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SLJ Interviews Vince Vawter, Newbery Honor-Winning Author of ‘Paperboy’
Photo of Vince Vawter by J. Mile Cary. Author Vince Vawter already had a 40-year career in newspapers behind him when he wrote Paperboy (Delacorte, 2013), his Newbery Honor-winning book about a boy...
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2014 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award Finalists Announced
The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) has announced the finalists for the 2014 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award for Young Adult...
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AASL Approves New Mission Statement of Empowerment
At the 2014 ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas, the AASL Board of Directors unanimously voted to approve a new mission statement: The American Association of School Librarians empowers leaders to...
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‘Eleanor & Park’ Wins 2014 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award for Young Adult...
The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) has announced that the 2014 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Winner is Eleanor & Park by Rainbow...
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Teens Teach Tech Grants, Giveaways, and Teens’ Top Ten Voting Opens | SLJTeen...
Looking for a way to get your older patrons up to speed on the latest tech gadgets, but short on staff time? Turn to your teens for help by having them apply for a Teens Teaching Tech grant. Chronicle...
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Taking the Teen Summer Challenge to New Heights, Pierce County Style
Teen Summer Challenge began in 2012 when dedicated Pierce County Library System (PCLS, Washington) staff identified the need for an approach to summer reading that moved beyond a traditional...
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What You Should Know About Banned Websites Awareness Day, September 24
As part of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Banned Books Week campaign to raise awareness about the impact of censorship on intellectual freedom, the American Association of School Librarians...
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YALSA Hosts Teen Read Week Twitter Chat Today
Teen Read Week (TRW), a national adolescent literacy initiative created by Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), is coming up October 12–18. Hashtag into the Twitter conversation (#trw14)...
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Graphic Novel Resources; Collection Development Grant; Green Cooking for...
Graphic Novel Help for the Classroom is Here Thanks to three of SLJ‘s Good Comics for Kids bloggers—Brigid Alverson, Robin Brenner, and Eva Volin—for assembling a great list of titles and resources for...
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REFORMA Brings Books, Backpacks, and Support to Unaccompanied Minors
REFORMA president Silvia Cisneros (r.) with Border Patrol Officer Lopez. Cisneros delivered 300 books to the McAllen Texas Centralized Processing Center on behalf of the library organization. Photos...
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10 Frequently Challenged Graphic Novels | Banned Books Week
Also read: Teaching with Graphic Novels Graphic Novels Resources for the Classroom Banned Books Week (September 21–27) is celebrating graphic novels this year, thanks to a partnership between the...
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We Need Diverse Books and School Library Journal Announce Collaboration
We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) has announced its collaboration with School Library Journal on a variety of initiatives concerning diversity in children’s literature. “SLJ has a long and storied history...
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Teen Historians at New York Historical Society Curate Time Capsule to Be...
On October 8, one time capsule from 1914 was opened and another one from 2014 was sealed, at the New-York Historical Society (NYHS) in New York City. Among the items in the time capsule capturing 2014:...
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At International Conference on Children’s Librarianship, Transformation and...
Krishna Grady addresses the audience. “Are you a Transformed Librarian?” That question was asked throughout the First International Conference on Children’s Librarianship hosted by the National Library...
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Carnegie-Whitney Grants Available; YALSA 2014 Maker Contest Winners | SLJTeen...
Grant Money Available for the Promotion of Library Resources The ALA Carnegie-Whitney Grant program provides grants of up to $5,000 for the preparation of print or electronic reading lists, indexes, or...
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JFK Essay Contest; Toyota Video Challenge; Gale Cengage Grant; Hunger Games...
JFK Profile in Courage 2015 Essay Contest Now Open for Submissions The annual Profile in Courage Essay Contest invites students from across the nation to write an essay describing an act of political...
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Five Things to Love at YALSA’S YA Lit Symposium
More than 500 librarians and teachers came together to celebrate young adult literature at YALSA’S 2014 Young Adult Literature Symposium on November 14–17 in Austin. The official theme was “Keeping It...
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January Deadline for 2015 Coretta Scott King Book Grants
Underfunded libraries, schools, and any agency that provides educational services to children (this includes, but is not limited to schools, libraries, social service agencies, prisons or detention...
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Miss Honey Award; Wolf Chronicles Giveaway; Teen Tech Grants | SLJTeen News
Apply Now for Social Justice Award Sponsored by Penguin Random House, the Miss Honey Social Justice Award seeks to recognize school librarians who have worked with teachers to execute a project, event,...
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Graphic Novel Reading Lists Now Available from ALSC
Three new graphic novel reading lists intended for children from kindergarten through eighth grade have been released by the Association of Library Services to Children (ALSC), a division of the...
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