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AWARDS FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS PLAYED center stage and offstage at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in San Francisco in June. Front and center was the banquet for the [...]

SUMMERTIME AND THE LIVIN' IS EASY--except for children's librarians. In 'Make Your Point', Carol Edwards's frustration resonates loudly and clearly with every single children's librarian. Her opinion piece, 'Her Name [...]

THE MERE FACT THAT A national hearing on the status of school librarians and school libraries in the country was deemed necessary speaks volumes-loudly. The above headline refers to the [...]

Witnesses describe lack of money and trained librarians in media centers 'I haven't been able to buy books for my high school library for three years,' lamented Carolyn Kindle, a [...]

Though San Antonio lacked its usual sunny, warm disposition, the 7,500-plus attendees at the Texas Library Association conference (March 28-31) were treated to a bright array of programs, exhibits, and [...]

IN THE SAME WAY that people exclaim and sing 'I love a parade,' I love book awards--especially children's book awards. The sparkle and excitement at the Newbery/Caldecott awards banquet is [...]

The Honorable Roderick R. Paige Secretary of Education Department of Education Room 7W301 400 Maryland Ave. SW Washington, DC 20202 Dear Mr. Secretary: I offer my congratulations on your appointment [...]

EVERY YEAR, IN THE MARCH ISSUE, SLJ calculates the average prices for books. These statistics are among the most important pieces of information we provide. As someone who has sat [...]

WITH THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION JUST MONTHS AWAY, THE CANDIDATES SHARE THEIR VIEWS ON YOUNG PEOPLE'S SERVICES, FILTERING, AND (YES) SALARIES NOT SINCE 1977-1978 HAVE THERE been three [...]

THE FAVORITE FOLKTALE ABOUT RUMPELSTILTSKIN CENTERS ON THE DISCOVERY OF THE name of the little man who spins straw into gold for the miller's daughter. It is interesting to note [...]

SPRINGER, Nancy, ed. Ribbiting Tales: Original Stories about Frogs. illus. by Tony DiTerlizzi. 117p. CIP. Philomel. 2000. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-399-23312-1. LC 99-4355402. Gr 3-6--These eight original stories, each by [...]

A FUTURIST OPENED the American Library Association's second Congress on Professional Education with this daunting question: Will librarians exist as we know them in the year 2020? She proceeded to [...]

FIRST IMPRESSIONS ARE IMPORTANT. Remember when you were young and you were told to put your best foot forward, to look nice, to mind your manners and speak up so [...]

LESTER, Julius. Albidaro and the Mischievous Dream. illus. by Jerry Pinkney. unpaged. Penguin Putnam/Phyllis Fogelman Bks. 2000. RTE $16.99. ISBN 0-8037-1987-6. LC number unavailable. K-Gr 2--This modern fable lacks a [...]

*SOREL, Edward & Cheryl Carlesimo. The Saturday Kid. illus. by Edward Sorel. unpaged. CIP. S & S/Margaret K. McElderry Bks. Sept. 2000. RTE $18. ISBN 0-689-82399-1. LC 98-22270. Gr 1-4--Noted [...]

*MASSIE, Diane Redfield. The Baby Beebee Bird. illus. by Steven Kellogg. unpaged. CIP. HarperCollins. Sept. 2000. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-06-028083-2; PLB $15.89. ISBN 0-06-028084-0. LC 99-33421. PreS-Gr 2--First published in [...]

MCDERMOTT, Dennis, retel. The Golden Goose. illus. by retel. unpaged. CIP. HarperCollins/Morrow. 2000. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-688-11402-4; PLB $15.89. ISBN 0-688-11403-2. LC 99-34513. Gr 1-4--In this familiar plot, a third [...]

GUARNACCIA, Steven, retel. Goldilocks and the Three Bears: A Tale Moderne. illus. by retel. unpaged. CIP. Abrams. Apr. 2000. RTE $15.95. ISBN 0-8109-4139-2. LC 99-35493. Gr 5 Up--The classic story [...]