Professional Development 04/01/2009
ALLEN, Jennifer, with Carolyn Bridges. Literature Groups All Year Long. 30 min. Stenhouse. 2008. DVD $95. ISBN 978-1-57110-734-3. An inside view of the evolution of fourth-grade literature groups over the course of a school year. The film portrays students in discussion groups and documents the conversations between the literacy coach (Allen), the classroom teacher (Bridges), and three teacher ...
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Curriculum Resources 04/01/2009
AL-HAZZÁ, Tami C. & Katherine T. Bucher. Books About the Middle East: Selecting and Using Them with Children and Adolescents. 168p. bibliog. index. CIP. Linworth. 2008. pap. $39.95. ISBN 978-1-58683-285-8. LC 2007040149. The authors offer a history of the region including information on its diverse populations.
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World History & Geography 04/01/2009
DEMI. Genghis Khan. illus. by author. 64p. Marshall Cavendish. 2009. RTE $19.99. ISBN 978-0-7614-5547-9. LC 2008006001. Gr 2-6–A reissue of the simply told, beautifully illustrated life of the legendary and ruthless Khan, who became the leader of Yakka Monguls at the age of nine and by the time of his death in 1227 was the “master of the largest empire ever created in the lifetime ...
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Sports/Games/Crafts 04/01/2009
BILDNER, Phil. Turkey Bowl. illus. by C. F. Payne. unpaged. CIP. S & S. 2008. RTE $16.99. ISBN 978-0-689-87896-1. LC 2005020139. K-Gr 2–Finally old enough to join in his family's raucous, generally bad-weather Thanksgiving Day football game, Ethan awakens to find a blizzard has prevented his relatives from traveling to the event.
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Social Studies 04/01/2009
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures. illus. by authors. unpaged. photos. Web sites. Frances Lincoln. 2008. Tr $19.95. ISBN 978-1-84507-650-4. LC number unavailable. Gr 2-6–The basic rights of humankind, as proclaimed by the United Nations on December 10, 1948, are presented in simple language and depicted across spreads illus...
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Science & Math 04/01/2009
ADLER, David A. Fun with Roman Numerals. illus. by Edward Miller III. unpaged. photos. CIP. Holiday House. 2008. RTE $16.95. ISBN 978-0-8234-2060-5. LC 2007043531. Gr 2-5–This number system and its modern-day uses are elucidated with straightforward text and colorful, crisp graphics. Kids will snicker at the illustrations (featuring a comical cast of gladiators and other ancient Romans) ...
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Poetry 04/01/2009
AGEE, Jon. Orangutan Tongs: Poems to Tangle Your Tongue. illus. by author. 48p. index. Hyperion/Disney. Mar. 2009. RTE $16.99. ISBN 978-1-4231-0315-8. LC number unavailable. Gr 1-5–Kids love tongue twisters and Agee delivers a whole volume of winners accompanied by amusing watercolors. B LOWE, Ayana, ed.
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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. 
