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    Victoria Bond and the Zora and Me Trilogy – A Labor of Love: Guest Post by Victoria Bond
    By Victoria Bond
    In Classroom, Library, Teacher Talk
    Posted August 31, 2020

    Victoria Bond and the Zora and Me Trilogy – A Labor of Love: Guest Post by Victoria Bond

    More times than I can count, I have heard all kinds of artists call their latest release a “baby” and lament in interviews the process of letting something they’ve cared for long and [...]

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    Nic Stone: Writing the Real World, One Letter at a Time
    By Lisa Bullard
    In Author Interviews
    Posted August 25, 2020

    Nic Stone: Writing the Real World, One Letter at a Time

    Nic Stone’s 2017 debut novel, Dear Martin, was a New York Times Bestseller, a William C. Morris Award Finalist, an ALAN / Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Finalist—and according to Tia, the educator [...]

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    The Making of Neva Beane: Guest Post by Christine Kendall
    By Christine Kendall
    In Books in Bloom, Library, Teacher Talk
    Posted August 20, 2020

    The Making of Neva Beane: Guest Post by Christine Kendall

    How do an author’s childhood experiences translate to the written page? In today’s guest post on the Mackin Community Blog, author Christine Kendall shares about the process of writing her new [...]

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    The Library is Open: The Role of School Librarians in Distance Learning
    By Lisa Cheby
    In Advocates, Distance Learning, Library, Library Transformation
    Posted August 19, 2020

    The Library is Open: The Role of School Librarians in Distance Learning

    When much of the United States, and the world, was disrupted by the pandemic in March 2020 people were surprised that I could work from home.  After all, many people think my main job consists of [...]

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    Surefire Ways to Engage eReaders
    By Jennifer McCarty Plucker and Erin Fallgatter
    In Classroom, Digital, Library, Professional Learning, Teacher Talk
    Posted August 17, 2020

    Surefire Ways to Engage eReaders

    by Jen McCarty Plucker, Ed.D. and Erin Fallgatter The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered classrooms around the globe into digital-based learning, though for years educators have supplemented their [...]

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