School librarians Sally Mays, who helps Spanish-speaking students develop information literacy skills, and Elizabeth Kahn, who teaches kids how to access reliable information and use it effectively, are winners of the 2012 American Association of School Librarian’s (AASL) Information Technology Pathfinder Award.
Reading Challenge Nets WI School a $100K Library Makeover
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Flying High: The Improbable True Tale of Debut Novelist John Corey Whaley
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It was a surprisingly warm day in Dallas as John Corey Whaley stood at the American Library Association’s (ALA) January midwinter meeting still “in complete shock,” looking like a guy who’d just hit the daily double.
Who could blame him?
Lowering the Voting Age: Children’s choice awards are a great way to get kids excited about reading
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My students represent some of the nearly 10,000 first through fourth graders from around the globe who take part in the annual ritual of choosing the winners of the Irma S. and James H. Black Award for top picture book author and illustrator—and finding out which of the four finalists has won is always a fun-filled event.
Against All Odds: A Teen’s Quest—One Came Home Giveaway
By on January 1, 2012
In 1871, in the town of Placid, WI, 13-year-old Georgie Burkhardt is known for two things: One Came Homeher uncanny aim with a rifle and her habit of speaking her mind plainly. But when Georgie blurts out something she shouldn’t have said, her older sister Agatha flees, running off with a pack of “pigeoners,” who follow the migration of passenger pigeons. When the sheriff returns to town with an unidentifiable body—wearing Agatha’s blue-green ballroom gown—everyone assumes the worst. Except Georgie. Refusing to believe the facts that are laid down (and coffined) before her, Georgie sets out on a journey to find her sister. She’ll track down every last clue and shred of evidence to bring Agatha home. Yet even with her resolute determination and her trusty Springfield single-shot, Georgie isn’t prepared for what she faces on the Western frontier.
