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"The English hallway transformed into a brightly colored Avenue of Literature by teachers. Each of the 189 lockers that line the hallway - unused for more than a decade - has been painted over to look like the spine of a popular book. The project was spearheaded by a group of teachers, who decided to devote their summers to creating an environment more conducive to a love of learning than a procession of defunct storage units. Teacher Elizabeth Williams explained, "We want students to come back to school in August and walk on the hallway and be absolutely amazed with what we've done and be curious. We want that to be the driving spark for reading in our classrooms." In deciding which titles would earn a spot on the Avenue, the Biloxi teachers tried to draw on a wide range of genres, interests and reading levels. Each novel in the Twilight series is represented, but so are Watership Down and Johnny Tremain"

"English artist Nicola Nobo creates particular origami artworks. In fact he curves book pages to make impressive sculptures when we look it in front. The precision of foldings is offering creations that seem to be cut or sculpted. But this work didn't need any paper transformation, except the folding."

Post that links to a lot of useful places for information on YA literature/books

Interesting arguments in favour of the paper book being retained as well as the digital.

" Which children's do you find moving? The team at Quotery.com has created an infographic called "20 Inspiring Children's Book Quotes." The words come from a variety of titles including Roald Dahl's Matilda, J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone. The the full infographic is embedded"

An app that may be useful or parents or educators when they first come across a title. Level It Books is an app that tells you the DRA, gre, lexlile, and guided reading level just by scanning it!

Well-reasoned piece giving a good explanation as to why YA books have a general appeal beyond the intended target.

An interesting, annotated list of books for reading aloud to students

A list of Reader's interest surveys as well as a suggested approah as to how to use them. "What is a Reading Interest Survey? Questionnaires known as Reading Interest, Reading Inventory, or Reading Attitude Surveys are helpful tools to help teachers, librarians, and parents gain a sense of a child's interests, favorite things, likes, dislikes, hobbies, and how they feel about reading. This data can serve as a guide to help a reader learn to identify the types of books they might be interested in reading. The goal is to help readers become successful in identifying the right books that will motivate them without frustrating them."

How to create Twitter style book reviews

By Pledger Consulting.  Book reviews created by Australians for Australians. Search by keyword, author, title.  Includes similar titles

By Pledger Consulting.  Book reviews created by Australians for Australians. Search by keyword, author, title.  Includes similar titles

Online Bookshop  |  Buy Books Online - Textbook Specialists - The Co-op

Online Bookshop  |  Buy Books Online - Textbook Specialists - The Co-op

Supplier of ebooks to Australian schools.  Ebooks distributed via Bluefire + Adobe Editions- 15.8 million titles - will be brows based from late 2013.  Wheelers App presently in development. You own the item.  Books expire at the end of loan period. Borrower can return load early if you wish.  Large range of publishes include Spinney. NZ based company.  Non-subscription model.

Supplier of ebooks to Australian schools.  Ebooks distributed via Bluefire + Adobe Editions- 15.8 million titles - will be brows based from late 2013.  Wheelers App presently in development. You own the item.  Books expire at the end of loan period. Borrower can return load early if you wish.  Large range of publishes include Spinney. NZ based company.  Non-subscription model.  

"A research project has found that teachers who read for pleasure have better book knowledge and feel more confident, calm and stress-free in the classroom"

A useful, annotated list of eight places where you can find a wealth of free e-books.

This is a large, curated selection of images, books, audio and film. You can choose to browse the content either by medium ( images, books, film, audio),by time ( from pre-16th t 20th century), by tag or by source. For each of the material you find you will be provided with directions to help you download and save it.

Interesting article. Some children's books look/sound fabulous on a tablet. Tap the screen and hear/see action. "But does this count as story time? Or is it just screen time for babies? It is a question that parents, pediatricians and researchers are struggling to answer as children's books, just like all the other ones, migrate to digital media."

Great page by Kathy Schrock explaining sketchnoting with links and videos. "Sketchnoting, in its purest form, is creating a personal visual story as one is listening to a speaker or reading a text. I also believe the interactive notebook, which includes the process of taking "regular" notes" while listening to a speaker and later creating a sketchnote of the text notes, would also be considered sketchnoting. This page will provide links, ideas, tips,and research evidence dealing with the power of sketchnoting. If you are looking for a book on the topic, the seminal work is this book by Mike Rohde.     "

Links to 3 articles about e-books and libraries