Spring Book Action
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It’s March Madness, so fans are rooting for their favorite book. Didn’t I mean basketball team? Well, there is that too (and I, for one, am a huge fan of NCAA tournament action), but there’s also a more recently established Tournament of Books. Currently in its fourth installation, the 2008 tourney is winding up. The Tournament of Books is sponsored by Powell’s Books; brackets and standings can be found on the Morning News.
As the Morning News website puts it, “The Morning News Tournament of Books, sponsored by Powell’s Books, is an annual battle royale amongst the top novels in ‘literary fiction’ published throughout the year” (read more about the tournament). As this year’s tournament approaches fruition, Remainder by Tom McCarthy and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz are facing off for the title.
PLA Handouts
In non-tournament related book action, the Public Library Association (PLA) held it’s 12th National Conference in Minneapolis, MN on March 25-29. While it would have been great to attend, what’s even greater is that PLA has made available a great number of handouts and resources from its sessions.
Click here to view the full list of handouts including handouts from sessions such as When the Story Is True: Practicing Nonfiction and Readers’ Advisory Readers’ Advisory Tool Kit III: Market Driven Readers’ Advisory -Three More Skills to Increase Your Effectiveness as an RA Librarian.
ALA’s Step Up to the Plate
Lastly, the American Library Association (ALA) just launched Season three of Step Up to the Plate @ your library. Read the press release or play the trivia game that’s found on the program’s website. Or view the booklist of baseball books which includes books for those in Little League (grades 1-6), Minor League (grades 6-12), and Major League (18 and over) while also including films and reference sources.
