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Are your students intrigued by the films March of the Penguins, Arctic Tale, and Happy Feet? Then check out Cold Comfort, this month's Focus On to find plenty of other materials to help kids explore the icy regions that cover our world.
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| Interview |
| SLJ Chats with Chef Ann Cooper About Changing the Way Kids Eat |
 Ann Cooper is on a mission—to change the unhealthy eating habits of children. SLJ talks to the former gourmet chef to find out why she traded it all in three years ago to take over the lunch program at the Berkeley Unified School District in California—and how she managed to replace Tater Tots and canned fruit cocktail with roasted chicken, a salad bar with fresh organic fruit and vegetables, and low-fat milk.
Why don't more schools serve kids healthier, organic foods?
What's easy for one person isn't necessarily easy for a big industry. We're doing it, but it's hard. There are five major issues surrounding it: One, there's not enough money. It's a lot more expensive. Tax dollars pay $7 billion to feed 30 million children daily lunch. This comes out to a federal subsidy of $2.49 per lunch per kid. In some states, there are state subsidies. In California, there is a state subsidy of 21 cents. Out here we have less than $3 to spend on a kid's lunch. In most places, two-thirds of that goes to payroll and overhead, which means that most places have less than $1—most places spend 90 cents—on the food for a kid's lunch. And of that 90 cents, you have to include milk and fruit. So if I give you four bucks and say, "You need to cook a healthy,
delicious, nutritious meal for four people—and it has to include milk and fruit, and it also has to be a minimum of 750 calories"—can you do that? Well, no, you can't. It costs at least 50 cents more per child in food costs. read more... |
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| News and Views |
| Selznick's Caldecott Stunner |
If you were surprised by this year's Caldecott Medal winner, you weren't alone. Even Brian Selznick was stunned that his novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Scholastic), took the prize for the most distinguished American picture book for children. "I never thought I'd win," the author told The Brooklyn Paper, a local New York newspaper.
The length of Selznick's book was enough to give pause to Susannah Richards, a children's literature consultant and assistant professor of reading and language arts at Eastern Connecticut State University. "I don't think that the average person on the outside expects a 533-page book to win the Caldecott," says Richards. "It's the first time a novel has won this award." read more... |
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| Washington State Prepares for School Library Summit |
Three Spokane, WA, moms who are working to improve funding for school libraries have scored some heavyweight help for their upcoming library summit: American Library Association (ALA) President Loriene Roy and American Association of School Librarians (AASL) President Sara Kelly Johns have both committed to travel to Olympia, WA, to speak at the February 1 event.
That morning, librarians and their supporters will gather to affirm "a vision" for 21st-century library media programs in Washington and set an action plan, says Susan McBurney, co-chair of the Washington Coalition for School Libraries and Information Technology (WCSLit). read more... |
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| Remarkable Reads |
| More Like Stormbreaker |
Anthony Horowitz's thrilling story gives readers a big bang for their buck–espionage, exotic travel, dead bodies, and a path to the underworld, for starters. If reluctant readers enjoy the action, tech toys, and mystery in the Alex Rider books, these read-alikes will keep them turning pages, too.
ANDERSON, M.T. Feed. Candlewick. 2002. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-1726-4; pap. $7.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-2259-6.
Gr 8-12–Teens in the future enjoy the ultimate hook-up–a brain implant that tells them everything they need to know. When a malfunction occurs while they're at a party on the moon, Violet and Titus's feeds are disrupted, and Violet is informed that the damage to hers is fatal. Already wary of the feed and of society, Violet becomes a hero to Titus as she rejects the status quo and follows her own path. read more... |
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| Librarian's Internet |
| Rosa Parks: How I Fought for Civil Rights |
| teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/ |
Rosa Parks, considered "the mother of the modern-day Civil Rights movement" was born on February 4, 1913. On December 1, 1955, Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, AL, to make room for white passengers. Her arrest resulted in a bus boycott, led by a new and relatively unknown local minister–Martin Luther King. Eventually the Supreme Court ruled that Montgomery's segregation laws were unconstitutional.
Rosa Parks spent her entire life furthering the cause of civil rights. She died on October 25, 2005 at the age of 92. Her life was one of courage and concern for a higher purpose. For more information about Parks's life and the Montgomery bus boycott, and to see numerous videos from Rosa's funeral (including a speech by President Clinton and a song by Aretha Franklin), go to www.montgomeryboycott.com/
frontpage.htm.—Gail Junion-Metz
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| Reference/Databases Librarian |
Belhaven College
Jackson, MS
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