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April 10, 2014

Celebrating excellence Rebecca T. Miller, Editor-in-Chief Librarians have the capacity to be powerful ambassadors of learning and transformation. To help raise awareness of the most excellent among them, SLJ has launched two new awards this year: the School Librarian of the Year Award and the Build Something Bold Design Award. If you know a K–12 school library professional who embodies outstanding professional achievement and the exemplary use of 21st-century tools and services to engage children and teens toward fostering multiple literacies, take a look at the guidelines for the 2014 SLJ School Librarian of the Year Award, sponsored by Scholastic Library Publishing. The winner will receive a $2,500 cash award, plus $2,500 worth of print and digital materials from Scholastic Library Publishing, and will be profiled in the September 2014 issue of SLJ. Nominations close May 23. If it’s a library you know is awesome, take a look at the guidelines for the SLJ and LEGO Education Build Something Bold Design Award. This award seeks to recognize innovative design within a school library or classroom that demonstrates exemplary and creative use of library space and resources to both engage children and teens while enhancing multiple literacies─from basic reading skills to digital competencies. Our design space winner will receive a $5,000 cash award and a LEGO Education StoryStarter Classroom set with software and curriculum, and the space will be profiled in SLJ’s November issue. Nominations close May 31.

Top Stories

New York School Librarian Leads Robotics Club to Win Prize in Regional Competition By Leezel Tanglao School librarian Ryan Paulsen had little background in engineering and science when he took on the position of head of the New Rochelle High School robotics club. Weeks later, he led his 30 student members to a regional robotics competition in NYC and took home an award. Read More›››

In Arizona, After Girl Scouts’ Library Project Set on Fire, Public Support Pours In By Sandy Chung Girl Scout Troop 4 of Tuscon, Arizona had set up a Little Free Library—free bins of books for the public—only to have the books bins vandalized and burned in late March. However, upon hearing the news, the public rallied, and donations poured in. Read More››› Q&A: Author Andy Griffiths on His Ever-Growing ‘Treehouse’ Series By Mahnaz Dar The 26-Story Treehouse author spoke to SLJ about the treehouse of his childhood, punk rock, advice for young writers, and more. Register for Griffiths’s upcoming School Library Journal webcast on April 16.  Read More››› Recent Wins on School Library Positions Spark Optimism | Editorial By Rebecca Miller New positions being created in school districts across the country point to places where advocacy has hit home, roles smartly redesigned, and librarians put back in the budget. Read More››› On April 11, 8,000 Schools Join Protests Against LGBTQ Harassment By Sarah Bayliss On 'Day of Silence,' April 11, hundreds of thousands of students will take a vow of silence to raise awareness of the silencing impact of bullying, name calling, and harassment of LGBTQ youth in schools. Read More›››

SLJ’s Average Book Prices 2014 By SLJ The numbers you put to work every year are here. See the list of average book prices for 2013 and 2014 to date, produced in partnership with Baker & Taylor. Read More›››   Penguin Spring Books 2014 | Preview Peek By Rocco Staino Diversity, bears, ninjas, and celebrities all characterized the rich array of new titles at a recent Penguin preview. Read More›››

Pew Research Study Breaks Down Libraries’ User Engagement By Ian Chant Funded by the Gates Foundation, the Pew Research Center released a study in March that offers a close look at library use and breaks Americans down into nine different groups of library users. The report “From Distant Admirers to Library Lovers” caps three years of Pew research on libraries. Read More›››   Consider the Source SLJ Columnist Marc Aronson Visits the Bologna Children’s Book Fair By Marc Aronson "Between the booths, the artists, the displays, and the discussions, the Bologna Children's Book Fair is a feast for the eyes and ears; it is the market, the souk, of materials for children and young adults." The innovative works on display there make American publishers appear timid in comparison when it comes to experimenting with style and format.  Read More›››   SLJ’s School Librarian of the Year Nominations Are Open for Inaugural Award The School Librarian of the Year Award, presented by SLJ and sponsored by Scholastic Library Publishing, honors a K–12 library professional for outstanding achievement and the exemplary use of 21st-century tools and services to engage children and teens toward fostering multiple literacies. The winning school librarian will receive a $2,500 cash award, plus $2,500 worth of print and digital materials from Scholastic Library Publishing, and be profiled in a feature article in the September 2014 issue of SLJ. MORE INFORMATION

Job of the Week The North Orange County Community College District is looking for a Dean — Library/Learning Resources and Instructional Support Programs and Services. Read More›››

Blog Spotlight: NeverEnding Search In Face of Job Loss, Chicago’s School Librarians Celebrate Their Accomplishments By Joyce Valenza Chicago Public School Librarians are facing a crisis with numerous school library positions closed last year as well as upcoming losses. To celebrate School Library Month, Chicago Public School Librarians have created a Twitter page @ChiSLibrarians to announce their accomplishments. Read More›››   Events Scholastic Presents Math@Work: Register for Webcast Tying Classroom Math to Culinary Careers By SLJ Register now for Scholastic’s April 29 webcast of Math@Work in which The Chew’s Carla Hall and recent Top Chef winner Nicholas Elmi get together with three NYC high school students to create healthy dishes and discover the links between classroom math and the careers they aspire to. Read More››› Collection Development Spring Picks: Great Books About Eggs and Chicks By Joy Fleishhacker Just in time for spring, here are 12 lively books for young readers about eggs and chicks bursting with a sense of exhilarating discovery, natural renewal, and out-and-out exuberance. Read More›››   Reviews SLJ Reviews ‘Port Chicago 50’ a Book About African American WWII Sailors | Audio Pick By Patricia Ann Owens This powerful book that tells the story of brave men who fought the entrenched system of segregation found within the U.S. military during World War II takes on ever greater depth in audio. Read More›››

Technology Free New Game Apps Support Children with Autism By SLJ One of the new apps from the Center for Autism and Related Disorders aims to empower children on the autism spectrum to reach out to first responders and other community members when they need help. Read More›››   Blog Spotlight: Adult Books 4 Teens ‘A Game of Thrones’: the Comic Book Series By Mark Flowers Game of Thrones fans rejoice! The first book of George R.R. Martin’s ‘Game of Thrones’ series, A Song of Ice and Fire, has been adapted into a volume of comic books.    Read More›››   Touch and Go Review: Writing and Racing with Geronimo Stilton By SLJ Not many mice can boast a series of books, graphic novels, audiobooks, a website, and a newspaper, unless of course, it’s Geronimo Stilton. And now the prolific journalist/editor/adventurer has added an app to his oeuvre, brought to us via Scholastic. Read More›››

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