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Then how about doing a better job of connecting kids with poetry? Or becoming an even better booktalker? These are just two of the online courses that the Association for Library Service to Children is offering, starting in February. Taught by experts, they’re not even all that expensive (especially if you’re a member). Check out the Web site for more information.

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TECH TRENDS

• Start Bookmarking Now—Edublog Names 2008 Winners
  

  Make way for the newest crop of blogs to win one of the 16 annual coveted Edublog Awards—or Eddies—sponsored by Edublogs Campus, a blogging platform firm.
  

  
  

  Now in its fifth year, the annual Eddies highlight the best—and most creative—in the educational blogosphere. In this year’s cast of winners, librarians will find just about everything, from Steve Spangler’s site offering a plethora of science videos that can, for example, illustrate to eager students how to avoid exploding water in the microwave to “Hey Jude,” Judy O’Connell’s blog where she writes about issues such as search engine optimization and the growing influence of virtual worlds in education. href="http://email.schoollibraryjournal.com/cgi-bin2/DM/y/hA0OOPtH0Rpn0Dola0EA&rid=">more » » » 

Blogs

• A Fuse #8 Production
  

  Elizabeth Bird, Children's Librarian, Donnell Central Children's Room
  

  Fusenews: I Wah-Wah-Wah-Wah-Wanna
  

  Keeping the Newbery out of the news seems to be more difficult that keeping it in it. A recent article in Bloomberg news called Blacks, Hispanics Are Rare Heroes with Newbery Kids Bo...
  

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• Nonfiction Matters
  

  Marc Aronson, AUTHOR, EDITOR, PACKAGER, SPEAKER,
  

  Vocabulary Drill
  

  What Does "Commercial" Mean? This question came up when Marina, my wife, was reading an article in the Times with our 8 year old son Sasha. Marina was trying a technique that her public s...
  

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• NeverEndingSearch
  

  Joyce Valenza, High School Librarian,
  

  Concerts online (and on your iPhone and iPod Touch)
  

  Wanna expand your music library? Relive the past? Wanna look musically cool to your own kids and your students? If so, forgive this only slightly relevant post. I...
  

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• Good Comics for Kids
  

  Lori Henderson, ,
  

  All ages comics and manga list for 01/02/09
  

  It's the beginning of a new year, and like so many bank accounts, this weeks list is looking very bare. It's a week for media based books though. DC has their anthology of Cartoon Network-...
  

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WATCH AND READ

• Bibliophile’s Delight
  

  Inkheart (PG), a live-action movie based on Cornelia Funke’s best-selling novel (Scholastic, 2003), will be released in U.S. theaters on January 23, 2009. Presented by New Line Cinema, the film was directed by Iain Softley, with Funke on board as a producer. Unbeknownst to 12-year-old Meggie (Eliza Bennett), her father, Mo Folchart (Brendan Fraser), has an amazing ability: when he reads aloud from a book, he can make the people and objects mentioned in the pages come to life—literally. more » » » 

NEWS

• In Memoriam: Children's Authors and Illustrators Who Died in 2008
  

  Many wonderful authors and illustrators whose works have enriched our collections and brought joy to countless children passed away in 2008. School Library Journal regrets any omissions.
  

  
  

  January 8 Graham Percy (69): Noted New Zealand illustrator with more than 100 books to his credit, including board, pop-up, and tab books. His illustrations graced the 1997 edition of The Wind in the Willows (HarperCollins). more » » » 

• Study: Newbery-Winning Books Lack Diversity
  

  When it comes to books that win the Newbery award, you won’t see many protagonists—or even secondary characters—who are people of color, says a study.
  

  
  

  "Do You See What I See?: Portrayals of Diversity in Newbery Medal-Winning Children's Literature" by Anthony Nisse of Brigham Young University analyzed all Newbery-winning titles between 1922 and 2007 for gender, age, race, family structure, and economic status of their main and supporting characters. more » » » 

HOT PICKS

• We're All in the Same Boat by Zachary Shapiro
  

   PreS-Gr 2–For the first few days after they board the ark to escape the heavy rain, the animals enjoy the novelty of the voyage. more » » » 

• When We Left the Earth
  

  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. more » » » 

• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
  

  Gr 7 Up–A large sea monster, believed to resemble a narwhal, is roaming the seas and has destroyed over 200 ships that dared to cross its path. more » » » 

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