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Then you’ll want to check out SLJ’s own intrepid blogger, Amy Bowllan, who is documenting her experiences at the inauguration on her blog—through word and video.
The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), and State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) say that grants issued through the EETT program will be the optimum way to reach Title 1 schools, which are determined by the number of students on free and reduced lunch. more » » »
Blogs
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Elizabeth Bird, Children's Librarian, Children's Center at 42nd Street Fusenews: Putting the Id in Kid-Friendly
That feeling I feel right now is, I believe, referred to as relief. ComingSoon.net has just released the first images of the filmed version of Where the Wild Things Are. The re... more » » »
A Fuse #8 Production
Elizabeth Bird, Children's Librarian, Children's Center at 42nd Street A Veritable Plethora of Inauguration Day Information
Happy Inauguration Day! I know that if you guys are anything like us here at New York Public you're desperately trying to find some way to watch the inauguration in real time as it happens. ... more » » »
Bowllan's Blog
Amy Bowllan, The Hewitt School, New York Pre-Inauguration Coverage: A Brother Helps Out
My brother was right there for me when I needed him today. Actually, he's always there, but today was different. Today, in the midst of my journey and taping, I sent him my video clips ... more » » »
Caroline B. Cooney’s Page-Turning Quartet
Random House’s Laurel Leaf imprint has recently reissued Caroline B. Cooney’s riveting series about a teenager who delves into the secrets of her past. In the first book, 15-year-old Janie Johnson’s normal world comes to a grinding halt, as she realizes that The Face on the Milk Carton (1990)—a photograph of a three-year-old child who had been stolen 12 years before—is her own. Could her loving parents really be kidnappers? more » » »
NEWS
Hey, Mr. President: Kids' Letters to Obama
After Barack Obama was elected 44th President of the United States, the tutors at 826 Valencia, a San Francisco-based nonprofit writing workshop and tutoring center, gave their students a fun assignment—to send their questions, thoughts, and hopes to the president-elect.
For today's inauguration, here are excerpts from heartfelt, insightful, and often funny handwritten letters from kids at 826 Valencia’s chapters in San Francisco; Ann Arbor, MI; Boston; Chicago; Los Angeles; New York; and Seattle. more » » »
Youth Inaugural Ball Unveils School Library Face-lift
What does Barack Obama’s inauguration have to do with school libraries? One of the 10 official inaugural balls being held tonight will highlight the renovation of an elementary school and its media center in the nation’s capital.
The Obamas and the Bidens are scheduled to attend the Youth Inaugural Ball, also known as "Be the Change: Live from the Inaugural," at the Washington Hilton Hotel this evening, where the focus will be on “the role young Americans can play to serve their communities.” more » » »
Gr 2-6–Grandmotherly Betty Ward takes viewers on a tour of Alexandria, Virginia, with an eye to better understanding the town’s history and, by association, the history of our nation. more » » »
One Night in Frogtown One Night in Frogtown. CD. approx. 47 min. with hardcover book. Prod. by One World Musical Books. Dist by AV Cafe. 2008. ISBN 978-0-9786176-2-2. $24.95.
PreS-Gr 6–Tad, a curious saxophone-playing tadpole, feels compelled to leave his comfortable bubble in Frogtown and go off in search of faraway music in this picture book by Philip Pelletier. more » » »
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Gr 6 Up–In Montgomery, AL, in March 1955, 15-year-old Colvin refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. 
