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News Bites: Calling All Gamers for the National STEM Video Game Challenge
Video game challenge: The National STEM Video Game Challenge, presented by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop and E-Line Media, is the perfect way to tap into your middle and high school...
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News Bites: Children’s Book Week
Free poster: Since the inception of Children’s Book Week in 1919, a children’s book illustrator has been asked to create a commemorative poster to illustrate the idea that “books can take you...
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Freebies for Women’s History Month | News Bites
Free resources: The theme of this year’s Women’s History Month is “Women Inspiring Innovation through Imagination: Celebrating Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.” ABDO is...
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News Bites: SCBWI Announces Golden Kite Awards
Kid lit awards: The Golden Kite Awards and Honors are given each year by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) in four categories to books published during the previous year...
View ArticleLetters to SLJ | March 2013
The following letters were written in response to Shelley Diaz’s article, “Librarians Sound Off: Not a Lack of Latino Lit for Kids, but a Lack of Awareness” in SLJ’s newsletter, Extra Helping (Jan. 22,...
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Lambda Book Awards, Audie Award Finalists Announced | News Bites
And the Winner Is… The Lambda Literary Foundation (LFF) announced the finalists for the 25th annual Lambda Literary Awards—the Lammys. These Awards will recognize the best lesbian, gay, bisexual and...
View ArticleDo Your Students Know a Super Hero?
Be a Super Hero, Read! is a writing contest for kids in grades 3–6 sponsored by DC Entertainment and Capstone. Children are encouraged to write about a real super hero in their lives who has amazing...
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Celebrate National Bookmobile Day on April 17 | News Bites
Bookmobile day: National Bookmobile Day is April 17, and the American Library Association (ALA) has loads of freebies to help you plan your library’s celebration. There are publicity templates, logos,...
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Smithsonian Presents Online Education Conferences on the Immigrant Experience...
Curriculum Connections The immigration experience: Immigration is an important issue today not only in the news but also in the lives of many students and their families, making it a topic that’s...
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Children’s Book Art Auction at BEA | News Bites
During BookExpo America on May 29, there will be a Children’s Book Art Silent Auction and Reception at the Javits Convention Center in New York City. The American Booksellers Foundation for Free...
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Apply for the Gale/LMC TEAMS Award for Teacher/Librarian Collaboration | News...
Calling All Media Specialists Media specialists, teachers, and principals in public and private K–12 schools are invited to submit their collaboration success stories for an opportunity to win the 2013...
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2013 ALSC & YALSA Audio Picks: The year’s best notable recordings and amazing...
The Association for Library Service for Children (ALSC) and the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), divisions of the American Library Association (ALA), released their 2013 audio picks...
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Hans Christian Andersen Award Nominees Announced | News Bites
The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) has just revealed the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Award nominees and jury. Twenty-nine authors and 31 illustrators have been selected from 34...
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Free MOOC on Digital Tools; YALSA, ABA Name Top Books | News Bites
American College of Education is offering a free massive online open course (MOOC) on digital tools for the K–12 classroom from May 6 to June 9, 2013 for educators and other professionals who want to...
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Free Math Kits; National Geographic and CCSS; S.E. Hinton Ebooks | New Bites
As an incentive to get kids to visit the library during the summer, Bedtime Math is offering two math-focused programs for free to libraries across the country. The “Bedtime Math Pajama Party” kit...
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Mo Willems Exhibit; Kidlit Book Awards; Gaming in the Classroom | News Bites
Author/illustrator extraordinaire: From June 22, 2013 through February 23, 2014, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA, will host “Seriously Silly: A Decade of Art & Whimsy by Mo...
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Galley Guide | Go Inside BookExpo
The doors to the exhibit halls at BookExpo America (BEA), one of the biggest shows of the year, open on May 30, and School Library Journal has prepared a special free guidebook, the 2013 BEA Guide to...
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Navajo Nation’s Poet Laureate; No-Sugar Challenge; South Asia Book Awards |...
A first for the Navajo Nation: Luci Tapahonso has been appointed the Navajo Nation’s first Poet Laureate. She will assume her role on May 17, 2013 and serve in that position for two years. The...
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Kids suffer when librarians are cut from schools| Letters
I am so pleased that School Library Journal published Rebecca Miller’s editorial, “The Cost of Cuts: When we lose librarians it’s the kids who suffer most. My daughter’s middle school did not have a...
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Agatha Awards Announced; ABDO Revamps ‘Star Trek’, ‘Jurassic Park’ Library...
And the Winner Is… Mystery award: The Code Busters 2: The Haunted Lighthouse (Egmont USA) by Penny Warner won the 2012 Agatha Award in the Best Children’s/Young Adult category. In the book, Cody and...
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