Spring may have finally arrived, but penguins are never out of season with kids. The latest entry in Nosy Crow’s “Rounds” series offers a blend of fact and fiction on the life cycle of these aquatic creatures, while 'Antarctica' by Kids Discover delivers photos and text on one of the places these birds can be found.
Learn about the art and lives of three female artists—Georgia O’Keefe, Emily Carr, and Frida Kahlo—in Bone Wind Fire, a visually stunning production from National Film Board of Canada. Don’t miss this starred review.
Scowler by Daniel Kraus. Delacorte Press, Random House. 2013. Review copy from publisher. The Plot: August, 1981. Changes are coming; Ry Burke, 19, knows this. The family farm is dying and he, his mother, Jo Beth, and his eleven year old sister Sarah, will have to leave. Sarah hunts the sky for changes of a [...]
Following Participant Media’s announcement in February that it would donate DVDs of Steven Spielberg’s critically acclaimed film Lincoln to all middle and high schools throughout the United States, a number of librarians have contacted us for follow-up information. Here’s how to get your copy.
Media specialists, teachers, and principals in public and private K–12 schools are invited to submit their collaboration success stories for an opportunity to win the 2013 Gale/LMC TEAMS Award which recognizes the critical collaboration of teachers and librarians to “promote learning and achievement.”
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When stories and informational audiobooks are paired together, they create a winning combination that can help students establish a foundation of knowledge about certain topics.
Check out the starred review of the audiobook Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt, narrated by Emily Durante.
Quintana of Charyn by Melina Marchetta, Candlewick Press, 2013. Reviewed from the Australia edition (Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (Australia), 2012), a gift from a friend. will be published April 2013. Background: This is the final of three books (and one short story) that make up the The Lumatere Chronicles. It began with Finnikin of [...]