Friday Finds – November 21, 2014

This Week at TLT

Sunday Reflections: What a few minutes searching Google Images for “Prom Dresses” taught me

Middle Grade Monday – Statistics

National School Climate Survey results about LGBT students’ experiences in school

The #SVYALit Project Google Hangout with A. S. King, Christa Desir & Carrie Mesrobian

We’re Not Faking it, We’re Making It: from the Robot Test Kitchen

YA A to Z

• Tahereh Mafi
• Patrick Ness
• Lauren Oliver
• Stephanie Perkins
• Matthew Quick
• Sarah Rees Brennan
• Jenny Torres Sanchez

Around the Web

You want to read Ursula Le Guin’s speech for the National Book Awards.

Jacqueline Woodson won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. It is well deserved. See her keynote speech for SLJ’s Day of Dialogue here.

One of the many issues with charter schools is their lack of preparedness for dealing with children with special needs.

SLJ’s Best Books for 2014.

In case you’re having a bad day…

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