SENDAK SCHOOL You may have heard, but they’re naming a New York City public school after Maurice Sendak. This seems a fine idea to me. Click here to read. NEW HARRY POTTER COVERS Publisher’s Weekly just announced this morning that September will bring new covers for the paperback edition of the Harry Potter series. [...]
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‘Girl Model’ Re-connects Media Literacy to its Beating Heart
By on February 12, 2013
Giveaway: Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack of BULLY
By on February 12, 2013
Young people need to understand the way that media texts position them—even with, or perhaps especially with, those texts whose content they are sympathetic to…
YALSA Hub Challenge: Drama by Raina Telgemeier
By on February 12, 2013
Our first title to discuss from the YALSA Hub Reading Challenge is Raina Telgemeier’s Drama. Drama has been singled out as one of the Great Graphic Novels for Teens Top Ten for 2013, and was also selected as a Stonewall Book Award Honor book. As a refresher, the Great Graphic Novels for Teens Selection list [...]
Google Drive’s new very appy Create menu
By on February 12, 2013
It’s just a little easier to find your apps these days and to discover and connect to new ones. On Friday Google announced a new feature in its Drive interface. The Create menu now expands to list a lovely variety of third-party Drive-connected apps. These apps may now be conveniently added to your Create menu [...]
Reality Ali
By on February 12, 2013
Reality Ali by Christine Marciniak. Zumaya Thresholds, 2012. Personal copy. From the publisher’s website: “The only thing real about reality TV is the camera. “Fourteen-year-old Ali Caldwell’s father keeps her privacy so secure none of the kids at boarding school believe she has a movie star for a mom. Sick of hiding in the wings, [...]
Thoughts on Alex: One Shot at Forever
By on February 12, 2013
Chris Ballard’s One Shot at Forever is one of the three books on the Alex Awards this year that we declined to review. In the comments of our Alex Reactions post, John Sexton explained why: I believe the last time a sports themed book received Alex recognition was in 2007 when the committee i served [...]
Our Top 5 Comics Highlights of ALA Midwinter
By on February 12, 2013
From those of us who attend ALA Midwinter in Seattle, here are our top five comics related highlights of the conference! Listening to the roar of approval when Raina Telgemeier’s Drama was announced as a Stonewall honor book! I believe the title’s selection was a bit of a surprise to everyone, not in that the [...]
2013 Judge: Adam Gidwitz
By on February 12, 2013
Adam Gidwitz’s first novel, A Tale Dark and Grimm, is a New York Times bestseller, and was named one of the best children’s books of the year by School Library Journal and Publishers Weekly. His second book, In a Glass Grimmly, also a New York Times bestseller, was named a best book of the year by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and School Library Journal—which wrote, “Gidwitz is back with a second book that, if possible, outshines A Tale Dark & Grimm.” Last time he was involved in the BoB, his book was getting pulped by Andy Mulligan’s Trash. Which, in case you haven’t read it, is a darn good book.
10 to Note: Spring Preview 2013
By on February 12, 2013
It’s time to once again to look at the season before us and say “that looks good”. What follows are books coming out in March, April, and May that appear to have promise. Picture Book Giant Dance Party by Betsy Bird; illustrated by Brandon Dorman April 23 | Greenwillow | Grades K-2 Ever heard of [...]
Review of the Day: One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
By on February 12, 2013
Globalizing and Googlizing Science Fair
By on February 11, 2013
It’s your turn to change the world. It’s about time we remixed science fair for a networked, flattened, participatory world. Think of all those experiments year after year that lived for a few fleeting moments on a gym or cafeteria table, summarized on a cardboard tri-fold, only to be trashed days later. Think of all [...]
Weekly Reviews: Historical Fiction
By on February 11, 2013
Some of you might think I’m stretching the definition of historical fiction with the first book up today. But if we consider historical fiction as works in which historical backdrop plays a strong role in the story, I think this qualifies. In any case, I am excited to introduce My One Square Inch of Alaska, a traditional [...]
Links: Digital Phoenix, Adventure Time, and more
By on February 11, 2013
It’s been a while since we have done a links column so some of these have been bookmarked for a while. But it’s all good stuff! As we mentioned a little while ago, the UK children’s weekly comic The Phoenix is now available as an iOS app, and I chatted with Russell Willis, the developer [...]
List O Mania – Fab Films
By on February 11, 2013
In addition to the Awards announced at the ALA Youth Media Awards, during Midwinter a number of committees work very hard to put together lists. Here, the list I worked on for Fab Films. The theme? Survival. (The photos are our official meeting room!) Hope you enjoy it; YALSA has decided to end this committee [...]
Book Blogger Toolbox
By on February 11, 2013
You know in the movie Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey when Bill and Ted realize that they can, because of time travel, leave things for their past selves to find? This is what I’m doing here. And hey, if time travel doesn’t end up happening, hopefully it’s of some use to folks thinking of starting [...]
What Do We Read Next? or, Potential Contendas
By on February 10, 2013
Ok, so we’re a month plus into 2013 and I’ve finally, finally! started a 2013 title. (Just One Day, by Gayle Forman, in case you wondered.) And now I need to decide what to read next. So let’s talk 2013 publications that belong on the contenda list already, whether for critical acclaim (by which I [...]
List O Mania – Notables
By on February 10, 2013
ALSC and it’s lists and awards include books for readers up to age fourteen; so ALSC’s Notables list is always a good list to look at for young teens. It’s also always interesting to see what titles are included in both ALSC and YALSA lists. The full list of 2013 Notable Children’s Book includes notes about [...]
Video Sunday: Know what you know
By on February 10, 2013
So apparently in the 1980s the Brooklyn Public Library decided to take a page out of the Reading Rainbow handbook and came up with this series of kids recommending books that they loved. The result, so nicely posted on the Hairpin, will pretty much keep you amused all the livelong day. You just gotta wonder [...]
What’s Izik? Introducing a swipier, slashier search
By on February 9, 2013
I’ve been searching for a search tool that makes me want to search on my iPad. I think I’ve found one that will work for me and for my students. Specially for tablets, Izik by Blekko is a new, free search app for iPad and android. Results are organized by contextual categories in an image-rich [...]
