MORE POSTS FROM OCTOBER 2012
You see this? This is the place where our brand new READ poster was hanging. The poster looked like this: It was freshly laminated and hanging on the wall. I don’t have a photo of it when it was up, but this crime scene simulation ought to give you the general idea: I was up […]
Do you still use a rubber date due stamp in your library? I work in four elementary school libraries, and we still stamp the books in one of them. Being familiar with the date due, I found the following video incredible. This Berlin artist uses the rubber date stamp to create his works of art. […]
DITCHING DEWEY DISCUSSION When I said a couple weeks ago that “ditching dewey” was a 2012 trend, I had no idea the topic would be the October School Library Journal cover story. So what I’m saying is…I might be able to predict the future now. Click here to read the SLJ cover story. While I […]
I’m in the middle of ordering some high interest nonfiction for one of my school libraries. One of the heavily requested topics is vampires. I quickly realized I can go one of two ways – go for the illustrated vampire cover, which will circulate well… …or go for the one with Nosferatu on the cover, […]
While the Newbery and Caldecott awards are announced in winter (January, usually), the recipients don’t get their medals and deliver their acceptance speeches until the ALA Annual Convention in summer (June, typically). In the past, if you weren’t in the room for the speeches, there was no way to see them. Sure, you could read […]
Visit the Covering the Newbery gallery 1995: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech Original Cover: My Re-do: Side by Side: Up next week: The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman (Source Image: “illustration in the market” by Corey Schmitz http://flic.kr/p/5EEtTm)
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