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This may sound a little crazy, but even though I’m on maternity leave for three months or so, this video made me nostalgic for my system. It’s the rather remarkable Why Libraries Matter short documentary from The Atlantic. Beautifully shot and LOOK! There’s Rita Meade again! Somebody give that gal her own show. While we’re [...]
Former National Ambassador of Children's Literature Jon Sciezka (l.) and award-winning writer Mac Barnett (r.), coauthors of the recent Battle Bunny, were the keynoters at the Bank Street College of Education's annual book awards ceremony.
Menacing appliances are just one part of the story in Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman's adventure. Check out the next installments in Pete Hautman's "Seven Wonders" and Catherine Fisher's "Obsidian Mirror" series. Rebecca Hahn joins this elite group of fantasy authors with her debut novel for fans of Rachel Hartman's Seraphina.
Alternative history with a steampunk vibe, Andrea Cremer's The Inventor's Secret takes readers to 18th century North America, and this time, the British Empire triumphs in the Revolutionary War. The author shares her thoughts, and questions, with SLJTeen.
A variety of authors were on hand at the Children's Book Choice Awards May 14, including conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh, Author of the Year winner for his 2013 Simon & Schuster book Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims: Time Travel Adventures with Exceptional Americans .
An event on May 14 honored the late Bernard Waber, author of the "Lyle the Crocodile" books, and designated the Yorkville Community School on East 88th Street a Literary Landmark. The street was made famous by Waber in 1962 with Houghton Mifflin's publication of The House on East 88th Street.
En route to host the Children's Book Week gala in New York City on May 14, National Ambassador of Children's Literature Kate DiCamillo stopped by the SLJ office. The 2014 Newbery Award-winning author of Flora & Ulysses shared galleys of her next chapter book Leroy Ninker Saddles Up, out this August, and a companion to the "Mercy Watson" books.
What did mosquitoes have to do with the Louisiana Purchase? Lice with the Irish potato famine? And what mysterious disease plagued the Philistines? As she promises in her introduction, Sarah Albee answers all these questions in glorious and “disgusting” detail in 'Bugged.'
A study by author Krista Maywalt Aronson revealed that children who looked at picture books portraying children from different races together reported more interest in playing across difference.
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