School Library Journal, August 2012 Issue: Table of Contents

Cover Story

The Other America: Giving Our Poorest Children the Same Opportunities as Our Richest

By Jonathan Kozol

Over the past five years, I’ve returned to the New York neighborhood in which I met the children whom I first described in Savage Inequalities, Amazing Grace, and other books I published in the 1990s. The neighborhood is called Mott Haven. It’s the poorest section in all of the South Bronx, which is the poorest Congressional district in America.

Features

Connecting the Plots
Figment is turning teenage
angst into published prose.
By Lauren Barack
The Naked Truth
Maurice Sendak was no
stranger to controversy and most librarians stood by him.
By Kathleen T. Horning

Collection Building

‘Focus On’ Theater: Showtime!
By Nancy Menaldi-Scanlan
Listen In: At the Core
By Shareon Grove and Lizette Hannigan

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TechKnowledge

Lead Story

Walmart Turned High-Tech Library: Transforming the big-box retailer space, the McAllen Library is ready for school. The Digital Shift

Test Drive

Test Drive: Aerbook Maker: Make-your-ownebooks
platform
By Jeffrey Hastings
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The Next Big Thing

Summer Project: Kill Dewey
By Christopher Harris
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Cool Tools

Making the Most of Video in the Classroom
By Richard Byrne
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Columns

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