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 On March 21st, the Sussex County Library Media Association (SCLMA) hosted a seminar for teachers and librarians. Attendees included faculty from Vernon Township Public Schools, members of SCLMA, as well as those from the Northwest Jersey Reading Council. The event covered topics of Language Arts, Special Education, and Library Media. Genevieve Petrillo, acclaimed children’s picture book author discussed her writing, reading comprehension activities for students with disabilities, and her work with both high school and elementary school children.
 * Sussex County Library Media Association ****Hosts Seminar with Award-Winning Author **

Petrillo’s book, //Keep Your Ear on the Ball// (Tilbury, 2007) is a //Moonbeam Award// winner and has recently been selected for inclusion in //The IBBY Documentation Centre of Books for Disabled Young People//. Her work has also been included in //Highlights, Spider, Ladybug, Turtle, Creative Classroom, Instructor//, the //New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJASK)//, and a number of other magazines and web sites, including a textbook in Belgium! For more information, check out Genevive’s website //www.genevievepetrillo.com// or join our SCLMA community @ //__http://sclma.wikispaces.com__. //

//**Enthusiastic Reader**// nominations are due by Feb. 28 each year. I have attached the form that should be on the page for this year. There is some work to be done to correct the links but we can work on that. Thanks for taking the initiative on this and your interest in re-vitalizing our group.

Mail to:

Enthusiastic Reader Award C/O Margaret Anderson 668 W. Shore Trail Sparta, NJ 07871

[|Nomination form]


 * //Scholastic Book Fair Workshop//** is coming to Branchburg on March 1, 2011. Sign up on Scholastic's website to gain free Scholastic Dollars for your school and take advantage of them making the trip to Sussex County. Click the link below to download the flyer for the event. Pre-registration on Scholastic's Book Fair website is required:

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