Bridges worth building: high-quality materials bring educators and learners together.(Editor's Note)

What makes your job worthwhile? Many educators would agree that the most rewarding moments in the classroom occur when a connection is made. For teachers that can mean helping students solve challenging math problems, translate difficult passages, or develop insights into a character's motivation. For librarians that can mean assisting students to locate scarce dinosaur titles, track down statistics for a report, or discover soon-to-be favorite authors. As educators these are the moments that convince us that we're doing the right work.

Curriculum Connections has been designed to enrich the collaboration between teachers, librarians, and students. Our articles present …