Harvard Criticizes Google's Adult Content Filter
Google's SafeSearch porn filter was found to exclude non-porn sites such as the American Library Association, in a recent test conducted by the Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Google admits the porn filter isn't ... [... more]
ClickZ |
Hugging the Rock (American Library Association Notable Book)
 So fine!: Hugging the Rock is a fine and rare treasure. I read it straight through in one sitting because I just couldn't bear to stop until I knew what was going to happen. Susan Taylor Brown's free verse is so musical as one poem leads into the other [... more]
$6.95
Amazon.com |
Will Hobbs
Will Hobbs is the award-winning author of more than fifteen novels for young readers, including Jason's Gold, Wild Man Island, Jackie's Wild Seattle, and Leaving Protection. Seven of his books have been chosen by the American Library Association ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor has written more than 100 books. Her work has been honored by the American Library Association, the International Reading Association, and the Children's Book Council. There's nothing eleven-year-old Marty Preston enjoys ... [... more]
Random House |
Carolyn Coman
Carolyn Coman is the author of Tell Me Everything, What Jamie Saw, and Bee and Jacky. What Jamie Saw received a 1996 John Newbery Honor Award from the American Library Association and was also named a National Book Award Finalist. She has two ... [... more]
Random House |
Betsy Byars
Betsy Byars is a Newbery Medal winner and a National Book Award winner. Her books have appeared on the best books lists of the American Library Association, School Library Journal, and American Bookseller, among others. When she was a young girl ... [... more]
Random House |
Revisiting Banned Books - Literary Fiction
The last week of September an awareness campaign is run by the American Library Association to enlighten readers about freedom of speech. During this week you are encouraged to read books that have been banned in previous years. Here are ten ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Robert Cormier
Robert Cormier is a Margaret A. Edwards Award winner, and his books repeatedly appear on the best books lists of the American Library Association, The New York Times, and School Library Journal. Robert Cormier (pronounced kor-MEER) lived all his ... [... more]
Random House |
Picture Books Plus: 100 Extension Activities in Art, ...
Picture Books Plus: Nespeca, Sue McCLeaf and Joan B. Reeve. 2003. Picture Books Plus: 100 Extension Activities in art, Drama, Music, Math, and Science. Chicago: American Library Association. Picture Books Plus is an excellent resource that provides [... more]
$45.00
Amazon.com |
Our Enduring Values: Librarianship in the 21st Century
A good statement on librarianship today: In the last century, we have seen a revolution in thinking, the move from virtues to values. The Victorians lived in a world where virtues such as honesty, modesty, faithfulness, kindness, patience, and self- [... more]
$35.00
Amazon.com |
Complete Copyright: An Everyday Guide For Librarians
Complete and Very Well Explained: Copyrights used to be so simple. The U.S. Constitution says: to promote the progrss of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors exclusive right to their respective writing and [... more]
$60.00
Amazon.com |
Monkey Island (American Library Association Notable Book)
Monkey Island Review: Monkey Island is a thrilling novel about young boy named Clay Garrity who is abandoned by his mother and father. He is trying to survive by eating scraps out of his neighbor's trash but one night he gets caught. Once he gets caught [... more]
$15.30
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