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The Great Novel Giveaway
It’s a free book kind of Monday. Up for grabs we have a trio of some of the more talked about books of 2013. Fill out the form below to enter, but be snappy about it! You must enter by 11:59 p.m. EST tonight (that’s August 12) to be eligible. Best of luck. And the [...]
Toon Review: The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes
The Year of Billy Miller By Kevin Henkes Greenwillow Books (HarperCollins) ISBN: 9780062268150 $16.99 Grades 2-4 In Stores September 17, 2013 Find it at: Schuler Books | Your Library *Best New Book* (click on comics to enlarge) Digital review copy from Edelweiss. Also reviewed by For Those About to Mock, A Fuse #8 Production, Waking Brain [...]
Come Work With Me
Energetic go-getters of the world: lend me your ears! My school district (Wayland (Mich.) Union Schools) is hiring for two school librarian positions. Becoming my BFF is also included. In an era with far too many cuts, it’s great to see some adds. Interested? Check out the posting, or pass it along. Applications will be [...]
100 Must-Reads for Kids 9-14 from NPR
NPR just released their list of 100 Must-Reads for kids 9-14. By a stroke of luck, I found myself on the committee to curate the list with with some serious children’s literature heavy hitters – Rita Williams-Garcia, Margi Preus, Linda Sue Park, Gussie Lewis, and Soman Chainani. As for how the list came together, our [...]
Link Du Jour: Dear Parents
The great Joyce Valenza over at NeverEnding Search has already shared this, but if anything deserves to go school librarian viral, it’s Doug Johnson’s take on the library back-to-school letter.
One Star Review Guess Who? (#10)
Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on GoodReads or Amazon? This started out cute, but after the sixty-first figure of speech I couldn’t take it anymore. It’s as if a fourth grade teacher went on an acid trip and started spouting nonsense. I’m sure if I’d read this book [...]
Notes on July 2013
In July… …we said “huh?” in the best possible way. The Wildest Children’s Books of 2013 have a way of making you do that. …I fake rode a horse. The American Library Association Annual Conference got the Instagram recap treatment in three parts: Part I Part II Part III …I went away to Nerdcamp. I [...]
Morning Notes: Move On Like Nothing Happened Edition
SHARPEN YOUR SCHUS Have I talked about Sharp-Schu Book Club here yet? (The 100 Scope Notes Research Department says “nope”) If you’ve never checked out this monthly Twitter gathering hosted by teacher Colby Sharp and school librarian John Schumacher, here’s your chance. It’s part book talk, part chat, part author/illustrator Q&A session, and is meeting TWO-NITE. [...]
Books on Film: In the Studio with Emily Gravett
Everyone, hold up your coffees. I’d like to propose a toast. Here’s to good ideas! Now go ahead and drink all the rest of your coffee in one gulp (Warning: 100 Scope Notes is not responsible for any resulting scalding). This year all the finalists for the Kate Greenaway and Carnegie medals (the prestigious English [...]
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