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• The girls are back on the big screen! Catch Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 in theaters August 6th. And from your very own computer screen, check out Sisterhood Central for all things Sisterhood, including information about Ann Brashares' new YA novel, 3 Willows!

• Click HERE for Super Summer Reading Books! Remember, summer reading isn't just for entertainment. By providing kids with fun, thought-provoking books, we can help them keep their skills up over the summer. You can FIGHT SUMMER SLIDE by encouraging kids to slide these books into their backpacks in the coming months! (And we'll keep the sliding down to that.)

• Librarians@Random is seeing 's . . . Visit our new starred review sites, accessible on the Master Award Index page!

• Congratulations to our state award winners! Random House Children's Books are winning kids over from all across the country. Click here to see your state's favorites.

   

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Mexican WhiteBoy Matt de la Peña Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Writing Thank-you Notes Peggy Gifford; illustrated by Valorie Fisher Cycler Lauren McLaughlin Click here for more new BookTalks!   *** Click here for new PICTURE BOOKS Born to Read Judy Sierra; illustrated by Marc Brown

Hear that Train Whistle Blow! How the Railroad Changed the World Milton Meltzer Settle into this month's Backlist Gems!   *** Click here for NEW AND NOTABLE PAPERBACKS Cures for Heartbreak Margo Rabb

Pat Scales was the director of Library Services at the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities in Greenville, South Carolina, and has has recently retired after working as a school librarian for 36 years. She is known throughout the country as an advocate for Children's Literature and Intellectual Freedom. Every month Pat will be found here on the Web discussing an important issue affecting librarians, books, and children. To read Pat's column, click here.

Junie B., First Grader (at last!) Barbara Park; illustrated by Denise Brunkus It's back-to-school time (at last!) Visit this month's Booklist.   *** Trying to remember? Check out the Librarians @ Random news archive: The sisterhood grows 3 Willows by Ann Brashares July 2007 The Edge Chronicles come to paperback! May 2008   Summer Series Update May 2008   It's a First May 2008   Election Books March 2008   Exciting News About Paolini's Inheritance Cycle October 2007