Cover Story
The Same Difference: Mark Ray asserts that principals and librarians have a lot more in common than you might think—and he should know.
By Mark Ray
Features
- Top Dog: After 50 years, Clifford and his kind creator, Norman Bridwell, are bigger than ever.
By Grace Maccarone - Who’s Playing Who?: How sneaky online marketing is targeting kids—
and what you can do about it.
By Peter Gutierrez - The Good Fight: Take off the kid gloves.
SLJ’s annual Battle of the Kids’ Books tournament is on its way.
By SLJ staff - The Literary Equation: USBBY’s Oustanding International Books connect kids worldwide.
By Maria Salvadore
Collection Building
- Odd Couples: Why Can’t We Be Friends? | Focus On
By Joy Fleishhacker - Whodunit? | Listen In
By Sharon Grover and Lizette Hannegan
TechKnowledge
- CES 2013 Top Trends for Schools: From adaptive ebooks to crowd-funded technology, products to look out for.
By Jeffrey Hastings - Ebook Crowdsourcing: An award-winning plan for cooperative purchasing | The Next Big Thing
By Christopher Harris
- Beyond Google: Alternative Search Tools: Understanding the options will help make students become better researchers | Cool Tools
By Richard Byrne
Columns
- The Art of the Caldecott: At 75, the powerful award keeps proving the value of librarians’ | Editorial
By Rebecca T. Miller - Contemplating the Cranium: Ancient skulls and skeletons can tell us much about ourselves | Nonfiction Booktalker
By Kathleen Baxter - Saved by I-SAIL: Making the most of a tool that articulates the value of school libraries | On Common Core
By Christy Semande - Everyday Hero: Andrea Cheng’s Etched in Clay charts the courageous life of Dave the potter | Under Cover
By Rick Margolis
Digital Resources
- Britannica School: Britannica School: A revised standard for readers of varying abilities
By Cara Moffett
Letters to SLJ: February 2013
Reference Book Reviews: February 2013
Multimedia Reviews: February 2013
Best of Apps & Enhanced Books: February 2013
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