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The National Book Foundation today announced the titles on the long list for the 2014 National Book Awards in the Young People's Category. Below are SLJ reviews, blog posts, and interviews with the authors of the these works for children and teens.
Just announced: The 10 National Book Award long list for Young People's Literature.
How does Jasper Fforde come up with the magnificent characters, creatures, and settings in his "Chronicles of Kazam" series? He relies on "stuff—the exciting smorgasbord of weird stuff that happens to us, around us, and in us."
In the Margins (ITM) is proud to present the official nominations for the 2015 book list, to date. These titles, selected by a committee of librarians, are by, for, and about people in poverty, on the streets, in custody, or otherwise living in the margins.
News editor Andrea Glick reported SLJ's story on September 11, 2001, which was—for our staff who worked in and had children in affected schools—very close to home.
Jails, detention centers, and prisons provide a unique opportunity to address young people's literacy gaps, says one school librarian. Literacy for Incarcerated Teens creates, supports, and develops library services in NYC's juvenile detention centers.
Talking about his new book 'Afterworlds' Scott Westerfeld joked, "This is basically the 150,000-word answer to the question, 'Where do you get your ideas?'"
In anticipation of The Horn Book and SLJ's "Fostering Lifelong Learners" event, check out the following early literacy selections from the editors at Junior Library Guild.
SLJ goes to this year's National Book Festival in Washington, DC, and several changes were afoot. But one thing was clear—Gene Luen Yang's stirring speech about diversity left an indelible mark.
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