A big congratulations to Katie Day and the Red Dot Committee for a fantastic Red Dot Awards 2012-13. This event just keeps getting better and all the hard work is…
And the Red Dot Winners are….
The 2012-2013 Red Dot Book Awards – with almost 7,500 votes from 15 schools cast in total over the four categories Early Years Younger Readers Older Readers Mature Readers 1st place…
Red Dot Voting begins!
Red Dot Voting runs from March 6 – 13. As I said in my previous blog post re Red Dot voting, how each school collects votes is up to them….
Coming in May: Asian Festival of Children’s Content
May 25-30, 2013, is the annual Asian Festival of Children’s Content here in Singapore. If you’ve never been, it’s definitely worth checking out. They offer a variety of events aimed…
Red Dot Voting Soon – and Long Lists for next year
Red Dot Voting runs from March 6 – 13. The individual student online voting form is ready to go live on March 6th, but first you need to know your…
2013 ALA award winners and honor books
Thank you to Jennifer Nelson Books www.jennifernelson.com who shared this news recently via email. I’m not sure how many of you got this, mine was Bcc and didn’t appear to be…
Authors in town: Words go Round
Want to have an author visit? The Singapore Writers Festival — Words Go Round — is an annual event which brings authors into schools. Very cost-effective. Last year we had…
Texts Worth Teaching & The Children’s Literature Conference
It’s not too late! The one-day “Texts Worth Teaching: East Asia” conference at UWCSEA East on Saturday, January 19th — featuring Dr. Kirpal Singh, Robert Yeo, & Holly Thompson. The…
Remember the Red Dots!
So hope you all have managed to get copies of the 2012-2013 Red Dot books on your shelves. Do have a look at the GoodRead Groups for each category if…
IB Job-Alike: Feb. 20 (not in January)
At the last meeting we’d announced that an IB Job-Alike would occur on the Friday of the weekend of the IB Librarian Continuum Workshop, being held at Tanglin January 18-20….