Children Choose Their Favorite Book

The Irma Black Award is unique in that children are the final judges of the book that wins the award.  Books under consideration for this award are those in which text and illustrations are inseparable. This years winners were just announced.

 The winner of the 2012 award is:
 What Animals Really Like by Fiona Robinson. 

The books which received the silver medal are:
You Will Be My Friend! by Peter Brown
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel by Dan Yaccarino

What are Bullies Really After?

According to this linked article, bullies are primarily interested in gaining status with peers.  Here's the link: http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=16738

FYI - Only 2 Newbery Audio Books Left

As of Wednesday late afternoon, there were only 2 audio versiosn of Newbery Award books remaining. They are on display on the counter opposite the EMC reference desk.

Is Less More When It Comes to Homework?

A team of researchers in Australia have found that excessive amounts of homework can lower test scores. Here's the link to an article about this research: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/30/too-much-homework-test-scores_n_1391134.html?ref=education&ir=Education

"Last Chance" High School Succeeds in New York

Here's the link to the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/nyregion/brooklyn-school-failing-by-the-data-succeeds-where-it-counts.html?_r=1&ref=education