Florida Offers Online Schools for Fulltime K-8 Students By SLJ Staff - 11/16/2008
Starting next fall, thousands of Florida students will be able to roll out of bed and attend school in their very own homes as a result of a new law that requires every school district in the state to set up an online school for fulltime kids in grades K-8. More
Meet the Darwins: An Interview with Deborah Heiligman By Rick Margolis - 01/01/2009
During Darwin’s lifetime, his best-selling book was The Formation of Vegetable Mold through the Actions of Worms with Observations on Their Habits. Did you actually read the entire book? No, I did not read the whole thing. Stop the presses. This is an SLJ scoop: Darwin author confesses she failed to finish scientist’s best seller.
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The Great Unknown: Daniel Handler Interviews National Book Award-Winner Judy Blundell By Daniel Handler - 01/01/2009
If you haven’t heard of Judy Blundell until recently, join the club. For nearly 20 years, Blundell has toiled in anonymity, turning out more than 100 mysteries, romances, and media tie-ins under various pen names, such as Jude Watson. But in mid-November, the writer-for-hire was suddenly shoved into the spotlight.
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School Library Journal's Best Books 2008 By SLJ Book Review Editors Trevelyn Jones, Luann Toth, Marlene Charnizon, Daryl Grabarek, and Joy Fleishhacker - 12/01/2008
Of the more than 5000 books reviewed in SLJ’s pages in 2008, the 67 books listed below stood out as having distinctive voices, singular vision, and/or innovative approaches. They include books for toddlers and preschoolers, terrific picture books and easy readers, and some highly original novels.
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SLJ Presents the Best Adult Books for High School Students 2008 By Francisca Goldsmith, Chair, Adult Books for High School Students Committee - 12/01/2008
It was a banner literary year and so SLJ's Adult Books for High School Students Committee decided on 30 titles, published between September 2007 and November 2008 (with reviews published in 2008), to recognize as the best for high school readers. The list includes realistic and historical novels as well as some genre-blending titles.
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Candlewick Unveils Judy Moody Contest Winners By Amrisa Niranjan - 11/14/2008
One public library and two bookstores are winners of the “Judy Moody’s Totally RARE Author Visit” contest, which comes with a very special grand prize—a visit from Megan McDonald, author of the popular early chapter book series.
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‘Click, Clack, Moo’ in the White House Library? By Debra Lau Whelan - 11/10/2008
Chances are you won’t see Click, Clack, Moo (S & S, 2000), TheTale of Despereaux (Candlewick, 2003), and Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Abrams, 2007) in the White House library. But if students at Milton Terrace South Elementary School in upstate New York have their way, these and other children's books will be on the library's shelves by the time President-elect Barack Obama and his family move in.
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Gr 6 Up–This informative and compelling series, produced to celebrate NASA’s 50th anniversary, documents the history of the space agency, the development of aerospace technology, the cultural climate of the space race, and the modern scientific discoveries that have originated from space flight.
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