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Book Review: Graphic Novels | November 2013
BRITT , Fanny. Jane, the Fox & Me. tr. from French by Christelle Morelli and Susan Ouriou. illus. by Isabelle Arsenault. 104p. Groundwood/House of Anansi. 2013. Tr $19.95. ISBN 978-1-55498-360-5....
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The Science of Interest: Cognitive Research To Engage Students and Foster...
Illustration by James Steinberg And now for some breaking news: Scientists have recently made a remarkable discovery. They have identified a force, commonly found in classrooms and libraries, that...
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Book/Multimedia Review Stars | November 2013
Come Back, Moon (Kherdian)©2013 by Nonny Hogrogian Fiction AVASTHI , Swati. Chasing Shadows. illus. by Craig Phillips. Knopf. p. 108. BEAUDOIN , Sean. Wise Young Fool. Little, Brown. p. 109. BURG , Ann...
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Resources and Kid Lit About American Indians | Focus On
At a conference held at the University of Wisconsin’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center in the early 1990s, James Ransome was asked why he had not illustrated any books with American Indian...
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The Learning Spark: How Interest Fuels Cognition | Editorial
It’s important to get fresh perspective on essential things. Recently, I’ve reconsidered that element of human experience called interest, thanks to Annie Murphy Paul and Mimi Ito. Murphy Paul is a...
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Foster Stronger Schools by Supporting Reading Freedom | Scales on Censorship
A third-grade teacher in my school has Nancy Farmer’s The House of the Scorpion in her classroom library. She told her students that they could read the book if they got written permission from their...
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Austin Power! A Snapshot of School Librarian Leaders | SLJ Summit 2013
Librarians from around the country made their way to Austin, TX, on September 28–29 for SLJ’s annual Leadership Summit, “Transformation Through Effective Collaboration,” where they discussed the future...
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Best Audiobooks: 20 Must-Have Titles for Tweens and Teens
From fact and fiction about World War II to complex tales of psychics and spooks, these must-have audiobooks for middle and high school students represent a wide range of genres. We are showcasing...
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SLJ Reviews TouchCast Video Creation App for iPad
Wouldn’t it be great for kids contemplating a visit to your library to take a video tour before walking in? It would start with a virtual walk-around, showing the different areas and collections and...
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Why Verse? Poetic Novels for Historical Fiction, Displacement Stories, and...
Photograph by Tsar Fedorsky I would be disingenuous if I said I was aware of what I’m about to tell you while I was writing The Good Braider (Amazon, 2012). The Good Braider is a young adult novel in...
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Who’s to Blame for the Demise of Libraries? | Feedback
While I heartily agree with John Owens’s “Soapbox” column, “Not as We Remember It” (Sept. 2013, p. 20), I have to point out that librarians, whether school, public, or academic, have no one but...
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Love Whispersync, Hate the Terms: How can schools legally work with Kindle...
For the past few years, I’ve recommended against using Kindle hardware and Kindle Store content in school libraries, while acknowledging the high quality of Kindle products. The problem? Confusing and...
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Chew That Book: Why Babies Belong in Libraries | First Steps
It’s 1993, and I’m terrified. Heart pounding, sweaty palms. What was I thinking when I agreed to do this? I’m preparing to lead the rhyme “Itsy Bitsy Spider” to a group of smiling, drooling babies and...
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Spotlight on Spanish-language Fantasy | Libro por libro
Fantasy and Science Fiction for children and young adults is a genre that can bridge language and cultural barriers (although not without some translation challenges), and find popularity throughout...
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Multimedia Review | November 2013
From Up on Poppy Hill (GKids) From Up on Poppy Hill. 2 DVDs. 91 min. GKids. 2013. ISBN unavail. $29.95, DVD + Blu-ray: $34.95. Gr 7 Up –The first moments of this visually stunning film sweep through a...
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Device & Conquer: SLJ’s 2013 Tech Survey
As education technology has evolved, so, too, have the kinds of digital tools that school librarians use with their students, as shown in School Library Journal’s 2013 School Technology Survey....
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Resources for Curating Video Collections and Creating Custom Courses
A good video can be a powerful way to help students understand new concepts or refresh their knowledge of a topic. Thanks to YouTube, Vimeo, and oodles of other sites, we can now find instructional...
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Best of Apps & Enhanced Books | November, 2013
Midnight Feast (Slap Happy Larry) Illustration by L. Stace. Charlie Brown’s All Stars! Charles M. Schulz. (Loud Crow Interactive/Verso Story Engine). 2013. iOS, requires 4.3 or later. Version 1.3....
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Why Reading Sucks: Talking honestly with kids might make them more passionate...
I try to help my students be passionate readers. To be the type of children who fit reading in whenever they can, who bring books with them wherever they go, who cannot wait to get to the next books...
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Interview: Gregory Maguire on Why the World Needs Magic and ‘Egg and Spoon’
Photo by Andy Newman Gregory Maguire is no stranger to children’s fiction. While many people recognize him as the author of Wicked (HarperCollins, 1995), the book on which the blockbuster Broadway play...
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