Florida Offers Online Schools for Fulltime K-8 Students By SLJ Staff - 11/16/2008
Starting next fall, thousands of Florida students will be able to roll out of bed and attend school in their very own homes as a result of a new law that requires every school district in the state to set up an online school for fulltime kids in grades K-8. More
School Library Journal's Best Books 2008 By SLJ Book Review Editors Trevelyn Jones, Luann Toth, Marlene Charnizon, Daryl Grabarek, and Joy Fleishhacker - 12/01/2008
Of the more than 5000 books reviewed in SLJ’s pages in 2008, the 67 books listed below stood out as having distinctive voices, singular vision, and/or innovative approaches. They include books for toddlers and preschoolers, terrific picture books and easy readers, and some highly original novels.
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SLJ Presents the Best Adult Books for High School Students 2008 By Francisca Goldsmith, Chair, Adult Books for High School Students Committee - 12/01/2008
It was a banner literary year and so SLJ's Adult Books for High School Students Committee decided on 30 titles, published between September 2007 and November 2008 (with reviews published in 2008), to recognize as the best for high school readers. The list includes realistic and historical novels as well as some genre-blending titles.
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Candlewick Unveils Judy Moody Contest Winners By Amrisa Niranjan - 11/14/2008
One public library and two bookstores are winners of the “Judy Moody’s Totally RARE Author Visit” contest, which comes with a very special grand prize—a visit from Megan McDonald, author of the popular early chapter book series.
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‘Click, Clack, Moo’ in the White House Library? By Debra Lau Whelan - 11/10/2008
Chances are you won’t see Click, Clack, Moo (S & S, 2000), TheTale of Despereaux (Candlewick, 2003), and Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Abrams, 2007) in the White House library. But if students at Milton Terrace South Elementary School in upstate New York have their way, these and other children's books will be on the library's shelves by the time President-elect Barack Obama and his family move in.
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Give a Goat By Debra Lau Whelan - 10/29/2008
Jan Schrock knows a thing or two about giving. As the daughter of Dan West, founder of the charity Heifer International, she was surrounded by generosity all the time. In her first children’s book, Give a Goat (Tilbury, 2008), Schrock tells the true story of a fifth-grade class in Maine that learns they can make a difference by carrying out Heifer’s mission: to stop poverty and world hunger by giving the gift of livestock and training.
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Has the Newbery Lost Its Way? By Anita Silvey - 10/02/2008 Are children, librarians, and other book lovers still rushing to read the latest Newbery winners? Or has the most prestigious award in children’s literature lost some of its luster? More
Paperback Edition of ‘Deathly Hallows’ Slated for July 2009 By SLJ Staff - 09/29/2008
The paperback edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Scholastic, 2007), J. K. Rowling’s seventh and final Harry Potter novel, will be released on July 7, 2009.
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PreS-K–A five-year-old (rabbit) awakes one morning to discover that there will be no school, no daddy flying home today, and no going outside–until the snow stops.
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The staff of Salinas Public Library (CA), aka The John Steinbeck Public Library, pose with Lewis Buzbee, author of Steinbeck's Ghost, a middle-grade novel that centers around the threat of the library's closing in 2004. After a difficult struggle, the library remains open and has just extended its hours to seven days a week.
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