School Library Journal, June 2012 Issue: Table of Contents

Cover Story

Staying Power

By Anita Silvey

I’m on my way to visit Susan Cooper on an unseasonably warm day in mid-February. As my car cruises along, about 45 minutes south of Boston, low tide reveals miles of untouched marshland. I drive across a short causeway, creep down an unpaved lane, and suddenly I’m staring at the exquisite home that Cooper built a couple of years ago. My first thought is that I’ve stumbled upon the Grey House, the setting of Cooper’s first children’s book, Over Sea, Under Stone. With its soaring cathedral ceilings and wraparound windows that frame the wetlands, the space is filled with warmth and light even on a winter’s day. It seems like the perfect place for the 77-year-old writer to conjure up some more of her magic.

Features

Best in the West
With ALA’s riches and ISTE’s tech draw, there’s plenty of reason to put on your traveling shoes.
By SLJ Staff
Every Platform Tells a Story
Transmedia has the power to make any topic more vivid and personal.
By Peter Gutierrez
What’s the Future of Reference?
Experts discuss trends in pricing, the rise of integrated media, and how to hook kids on good research.
By Henrietta Thornton-Verma

Collection Building

‘Focus On’ LGBTQ Lit: Speaking Out
By Megan Honig
Listen In: Catch a Wave
By Sharon Grover and Lizette Hannegan

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TechKnowledge

Lead Story

A Techie Turned Librarian: Former CNET editor Margaret Schoen logged her first year as a school librarian.
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Test Drive

Test Drive: Ebook toolkit: Mackin VIA
By Jeffrey Hastings
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The Next Big Thing

What’s on My iPad
By Christopher Harris
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Cool Tools

Every Picture Tells a Story
By Richard Byrne
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Columns

Editorial

‘I Can Help You with That’: Providing solutions puts librarians at the center of Common Core.
By Rebecca T. Miller

Nonfiction Booktalker

Mighty Giants: Kids can’t get enough of elephants, mammoths, and mastodons.
By Kathleen Baxter

On Common Core

Seize the Opportunity: The new standards dovetail elegantly with inquiry, and we know inquiry.
By Olga Nesi

Under Cover

Best Book of 2012?: Australian Sonya Hartnett’s ‘Sadie and Ratz’ ain’t your average chapter book.
By Rick Margolis

The Gaming Life

The Competitive Edge: Online gaming can motivate students and make learning more fun.
By Christen Higgins

Letters to SLJ

Tech Coordinator vs. Librarian: When you wear two hats, the lines tend to blur

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