
Cover Story
The Early Bird: How Sesame Workshop is adapting its revolutionary educational content for devices
By Lauren Barack
Features
- Read, Play, Grow!: Enhancing early literacy at Brooklyn Public Library
By Rachel G. Payne - Built to Last: Must-have board books for early childhood collections
By Lisa G. Kropp
Collection Building
- Scientific Exploration: Grow students’ knowledge by quantum leaps and bounds | Focus On
By John Peters - Read It Again!: Spanish and bilingual titles that make for an engaging storytime | Libro por libro
By Tim Wadham
TechKnowledge
- Google Takes on the iPad: Google Play for Education promises a hassle-free K–12 tablet for fall 2013
By Joelle Alcaidinho - “Here Be Fiction” Launches: New site features ebook fiction available to schools on library-friendly terms | The Next Big Thing
By Christopher Harris - Blogging for Reluctant Writers: Get students to post their ideas and stories using sound and video | Cool Tools
By Richard Byrne
Columns
- Give ‘Em Chalk: Hands-on learning is fun and helps build literacy skills | Editorial
By Rebecca T. Miller - Challenged: A formal process provides teachable moments | Scales On Censorship
By Pat Scales - Open Late for Student Study: Libraries must be available when kids do schoolwork—at night | Soap Box
By Emily Gover and Caity Selleck - CC’s Seventh Shift: The very language of the standards calls for librarians’ key skills | On Common Core
By Paige Jaeger
School Librarians Need Support: It’s time for the American Library Association to drive a new advocacy strategy | Feedback: July 2013
Multimedia Reviews: July 2013
Best of Apps & Enhanced Books: June 2013
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