San Antonio Kicks Off Early Literacy Bilingual Program by Rocco Staino - 02/09/2009
In an effort to combat the 25 percent illiteracy rate in San Antonio, TX, and to get families involved in early literacy, the San Antonio Public Library has begun a multifaceted bilingual initiative called Leer da Poder (Reading Empowers). More
Model Behavior: Children (and Adults) Often Learn Best by Seeing and Doing By Renea Arnold and Nell Colburn - 07/01/2009
Watching our Commander-in-Chief read Where the Wild Things Are (HarperCollins, 1964) at the White House Easter Egg Roll gave us chills, even though we had to experience it vicariously on YouTube. We had often heard the new president suggest to parents that they “turn off the TV and read to your child.
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Make a Joyful Noise: A Simple Song Has the Power to Bring People Together By Joanne McNamara - 03/01/2009
The mothers and children enter the neighborhood meeting room. A raw, icy blast of wind follows the families through the door. Mothers unlayer little ones. Off come the boots and hats and mittens and coats. Babies are unswaddled from the brilliantly colored cloths that are artfully and securely knotted around their mothers.
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Count Us In: Storytime Is a Perfect Occasion to Strengthen Children's Math Skills By Renea Arnold and Nell Colburn - 01/01/2009
At a recent statewide workshop, Laurie Danahy, a Head Start prekindergarten specialist for the Oregon Department of Education, urged librarians to “mathematize” their next storytime. Before you shriek, “I won’t add any more instruction to my storytime!” hear us out. Every time you promote children’s early literacy skills by talking, reading, rhyming, and sing...
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Reach Out and Read Reaches Out to Military Bases By Debra Lau Whelan - 11/10/2008
Reach Out and Read is expanding its reach. From now on, when a child walks into a pediatrician’s office on one of 20 military bases, he’ll get more than a checkup—he’ll get a new book.
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The Evidence-Based Manifesto for School Librarians By Ross Todd - 04/01/2008
Every fall, School Library Journal hosts a national Leadership Summit that brings together a mix of school librarians, administrators, other educators, researchers, and university professors, as well as policy makers and elected officials. While the topics change, the Summit always focuses on an issue of critical importance to school librarians.
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Playaway for Tots By Staff - 11/01/2007
Weston Woods and Playaway have created the first line of preloaded digital audiobooks for the early childhood and primary school market.
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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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