‘Because of Winn-Dixie’ Heads to Broadway

Kate DiCamillo’s Newbery Honor book Because of Winn-Dixie (2000), about the courage a girl gains from her new dog, is being made into a Broadway musical.

DC School District Restores Gay-Themed Titles to Summer Reading Lists

The Washington, DC, school district that had previously scrubbed gay-themed books from its summer reading list has restored all of the titles following objections from librarians and the capital’s gay and lesbian community.

Three New York Schools Win ISTE Media Specialist Technology Innovation Award

A fifth grade assignment focused on the 2008 presidential election, a middle school project that highlights the use of digital storytelling, and a high school program on people who changed the world have earned their schools top prizes in the second annual ISTE Media Specialist Technology Innovation Award.

Volunteers to Support Chicago School Libraries During ALA Annual

More than 100 American Library Association volunteers from across the country will help reorganize, catalog, clean, and weed and shelve books at nine Chicago school libraries on June 10 as part of a daylong community service effort during ALA’s annual conference in the Windy City, from July 9-15.

Ohio’s Library Cuts to Devastate Children's/YA Services

Looming cuts to Ohio’s state budget threaten an already hobbled public library system, especially its teen and children’s services.