News and interviews with award winning authors and illustrators including Newbery, Caldecott, and more, from School Library Journal
Three New York Schools Win ISTE Media Specialist Technology Innovation Award By SLJ Staff - 07/01/2009
A fifth grade assignment focused on the 2008 presidential election, a middle school project that highlights the use of digital storytelling, and a high school program on people who changed the world have earned their schools top prizes in the second annual ISTE Media Specialist Technology Innovation Award. More
Laura Bush 21st Century Program Awards $20 Million to 33 Institutions By SLJ Staff - 06/25/2009
Some 33 institutions in 21 states have been awarded grants totaling $20.4 million from the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program to assist literacy efforts, increase the number of media specialists, and create more diversity in the workplace.
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School Library Journal Nabs AEP Award By Debra Lau Whelan - 06/17/2009 School Library Journal is a 2009 winner of the Association of Educational Publishers’ (AEP) Distinguished Achievement Award for its controversial cover story “Has the Newbery Lost Its Way?”
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Anthony Browne Named Children's Laureate in the U.K. By Julia Eccleshare - 06/12/2009
Story from Publishers Weekly: Anthony Browne has been appointed the sixth Children’s Laureate in the U.K, marking only the second illustrator chosen for the distinction.
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Book Expo America 2009: Awards Abound By Rocco Staino - 06/09/2009
Besides books, authors, and parties, a few literary awards were doled out during this year's Book Expo America (BEA). The Lambda Literary Foundation recognized excellence in the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender literature and the Association of Booksellers for Children gave out its E.B. White Read Aloud Awards.
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Pratchett, Mahy, Fleming Nab Boston Globe/Horn Book Awards By SLJ Staff - 06/04/2009
An award-winning British novelist, an American biographer, and a New Zealand storyteller are winners of the 2009 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards for excellence in children’s and young adult literature.
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District, Two Schools Nab NSLMPY Awards By Rocco Staino - 05/25/2009
A district in western New York and schools in the suburbs of Kansas City and Chicago are this year’s winners of the National School Library Media Program of the Year (NSLMPY) award, which recognizes library programs that are fully integrated into the curriculum and ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information.
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National Book Foundation Awards First Innovations in Reading Prizes By Rocco Staino - 05/20/2009
An online community for teenage girls, a best-selling author Web site that promotes books for kids, a program that allows inmates to read to their children, and a teacher are four winners for the first Innovations in Reading Prizes presented by the National Book Foundation.
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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
2008 National Book Awards Nominees in the young people's literature category graced the red carpet on Awards night Nov. 20, 2008.
The Buzz Nov. 2008 So the economy’s gone south, you still need your gadgets.
Folktales from Around the World: The Bear Prince. DVD. 11:56 min. with tchr’s. guide. Prod. by Colman Communications. Dist. by 100% Educational Media (schoolvideos.com). 2008. $39.95.
K-Gr 4–While this animated Mexican fairy tale will be new to most viewers, the story contains familiar elements from such popular tales as “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Little Mermaid,” and “Puss in Boots.”
Let them eat cake! Library aide Shanta Ramkhelawan (left), librarian Camina Raphael, and Colleen McCrea, head of the children's library, served delectable dessert to more than 130 people celebrating the 85th anniversary of the historic Robert Bacon Memorial Children's Library in Westbury, NY. Upon opening its doors in 1924 it was only the third children's library in the world.
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