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If you've been struggling to find the time and resources to start up a friends group for your school library, help has arrived. United for Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, has created a free toolkit geared toward school librarians for just this purpose, and it is now freely available at their website.
Each year SLJTeen rotates the responsibility for reviews by teens to one of the YA Galley Groups selected by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). In 2014, the Young Adult Advisory Councils (YAAC) from Johnson County Library, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, will be taking over teen reviews.
Three previously unreleased stories by the reclusive author were uploaded to private BitTorrent tracker What.cd, according to TorrentFreak. The authenticity of the stories, one previously held under lock and key at the Princeton University Library, has been confirmed by Salinger expert Kenneth Slawenski, reports BuzzFeed.
How do you get tweens and teens to be interested (and stay interested) in reading?
Whovians, unite! Saturday, November 23, marks the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, and teachers and youth librarians have been celebrating in recent weeks with a host of Who-themed programming, to the delight of their tween and teen patrons. For many superfans, though, the clever series is inspiring all year long.
Last night, Cynthia Kadohata scored the 2013 National Book Award in the Young People’s Literature category for her novel The Thing About Luck. About 700 members of America’s literati packed New York City’s Cipriani Ballroom for the gala ceremony, which featured remarks by E.L. Doctorow as well as Toni Morrison, who presented the Literarian Award to Dr. Maya Angelou.
National Book Award finalists Kathi Appelt, Cynthia Kadohata, Tom McNeal, Meg Rosoff and Gene Luen Yang addressed an audience of secondary students Tuesday at the annual National Book Awards Teen Press Conference.
Isabel Allende’s acclaimed novel The House of the Spirits, which faces review by North Carolina’s Watauga County Board of Education due to a parental complaint, now has another high-profile advocate: the author herself. Read the full text of her impassioned letter, which she sent to school board members along with her book.
Charlotte Zolotow—the distinguished children’s book editor, poet, and award-winning author of more than 70 books for young readers—died on Tuesday, November 19, in her home in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. She was 98.
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