School Library Jounral RSS School Library Journal en_us Fri, 17 May 2013 17:29:19 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.rss.XMLServer.cls Photograph by David Ho. Your novel Code Name Verity begins after a British plane piloted by Maddie crashes into Nazi-occupied France. It’s tough to talk about the story without giving too much away. When I’m trying to sell it to people who know noth... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/894718-338/straighten_up_and_fly_right.html.csp Mark Tuchman Interviews 914014@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:24:03 I’m on my way to visit Susan Cooper on an unseasonably warm day in mid-February. As my car cruises along, about 45 minutes south of Boston, low tide reveals miles of untouched marshland. I drive across a short causeway, creep down an unpaved lane, and ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/894510-338/staying_power_edwards_award_winner.html.csp Mark Tuchman Interviews 906461@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:23:40 Your novel, The Wicked and the Just, has two feisty 13th-century teens: Cecily, whose father forces her to move to Wales from England to seek a better life, and Gwenhwyfar, her resentful servant who lost everything when the British took over her town. ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/894187-338/bloody_good_dont_miss_j..csp Mark Tuchman Interviews 893854@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 16 May 2012 17:23:13 Photograph by Marty Umans It was a surprisingly warm day in Dallas as John Corey Whaley stood at the American Library Association’s (ALA) January midwinter meeting still “in complete shock,” looking like a guy who’d just hit the daily double. Who cou... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/894184-338/flying_high_the_improbable_true.html.csp Mark Tuchman Interviews 893830@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 16 May 2012 17:23:13 Contemporary American teenagers have grown up in a country that has been at war for their entire lifetime. All of them have experienced loss, injury and trauma in their communities, if not personally in their own families. Dau's debut novel takes r... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/894306-338/the_debutthe_book_of_jonas.html.csp Dodie Ownes Interviews 898102@eschoolibraryjournal.com Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:22:57 When Temple Grandin was born, her parents didn’t know she had autism. In fact, her father thought she was retarded and wanted to send her to live in a mental hospital. Today, she’s a renowned scientist who designs humane environments for cattle and oth... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/893864-338/holy_cow_sy_montgomerys_temple.html.csp Interviews 883572@eschoolibraryjournal.com Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:22:47 Sixteen-year-old Lexington Bartleby is more than just acting out. In the last couple of years, her behavior has been increasingly hostile and violent and just plain unexplainable. Even her twin, Concord (yes, the girls were named after Revolutionary War b... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/893987-338/the_debut-gina_damico_croak.html.csp Dodie Ownes Interviews 887460@eschoolibraryjournal.com Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:22:36 Photographs by Richard Freeda I’ve known Sarah Ludwig since she was a library school student at Simmons College. When we first met, her goal was to be a teen librarian. Then one day Sarah told me about a school library job she was thinking of applyi... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/893927-338/next_years_model_sarah_ludwig.html.csp Mark Tuchman Interviews 886440@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:22:32 Your first novel, Legend, triggered a major bidding war, Hollywood can’t wait to turn it into a movie, and you’re only 27. It’s just been a really, really exciting ride. I wake up all the time and I pinch myself, because it’s all just so overwhelming so... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/893534-338/tough_love_marie_lus_dystopian.html.csp Mark Tuchman Interviews 869051@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:21:57 Your gorgeous new picture book is about Sylvia Earle, an oceanographer and leading spokesperson on the importance of the ocean to our planet’s survival. She’s designed undersea research vessels and has spent more than 7,000 hours underwater. Have you ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/893382-338/going_deep_author-artist_claire_a..csp Interviews 864445@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:21:42 It’s nice to know people in high places—and for librarians, Jack Reed is at the top of the list. Just when things were looking hopeless for our nation’s media centers, the Democratic Senator from Rhode Island delivered an unexpected holiday gift to the... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/893223-338/hes_got_your_back_senator.html.csp Interviews 859277@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:21:27 Thanhha Lai was eating chocolate cake at Cipriani Wall Street in New York, nearly 9,000 miles from her birthplace. It was the evening of November 16, and she was about to be astonished. “I thought surely I possess enough social grace to chew and clap s... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/893040-338/the_inside_story_it_took.html.csp Interviews 853293@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:21:06 Hollywood’s eager to turn your New York Times best sellers into movies, your book tours take you all over the globe, you play a few instruments and paint, plus you have two small kids—and you’re not even 30. What’s it like being such a slacker? [Laughs]... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/893044-338/the_mane_event_maggie_stiefvater.html.csp Mark Tuchman Interviews 853321@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:21:01 Thirteen-year-old Travis can’t read. To make matters worse, he’s moved to a new town far from his beloved woods. But when he meets good-hearted, outgoing Velveeta, his life takes an unexpected turn. It’s a perfect story for you to write, given that bot... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/892865-338/fish_of_a_different_color.html.csp Interviews 848568@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:20:26 Few people know that Stalin deported more than 300,000 Lithuanians, including many women and children who were shipped to Siberia in cattle cars and left to die.  That was Stalin’s plan. There’s this quote which is just chilling, where Stalin says deat... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/889304-338/super_sad_love_story_ruta.html.csp Mark Tuchman Interviews 727385@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 Photograph by Matthew Turley. Matched takes place in a dystopian society that controls who you marry, what you eat, and when you die. But 17-year-old Cassia challenges the established order when she falls for two guys—her state-approved match and so... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/888331-338/altar_ego_in_ally_condies.html.csp Interviews 695298@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 Photograph by Brownie Harris Black Hole Sun is a zany story about a disgraced teenage soldier who’s hired to save a group of down-on-their-luck miners from a band of cannibalistic marauders. How’d you first describe it to your editor, Virginia Dun... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/887340-338/men_are_from_mars_david.html.csp Interviews 668303@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 Photograph by Gregory Campbell/Getty Images for SLJ It's 1962 and Russia is sending missiles to Cuba. Eleven-year-old Franny Chapman lives near Washington, DC-a prime target-and she's terrified that the crisis may lead to war. You and Franny are from ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/885420-338/dire_straits_deborah_wiless_countdown.html.csp Interviews 607238@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/892098-338/da_do_ron_ron_ron.html.csp Mark Tuchman Interviews 823630@eschoolibraryjournal.com Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:20:16 How the Dinosaur Got to the Museum tells the true story of how a 145-million-year-old Diplodocus longus ended up at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. Were you crazy about dinosaurs as a kid? I was not one of those kids who were especially excited abo... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/892460-338/absolutely_dino-mite_jessie_hartlands_latest.html.csp Mark Tuchman Interviews 836068@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:19:56 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/891920-338/the_buddy_system_how_two.html.csp Mark Tuchman Interviews 817321@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:19:51 While growing up in Japan, your father discouraged you from drawing. And in your new book we first see him from behind. It’s the only time I show him. When I saw that illustration, I knew it meant trouble. You’re very perceptive—no one’s picked up on tha... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/891615-338/say_what_allen_says_drawing.html.csp Interviews 807385@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:18:55 Sidekicks opens with Bright Boy, aka Scott Hutchinson, the teen sidekick of superhero Phantom Justice, getting aroused as he’s rescuing a hot young woman. The bulge in his bright yellow tights is caught on camera, and now everyone’s cracking jokes at ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/891208-338/frenemies_jack_d._ferraiolos_hilarious.csp Mark Tuchman Interviews 792688@eschoolibraryjournal.com Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:18:52 Jasper Jones opens with a horrifying scene—the body of a young girl is found hanging from a tree. Can you set up the story for those who haven’t read it? It’s set in the summer of 1965 in a rural town in Western Australia. It’s chiefly about two boys w... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/891071-338/secrets_and_lies.html.csp Interviews 788623@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:18:19 In Wild Wings, two kids protect a pair of endangered ospreys by keeping their existence a secret. Somehow, it seems fitting that you write in a tree house—at least, when the weather’s nice. Since we live in England, that’s probably about one day a year... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/890232-338/a_birds-eye_view.html.csp Interviews 759528@eschoolibraryjournal.com Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:18:14 Fourteen-year-old David has a normal life that borders on the bizarre—his father is a psychologist to juvenile "hard cases" with a practice in a tiny French village, while his mother, now living with the long-suffering Édouard in Paris, is a sharkish divo... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/891293-338/the_debut_gary_ghislain_how.html.csp Dodie Ownes Interviews 794943@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:18:05 Your name comes from being born in the front seat of a Mini Cooper in South Wales. Did you name your son, Herbie, after the Volkswagen bug in the Disney film? I don’t know whether the film had any influence. But at one point, when I was about to have H... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/889789-338/what_makes_mini_run.html.csp Mark Tuchman Interviews 744645@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:16:21 Photograph by Tsar Fedorsky/Getty Images for SLJ In your new novel, Alexander and Robert are two teenage brothers being raised by their struggling mom. Can you give us a thumbnail sketch of them? Sure. Alexander calls himself Xan because he likes th... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/888895-338/young_adult_friction_chris_lynchs.html.csp Mark Tuchman Interviews 713927@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:15:37 Photograph by Matt Carr/Getty Images for SLJ. Your first novel follows the wild, wacky, and often blood-splattered adventures of Hansel and Gretel. What triggered that idea? It all started when I was teaching a second-grade class [at Saint Ann’s in Br... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/887606-338/bloody_good_adam_gidwitzs_a.html.csp Interviews 677944@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:15:25 Photograph by Derek Dudek When a severe storm separates a monk named Abba Jacob from his loyal terrier, Snook, the dog is stranded on a remote island. The writing is gorgeous and so are the illustrations. Thank you. I just can’t get over the beauty o... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/886896-338/doggone_good_marilyn_nelson_talks.html.csp Mark Tuchman Interviews 654170@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:15:25   Photograph byGabe Palacio/ Getty Images for SLJ Revolution is about two troubled teens, separated by two centuries. Andi, a talented modern-day musician, is deeply depressed because she feels responsible for her younger brother's death. And ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/886359-338/you_say_you_want_a.html.csp Interviews 634540@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:15:25   Photograph by Matt Peyton/ Getty Images for SLJ. Ballet for Martha, by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, tells the story of how Martha Graham teamed up with composer Aaron Copland and sculptor Isamu Noguchi to create Appalachian Spring, a moder... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/886054-338/dancing_with_the_stars_whats.html.csp Mark Tuchman Interviews 624508@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:15:25 Rick Riordan loves flavoring his mythological-based tales of Ancient Greece and Egypt with a heavy dose of educational spice, sending his young readers racing for forgotten tomes in their libraries. We catch up with the adored author and former English te... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/885597-338/rick_riordan_on_his_latest.html.csp Debra Whelan Interviews 613278@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:15:25 If you haven't heard of Judy Blundell until recently, join the club. For nearly 20 years, Blundell has toiled in anonymity, turning out more than 100 mysteries, romances, and media tie-ins under various pen names, such as Jude Watson. But in mid-November,... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/860303-338/the_great_unknown_daniel_handler.html.csp Daniel Handler Interviews 433718@eschoolibraryjournal.com Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:15:19 Salem Press doesn't just like library blogs-they love 'em. In an effort 'to expose the little-known and excellent in an ongoing way,'; the publisher has created the Library Blog Awards. The first wave of awards will focus on topical blogs that primarily a... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/884802-338/library_blog_awards.html.csp Dodie Ownes Interviews 584030@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation (MEAF) is all about inclusion: 'an attitude and approach that seeks to ensure that every person, regardless of ability or background, can meaningfully participate in all aspects of life.'; Now in its third year, ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/884799-338/all_together_now.html.csp Dodie Ownes Interviews 584023@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Thinking of applying for a grant from the Big Read? You'd better hurry: February 12 is the rapidly approaching deadline. The Big Read, a program in which libraries collaborate with local community organizations, aims to encourage the pursuit of reading fo... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/864075-338/aposbig_readapos_grants_applications_are.html.csp SLJ Staff Interviews 452584@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 From left: Brian Selznick, Kathleen Duey, Sherman Alexie, Sara Zarr, and M. Sindy Felin It was the perfect pairing: 250 New York City students who love to read met five National Book Award finalists who love to write on November 13, lobbing qu... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/863976-338/nyc_teens_interview_national_book.html.csp Joan Oleck Interviews 452088@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 If you've got a great media center program, then apply for the Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award for Exemplary Humanities Programming. You could end up winning $4,000 for your library.Applications from any public or private elementary or middle ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/863734-338/enter_the_sara_jaffarian_school.html.csp SLJ Staff Interviews 450879@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 As the winner of this year's 'What Book Got You Hooked? contest by the literacy group First Book, Oklahoma will receive 50,000 new, age-appropriate books for kids who most need them.Thanks to a campaign led by a state literacy specialist,librarians and ot... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/863730-338/first_book_donates_50000_new.html.csp Joan Oleck Interviews 450859@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Judith Dahill, a media specialist at the High School of Fashion Industries in New York City, just won an extreme makeover-and not just for her school library, but for herself, too, courtesy of Jones New York/Lowe's.Dahill entered the Third Annual Back to ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/863707-338/slj_talks_to_media_specialist.html.csp Debra Lau Whelan Interviews 450743@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 If anyone knows about underserved communities, it's Kate DiCamillo. That's why her publisher, Candlewick Press, has chosen to honor the award-winning author with its new grant, titled 'Light the Way: Outreach to the Underserved.'; The grant will award a $... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/863661-338/slj_talks_with_author_kate.html.csp Joan Oleck Interviews 450513@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The story of a Muslim girl on a class trip to an apple orchard has won the inaugural Arab American National Museum Book Award for children's/YA literature. One Green Apple (Clarion, 2007) by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Ted Lewin, (reviewed last year by SL... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/863596-338/amplsquoone_green_appleapos_wins_arab.html.csp SLJ Staff Interviews 450189@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 A picture book about prairie dogs abuzz over an intruding fuzzy object, a YA novel about a 13-year-old's family dilemma, and a Carl Hiaasen selection about a teen's mission to clean up his community are the winners of the 2007 Vermont Department of Librar... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/863477-338/carl_hiaasen_nabs_dorothy_canfield.html.csp SLJ Staff Interviews 449593@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 School Library Journal has received three Distinguished Achievement Awards for best editorial, feature article, and e-Zine from the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP). The awards, which recognize this year's best educational materials in books, p... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/863327-338/aposschool_library_journalapos_wins_three.html.csp SLJ Staff Interviews 448843@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Toni Bissessar, branch manager of the Columbia Pike and Glencarlyn branches of the Arlington County Public Library, is this year's winner of the Arnulfo D. Trejo Librarian of the Year Award.Bissessar was given the honor for her contributions to REFORMA (t... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/863325-338/toni_bissessar_receives_2007_reforma.html.csp SLJ Staff Interviews 448834@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/863307-338/m.t._anderson_nabs_boston_globeamp8211horn.csp SLJ Staff Interviews 448743@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/863178-338/slj_catches_up_with_newbery.html.csp Joan Oleck Interviews 448098@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Move over, Susan Patron and David Wiesner. The competition for the Newbery and Caldecott medals could get a lot stiffer. A task force of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is reexamining the eligibility requirements for the nation's to... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/862917-338/a_newbery_for_j._k..csp Debra Lau Whelan Interviews 446793@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/862916-338/alsc_gives_green_light_to.html.csp Debra Lau Whelan Interviews 446788@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/862915-338/hitting_below_the_belt.html.csp Debra Lau Whelan Interviews 446784@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 One lousy starred review. That was all, initially, that Susan Patron had to show for the 10 years she spent writing The Higher Power of Lucky, her funny, tender story of a little girl struggling to gain control over her life. One star, from Kirkus Reviews... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/862908-338/the_higher_power_of_patron.html.csp Joan Oleck Photographs By Brian Interviews 446749@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Judy Blundell, author of What I Saw and How I Lied (Scholastic), is the 2008 National Book Award winner in the category of children's literature.Judy Blundell is this year's National Book Award winner in the category of children's literature. Blundell, wh... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/860136-338/blundell_nabs_national_book_award.html.csp Rocco Staino Interviews 432884@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Some 200 student reporters from the New York City area yesterday grilled five of this year's National Book Award finalists at the 11th annual Teen Press Conference .NBA finalists, from left, Lockhart, Anderson, Blundell, Appelt, Tharp. Photos:... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/860132-338/nyc_teens_schmooze_with_national.html.csp Rocco Staino Interviews 432863@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 John Ibbitson's The Landing, a coming-of-age story that takes place in Canada's Muskoka region in the 1930s, is this year's winner of the Governor General's Literacy Awards for children's literature in English, which honors the finest in Canadian literatu... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/860130-338/error_error_6901_xslt_xml.html.csp SLJ Staff Interviews 432854@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Every autumn since 1952, the New York Times Book Review has invited a panel of judges to survey the year's output of children's books and to select the top 10 best illustrated. This year's trio of judges were: author and illustrator Christopher Myers, who... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/860074-338/nyt_best_illustrated_childrenaposs_books.html.csp SLJ Staff Interviews 432573@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Suzy Lee, whose simplistic illustrations in the wordless book Wave (Chronicle) tell the story of a little girl's day at the beach, is this year's Society of Illustrators' gold medal winner.Silver medals were awarded to Kadir Nelson for We Are the Ship: Th... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/860073-338/suzy_lee_nabs_society_of.html.csp Rocco Staino Interviews 432568@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Right before the announcement of this year's Newbery winner, I had two surprising encounters. First, a librarian at my local public library confessed that she had no interest in learning 'what unreadable Newbery the committee was going to foist on us this... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/859861-338/has_the_newbery_lost_its.html.csp Anita Silvey Interviews 431506@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 For the first time, school librarians are now eligible to apply for the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award, created seven years ago to recognize the work of public librarians.The decision to include media specialists... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/859700-338/school_librarians_now_eligible_for.html.csp Rocco Staino Interviews 430700@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Francesca Lia Block, author of Weetzie Bat (HarperCollins), about an offbeat heroine who shares a Hollywood cottage with three equally quirky companions, is winner of the 1989/2009 Phoenix Award, given to the author of an English-language children's bookt... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/859359-338/francesca_lia_block_wins_phoenix.html.csp SLJ Staff Interviews 428994@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Do you remember being bored in class? You tried to entertain yourself by hunting for interesting pictures in your textbooks, only to find that they were too tiny to see. If you recall this feeling, then you'll be thrilled to hear about Picturing America.T... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/859352-338/picturing_america_in_your_school.html.csp Amrisa Niranjan Interviews 428959@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Two librarians, a second grade teacher, and a Spanish instructor grabbed first place honors in the first annual SIG Media Specialist (SIGMS) Technology Innovation Awards. Sponsored by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), Linworth ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/859130-338/iste_honors_technology_innovators.html.csp Lauren Barack Interviews 427850@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 If you're an elementary or middle school educator with a great idea for going green with lessons about the environment or renewable energy, there's a $1,000 grant out there with your name on it.LIVE GREEN, co-sponsored by Discovery Education and General M... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/858914-338/aposgreenapos_grants_for_educators.html.csp SLJ Staff Interviews 426770@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The kids in Sharen Pula's fifth-grade class are getting ready to go on a journey. One boy kicks off his shoes to get comfy. Another lies on his side, head on hand. A girl loosens her ponytail before leaning against the library wall.Like a force of nature,... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/858885-338/a_tall_tale_laura_amy.html.csp Mary Grace Gallagher Interviews 426624@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Award-winning children's author Jacqueline Wilson is now a Dame Commander of the British Empire, the female equivalent of a knight.Wilson, 62, who enjoys rock-star status in the United Kingdom, has won many awards, including the Smarties Prize and the Gua... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/858605-338/dame_jacqueline_wilson.html.csp Staff Interviews 425224@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 If you were surprised by this year's Caldecott Medal winner, you weren't alone. Even Brian Selznick was stunned that his novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Scholastic), took the prize for the most distinguished American picture book for children. 'I nev... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/858603-338/caldecott_stunner.html.csp Staff Interviews 425215@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Greg Foley is winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award for Thank You, Bear (Viking, 2007), his debut picture book about the uncertainties of childhood.Thank You, Bear, intended for children ages three to seven, tells the story of Bear who begins to doubt whe... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/858591-338/charlotte_zolotow_award_goes_to.html.csp Joan Oleck Interviews 425154@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Anita Silvey, an expert on children's literature, has won the 29th annual Jeremiah Ludington Memorial Award, the Educational Paperback Association (EPA) announced this week.The Ludington Award, named after EPA's founder, is presented annually to an indivi... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/858575-338/anita_silvey_wins_jeremiah_ludington.html.csp Joan Oleck Interviews 425075@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Deborah Heiligman and Phillip Hoose are competing head-to-head again-this time for the first Young Adult Library Services Association's (YALSA) Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. Heiligman's Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith (... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/858437-338/yalsa_names_first_2010_nonfiction.html.csp Rocco Staino Interviews 424385@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The 2009 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award has been awarded to the Tamer Institute for Community Education,a nonprofit organization that promotes reading in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Founded in 1989, the Ramallah-based Tamer is an educational nongove... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/857128-338/astrid_lindgren_memorial_award_goes.html.csp SLJ Staff Interviews 417823@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Mabel R. McKissick, cofounder of the American Library Association's Coretta Scott King Book Awards, died March 20 at the Bridebrook Rehabilitation Center in Niantic, CT. She was 87.Mabel McKissick, cofounder of the Coretta Scott King Award, dies at 87. Th... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/857127-338/coretta_scott_king_book_awards.html.csp SLJ Staff Interviews 417818@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Neil Gaiman may have turned down his Hugo Award nomination for Anansi Boys (2005) in 2006, buthe's game this time with his recent recognition for The Graveyard Book (2008, both HarperCollins).The Hugos are awards for excellence in the field of science fic... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/857117-338/gaiman_says_aposyesapos_to_hugo.html.csp Rocco Staino Interviews 417768@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Amale nanny, a gay quarterback, and an 18-year-old girl who falls in love with an older woman are some of the characters found in the six finalists for the Lambda Literary Award in the area of children's and young adult literature.The Lammy, as the award ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/857103-338/lgbt_award_for_kidaposs_lit.html.csp Rocco Staino Interviews 417698@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The National Book Critics Circle Awards (NBCC) has recognized the often overlooked area of children's literature, giving its 2009 award in the field of criticism to Seth Lerer's Children's Literature: A Reader's History from Aesop to Harry Potter(Universi... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/857081-338/nbcc_awards_book_on_kid.html.csp Rocco Staino Interviews 417587@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 What do you wish everyone knew about librarians? Lisbeth Boutang, a children's librarian at Cloquet Public Library in Minnesota, says she wishes that people knew about their courage to imagine.Lisbeth Boutang won grand prize. 'Between the tired reference ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/857054-338/childrenaposs_school_librarians_win_the.html.csp SLJ Staff Interviews 417452@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Nothing warms a librarian's heart more than another book award list, and on Valentine's Day kid lit bloggers announced the winners of the Cybils (Children's and YA Bloggers' Literary Awards), which started three years ago by bloggers Anne Levy and Kelly H... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/856908-338/gaiman_lockhart_nab_cybils.html.csp Rocco Staino Interviews 416715@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/856900-338/keats_illustrator_award_goes_to.html.csp Rocco Staino Interviews 416673@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 For the last 87 years, the Newbery Medal has always created a stir among librarians, adults, and children. And it wasn't any different at this year's American Library Association (ALA) midwinter meeting in Denver. SLJ caught up with several librarians tog... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/856822-338/librarians_respond_to_newbery_other.html.csp Rocco Staino Interviews 416278@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 error: ERROR #6901: XSLT XML Transformer Error: SAXParseException: Expected entity name for reference (, line 2, column 12)... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/856760-338/error_error_6901_xslt_xml.html.csp SLJ Staff Interviews 415969@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Caldecott-medal winner Kevin Henkes is this year's recipient of the Jeremiah Ludington Award, presented annually to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the paperback book business.Previous winners of the annual award, named after the ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/856704-338/henkes_nabs_educational_paperback_association.html.csp SLJ Staff Interviews 415689@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The economy is tanking. Detroit's Big Three are quaking. And in the world of children's book awards, the sparks are flying. According to children's book expert Anita Silvey, the Newbery Medal, the top prize for children's literature, has recently been bes... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/interviews/856683-338/anita_silveyaposs_aposhas_the_newbery.html.csp SLJ Staff Interviews 415583@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45