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Review: Desmond Pucket and the Mountain Full of Monsters
If you feel like bookstores and library shelves in the children section are overflowing with illustrated diary novels, you won’t be wrong. But kids are loving the format, and as I always say, “Whatever floats your boat.” If that’s what they want to read and it gets someone reading for 20 minutes each day, then [...]
School Librarian Fights Summer Slide with School Bus-Turned-Bookmobile
Washington school librarian Jenny Granger decided that if her kids weren’t going to come to the books this summer, she would take books to them—by driving a grant-funded bookmobile.
Review: Dork Diaries 7
Dork Diaries was by far the most requested series in my library this year, maybe only second to The Hunger Games and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The diary format, the illustrated novel, and the humor make this series a surefire hit. Dork Diaries 7: Tales from a Not-So-Glam TV Star By Rachel Renee Russell [...]
Star YA Authors Reveal Inspirations and Challenges | SLJ SummerTeen 2014
On July 24, SLJ's SummerTeen virtual event, attended by nearly 800 conference goers, was chock full of popular and thought-provoking YA authors, such as keynoters Gayle Forman (If I Stay) and Matthew Quick (Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock), who reveal some of the more personal asides, challenges, and stories behind novel writing. It was Quick who said, "Good literature, he said, “[comforts] the disturbed and [disturbs] the comforted."
We Ask SLJ Columnists & Bloggers: What Are You Reading This Summer?
SLJ asked some of its columnists and bloggers the big question: what are you reading this summer?
Chronicle | 2014 Preview
SLJ was in San Francisco for Chronicle's Fall 2014 Preview where illustrated children's books with vibrant visuals were the showstopping hits.
Amazon Launches Kindle Unlimited Ebook Subscription Service
Upon the announcement of Amazon's ebook subscription program Kindle Unlimited, Gary Price, INFOdocket editor, writes "Are libraries ready to compete with these services?"
Collaborating on the Summer Slide: University Students Tutor at Jacksonville Public Library
A unique partnership between Jacksonville (FL) Public Library and the University of North Florida continues to bring tutoring services to children who might otherwise experience the "summer slide."
Fusenews: The Snow Queen – There Can Be Only One
Howdy do. As per usual I’m going to direct you this morning to that lovely little Wild Things website where Jules Danielson and I have been posting the stories that got cut from our upcoming book Wild Things: Acts of Mischief in Children’s Literature. If you haven’t already seen them you might like to read [...]
Nashville Public Library Partners with Local School Libraries to Boost Results for Students
Librarian Tricia Bengel of Nashville Public Library shares her story about teaming up with local school librarians and offers practical tips for others in the industry.
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