While librarians love to promote literacy, there’s one kind we don’t hear much about: Braille literacy. That’s why the National Federation of the Blind has recently named former NFL quarterback and Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw and blind professor, evolutionary biologist, and paleontologist Geerat Vermeij as National Ambassadors for Braille Literacy.More
Starting next fall, thousands of Florida students will be able to roll out of bed and attend school in their very own homes as a result of a new law that requires every school district in the state to set up an online school for fulltime kids in grades K-8.
One public library and two bookstores are winners of the “Judy Moody’s Totally RARE Author Visit” contest, which comes with a very special grand prize—a visit from Megan McDonald, author of the popular early chapter book series.
In Gay America: Struggle for Equality (Abrams/Amulet, 2008)—the first comprehensive history on this subject for teens—Linas Alsenas chronicles how gay men and women have lived, worked, and loved for the past 125 years.
Here’s a double treat for fans of The 39 Clues. Scholastic, publisher of the popular series, has released the first chapter of The 39 Clues Book 2: One False Note in advance of its December 2, 2008 release in the U.S.—and the excerpt is available online.
Gr 4-8–The experiences of Jews during the Holocaust is told through the eyes of Daniel, a Jewish teenager, in this novel (Scholastic, 1993) by Carol Matas.
The staff of Salinas Public Library (CA), aka The John Steinbeck Public Library, pose with Lewis Buzbee, author of Steinbeck's Ghost, a middle-grade novel that centers around the threat of the library's closing in 2004. After a difficult struggle, the library remains open and has just extended its hours to seven days a week.
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