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Kadir Nelson's We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball (Hyperion, 2008) is a stunning book, and in our recent interview in Curriculum Connections, published in partnership with TeachingBooks.net, Nelson explains how he got interested in the League and what he hopes young people will get from the book.
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| TechTrends |
Doodling for Dollars
Google is challenging K–12 students to get their doodle on.
Kids are being challenged to draw a new logo for Google's main page that answers the question, "What if...?" The hope is that students will be inspired to craft ideas that come from their imagination, as in "What if... we could travel to Saturn?" or "What if... we stopped global warming?"
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Farmer George Plants a Nation by Peggy Thomas
From SLJ March 2008
 Gr 3-5–This picture-book biography focuses on George Washington's life as a farmer, inventor, and scientist; however, the author also draws many parallels between his role as farmer and as leader.... |
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The Totally Disgusting Gross Out Tobacco Video
Gr 5-9–In this anti-tobacco film, Josie, a high school student, shows her computer-based health project to friends.... |
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Breathe
Gr 9 Up–Undine appears to be a normal Tasmanian teenager juggling the demands of school exams, parties, a boyfriend, parental advice, and the unrequited love of Trout, but she has uncontrollable magic powers.... |
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| News and Views |
| Bloggers' Kid Lit Awards Unveil Top Picks |
Are you one of those people who find the Newbery Awards a tad too elitist? That's what two women who blog about children's literature thought when they launched the Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards (Cybils) in 2006. Since then, they've amassed quite a loyal following.
Anne Boles Levy, a freelance writer from Chicago, unveiled her blog BookBuds.net in 2004, and Kelly Herold, an associate professor of Russian literature at Grinnell College in Iowa, started her book review blog Big A little a almost two years ago. read more... |
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| Ontario Schools Get $40 Million for School Libraries |
Looks like some Canadians know the value of school libraries. Elementary kids in Ontario recently won a boost in reading and learning via new funds earmarked for school libraries.
Premier Dalton McGuinty's government said it would provide CA$40 million (US$39.7 million) in additional funds during the next four years to hire new library staff across Ontario, reports the London Free Press. read more... |
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| Fresh Approaches: New Editions & Reissues
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| Unabridged Classics |
Sterling recently added four more titles to their "Unabridged Classics" series, bringing the total number to 22. Joining this handsome line of freshly illustrated, sturdy, hardcover editions are Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.
All of the volumes end with discussion questions from education expert Dr. Arthur Pober. read more... |
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| Web Services Manager |
Salt Lake City Public Library
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City Public Library, 2006 Library of the Year, is ready to move up to the next level of technology. The City Library is offering a fantastic management opportunity; the Web Services manager will work with public service staff and provide strong technical support.
To see all positions available through the SLJ Career Center, click here...
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