Tuesday, January 18, 2011

'Today Show' Snubs 2011 Caldecott, Newbery Winners


'Today Show' Snubs 2011 Caldecott, Newbery Winners

Student Vaughn Hillyard Awarded for Defending Free Speech

Student Vaughn Hillyard Awarded for Defending Free Speech
It took former Arizona high school students Vaughn Hillyard and Sophia Curran 10 months to finally get a controversial story published in their Thunderbird High School student paper. But it was worth the wait.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Librarians Highlighted in New Book on Fun Careers


Librarians Highlighted in New Book on Fun Careers
As a little girl, Alisa Weinstein wanted to be a librarian—one of the reasons her new book, Earn It, Learn It (Sourcebooks, 2011), highlights the profession as one of the 50 fun careers that kids can mirror as they learn about the value of hard work and earning an income.