Adult Books for High School Students Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Halifax Public Libraries, Nova Scotia - 02/01/2010
Fiction BENJAMIN, Melanie . Alice I Have Been: A Novel . 368p. Delacorte . 2010. Tr $25. ISBN 978-0-385-34413-5 . LC 2009035353. Adult/High School—In this novel, Benjamin examines the life of Alice Liddell Hargreaves, the inspiration for Lewis Carroll's Alice. As she explains, Alice and her sisters are the "princesses" of Oxford and are expected to act in a manner befitting nobility.
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Reference Review 02/01/2010
ANIMAL LIVES . 7 vols. illus. maps. photos. further reading. glossary. index. Web sites. CIP. World Book . 2009. Tr $139. ISBN 978-0-7166-0401-3 . LC number unavailable. Gr 3–5—More a set of frequently asked questions for each animal group than a traditional encyclopedia, this colorful resource answers general queries about a variety of creatures in two-page chapters.
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Professional Reading 02/01/2010
CALI, Charlene C. Library Mania: Games & Activities for Your Library . 195p. illus. Upstart . 2009. pap. $17.95. ISBN 978-1-60213-043-2 . LC number unavailable. This book is geared toward K-5 school librarians. Through various activities, the 50 lessons teach the parts of a book, how books are arranged, call numbers, indexes, Newbery and Caldecott winners, etc.
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Preschool to Grade 4 02/01/2010
Fiction ALEXANDER, Claire . Small Florence: Piggy Pop Star! illus. by author. unpaged. CIP. Albert Whitman . Mar. 2010. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-8075-7455-3 . LC 2009023624. PreS-Gr 2—Florence dreams of performing for adoring fans. However, when she tries to sing in front of her big sisters, all that comes out is a pathetic, tiny squeak.
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Multimedia Review 02/01/2010
Video/DVD Art Dropping in on Impressionists . DVD. 18 min. with tchr's. guide. Crystal Prods. 2009. ISBN 978-1-56290-632-0 . $29.95; with hardcover book: $41. Gr 2–6—Pamela Geiger Stephens' picture book (Crystal Prods., 2009) gives children a nice basic overview of the Impressionist Movement as artist Mary Cassatt teaches Puffer the Puffin about impressionism and several of the s...
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Grades 5 & Up 02/01/2010
Fiction ABLEY, Mark . Camp Fossil Eyes: Digging for the Origins of Words . illus. by Kathryn Adams. 131p. bibliog. further reading. glossary. index. CIP. Annick , dist. by Firefly. 2009. Tr $19.95. ISBN 978-1-55451-181-5 ; pap. $12.95. ISBN 978-1-55451-180-8 . LC C2009-901207-3. Gr 4–7—Alex, 13, and his sister, Jill, 15, are spending several weeks at Camp Fossil Eyes, which special...
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Digital Resources: The National Science Digital Library By Shonda Brisco - 02/01/2010
As budgets get tighter and educational requirements grow broader, it's become more difficult to find science and math databases that won't devour the entire library budget. However, there's one digital database that provides standards-based instructional resources, K-12 lesson plans, digital downloads, streaming video, and 2.
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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. 
