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Throwback Thursday: A Sendak Photobomb

Throwback Thursday: A Sendak Photobomb
SLJ,  Aug 28, 2014
For our 60th anniversary, SLJ's dipped into the archive. To kick off our contribution to #tbt, we offer this image of a young Maurice Sendak and a mischievous staffer.
The Empire Strikes Back

The Empire Strikes Back
Roger Sutton | Blogs,  Aug 27, 2014

ALSC Past-President Starr LaTronica responds to my July editorial. Incidentally, we’re publishing a terrific piece in the November issue by Thom Barthelmess (former ALSC prez and BGHB chair) about how to conduct oneself in a professional book discussion. Thom is far more temperate about these things than am I.

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YALSA Maker Contest; NAACP Launches Literacy Campaign; Storia Is Streamed | News Bites

YALSA Maker Contest; NAACP Launches Literacy Campaign; Storia Is Streamed | News Bites
Ashleigh Williams,  Aug 20, 2014
August is bursting with industry news: YALSA is looking for submissions for its 2014 Maker Contest; the NAACP and American Urban Radio Networks have joined forces in a reading literacy campaign “NAACP Reads"; Minnesota's Saint Paul Public Library expands its laptop training and giveaway program.
Teens Teach Tech Grants, Giveaways, and Teens' Top Ten Voting Opens | SLJTeen News

Teens Teach Tech Grants, Giveaways, and Teens' Top Ten Voting Opens | SLJTeen News
Dodie Ownes,  Aug 19, 2014
Looking for a way to get your older patrons up to speed on the latest tech gadgets but short on staff time? There's a grant for that. Chronicle has a galley for every reader in its giveaway basket, and please note: it's time for teens to vote for their favorites from the YALSA Teens' Top Ten 2014 nominee list.
Palo Alto School to Be Recognized for Starting 13 Libraries in Africa

Palo Alto School to Be Recognized for Starting 13 Libraries in Africa
Carolyn Sun,  Aug 13, 2014
Through the African Libraries Project, a nonprofit that partners U.S. donors with recipient schools in rural Africa, Jordan Middle School in Palo Alto, California has helped create 13 new libraries in Africa over the past eight years. This year, the school will be honored with the Compassion in Action Award in September.
Teen Read Week Grant Winners Announced; YA Dystopian, Teen Cookbook Giveaways | SLJTeen News

Teen Read Week Grant Winners Announced; YA Dystopian, Teen Cookbook Giveaways | SLJTeen News
SLJ,  Aug 06, 2014
The truth, money for school supplies, and cupcakes—what more could you want? Check out these late-summer opportunities for librarians serving teens.
'Eleanor & Park' Wins 2014 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award for Young Adult Fiction

'Eleanor & Park' Wins 2014 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award for Young Adult Fiction
SLJ,  Aug 05, 2014
The Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Committee has selected Eleanor & Park from among five finalists as the 2014 winner of the annual award presented by Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English.
Fusenews: Hear the beat, of literary feet.

Fusenews: Hear the beat, of literary feet.
Elizabeth Bird | Blogs,  Jul 29, 2014
Hi ho.  Time to round-up what Jules and I have been up to over at our Wild Things blog (book promotion for bloggers means more blogging, you see).  Here’s the long and short of what you may have missed: Wacked out 1970s picture books. Maurice Sendak’s actual first book (and it’s not what you think). [...]
He must have been pissed.

He must have been pissed.
Roger Sutton | Blogs,  Jul 24, 2014

In hunting down a quote in the June 1972 issue of the Magazine, I happened upon a note that resonates with the recent debate over the ALA awards and confidentiality. Under “Staff Notes,” in the Hunt Breakfast (yesteryear’s Impromptu column) the first entry is: “Paul Heins [the then-Editor of HB], as one of the three […]

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