LIBRARIES IN THE CARIBBEAN UP FOR ‘ADOPTION’
FREE 'AMERICAN GIRL' BOOKS FOR NYC KIDS
Any child or teen with a New York Public Library (NYPL) card, or who signs up for one, is eligible to take home and keep one of 100,000 “American Girl” books until supplies run out. In addition to the $1 million worth of books, which tell stories of girls throughout different eras of U.S. history, American Girl also donated one doll to every NYPL children’s room and a set of books to each branch to be placed in circulation. Families can find nearby branches at nypl.org/locations.DEADLINE TO REPRESENT YOUR STATE AS A “LEAP INTO SCIENCE” INSTITUTION DRAWS NEAR
Libraries are invited to team up with the Franklin Institute Science Museum, the National Girls Collaborative Project, and the Institute for Learning Innovation to advance science and literacy education for underserved families. Leap into Science, a series of curriculum and training resources, integrates science activities with books for children, ages three to 10. Five states, each represented by a team of two or three institutions, will be selected to take part in the three-year project, for which the ALA serves on the advisory board. The application deadline is December 11, 2017.DIGITAL LITERACY RESOURCES AVAILABLE FREE TO EDUCATORS
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance project is offering K–12 lessons aligned with Common Core State Standards, organized by grade level. In 2015, the Pew Research Center found that more than 90 percent of teens access the Internet daily, with a quarter of those saying they’re online almost constantly. Thus, “There is a growing demand among teachers for resources that help them prepare students to recognize ‘fake news’ and engage in social media communities responsibly,” says Maureen Costello, Teaching Tolerance director. The digital literacy lessons consist of short informational videos and self-guided tools, including checklists, handouts, and vocabulary lists, for both students and educators. Teachers can get these classroom materials at no cost at Tolerance.org.VIDEO CONTEST TO EMPHASIZE PERKS OF A MANUFACTURING CAREER
Connecticut. Dream It. Do It. is launching a statewide “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” video competition. First executed in Pennsylvania, the competition has been successful in several other states as well. The competition involves area high schools being matched with local manufacturers to learn about that company’s operations and staff to discover all the “cool” things a career in manufacturing offers. Student teams and industry partners then collaborate on the creation of a video around a theme. The competition gets underway in January 2018 and culminates with a reception in May for four regional honorees, at which the grand statewide winner will be announced. To learn how schools can participate, email Calvin Brown.2018’S TOP GRAPHIC NOVELS BEING SELECTED
LETTERS TO AUTHORS TO BE JUDGED IN CENTER FOR THE BOOK CONTEST
The Letters About Literature program has kicked off its 25th annual competition. Students in grades four through 12 are invited to submit letters they have written to authors, describing how their books have affected them. To date, the contest, which is run by the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress, has allowed more than one million students to express in writing how a book changed their worldview. For instructions for entering and the various deadlines for each state, visit read.gov/letters.EZRA JACK KEATS BOOK AWARD PRIZE MONEY TRIPLES
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