March 15th, 2012

‪‬James Franco and LA MoCA will screen ‘Rebel’ film at “unusual” venue of JF Chen’s furniture boutique, with work shown also by Douglas Gordon, Harmony Korine, Damon McCarthy, Paul McCarthy, Terry Richardson, Ed Ruscha, and Aaron Young [AO Newslink]

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School Librarian September 22, 2011 | Scott, Elspeth Author hotline Author hotline, ‘where authors and their readers connect’, is a database of author, illustrator and poet profiles. Information is provided in a colourful Q&A format and is attractive but although there is an extensive list of authors they are not all well-known. site cool maths games

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Literary connections [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Manga High This Maths games site is now free for all UK schools. It achieves the double of providing resources which support the curriculum which pupils enjoy using, very useful for encouraging sensible internet use at interval. With titles like Pyramid Panic, Bidmas Blaster and Transtar, a wide range of levels and mathematical operations are covered. site cool maths games

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Stan Lee Excelsior Award This is the brand new website of the new book award for graphic novels and manga, voted for by 11 to 16-year-olds. The award is the brainchild of Paul Register, the school librarian at Ecclesfield School in Sheffield. Started originally as a local award, it was quickly adopted by schools across the country, and is already gearing up for its second year. The website has information about Stan Lee himself, all the shortlisted books–and of course information about how YOU can become involved.

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