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Breaking Bias: Inside Maureen Johnson’s ‘Coverflip’ Challenge
Can you imagine what the covers of classic literary works written by men might look like if those books had been reclassified as “by and for women”? How would the designs be different—and how would that impact how we perceive those books? These are the questions YA author Maureen Johnson posed to her fans in “Coverflip,” a challenge to gendered book covers that limit their audiences.
Pew Study: Technology Aids Students’ Writing Skills Though Challenges Remain
Digital technologies are impacting American middle and high school students’ writing in many ways, both good and bad, a new national report from the Pew Research Center shows. According to the survey, tech tools provide significant advantages to learning—although students are still having trouble with informal grammar and navigating the issues of plagiarism, citation, and fair use.
Holly Meade, Artist and Kids’ Book Author/Illustrator, Dies at 56
Holly Louise Meade, an artist and award-winning children’s book author and illustrator, died on June 28, 2013, at Blue Hill Memorial Hospital near her home in Sedgwick, ME, the local Newburyport Daily News has reported. She was 56.
K. A. Barson: Finding the Right Fit | Interview
With her aunt's wedding day fast approaching, 16-year-old Ann Gilardi is determined to lose '45 pounds.' In her effort to do so, she learns more about herself−and her family−than she expected. Author K. A. Barson talks about the genesis of the book.
ALSC Celebrates 75 Years of Caldecott | ALA 2013
Members of the Association of Library Service to Children celebrated 75 years of the Caldecott Medal this weekend with a welcoming reception Thursday evening honoring authors and illustrators, and a day-long preconference on Friday at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant
Gr 6 Up—The intense action on the cover promises a rollicking adventure, and the interior pages certainly deliver on that promise...
Who Is AC?
Gr 7 Up—This contemporary superhero story is a departure for Larson, who has previously done a graphic adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time (Farrar, 2012) as well as stories of magical realism...
The Troubles in Northern Ireland
Gr 8 Up—This documentary attempts to distill the many sociocultural, religious, and political facets of the historic dynamic between the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland...
School's Out: Lessons from a Forest Kindergarten
Professional/in service—Using live-action observational footage, this documentary compares a traditional American kindergarten program located in New Haven, Connecticut, to a two-year public school forest kindergarten in the Swiss town of Langnau am Albis...
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