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Tales Out of School: An Interview with 2015 Margaret A. Edwards Award winner Sharon Draper

Tales Out of School: An Interview with 2015 Margaret A. Edwards Award winner Sharon Draper
Deborah Taylor,  Jun 01, 2015
The former National Teacher of the Year talks about teaching, writing, and a generation of teen readers that her books have touched.
#winning!

#winning!
Roger Sutton | Blogs,  May 29, 2015

I hope I can say how much I love the 2015 Boston Globe-Horn Book winners without anyone inferring my opinions about previous years. While under my strict don’t-ask-don’t-tell relationship with the judges I have no idea why they chose what they did, their choices for the top prizes illustrate three great things about this particular […]

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Judges on their way!

Judges on their way!
Roger Sutton | Blogs,  May 21, 2015

Our  judges (Maeve Visser Knoth, Jessica Tackett MacDonald, and Barbara Scotto as chair) will be meeting this weekend to select this year’s Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winners. What will they pick??? (I have no idea.) Katrina Hedeen and I head to New York early next week for the announcement, for which I will be partnered by the […]

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School Library Journal a Finalist in 2015 REVERE Awards

School Library Journal a Finalist in 2015 REVERE Awards
SLJ,  May 11, 2015
SLJ has earned finalist honors in two REVERE Awards categories: single issue editorial and best overall publication.
Three-Time Caldecott Winner Marcia Brown Dies at 96

Three-Time Caldecott Winner Marcia Brown Dies at 96
Mahnaz Dar,  May 07, 2015
Celebrated author and illustrator Marcia Brown, whose illustrious career was marked by three Caldecott wins and six Caldecott Honors, died on April 28 at her home in Laguna Hills, CA, due to complications from congestive heart failure. She was 96.
The 2015 Irma Black Award & Cook Prize Winners Announced

The 2015 Irma Black Award & Cook Prize Winners Announced
SLJ,  Apr 27, 2015
New York's Bank Street Center for Children's Literature named Mac Barnett's Sam and Dave Dig a Hole the winner of its Irma Black Award and Jean Craighead George's Galápagos George the winner of its Cook Prize.
Famous Chef, Chickens with Superpowers, and Hurricane Katrina Lead the Pack at Random House Preview | 2015 Spring Preview

Famous Chef, Chickens with Superpowers, and Hurricane Katrina Lead the Pack at Random House Preview | 2015 Spring Preview
Rocco Staino,  Apr 24, 2015
Bullying leads to an ecological disaster in Newbery winner Louis Sachar’s Fuzzy Mud, and world-famous chef Marcus Samuelsson shares a young adult version of his autobiography Make It Messy: My Perfectly Imperfect Life.
Winners Announced for IMLS National Medal for Museum and Library Service; Capstone Fellowship in Children’s Lit | News Bites

Winners Announced for IMLS National Medal for Museum and Library Service; Capstone Fellowship in Children’s Lit | News Bites
Ashleigh Williams,  Apr 23, 2015
In the latest News Bites, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has announced the recipients of the 2015 National Medal for Museum and Library Service.
Are you building something bold?

Are you building something bold?
Joyce Valenza | Blogs,  Apr 08, 2015
Are you engaged in integrating 1:1 technology? project-based learning instruction? makerspace learning? With all that making going on and all the thoughtful tech integration you share in your blogs, webinars and on your sites, my guess is that so many of you are very eligible for SLJ’s Build Something Bold award. Sponsored by LEGO® Education, [...]
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