I love getting packages in the mail. This week a package arrived on my front door step and I was thrilled to see Kristin Fontichiaro’s new book. Kristin has scoped through the archives of School Library Monthly (formerly School Libraries Activity Monthly) and pulled out some of the best pieces that hep us think about 21st Century learning. She’s done an amazing job editing all these resources together. While I’ve read most of the articles in the book, it is so nice to have them all together in one place for each access. Kristin has also provides some wonderful context for why they are important pieces for us to read. For those just beginning to look at the new AASL Standards and figuring out how we make those fit, this would be a prefect companion piece to read. Kristin’s book is published by Libraries Unlimited which is an imprint of ABC-Clio. If you click on the cover, it will take you directly to the site to order it!
I probably should also tell you a couple things, so you’ll know my biases up front.
- School Library Monthly holds a special place in my heart because it was the very first magazine that ever published a piece of my writing. As a matter of fact, they accepted and published it before I even had a job. I wrote it based on an experience while student teaching and yet they still took it and published!
- I still write for the magazine (and others) and I’m honored that Kristin did select a few of my pieces for inclusion in her book.
I’m anxious to take some time and really reread all the wealth of ideas and knowledge in the book. But, that will have to wait until after AASL Conference next week in Charlotte. Wonder what new gem will show up on the doorstep next?? Hopefully it will be my new book as that is due out in just a few weeks!!!
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