Not only is science fiction alive and well—it’s flourishing. From the big screen (howdy, Wall-E) to the big books (like Suzanne Collins’s upcoming The Hunger Games), 2008 has been a great year for sci-fi. Here, Bonnie Kunzel picks the best science fiction for young readers.
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What’s a good way to see a decline in the crime rate? By making sure teens graduate from high school. Dropouts are 3.5 times more likely to be arrested than high school graduates and more than eight times as likely to be incarcerated, a report says.
The Pima County Public Library in Arizona recently hosted a live, visual discussion between local kids and Astronaut Greg Chamitoff as part of an in-flight educational downlink with the International Space Station.
Open source software has become a catchword in libraryland. Yet many remain unclear about open source’s benefits—or even what it is. Find out in our August feature by Karen Schneider.
Podcasts are a great way to expand learning beyond the classroom or library. Here are more recommendations from Tech Chicks Anna Adam and Helen Mowers, following up their Dec. 2007 article Listen Up!
Gr 1-6–Tour three of the country’s most exciting zoos with Matt and Brittney and go behind the scenes to share amazing experiences with the animals.
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As part of Auburn Library's (CA) summer reading program "Catch the Reading Bug!" artist Kurt Barton fashioned this child-sized beehive, along with supersized ants, a centipede, dragonflies, and bees, all from found materials.
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