Thursday, April 1, 2010

“Read N.D. lists top children’s books from N.D. - Jamestown Sun” plus 3 more

“Read N.D. lists top children’s books from N.D. - Jamestown Sun” plus 3 more

Read N.D. lists top children’s books from N.D. - Jamestown Sun

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 05:36 AM PDT

A new listing of North Dakota authors of illustrated children's books is now available on the Read North Dakota Web site at www.readnd.org. The list of the top 10 illustrated children's books covers a variety of topics, from traditional American Indian stories to a story about the International Peace Garden.

Read North Dakota is dedicated to celebrating and promoting literature created in and about North Dakota. Partners include the State Historical Society of North Dakota, the North Dakota Humanities Council, the North Dakota Council on the Arts, Prairie Public Broadcasting, and the North Dakota Library Association.

The following is a selected list of the top 10 illustrated children's books featuring North Dakota authors:

* "Whirlwind is a Spirit Dancing: Poems Based on Traditional American Indian Songs and Stories," by Natalia Belting

* "A Boy Called Slow," by Joseph Bruchac

"Where's Petunia?," by Ellen Diederich

* "Night Catch," by Brenda Ehrmantraut

* "Grandmother's Pigeon," by Louise Erdrich

* "Sacagawea," by Liselotte Erdrich

* "Heetunka's Harvest," by Jennifer Barry Jones

* "Far Away Home," by Jane Kurtz

* "The Star People," by S. D. Nelson

* "P is for Peace Garden: A North Dakota Alphabet Edition," by Roxanne Salonen

All publications are in print and available at local libraries and bookstores. Visit www.readnd.org and add to the recommended reading list of nonfiction. Readers may include comments on the Web site discussion board.

Following last year's annual event in Bismarck featuring Eric Sevareid biographer Raymond A. Schroth, the 2010 featured illustrated children's book author is S. D. Nelson, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in the Dakotas. Nelson is an author, storyteller and artist. His illustrated children's book, "Black Elk's Vision: A Lakota Story," is the featured book of 2010. He will give a free public presentation designed for adults at the historic Fargo Theatre at 7 p.m. Oct. 21, to be broadcast at a later date by Prairie Public Television and Radio.

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Taunton Library accepting donations - Taunton Gazette

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 07:38 AM PDT

The Taunton Public Library is accepting donations of new and gently used adult, and especially children's books, videos, and DVDs.

They are welcomed during regular business hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 7:45 p.m. and Saturdays 9:00 a.m. – 5:45 p.m.

 

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UPDATE 1-Scholastic Q3 loss narrows - Reuters

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 05:43 AM PDT

* Raises lower end of FY10 EPS view

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* Sees FY10 EPS $2.00 to $2.30

* Q3 loss $0.15/shr vs $0.98/shr a year ago

* Revenue down 6 pct to $398.8 mln

April 1 (Reuters) - Children's books publisher Scholastic Corp (SCHL.O) posted a narrower third-quarter loss, helped by federal stimulus funding that favored sales of educational technology, and raised the lower end of its fiscal 2010 profit-outlook range.

For fiscal 2010, the company expects earnings of $2.00 to $2.30 a share, from continuing operations and before items, compared with $1.80 to $2.30 per share forecast earlier.

Analysts expect earnings of $2.40 per share.

For the third quarter ended Feb. 28, net loss was $5.6 million, or 15 cents per share, compared with a loss of $36 million, or 98 cents per share, a year ago.

Revenue fell about 6 percent to $398.8 million, mainly reflecting strong Harry Potter-related sales in the prior year, Scholastic said.

Two analysts expected a loss of 12 cents per share on revenue of $425 million for the quarter, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

Increased federal stimulus funding drove more than 30 percent growth in sales of educational technology in the quarter, Chief Executive Richard Robinson said in a statement.

Shares of the company closed at $28 Wednesday on Nasdaq. (Reporting by Vinay Sarawagi in Bangalore; Editing by Vinu Pilakkott)

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Scholastic Q3 Loss Narrows; Revises FY10 EPS View ... - RTT News

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 06:26 AM PDT

(RTTNews) -  Children's books publisher Scholastic Corporation (SCHL: News ) Thursday posted a narrower loss for the third quarter, reflecting lower non-cash losses and the absence of last year's one-time severance charge. However, revenues for the period dropped year on year due to a decline in trade sales. Further, the company revised its earnings per share view for fiscal 2010.

Third-quarter net loss narrowed to $5.6 million or $0.15 per share from $36.0 million or $0.98 per share in the year-ago period. Loss from continuing operations lowered to $4.6 million or $0.12 per share from a loss of $34.5 million or $0.93 per share in the comparable period last year.

During the quarter the company recorded a loss on investment of $1.5 million compared to $13.5 million in the year-ago period. The company noted that last year's results included a $5.8 million one-time severance as well as an impairment charge of $17.0 million.

Excluding one-time, mostly non-cash expenses of $0.08 per share and $0.83 per share respectively, loss per share from continuing operations was $0.04 compared to $0.10 in the current and prior year periods.

New York-based Scholastic's revenues for the quarter declined to $398.8 million from $423.6 million in the same quarter a year ago.

By segments, revenues from educational publishing rose to $88.0 million from $74.7 million in the prior-year quarter. International revenues were $88.7 million, up from $87.3 million in the year-ago period, primarily reflecting a positive foreign exchange impact of $11.5 million.


Revenues from children's book publishing and distribution dropped to $192.1 million from $228.7 million in the same period last year, reflecting a $22.2 million decline in trade sales. Media, licensing and advertising segment revenues declined to $30.0 million from $32.9 million in the year-ago period.

Corporate overhead in the quarter was $14.3 million compared to $23.5 million in the same quarter last year, primarily reflecting reductions in salary and overhead expenses as a result, selling, general and administrative expenses for the period reduced to $189.8 million from $197.5 million in the year-ago quarter.

For the first nine months of fiscal 2010, the company posted a net profit of $26.9 million or $0.73 per share compared to a loss of $42.0 million or $1.12 per share in the comparable period last year.

Earnings from continuing operations was $27.6 million compared to a loss of $18.9 million a year ago. On a per share basis, earnings from continuing operations was $0.75 compared to a loss of $0.50 in the prior year period. Revenues for the period was $1.37 billion compared to $1.35 billion in the same period a year-ago.

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