Jessica Schriver

Oct 29, 2024 | slj.com | Rachel Payne |Rachel S Mulligan |John Scott |Jessica Schriver

When librarian Cheryl Wolf meets new elementary students each fall, she teaches library etiquette with the help of visual aids that show what not to do. “What do you think happened?” she asks students, holding up a water-damaged book with wrinkly, warped pages. “What would you do to prevent this?”For the past 20 years, Wolf (pictured above) has served the Neighborhood School and STAR Academy, which share a building and library on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City.

Oct 22, 2024 | slj.com | Roger D. Launius |Jessica Schriver

. Oct. 2024. 400p. Tr $60. ISBN 9781588347800. COPY ISBN Gr 3-8–Launius gives young readers and researchers the knowledge needed to keep the pace in the space race. The Atlas is organized into five large sections that are sandwiched between an introduction and an index.

May 29, 2024 | slj.com | Rachel Payne |John Scott |Jessica Schriver

Wondering how to make the best use of decodables in your collection? Try these ideas. ❶ Coordinate with colleagues. Meet with K–2 classroom teachers and reading specialists to communicate about grade-level expectations, including weekly phonetic objectives. It is practically guaranteed that the school’s ELA curriculum and/or phonics program provides a unit map that lists the order of phonics topics for the school year so you can identify decodables with relevant content.

Mar 1, 2024 | schoollibraryjournal.com | Kimberly Olson Fakih |Jessica Schriver

A review came back of Richard Michelson’s One of a Kind: The Life of Sydney Taylor. It was a positive review in most ways, covering the woman who, before her name was emblazoned across the Sydney Taylor Book Award, presented annually by the Association of Jewish Libraries to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience, was simply Sarah Brenner.

Jan 29, 2024 | slj.com | Jessica Schriver

USBBY’S 2024 OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL BOOKS LIST  Illustrations: The Young Teacher and the Great Serpent (VASCO), ©2019 Juan Palomino. Reproduced with permission of Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. Books have long had the ability to transport us. To spark our imaginations and call us to wonder. But sometimes, a book comes along that grants us the power to reimagine the world and our place within it.