I wasn’t planning to take a two-month hiatus from blogging, but I won’t waste a lot of time apologizing. I don’t think I have any readers devoted enough to miss me (although I’d love to be disabused of that notion).
Before I post the two new training reports that have come through since I was last [...]
The chair of the Maine Association of School Librarians’ Intellectual Freedom committee, Kelley McDaniel, recently shared this letter with the Maine library community. It’s written by the director of a public library in Colorado, in response to a patron challenge to Sarah Brennan’s book Uncle Bobby’s Wedding. Hopefully, most of you have seen this book [...]
Although we always keep a link to the Cooperative Children’s Book Center on the Born to Read site, it’s easy to forget to check the wonderful statistics that the Center keeps on children’s books by and about people of color. That’s why I’m grateful to YA author Mitali Perkins for posting the most recent stats [...]
The listserv affiliated with the Cooperative Children’s Book Center in Wisconsin covers a different topic in children’s literature each month. In March, the topic was bullying. Children’s author Trudy Ludwig contributed this to the list, and gave me permission to reprint it here:
I have been working with fellow members of the International Bullying Prevention Association [...]
Sharon Abair read about this Hey, Little Ant essay contest in yesterday’s paper. It’s only open to K-3 students, but if you know anyone who teaches at that level, please pass the word along. We’ll have to remember to read the winning entries when they’re announced.
Thanks, Sharon!
