From the Hunger Games, the Common Core, and maker spaces, to Gangnam Style and the ongoing ebook wars, a look at the highlights and key themes of 2012, according to Twitter.
Amazon Offers Harry Potter for Free Through Lending Library
By on May 10, 2012
Potter fans can download all seven books in the J.K. Rowling series starting June 19, following Amazon’s deal with Pottermore to make the titles available through the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library.
French Developer Debuts ‘Hunger Games’ App
By on April 1, 2012
You knew it was coming. The app, available for iOS and Android, recreates the best scenes from the book/movie for kids six and up.
Why I’m Taking My Fourth Grader to See ‘The Hunger Games’
By on March 22, 2012
Lauren Barack, a regular contributor to the Digital Shift, writes this time as a mother.
SLJ’s Battle of the Kids’ Books: the Trailer
By on February 10, 2012
They’re back. Lauren Downey and Summer Ogata, aka the Everdeen Sisters, have created a video “trailer” for School Library Journal’s Battle of the Kids’ Books 2012.
Top SLJ Comments of the Week
From School Library Journal’s Battle of the Kids’ Books and The Hunger Games to the latest on ebooks—they giveth Harry Potter and they taketh away—a lot went on this week.