Crayola Creativity Week Day One – You Are Going

Hannah Byrd Little

2023-01-18 09:00 AM

Creativity Week January is considered International Creativity Month. In celebration, AASL partnered with Crayola to provide a week of sponsored activities in the last week of January. The first day of the Crayola Creativity Week features NASA astronauts with a... Read More ›

A New Year, A Delightful New Book

Margaret Sullivan

2023-01-12 09:00 AM

A new year means lots of new books! Here's one title I read an advance copy of in 2022 and loved. I'm looking forward to promoting it to students and teachers in 2023. The Davenports by Krystal Marquis, Dial Books,... Read More ›

Unleashing Imagination: Celebrating Crayola Creativity Week with Misty the Cloud and the Magic of Cloud Science

Maureen Schlosser

2023-01-09 09:38 AM

Are you looking for a lesson idea that integrates imagination with science? There's an event during Crayola Creativity Week that may pique your interest.  On January 29th, the creators of Misty the Cloud: A Very Stormy Day will lead a... Read More ›

Sharing Selection & Reconsideration Policies to Support Reading Choices

AASL/ALSC/YALSA Joint Committee on School Library/Public Library Cooperation

2023-01-06 09:00 AM

We as librarians understand that offering a rich, diverse range of reading options to meet needs of all community members is a major focus of both school and public libraries. Unfortunately, some individuals (and, recently, groups) are working to limit... Read More ›

New Years' Resolution: Advocacy for Effective School Libraries!

Kathy Lester, AASL President 2022-2023

2023-01-05 09:00 AM

Let's shout it together! All students deserve equitable access to a school library staffed by a certified school librarian. This is AASL's vision: "Every school librarian is a leader; every learner has a school librarian" and is something that drives... Read More ›