Today myself and my dissertation are featured on Elizabeth Bird’s blog on the (American) School Library Journal website. Betsy is Evanston Public Library’s Collection Development Manager and prior to that was Youth Materials Specialist at New York Public Library. She … Continued
A new comics booklist!
Whether you have never read comics and are not sure where to start, or you are a librarian wanting to start a new comics collection, or even if you are already a comics fan looking for new recommendations, be sure … Continued
“Get Brit kids back to reading” says American bestselling author James Patterson
Here is an interesting article from American author James Patterson about UK literacy rates which was published in The Sun last week: Here is the PDF file. Sadly what Patterson says is mostly true. We are failing our children. Badly. … Continued
Malorie Blackman is the new Children’s Laureate
Malorie Blackman has been names today as the new Children’s Laureate for 2013-2015. As well as vowing to continue the tireless work of Julia Donaldson’s regarding supporting public libraries, she intends to encourage schools to let children read every day … Continued
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