Illustrator Hilary Knight Donates Eloise, Other Works to NYPL By SLJ Staff - 11/10/2009
Eloise has found another home—the New York Public Library (NYPL). Hilary Knight, the artist best-known for creating the classic character Eloise with Kay Thompson, has donated to the NYPL the papers documenting his more than 50-year career as an illustrator and author.
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School Librarians Lead the Social Networking Pack Among Educators By Debra Lau Whelan - 11/09/2009
Media specialists are more likely to join social networking sites than teachers and principals—and they’re more likely to adopt a variety of content-sharing tools for personal, professional, and classroom use, says a new report.
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AASL National Conference Focuses on 21st Century Learning By Rocco Staino - 11/09/2009
A record-breaking 2,280 school librarians and educators attended the American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) 14th National Conference in Charlotte, NC, from November 5 to 8 to discuss new technologies, gaming, and 21st century learning skills.
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PBS, NASA Partner to Help Educators With Climate Change Lessons By SLJ Staff - 11/06/2009
If you’re looking for a way to teach a lesson on climate change that includes science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts, you’re in luck. PBS TeacherLine has partnered with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to create a series of professional development courses and teaching resources on the subject.
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Younger Teachers Support Incentive Pay, Report Says By SLJ Staff - 11/04/2009
The latest crop of young teachers says they don’t mind being rewarded with incentive pay, but they also don’t think their success should solely be based on how students perform on standardized tests, says a new report.
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Author Esther Hautzig Dies at 79 By SLJ Staff - 11/03/2009
Esther Hautzig, author of The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia (Ty Crowell, 1968), a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book, as well as other award-winning books, died November 1. She was 79
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Congress Takes Up SKILLs Act, Again By Debra Lau Whelan - 11/02/2009
The SKILLs Act is back as an independent stand-alone bill—not as it was originally introduced in 2007 as a part of the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind (NCLB).
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Conferences Are All a Twitter: Live blogging, tweets help spread the joy of events By Christopher Harris - 11/01/2009
Conference season is upon us. But school and library budgets being what they are, funding for travel is scarce these days. But a growing trend toward bringing these events online makes it easier than ever to attend sessions virtually and even join in the rich conversations that make conferences so valuable.
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Libraries Celebrate Halloween By Rocco Staino - 10/30/2009
Halloween is one of the most loved holidays for kids, and libraries across the country are celebrating it in style. Here are some traditional—and some untraditional—festivities.
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Turning 100 Words Into a Technology Win For Your School By Lauren Barack - 10/26/2009
With just 100 words, several lucky schools can win laptops, Microsoft software, PC monitors and a slew of other technological tools by entering this year’s Samsung’s Four Seasons of Hope contest.
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NYC Kids Learn to Pick Carrots over Cupcakes By Lauren Barack - 10/22/2009
Nearly 600 K-12 classes in low-income areas of New York City will learn of the joy of collard greens, carrots, and even squash as the Food Bank of New York City expands its CookShop program and brings more educators on board.
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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant By Kent Turner - 10/21/2009
The freak flag flies high in this rambunctious, speed-through adaptation of the first three “Cirque du Freak” books (Little, Brown) by Darren Shan. Indeed, fans of the macabre will enjoy Cirque du Freak:The Vampire’s Assistant’s gross-out traveling freak show with star attractions who are just as far-out and fantastical as those in the series: a performing tarantula, a wolf-man, and Salma Hayek as the bearded lady.
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The Very Wonderful Eric Carle By Debra Lau Whelan - 10/21/2009
Eric Carle, 80, says he’s officially retired. SLJ caught up with the legendary author and illustrator to talk about the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art and how he spends his time these days.
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Where the Wild Things Are By Kent Turner - 10/15/2009
Filmmaker Spike Jonze takes the delicate story line of Maurice Sendak’s picture book Where the Wild Things Are (Harper & Row, 1963) and keeps it simple, never losing focus of the lonely and angry Max (Max Records), the boy at the center of this classic tale.
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TX Media Specialist Builds School Libraries in Uganda By Lauren Barack - 10/14/2009
Trudy Marshall knows how precious a book can be to a child—she just has to look into the eyes of any of the 21,000 students in Uganda who received thousands of books, thanks to her nonprofit organization, Libraries of Love.
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USBBY's Conference Explores Global Connections Through Children's Literature By Barbara Genco - 10/12/2009
More than 225 librarians, teachers, authors, illustrators, and publishers from 17 countries thronged the Q Center in suburban St Charles, IL, October 2–4, to attend the United States Board on Books for Young People’s (USBBY) 8th Biennial Regional Conference for a weekend of speeches, panel discussions, and an opportunity to explore global connections through children’s literature.
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National Book Festival Attendance Reaches All-Time High By Rocco Staino - 09/28/2009
Judy Blume, Jeff Kinney, and Sharon Creech were just some of the 70 authors who showed up at the ninth annual National Book Festival in Washington, DC, on Saturday. Despite all the rain, this year broke all previous attendance records, with more than 130,000 book lovers crowding Washington’s National Mall.
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