Mary Ellen Baker, the librarian at the center of the Sarah Palin book-banning controversy, may not be talking to the press, but librarians around the country are voicing their concerns about having an alleged censor on the Republican ticket—through a blog called Librarians Against Sarah Palin!
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School libraries in Mesa, AZ, don’t look the same this fall. That’s because more than half of last year’s media specialists are gone, leaving only 31 certified librarians to serve a total of 87 schools.
Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2007) has appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list for 70 weeks, and Rodrick Rules (2008, both Abrams/Amulet),the second book in the series, has been there for 31 weeks. SLJ caught up with this overnight sensation to talk about geeks, bullies, grammar, and what's up next.
Jeannette Eyerly, who brought the subjects of abortion, marijuana, and body image into the mainstream of teen literature in the 60s and 70s, died on August 18 at the age of 100.
PRACTICALLY PARADISE Diane Chen, Librarian, Hickman Elementary School, Nashville, Tennessee September 6, 2008 "Impossible" to forget
Impossible by Nancy Werlin. Dial Books (Penguin Putnam Inc.), September, 2008 ISBN: 9... More
NEVERENDINGSEARCH Joyce Valenza, High School Librarian, September 6, 2008 Simply Books launches!
On Thursday, Judy O'Connell (aka the amazing blogger, and thinker, and trailbla... More
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 3-5–Join Chef J, and actor, and Master Chef Soufflé, a puppet, as they teach addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of fractions while cooking up some tasty treats with their young guest host, Carlos.
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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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