Every year, in the March issue, SLJ calculates the average prices for books. These statistics are among the most important pieces of information we provide. The favorite folktale about Rumpelstiltskin centers on the discovery of the name of the little man who spins straw into gold for the miller's daughter.
First impressions are important.
As sales of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series soar toward a solar zenith, they're about to cross the path of the first title of another famous children's fantasy series, Frank Baum's The Wonderful World of Oz , now celebrating its 100th anniversary. A band of subversives in Ohio is thwarting site-based management. In Mexico, the tortilla's in trouble. In El Paso, it's the library.