I wasn’t able to attend this year’s School Library Journal Day of Dialog. Instead, I followed along on Twitter and read some of the SLJ recaps:
Keeping Middle Schoolers Engaged “Middle school students are a “hormonally charged” bunch who are “full of complex contradictions” and just “want a voice,” say authors who participated in SLJ’s 2012 [...]
SLJ Day of Dialog Round Up
By on June 9, 2012
Video: ‘Middle School Snake Charmers’ Hold Forth at SLJ Day of Dialog
By on June 7, 2012 Leave a Comment
The prospect of working with adolescents may inspire fear in some, “but for a small, dedicated group of us, middle school is where it’s at,” said librarian Jennifer Hubert Swan, who gleaned some insight on engaging young readers from panelists Sharon Creech, Eoin Colfer, Rebecca Stead, Joan Bauer, and James Dashner at SLJ’s event held June 4 at the Javits Center in New York.
SLJ’s 2012 Day of Dialog: Stellar Debuts
By on June 4, 2012 Leave a Comment
Palacio and three other first-time children’s book authors spoke at the “Stellar Debuts: Celebrating new and noteworthy arrivals to the publishing scene” panel during SLJ’s Day of Dialog on June 4 at New York’s Jacob Javits Convention Center.
SLJ’s 2012 Day of Dialog: Walter Dean Myers Vows to Close the Reading Gap
By on June 4, 2012 Leave a Comment
Our nation faces a huge reading gap—but most people are unwilling to talk about it because the bulk of illiterate kids are minority and poor, says Walter Dean Myers.
