Teaching Students To Understand Bias
By Jackie Whiting Students frequently ask: can you help me find a source that’s not biased? When they ask that question we know what they mean, what it shows us the students need to learn [...]
Imaginary Worlds: A Guest Post by Drew Weing
We may be trying some new things on Books in Bloom this year as you saw in Zack’s post last week, but one thing is certainly staying the same: regular author/illustrator guest posts. We love [...]
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Keep Your Series Current: January 2017
Happy New Year! Update your popular series with these books that will be published in January. Enjoy! PRIMARY SERIES & SEQUELS Always Watch Out for the Flying Potato Salad (Here’s [...]
2017 Mock Award Suggestions: Caldecott, Newbery, & Printz
The 2017 Youth Media Awards will be announced on Monday, January 23, from Atlanta. Our staff of librarians has compiled a list of titles suggested in Mock Caldecott, Newbery, and Printz posts [...]
Award-winning Author and Illustrator Don Tate Charts His Own Path to Success
From a young age, Don Tate loved drawing. But reading? No. That was of no interest to him—unless the books and magazines had to do with art or drawing.
Why Snow White?: A Guest Post by Matt Phelan
Matt Phelan’s newest book, Snow White: A Graphic Novel, takes an old story and re-imagines it with an early twentieth century back drop. The result is an atmospheric tale that will be perfect for [...]
Jennifer L. Holm: Self-Proclaimed “Boringly Practical Person” Finds Great Success as Multiple Newbery Honoree
The cat got out. That was the reason New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Holm missed the call announcing her second Newbery Honor. But that wasn’t the only Newbery call she missed. She [...]
