and attendees later enjoyed insights into the complex process of picture-book making by Australian author/illustrator Shaun Tan, winner of the Caldecott medal for his wordless picture book, The Arrival (Scholastic, 2007) and David Wiesner, three-time Caldecott winner for Tuesday (1992), The Three Pigs (2002) and Flotsam (2007). more » » »
FRESH APPROACHES
 Picture Book Birthday Party
Anniversary editions and celebratory reissues of beloved picture books have been popping up all over. Take this opportunity to weed out bedraggled copies, replace long-lost volumes, and freshen up your shelves with new versions of these tried-and-true titles.
A 50th-anniversary edition of Leo Lionni’s Little Blue and Little Yellow, originally published in 1959 and long out of print in hardcover, will be released this month by Alfred A. Knopf. Lionni’s first work for young people, this innovative offering launched a rich and enduring career that included the creation of more than 40 titles for kids and numerous awards and honors. more » » »
WHAT ARE THEY READING FOR FUN?
 Books about demons, real and imagined
Wendy Scalfaro, G. Ray Bodley High School, Fulton, NY:
Fulton is a small city about 30 miles north of Syracuse. Even before Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” series (Little, Brown) sank its teeth into the neck of teen fiction, our students had a thirst for horror and fantasy. Girls read both genres, but tend to prefer the more romance-heavy supernatural stories such as Amelia Atwater-Rhodes’s Demon in My View (Delacorte, 2000), etc., or Lynne Ewing’s “Daughters of the Moon” books (Hyperion). Boys lean heavily toward fantasy like Christopher Paolini’s Eragon (Knopf, 2003) and its sequels. more
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JOB OF THE WEEK
Director of Library Services College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA The College of the Holy Cross is seeking a Director of Library Services. The Director is responsible for the administration and planning of all College library operations and reports to the Vice President for Academic Affairs. He or she supervises the College's four libraries, the College Archives, the Educational Technology Group, and the staff at the nearby Worcester Art Museum Library. www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=jobsdetail&element_Id=2140467084 |
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