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Kathi Appelt’s Violent and Controversial 2009 Newbery and National Book Award Finalist, ‘The Underneath’
Cruelty to animals and people abounds in an acclaimed children’s novel set in an East Texas pine forest The Underneath. By Kathi Appelt. Drawings by David Small. Atheneum, 311 pp., $19.99. Ages… more →
One-Minute Book Reviews
You Can't Judge a Librarian by Her (or His) Cover
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bethfinke wrote 1 week ago: Hanni and I are signing copies of Safe & Sound at the American Library (ALA) convention in Chica … more →
Live from ALA 2009 - sort of
Miss Information wrote 1 week ago: I wish all major library conferences were located in Providence, RI or some city I didn’t feel … more →
Welcome to Staff Development Day 2009!
spbero wrote 1 week ago: I’d like to give you a warm, advanced welcome to our Staff Development Day 2009, to take place on Mo … more →
The Pigeon's Out!
wpbkids wrote 1 week ago: It’s true, the word is out! award winning children’s author of Don’t Let the Pige … more →
Memories of ALA Annual Conferences Past
Helice wrote 1 week ago: Dancers at the PNLA luncheon, part of the 1925 American Library Association annual conference As I h … more →
Loida @ 2009 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago
Loida Garcia-Febo wrote 1 week ago: These are exciting times for librarians in the USA. ALA Annual Conference is coming up in a few days … more →
lunch hour links for writers
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Teresa wrote 2 weeks ago: At Edittorrent, Alicia discusses and offers suggestions for the overuse of participles in her articl … more →
ALA/ Intellectual Freedom Round Table Report
Loida Garcia-Febo wrote 3 weeks ago: The new issue of the ALA/IFRT Report is out. It includes a list of Intellectual Freedom events at AL … more →
"Broccoli" Chapter in Bird by Bird
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browns5 wrote 1 month ago: One of the aspects of this book that is working for me is the fact she tells us, other writers, not … more →
Terrific "Toons"
Mark Mitchell wrote 1 month ago: “Graphic novels” for little bitty kids? Comics for children age four and up? "Just … more →
The Spirit of Volunteerism (2nd of 3): Lori Reed
paulsignorelli wrote 1 month ago: In writing about Librarian in Black Sarah Houghton-Jan and her decision to volunteer personal info … more →
Challenged Books
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beckycc wrote 1 month ago: Time to exercise our intellectual freedom and go read some controversial books! Back in September, I … more →
2009 Joint REFORMA NE, AILA, APALA, BCALA and CALA mini conference
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Loida Garcia-Febo wrote 1 month ago: This year the conference took place at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City. … more →
A REFRESHING AWARD WINNER
bibmomma wrote 1 month ago: Contact: Jen Hammond OIF Program Coordinator (312) 280-4223 jhammond@ala.org NEWS For Immediate Re … more →
Google Book-Scanning: Solution to Scandal?
kortnei wrote 1 month ago: To summarize Miguel Helft’s article in today’s New York Times: Google recently signed a … more →
FREE ONLINE LIBRARY
emmerblog wrote 2 months ago: Library is a collection of information, sources, resources, books and services, and the building i … more →
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
emmerblog wrote 2 months ago: The library of congress is the oldest library in America; it is the world largest library and has … more →
HOW TO HOST A FELTING MYSTERY
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frutz wrote 2 months ago: It gives me great pleasure to announce the release of two creative, informative, and exciting new bo … more →
Google Book Settlement
Teresa wrote 2 months ago: The Author’s Guild and the Google Library Project have reached a settlement that appears on its face … more →
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