by
Judith Lee
The Library of Congress Literacy Awards Program is excited to introduce two new prize categories this year.
Thanks to the generosity of the Kislak Family Foundation, the Literacy Awards Program will award up to an additional $200,000 in the form of two new prize categories and by doubling the impact of the Successful Practices Honoree category, for a total of up to $525,000 in cash prizes. The new Kislak Family Foundation Prize ($100,000) will be awarded to an organization based either inside or outside of the United States with an outsized impact on literacy relative to its size and/or years of operation. Additionally, the new Emerging Strategies Honorees prize category will award $5,000 for up to five organizations that are in their early stages of development (operating for 5 or less years).
Learn more about the new prize categories on today's Teaching with the Library blog post.
The Literacy Awards Program is accepting applications now through February 19, 2024. Visit the Literacy Awards website for more information about the application process and to download the application forms.
Register for the January 16th Applicant Information Session where potential applicants can learn about the new prize categories and application process, as well as ask questions to members of the Advisory Board and Literacy Awards staff.
Please feel free to email literacyawards@loc.gov or comment below with questions!
Read this post from the Teaching with the Library blog and spread the word about this opportunity for up to five organizations established within the past five years that show promise in supporting literacy!
Josh Jones writes: “We can learn much about how a historical period viewed the abilities of its children by studying its children’s literature. And we can do so most thoroughly by surveying the thousands of mid- to late-19th century titles at University of Florida’s Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature. Occupying a space somewhere between the purely didactic and the nonsensical, most children’s books published in the past few hundred years have attempted to find a line between the two poles, seeking a balance between entertainment and instruction.”...
Pre K - 2 3 - 5 6 - 8 9 - 12 English/Language Arts Social Studies/History Library children's literature
A great post from 
Gay Thistle
:
Here are some tips for creating and Album on the TPS Teachers Network. One hint that is not included in this link is:
If want your images to have a chronological order, load them from last to first so that the final outcome will show them first to last.
Looking for more groups to join? Be sure to investigate the "Supporting Literacy With Primary Sources" Group!
This post comes to you from 
Mary Johnson
. It has helpful tips and tricks on how to use the network!
Find the Google Doc here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w4XxgRQ7OmmWqE7oyrv3IMEcA2oI7-c9LKCR6n2w4Cg/edit
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