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In 'Boxers' and 'Saints,' two new graphic novels from the Gene Luen Yang, the author examines the Boxer Rebellion from both sides of the conflict. In this interview, the author comments, "the more I learned, the more ambivalent I felt....I could sympathize with both sides."

Librarians, publishing professionals, writers, and children’s literature scholars gathered on Friday, October 4, at Simmons College in Boston to celebrate the three winners and eight honorees of the 47th annual Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards.

Teachers in search of an entertaining nonfiction author study need look no further than Meghan McCarthy. Not only does this author/illustrator have a knack for choosing compelling events and subjects to write about, but her accessible books, injected with humor and wit, cover a wide range of curricular areas.

In the face of the government shutdown that has seen EBSCO offer free access to its version of the ERIC database, Oxford University Press announced that it will offer complimentary access to three reference databases of its own. For the next two weeks, Oxford Reference, American National Biography Online, and Social Explorer will be free to access and explore online.

Interest is the engine of intellectual achievement—it’s what drives us to keep learning, keep trying. But how does one generate it in oneself or others? Expanding on her keynote message at the SLJ summit, author Annie Murphy Paul offers three practical ways to use information gaps to stimulate curiosity.

The very limitations of the book are its strengths, according to journalist and author Annie Murphy Paul, speaking at School Library Journal’s 2013 Leadership Summit in Austin, TX.

How Washington State teacher librarians redefined their roles, organized, and created an outstanding advocacy model for all.

Although the U.S. federal shutdown means many important government websites—such as those for the Library of Congress and NASA—have gone completely dark this week, the nonprofit Internet Archive is making those sites available to the public through archived captures, the organization has announced on its blog.

Rebecca Newland, librarian at Kemps Landing Magnet School in Virginia Beach, VA, has been selected as the Library of Congress (LOC) Teacher-in-Residence for 2013–2014. Newland began her work at the library in August and—except for the government shutdown—she is looking forward during her appointment to planning and facilitating workshops for teacher/librarian pairs on using LOC primary sources with students, she tells School Library Journal.