Events & Pd

It's World Book Night, an annual celebration 'dedicated to spreading the love of reading, person to person.' Each April 23, thousands of volunteers distribute half a million free World Book Night paperbacks to light and non-readers. "If you do nothing else today, just give somebody a book," says Betsy Bird.

From programming to collection development, common core state standards can impact the work of the public librarian. With implementation in the schools, where do you fit in? Join Deborah B. Ford in this webcast designed to debunk the myths, inspire you with programming ideas, and guide you in the demand for rigorous fiction and nonfiction. Archive is now available!

On April 11, a card trick expert—featured last year in the New York Times—will perform for kids at NYC's Museum of Mathematics's 'Family Fridays.' Held monthly, Time Warner Cable 'Family Fridays' at the Museum of Mathematics invites children and families to join mathematical innovators from around the country to experience the fun and engaging aspects of math.

"Between the booths, the artists, the displays, and the discussions, the Bologna Children's Book Fair is a feast for the eyes and ears; it is the market, the souk, of materials for children and young adults." The innovative works on display there make American publishers appear timid in comparison when it comes to experimenting with style and format.

Be among the first to see and hear firsthand what Lerner has coming for readers this fall! Visit with Lerner Publishing Group's editors as they unveil the fantastic new books that will be published Fall 2014. Get the inside scoop and sneak peek at Lerner’s nonfiction, middle grade and YA fiction, graphic novels, and picture books for grades K-12 coming this Fall. Plus, learn about new digital offerings, as well as supports for Common Core State Standards, and free teaching guides, reader’s discussion guides, classroom activities, and websites that make lesson planning easy. Archive is now available!

What do Tina Fey and Meryl Streep have in common with 2013 National Student Poets winner Michaela Coplen? For one, they will all be on stage April 24 at NYC's Lincoln Center at the Poetry & the Creative Mind Gala to celebrate April's National Poetry Month. Find out more.

For this year's One Book 4 Colorado giveaway, over 75,000 copies of the same book will be given away to 4-year-olds across Colorado. Which book will it be?

The Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access is hosting a free online education conference on April 9 focusing on the “Citizen Science: A Watershed Study” program, in which Washington, D.C., high school students explored the Anacostia Watershed.

While crowd favorite Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park swept the Undead Poll, it was Gene Luen Yang's innovative graphic novel, Boxers & Saints, on Chinese history, that survived to be the winner of SLJ's 2014 Battle of the Kids' Books.