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Spotlight on Kate DiCamillo By Staff - 10/01/2007
If anyone knows about underserved communities, it’s Kate DiCamillo. That’s why her publisher, Candlewick Press, has chosen to honor the award-winning author with its new “Light the Way” grant for libraries with exemplary outreach programs. The choice really fits because your characters are often underdogs. More
Boston Public Wins Highsmith Award SLJ Staff - 05/12/2008
The Boston Public Library's Homework Assistance Mentoring Program (HAP), is winner of the 2008 Urban Libraries Council Highsmith Award of Excellence.
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David Ezra Stein and Jonathan Bean nab this year's Ezra Jack Keats Awards.
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Innocenti, Schubiger Win Hans Christian Andersen Awards SLJ Staff - 04/29/2008
Roberto Innocenti, the Italian illustrator known for his delicate, painterly style, is the winner of this year's Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration. And Jürg Schubiger of Switzerland, the author of When the World Was New (Annick, 1996), is the winner of the 2008 Hans Christian Andersen Author Award. The awards—which were announced on March 31 at the Bologna Children’s Book—are the highest international distinction for creators of children's books.
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Darkling Plain, Oney Judge, Bayard Rustin Win Literary Awards SLJ Staff - 04/28/2008 A Darkling Plain ("The Hungry City Chronicles," HarperCollins), Philip Reeve's dark, post-apocalyptic tale of return to a London ravaged by war and radiation, has won the Los Angeles Times' 2007 Book Prize for young adult fiction, announced late last week.
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Rowling Lands Another British Book Award SLJ Staff - 04/16/2008
Even though J. K. Rowling has finished her final "Harry Potter" (Scholastic) book, the awards keep coming in. The famed author this week took home a Book People Outstanding Achievement Award at the Galaxy British Book Awards.
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National Green Book Awards Unveiled SLJ Staff - 04/07/2008
A brave little bear who tries to fight global warming and a girl’s fantasy-filled journey that includes environmental protection and world peace are winners of this year’s National Green Earth Book Awards highlighting the best children’s and young adult books that inspire environmental stewardship.
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A Tall Tale: Laura Amy Schlitz By Mary Grace Gallagher - 04/01/2008
The kids in Sharen Pula’s fifth-grade class are getting ready to go on a journey. One boy kicks off his shoes to get comfy. Another lies on his side, head on hand. A girl loosens her ponytail before leaning against the library wall. Like a force of nature, Laura Amy Schlitz bustles into the room and promptly sits on the floor in front of them, tucking her long black skirt under her.
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A Fuse #8 Production Elizabeth Bird, Children's Librarian, Donnell Central Children's Room June 13, 2007 Shh. Don't Say a Word.
Sheesh. I decide a book's one of my favorites of the year and then suddenly I don't ... More
A Fuse #8 Production Elizabeth Bird, Children's Librarian, Donnell Central Children's Room June 13, 2007 48-Hour Book Challenge Recap
And the winner is . . . .
(drumroll please)
Midwestern Lodestar, Findin... 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!
PreS-Gr 2–Ruthie yearns to be a superhero. So when her parents ask her to keep Aunt Juanita company right before her baby is due to arrive, Ruthie flies down the street of her Puerto Rican neighborhood in the Bronx.
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