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Libraries and Autism By SLJ Staff - 10/29/2008
For every 150 patrons at your public library, chances are that one has autism—and most librarians don’t have the experience to deal with them. That’s why the Scotch Plains Public Library and the Fanwood Memorial Library, both in New Jersey, produced a customer-service training video for its staffers to better serve those with autism and their families. More
School Librarian's Literary Quilts Promote Literacy By Rocco Staino - 12/09/2009
The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY, will display four literary quilts next month created by retired New York City school librarian Muriel Feldshuh. Her creations will be the centerpiece of the museum’s activities for the National Education Association’s annual Read Across America program, which encourages children to read on March 2, the birthday of children's author Dr. Seuss.
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Walter Dean Myers, Deborah Ellis Host Discussion on Rights of the Child By SLJ Staff - 12/02/2009
Librarians, teachers, editors, and authors are invited to hear Walter Dean Myers and Deborah Ellis speak in New York on December 7 at as part of a panel discussion entitled, “Who Will Speak for the Child: Human Rights at Home and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.”
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Librarians Push Against Patriot Act By Lauren Barack - 11/30/2009
When it comes to the Patriot Act, there’s little dissension among librarians. As of late November, 32 state chapters of the American Library Association (ALA) passed resolutions that call for Congress to allow section 215 of the law to sunset, instead of Capitol Hill reauthorizing it before December 31, 2009.
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Waldo Hunt, King of the Pop-Up Book, Dies at 88 By Rocco Staino - 11/29/2009
Waldo “Wally” Hunt, a Los Angeles advertising executive who became the father of the modern pop-up book, died November 6of congestive heart failure in Porterville, CA. He was 88.
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Follett Software/SLJ Webcast: Moving Forward: Engaging the 21st-Century Learner By SLJ Staff - 11/23/2009
Are schools teaching students the 21st-century skills they’ll need to succeed in college and eventually in the workforce? “Moving Forward: Engaging the 21st-Century Learner,” a Webcast that took place November 17 and was sponsored by Follett Software Company and School Library Journal, asked four media specialists to talk about how they create environments that prepare their students for the global economy.
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon By Kent Turner - 11/20/2009
Director Chris Weitz’s film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s New Moon (Little, Brown, 2006) is an improvement over last year’s franchise launching Twilight, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, and will no doubt leave fans of the series eager for the next installment, while leaving others perplexed by the hoopla surrounding the critic-proof film series.
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2009 National Book Awards On the red carpet with nominees in the Young People's Literature category.
Photos by Rocco Staino.
SLJ Covers 2009 A bigger and better view of SLJ's covers from 2009
BookExpo America 2009: SLJ's Day of Dialog School Library Journal held a Day of Dialog in conjunction with the annual BookExpo America on May 28, 2009 at the Brooklyn Public Library. Full story: bit.ly/1a0G7o
Gr 4-6–Lonnie (Lonnie Collins Motion), a 12-year-old African-American boy, and his younger sister, Lili, are in separate foster homes since their parents died in a house fire some years earlier.
Anita Silvey recently visited the Macmillan Publishing offices in New York City to present a check for $10,400 to Every Child a Reader, the Children's Book Council foundation that supports Children's Book Week and the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan and publisher of Silvey's Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book (2009), offered the donation on behalf of the contributors to the book.
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Peace, Locomotion (unabr.). 2 CDs. 2:07 hrs. Brilliance Audio (brillianceaudio.com). 2009. 2009. ISBN 978-1-4233-9799-1. $39.97. 
