July 2012 Issue: Table of Contents

Cover Story

Role Call
Want to work with kids in a public library? Here’s the inside scoop.
By Elizabeth Bird

Features

Very Pinteresting!
new social network that’s a virtual bulletin board is taking educators by storm.
By Kate Messner
The Big Tease
Trailers are a terrific way to hook kids on books.
By Karen Springen

Collection Building

‘Focus On’ Folk and Fairy Tales Retold: Spin-offs
By Joy Fleischhacker

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TechKnowledge

Lead Story

Putting Tech into Teen Spaces
YALSA guidelines address media literacy, low-cost options for serving kids.

Test Drive

Ebook Toolkit: Storia
By Jeffrey Hastings
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Cool Tools

Summertime, and the Reading Is Easy
By Richard Byrne
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The Next Big Thing

Tricks of the Trade
By Christopher Harris
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Columns

Editorial

First, Last, in the Middle?: The perils of one-dimensional rankings.
By Rebecca T. Miller

Scales on Censorship

Separating Church & State: Is it legal to display religious brochures in public school libraries?.
By Pat Scales

First Steps

The Neglected Ones: Undocumented immigrants’ children seldom receive the services they need.
By Renea Arnold and Nell Colburn

On Common Core

Stickers Won’t Do the Job: We need appealing nonfiction that will engage students and build rigor.
By Melissa Jacobs-Israel

Under Cover

Straighten Up and Fly Right: Caution: Elizabeth Wein’s new spy thriller will break your heart.
By Rick Margolis

Letters to SLJ

First, Last, in the Middle?: Tag-Team Librarianship: Partnerships between public and school libraries work well sometimes, but not always.

The Book Review

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