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Celebrate 10 years of Mo Willems's Pigeon with a visit to the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, MA, which will be hosting an exhibit on the award-winning author/illustrator. Winners for the Jane Addams, Golden Kite, and IRA awards have been announced. Attend a one-day workshop focused on integrating games into the K–12 classroom. These stories and more, in this week's News Bites.

As reviews for Baz Lurhmann’s whirlwind adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby come roaring in, take a look at the latest installment of SLJ’s Page to Screen, where you’ll find updates on already much-touted future movies, and news of recent options on film rights. This roundup of releases will have your students and patrons heading to the theater—and, hopefully, to bookshelves as well.

We write a lot about genre and the types of books that teens enjoy reading. But what about setting? Do teen readers care about sinking into the setting of a book? This is an element that teens rarely mention when they share what they enjoy reading, or how much they liked a particular book. But [...]

African-American activist Julian Bond relates his family’s struggle for equality in the starred DVD review of Julian Bond: Reflections from the Frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement from Filmakers Library.

Don’t miss the starred review of Jasper Fford’s The Last Dragonslayer, the first title in his “The Chronicles of Kazam” trilogy, a book populated with outrageous individuals and fantastic creatures. Elizabeth Jasicki’s narration of this audiobook is spot-on.

Meet a variety of ducks and learn all about them via breathtaking visuals and spot-on narration in PBS’s starred DVD production, An Original DUCKumentary..

The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers. 2013. Reviewed from ARC from publisher. Book website. First in a trilogy. The Plot: It is months after the aliens first came, the Others, and sixteen year old Cassie Sullivan is huddled in a tent, alone with just her baby [...]

From penguins to trucks, this month's column includes apps for a range of ages and interests featuring stunning photos, colorful artwork, amusing interactivity, and delightful animations.

May, a month of “ducky” stars.