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Scieszka Bumps ‘Graveyard Book’ from SLJ's Battle of the (Kids') Books SLJ Staff - 04/13/2009
Say what? Sid Fleischman’s The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West(Greenwillow) bumped Neil Gaiman’s Newbery-winning The Graveyard Book (HarperCollins) out of the running in SLJ’s Battle of the (Kids') Books contest. More
Sing, Write, Love: Sarah Weeks talks about her hilarious new picture book, 'Woof: A Love Story' By Rick Margolis - 02/01/2010
You started out as a singer-songwriter, right? Yeah. I studied songwriting and composition at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. Then I came to New York, figuring if I was going to be a songwriter I had to be on one of the coasts. My being a children's author was a completely serendipitous thing. What happened? One of my sons had separation anxiety when he went to nursery school.
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Crisscrossing the Globe: A world of international books for young people By Elizabeth Poe - 02/01/2010
2010 marks the fifth year the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) has selected an honor list of international books. Once again, titles on the list crisscross the globe. They have been published in Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, India, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
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Katherine the Great: There couldn't be a better choice for our new kids' book ambassador than Katherine Paterson By Kathleen T. Horning - 02/01/2010
Mere days before the announcement of the new children’s book ambassador, speculation was still running wild. Who would they tap for the prestigious two-year position? And, even more to the point, who could possibly measure up to the very capable Jon Scieszka, the first National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, whose humor and flair would surely be a tough act to follow? As ...
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IBBY Launches United Arab Emirate Chapter By SLJ Staff - 01/13/2010
The International Board on Books for Young People has officially opened a new chapter—in the United Arab Emirates.
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Heavy Medal: A Mock Newbery Blog Jonathan Hunt, Librarian and teacher, Modesto City Schools January 30, 2010 Signing Off
REBECCA STEAD REDUX
Peter Sieruta talks about the first printing.
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2009 National Book Awards On the red carpet with nominees in the Young People's Literature category.
Photos by Rocco Staino.
SLJ Covers 2009 A bigger and better view of SLJ's covers from 2009
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
Rockin’, Rollin’ and Ridin’ with Rebecca Frezza & Big Truck. CD. 23 min. Prod. by Big Truck Music. Dist. by CDBaby.com. 2009. $8.99.
Gr 1-5–A veteran of Noggin Channel and PBS Kids, Frezza created these eight exceptional rock ‘n roll songs for elementary grade children who are too old for Raffi, but not old enough for adult pop music.
Friends and colleagues of the late Effie Lee Morris may enjoy this photo of the children's librarian, which Nicholas Glass, founder and executive director of Teachingbooks.net, recently found on his computer. It was taken at the 2009 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, and features (from left) Ashley Bryan, Christopher Myers, and Morris, also an advocate for children's literature and library service to youngsters with impaired vision, who died of cancer on November 10, 2009.
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Rockin’, Rollin’ and Ridin’ with Rebecca Frezza & Big Truck. CD. 23 min. Prod. by Big Truck Music. Dist. by CDBaby.com. 2009. $8.99. 
