A Simple Child

A Simple Child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death? ~William Wordsworth, from “We Are Seven” The publisher, editors, and staff of Teacher Librarian and VOYA mourn the death... (Continue reading)

Manifesto for 21st Century Teacher Librarians

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published as a Tag Team Tech column on www.voyamagazine.com. It has been reprinted and reproduced numerous times and  in many places. We are making it available here to ensure that all of our readers have seen it. Manifesto... (Continue reading)

Supporting the Literacy Needs of African American Transitional Readers

Among the different groups of readers that elementary teacher-librarians serve, one of the most important to support are transitional readers. These are the students who are “making the transition from early readers to independent, self-regulating readers” (Szymusiak et al., 2008,... (Continue reading)

New Study on Reading in the Digital Age

Scholastic  surveyed 1,045 children age 6-17 and their parents (for a total of 2,090 respondents)  in an online survey in the spring of 2010. Highlights from the survey: Reading Books in the Digital Age From age 6 – 17, the... (Continue reading)

Being Tactical with Advocacy

Carl A. Harvey II, The 2011-2012 President of the American Association of School Librarians When working to create advocates for the school library program, it is important to be TACTICAL and intentional in this effort. The best person to help... (Continue reading)