I just put up 4 YouTube videos — just 40 seconds each — showing the book covers in each category — in a playlist. I also put the videos on…
Red Dot Voting – poster
I just put up a new poster for advertising Red Dot book voting, March 5-12, on the Red Dot site. Here it is: You should be able to right-click on…
Reminder: Ongoing professional learning….
Just a reminder, we have two links off the top of this blog related to professional development. PD in the region A list of organizations that run conferences or offer…
Red Dot / Readers Cup update
The Readers Cup competition will be held Thursday, May 22, 2014, at the Canadian International School, Lakeside campus. The list of books won’t be announced until Red Dot voting is…
AFCC Author Visits via Closetful of Books — Denise Tan
Denise Tan, formerly of Bookaburra, has started her own business called Closetful of Books. She’s arranging authors visits to schools for the upcoming AFCC (Asian Festival of Children’s Literature) in…
Minutes of last meeting: Feb. 6, 2014
Click here to read the minutes of the general meeting on February 6, 2014, at Tanglin Trust School in the junior library. Jacqui Makselon gave a detailed presentation on their…
Minutes of the last meeting: December 5, 2013
Click here to read the minutes of the general meeting on December 5, 2013. The Canadian school librarians put on a generous spread of Christmas goodies. Many thanks! The next…
New Red Dot 2013-2014 website up and running
www.reddotawards.com now points to a new 2013-2014 website. The Goodreads Groups — one per category — are set up as well. All the links are via the Google Site. You…
Red Dot Shortlists 2013-2014 — DONE!
Sorry for the delay. Getting four balanced baskets of books takes longer than you think. For now the lists are only on Goodreads shelves. The website will come later. EARLY…
Singapore Writers Festival / Words Go Round
Singapore Writers Festival is on this coming week – with mainly authors for adults. Words Go Round – an annual event where author events are organized for students. Note: …