July 2009

FEATURES

What’s New

Best New Books for the Classroom
Preschool through high school

Quick Tips

A Poetry Book of Their Own (HTML)
A Poetry Book of Their Own (PDF)
A Poetry Book of Their Own bibliography (PDF) Online Exclusive
Storyboard Template (PDF) Online Exclusive
Haiku Booklet Directions (PDF) Online Exclusive
by Denise B. Geier
Elementary school

Books and Authors

Talking with Carole Boston Weatherford
by KaaVonia Hinton
Elementary school through high school

From Strega Nona to Fairmount Avenue: Laughing along with Tomie dePaola
by Barbara Elleman
Elementary school

Talking with Tomie dePaola
by Barbara Elleman
Elementary school

Talking with Ashley Bryan
by Dean Schneider
Elementary school through middle school 

Cam Jansen and the First Chapter Book Revolution
by David A. Adler
Elementary school

Talking with Avi
by Kay Weisman
Elementary school through middle school

Classroom Connections

Biographies of Poets
by Barbara A. Ward and Terrell A. Young
Elementary school through high school

Connecting Picture Books and Poems
by Susan Stern
Elementary school through middle school

Enriching the Lives of Children: The Ezra Jack Keats Book Award
by Ann Mulloy Ashmore
Preschool through early elementary school

Columns

Dean’s List: Picture Books in the Middle-School Classroom
by Dean Schneider 

Everyday Poetry: The Art of Poetry
by Sylvia M. Vardell

Summer Sports
by Douglas Florian

Voices in My Head: Long-Form Listening
ALA's 2008 Audiobook Lists (PDF) Online Exclusive
by Mary Burkey

Making Every Book Count: Pairing Classics and Contemporary Tales
by Maria P. Walther and Carol J. Fuhler

Weighing In: The Man in the Moon
by Pat Scales

Thinking Outside the Book: Responding to Literature with VoiceThread (HTML) Online Exclusive
by Jessica Mangelson and Jill Castek

“Reid-Aloud Alert” is on vacation and will be back in the next issue.

DEPARTMENTS

From the Editor: Changes Ahead for Book Links
Comprehensive Bibliography
Index to Advertisers
Connecting Content to Standards

COMING UP IN OCTOBER

• Ecofiction
• Family Literacy
• Jonah Winter

COVER STORY

Cover illustration © 2009 Judy Stead from Summer Wonders, written by Bob Raczka, published by Albert Whitman & Company.

OBTAINING BACK ISSUES

Back issues from the past three years may be purchased for $9 per issue (including shipping and handling). Send a check made out to Book Links to Book Links magazine, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611.

Older issues are out of print but may be available in your local library. Visit our searchable index of Book Links articles for more information.

MISSION STATEMENT

Book Links is a magazine designed for teachers, librarians, library media specialists, booksellers, parents, and other adults interested in connecting children with books. In response to the use of children’s trade books in the classroom, the curriculum role of the school library media center, the increased programming in public libraries, and the heavy reliance of child-care centers on children’s literature, Book Links publishes bibliographies, essays linking books on a similar theme, retrospective reviews, and other features targeted at those educating young people.