School Library Jounral RSS School Library Journal en_us Thu, 16 May 2013 17:29:18 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.rss.XMLServer.cls In this Article Nonfiction BARDUGO, Leigh. Shadow and Bone. Bk.1. 358p. (The Grisha Trilogy). Holt. June 2012. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-8050-9459-6; ebook $9.99. ISBN 978-0-8050-9710-8. Gr 7 Up–Fast-paced and unpredictable, this debut novel will be a ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/894437-316/grades_5__up_june.html.csp Grade5AndUp 903761@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:24:24 Olive and the Big Secret (Freeman) ©2012 by Tor Freeman  Preschool to Grade 4 BATEMAN, Donna M. Out on the Prairie. illus. by Susan Swan. Charlesbridge. July 2012. p. 65. CECIL, Randy. Horsefly and Honeybee. illus. by author. Holt. p. 55. CERULLO, M... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/894715-316/school_library_journal_stars_list.html.csp Grade5AndUp 914002@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:24:03 In this Article Fiction Series Update ANDERSON, Jodi Lynn. Tiger Lily. 292p. HarperCollins/HarperTeen. July 2012. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-06-200325-6; ebook $9.99. ISBN 978-0-06-211461-7.  Gr 8-11–Tiger Lily is the adopted daughter of Tik Tok, shaman... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/894711-316/grades_5__up_july.html.csp Grade5AndUp 913981@eschoolibraryjournal.com Sat, 30 Jun 2012 17:23:58 In this Article Grades 5 and Up The following titles are continuations in fiction series that are most likely familiar to most of our readers, and we assume that purchase will be based on the popularity of the earlier titles.—Trev Jones Eleme... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/894891-316/fiction_series_roundup_grades_5.html.csp Josephine Marc-Anthony Grade5AndUp 920352@eschoolibraryjournal.com Sat, 30 Jun 2012 17:23:58 Preschool to Grade 4 BUITRAGO, Jairo. Jimmy the Greatest! illus. by Rafael Yockteng. Groundwood. p. 79. FERN, Tracey. Barnum’s Bones. illus. by Boris Kulikov. Farrar/Margaret Ferguson. p. 102. HOBERMAN, Mary Ann. I Like Old Clothes. illus. by Patrice Bar... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/894440-316/school_library_journal_stars_list.html.csp Grade5AndUp 903775@eschoolibraryjournal.com Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:23:29 In this Article Fiction Series Roundup CHAMBERS, Aidan. Dying to Know You. 276p. Abrams/Amulet. 2012. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-1-4197-0165-8.  Gr 9 Up–Quiet, good-looking, and sensitive, 18-year-old Karl Williamson has a secret. He’s dyslexic and much ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/894168-316/grades_5__up_may.html.csp Grade5AndUp 893532@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 09 May 2012 17:23:06 In this Article Grades 5 and Up The books listed below are new addition to fiction series that are most likely familiar to most of our readers, and we assume that purchase will be based on the popularity of the earlier titles.  —Trev Jones BATTLE... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/894354-316/fiction_series_roundup_grades_5.html.csp Josephine Marc-Anthony Grade5AndUp 901640@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 09 May 2012 17:23:06 Surfer Chick (Dempsey) ©2012 by Henry Cole  Preschool to Grade 4 ALLEN, Jonathan. Don’t Copy Me! illus. by author. Boxer Bks., dist. by Sterling. p. 66. COOMBS, Kate. Water Sings Blue. illus. by Meilo So. Chronicle. p. 86. DEMPSEY, Kristy. Surfer... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/894171-316/school_library_journal_stars_list.html.csp Grade5AndUp 893550@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 02 May 2012 17:22:59 PRESCHOOL TO GRADE 4 BARNETT, Mac. Chloe and the Lion . illus. by Adam Rex. Hyperion/Disney. Apr. 2012. p. 129. GREY, Mini. Traction Man and the Beach Odyssey. illus. by author. Random. May 2012. p. 134. HARTNETT, Sonya. Sadie and Ratz . illus. by Ann ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/893865-316/school_library_journal_stars_list.html.csp Grade5AndUp 883578@eschoolibraryjournal.com Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:22:57 CASHORE, Kristin. Bitterblue. 546p. Dial. May 2012. Tr $19.99. ISBN 978-0-8037-3473-9. LC number unavailable.  Gr 8 Up–When the evil King Leck was killed, his 10-year-old daughter, Bitterblue, suddenly became Queen of Monsea. King Leck had the Grace,... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/893867-316/grades_5__up_april.html.csp Grade5AndUp 883586@eschoolibraryjournal.com Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:22:26 Just Ducks! (Davies) ©2012 by Salvatore Rubbino Preschool to Grade 4 BINGHAM, Kelly. Z Is for Moose. illus. by Paul O. Zelinsky. HarperCollins/Greenwillow. Mar. 2012. p. 114. DAVIES, Nicola. Just Ducks! illus. by Salvatore Rubbino. Candlewick.... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/893634-316/school_library_journal_stars_list.html.csp Grade5AndUp 872908@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:21:57 Jump To Grades 5 and Up The books listed below are new installments in fiction series that are most likely familiar to most of our readers, and we assume that purchase will be based on the popularity of the earlier titles.—Trev Jones BASYE, Dale ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/893766-316/fiction_series_roundup_grades_5.html.csp Josephine Marc-Anthony Grade5AndUp 879988@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:21:57 Jump To Fiction Series Roundup BOYCE, Frank Cottrell. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again. illus. by Joe Berger. 216p. Candlewick. Mar. 2012. Tr $15.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-5957-8; ebook $15.99. ISBN 978-0-7636-5961-5. LC number unavailable.   Gr 3-6... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/893543-316/grades_5__up_march.html.csp Grade5AndUp 869154@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:21:57 In this Article Nonfiction Fiction ELLISON, Kate. The Butterfly Clues. 325p. Egmont USA. Feb. 2012. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-1-60684-263-8; ebook $17.99. ISBN 978-1-60684-268-3. LC number unavailable.  Gr 9 Up–From the very first page of this novel, ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/893276-316/grades_5__up_february.html.csp Grade5AndUp 860874@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:21:28 The Hero of Little Street (Rogers) ©2012 Illustration by Gregory Rogers.  Preschool to Grade 4 BUZZEO, Toni. One Cool Friend. illus. by David Small. Dial. p. 83.     COREY, Shana. Here Come the Girl Scouts! illus. by Hadley Hooper. Scholastic. ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/893278-316/school_library_journal_stars_list.html.csp Grade5AndUp 860884@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:21:27 In this Article Grades 5 and Up The books listed below are continuations of series that are most likely familiar to most of our readers; we list them to get the information to you faster so that you can update your collections if the earlier books... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/893205-316/fiction_series_roundup_grades_5.html.csp Josephine Marc-Anthony Grade5AndUp 858819@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:21:01 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/892994-316/school_library_journal_stars_list.html.csp Grade5AndUp 852561@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:21:01 In this Article Nonfiction Fiction Series Roundup FICTION APPLEGATE, Katherine. The One and Only Ivan. illus. by Patricia Castelao. 305p. CIP. HarperCollins/Harper. Jan. 2012. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-06-199225-4; ebook $9.99. ISBN 978-0-06-210198-... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/892990-316/grades_5__up_january.html.csp Grade5AndUp 852541@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:21:01 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/888576-316/grades_5__up.html.csp Grade5AndUp 703952@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:21:00 In this Article Nonfiction Fiction Series Roundup Fiction AUXIER, Jonathan. Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes. illus. by author. 386p. CIP. Abrams/Amulet. 2011. Tr $16.95. ISBN 978-1-4197-0025-5. LC 2010048692.  Gr 5-8–Peter Nimble is a 10-ye... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/891921-316/grades_5__up.html.csp Grade5AndUp 817328@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:21:00 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/889883-316/grades_5__up.html.csp Grade5AndUp 747717@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:21:00 In this Article Nonfiction Fiction AUSTEN, Catherine. All Good Children. 300p. Orca. 2011. Tr $19.95. ISBN 978-1-55469-824-0. LC number unavailable.  Gr 8-11–Maxwell Connors lives in the planned community of New Middletown with his mother and you... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/892685-316/grades_5_and_up_december.html.csp Grade5AndUp 842338@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:20:39 In this Article Nonfiction Fiction ABBOTT, Tony. Lunch-Box Dream. 192p. Farrar/Frances Foster Bks. 2011. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-0-374-34673-7. LC number unavailable. Gr 4-6–It is 1959, and nine-year-old Bobby’s mother decides to make a vacation out ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/891551-316/grades_5__up.html.csp Grade5AndUp 804889@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 In this Article Nonfiction Fiction Series Roundup Fiction ACAMPORA, Paul. Rachel Spinelli Punched Me in the Face. 176p. CIP. Roaring Brook. Aug. 2011. Tr $15.99. ISBN 978-1-59643-548-3. LC 2010027436.   Gr 6-8– In this warm and funny novel, a m... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/891213-316/grades_5__up.html.csp Grade5AndUp 792715@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/889403-316/grades_5__up.html.csp Grade5AndUp 731878@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 Fiction Also in this Issue Fiction Nonfiction BARKER, Claire. Magical Mail. illus. by author. 174p. Boxer Bks., dist. by Sterling. 2010. Tr $12.95. ISBN 978-1-907152-65-8. LC number unavailable. Gr 4-6–Faith is a rather ordinary child, born... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/887982-316/grades_5__up.html.csp Grade5AndUp 689341@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 In this Article Nonfiction Fiction Series Roundup Fiction ABELA, Deborah. The Ghosts of Gribblesea Pier. 240p. CIP. Farrar. 2011. Tr $15.99. ISBN 978-0-374-36239-3. LC 2010022517.  Gr 3-6–In this charmer of a ghostly adventure tale, Aurelie Bon... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/892308-316/grades_5_and_up.html.csp Grade5AndUp 831413@eschoolibraryjournal.com Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:19:55 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/890872-316/grades_5__up.html.csp Grade5AndUp 782135@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:18:26 In this Article Nonfiction Fiction series Roundup Fiction ALENDER, Katie. From Bad to Cursed. 448p. (A Bad Girls Don’t Die Novel). Hyperion/Disney. June 2011. Tr $16.99. ISBN 978-1-4231-3471-8. LC number unavailable.  Gr 9 Up–Sixteen-year-old A... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/890391-316/grades_5__up.html.csp Grade5AndUp 766533@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:17:36 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/888949-316/grades_5__up.html.csp Grade5AndUp 716802@eschoolibraryjournal.com Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:15:50 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/888986-316/fiction_series_roundup.html.csp Josephine Marc-Anthony Grade5AndUp 717834@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/reviews/grade5andup/885597-316/rick_riordan_on_his_latest.html.csp Debra Whelan Grade5AndUp 613278@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:15:25 Also in this Issue Fiction  Nonfiction  Fiction BARATZ-LOGSTED, Lauren. The Education of Bet. 186p. CIP. Houghton Harcourt. 2010. Tr $16. ISBN 978-0-547-22308-7. LC 2090497010. Gr 6-10–Orphaned at four, Bet and Will have been brought up by Will... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/887468-316/grades_5__up.html.csp Grade5AndUp 673004@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:15:25 Also in this Issue Fiction   Non-Fiction   Fiction ABDEL-FATTAH, Randa. Where the Streets Had a Name. 313p. glossary. CIP. Scholastic. Nov. 2010. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-0-545-17292-9. LC 2009043122. Gr 5-8–Physically and emotionally scarred, Haya... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/887014-316/grades_5__up.html.csp Grade5AndUp 657479@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:14:29 I like a tidy library, don't get me wrong! But an accidental-and very messy-discovery opened my eyes.... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/863474-316/chaos_theory_is_the_future.html.csp LaDuska Adriance and Ellen Lind Grade5AndUp 449578@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The Muscogee County school board in Georgia has approved new Bible courses as electives for 11th and 12th graders, making it one of a handful of the state's 180 school districts that have agreed to offer the classes.The Georgia Board of Education approved... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/863181-316/ga_school_district_oks_elective.html.csp SLJ Staff Grade5AndUp 448113@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/863137-316/spacethe_final_frontier_media_centers.html.csp Alan November Grade5AndUp 447893@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/863134-316/like_a_rock_far_rockaway.html.csp Debra Lau Whelan Grade5AndUp 447879@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Also in this article:Multiple types of evidenceWhat is EBP for school librarians?The central questionsAn emphasis on outcomesOutcomes and national standardsKey challenges of EBPPeak ExperienceTo-Do ListsEvery fall, School Library Journal hosts a national ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/858886-316/the_evidence-based_manifesto_for_school.html.csp Ross Todd Grade5AndUp 426629@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Fans of the Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place television series may have noticed the cool Shakespeare posters hanging in the school hallways and classrooms. Those posters weren't just dreamed up by a Hollywood set designer-they're the work of Echo... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/858204-316/good_enough_for_a_wizards.html.csp Dodie Ownes Grade5AndUp 423220@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Dear Cushing Academy Parents:Soon, your child will have access to one of the most innovative secondary school libraries in the country. Over half-a-million dollars are being invested to transform your library into an interactive learning center with monit... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/grade5andup/857994-316/the_biggest_losers.html.csp Brian Kenney, Editor-in-Chief Grade5AndUp 422169@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45