American author Jacqueline Woodson is the winner of the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s largest children’s book award, with the laureate receiving five million Swedish kronor (more than $600,000 at present exchange rates). The award was announced live from Sweden on March 27, and was to be broadcast simultaneously at the Bologna Children’s […]
Read moreAbout 350 library educators, mainly from the US, gathered in Westminster, Colorado to discuss the expanding LIS education universe. The ALISE (Association of Library and Information Science Educators) conference began with an academy that asked questions about the future of the profession. Later in the conference, some predictions were made, the most prevalent being the […]
Read moreThe mid-winter American Library Association conference typically selects their literature awards at this time. Yesterday, the American Library Association sent out a press release announcing the books that won the American Indian Library Association’s book awards for 2018. http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2018/02/winners-of-2018-american-indian-library.html
Read moreCenter for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature has selected the CSMCL Best Multicultural Children’s Books of 2017. Feel free to share. https://www.csmcl.org/best-books-2017. New Twitter Handle: @weareCSMCL #CSMCLBestBooks2017 Pinterest page for CSMCL Best Multicultural Children’s Books of 2017: https://www.pinterest.com/csmcl/best-multicultural-childrens-books-of-2017/ Pinterest Boards for all CSMCL Best Multicultural Children’s Books: https://www.pinterest.com/csmcl/boards/
Read moreStory Shares – Bringing “Relevant Reads” to Teens and Young Adults Who Struggle with Reading According to the National Center for Education Statistics, as many as ninety million American adults read at a basic or below basic level. Unacceptable numbers of high school students do not read proficiently, with seventy percent of high school […]
Read moreSince 2010, Global Read Aloud (GRA) has gained serious traction—reaching more than 2,000,000 students across 60 countries. For the next six weeks (ending in mid-November) educators from around the world will pick a book to read aloud to students while making as many global connections as possible through social media, video chat, blogging, and other […]
Read moreAdriaan Langendonk and Kees Broekhof have written an article on their Dutch reading promotion program The Art of Reading. Routledge sent them a link that 50 people can use, free of charge. Routledge will probably stop free access after 50 downloads. This is the link: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WP4eaKBzYiPQNPJkXw4w/full
Read more