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Dear Dara: Weeding Award Winners
Dear Dara—Should I keep books in the collection if they have a shiny award sticker even though they might meet the criteria for weeding?  Read More
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Teacher Librarians and eLearning Days
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Creativity, Curriculum, and the Cube: Our Rubik's Cube Project
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Informal Learning, Creative Archiving, and the Library
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Tom Bober, Elementary School
Refining Our Mock Caldecott: Tips from the Frontlines
Lesson Plan: Identifying and Evaluating Repeated Visual Patterns in Picture Books: A Micro-Lesson for a Mock Caldecott Club
by Tom Bober
Seth Taylor, Middle & High School
Highlighting, Annotating, and Notetaking
Lesson Plan: Highlighting, Annotating, and Notetaking: Guided Practice
by Seth Taylor
Highlights From the Current Issue of School Library Connection
Healing the Hurt: Creating Trauma-Sensitive School Libraries
Happy Days: A Guide to Putting Happiness on the School Calendar
by Joy Alter Hubel
Notes from the Editors
Carl A. Harvey II, Organization & Management
A Place for Students
Leslie B. Preddy, Instructional Leadership
Being a Better Educator
Rebecca J. Morris, Perspectives & Partners
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I Survived The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912
Reviewed by Michelle Bridges, Media Specialist, Sugar Creek Elementary School, Fort Mill, SC
With the same exciting plot as the chapter book, Lauren Tarshis's I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 is now redone as a full-color graphic novel.…This graphic novel adaptation keeps the plot fast-paced and exciting as it combines swift action with historical facts. Read More
Everest
Reviewed by Tena Litherland, Central Library Director (Retired), Webb School of Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
This oversized hybrid, which is both graphic novel and picture book, portrays the dual stories of Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Tibet (Nepal), the first two people to stand atop the highest point on earth. Tenzing Norgay, the proverbial success story, is stunningly portrayed. Read More
Note from the Editor
Sylvia M. Vardell
Looking Back: Literature that Brings History to Life
It wasn't until I was a classroom teacher that I realized that not everyone loved historical fiction as much as I did. That has set me on a lifelong quest to help students (and adults) see how fascinating and fun books set in the past can be—reading about inspiring characters, learning new and intriguing details, and delving into universal themes about identity and courage. Read More
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Social Justice and Cultural Competency: Essential Readings for School Librarians
by Marcia A. Mardis and Dianne Oberg, Editors
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