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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 11:16:27 -0600
It's great to find out some of the books you've enjoyed, appreciated
(and even loved!) this year. It's always helpful when you let us know the "why" behind your comment, even if it's only a few words. Thanks for all of the comments so far. We'll hope to hear from many others during the weeks to come. We'll use our time between now and January 12 for this discussion of 1997 favorites, which is a favorite discussion of ours, too!
During the past three weeks, the CCBC hosted four discussions featuring some of the excellent 1997 books eligible for national awards. Here are the outcomes of each CCBC discussion:
November 25: CCBC Caldecott Award Discussion (ALA/ALSC: distinguished illustration) The Winner - Harlem: A Poem illustrated by Christopher Myers, written by Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic) Three Honor Books - 1) In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall illus by Javaka Steptoe
(Lee & Low); 2) Lullabye Raft illus by Vivienne Flesher & written by Naomi Shihab Nye (Simon & Schuster); and 3) Seven Brave Women illus by Bethanne Andersen & written by Betsy Hearne (Greenwillow) The six other books we discussed that evening were: 1) Country Fair illus & written by Elisha Cooper (Greenwillow); 2) If You Were Born a Kitten illus by JoEllen McAllister Stammen & written by Marion Dane Bauer (Simon & Schuster); 3) Junk Pile! illus by Kimberly Bulcken Root & written by Lady Borton (Philomel); 4) Lucky Song illus & written by Vera B. Williams (Greenwillow); 5) Me, Dad & Number 6 illus by Goro Sasaki & written by Dana Andrews Jennings (Gulliver/Harcourt, Brace); and 6) Time to Sleep illus & written by Denise Fleming (Henry Holt).
December 3: CCBC Coretta Scott King Award Illustrator Discussion
(ALA/SRRT: outstanding illustration by an African American artist) The Winner: Harlem: A Poem written by Walter Dean Myers & illus by Christopher Myers (Scholastic) Two Honor Books: 1) In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall illus by Javaka Steptoe (Lee & Low); and 2) The Talking Cloth illus & written by Rhonda Mitchell (Orchard) The seven other books we discussed that evening were: 1) Adventures of Sparrowboy illus & written by Brian Pinkney; 2) Daddy Calls Me Man illus by Rhonda Mitchell & written by Angela Johnson; 3) For the Love of the Game illus by Jan Spivey Gilchrist & written by Eloise Greenfield
(HarperCollins); 4) The Hired Hand illus by Jerry Pinkney & written by Robert D. San Souci (Dial); 5) It's Raining Laughter illus by Myles Pinkney & written by Nikki Grimes; 6) Ma Dear's Aprons illus by Floyd Cooper & written by Patricia C. McKissack; and 7) Only a Pigeon illus by E.B. Lewis & written by Jane & Christopher Kurtz (Simon & Schuster).
December 5: CCBC Batchelder Award Discussion (ALA/ALSC: outstanding translated book) The Winner: The Robber and Me written by Josef Holub, translated from the German by Elizabeth D. Crawford (U.S. edition: Henry Holt) Two Honor Books: 1) The Acorn Eaters written by Els Pelgrom, translated from the Dutch by Johanna H. Prins and Johanna W. Prins (U.S. edition: Farrar Straus Giroux); and 2) We're Alive and Life Goes On: A Theresienstadt Diary by Eva Mandlova Roubickova, translated from the Czech by Azia Alexander (U.S. edition: Edge Books / Henry Holt) The three other books we discussed that afternoon were: 1) The Beautiful Days of My Youth: My Six Months in Auschwitz and Plaszow written by Ana Novac, translated from the French by George L. Newman (U.S. edition: Edge Books / Henry Holt); 2) Nero Corleone: A Cat's Story written by Elke Heidenreich, illus by Quint Buchholz, translated from the German by Doris Orgel (U.S. edition: Viking); and 3) The Wicked Witch Is at It Again written by Hanna Kraan, illus by Annemarie van Haeringen, translated from the Dutch by Wanda Boeke (U.S. edition: Front Street). December 8: CCBC Newbery Award Discussion (ALA/ALSC - distinguished writing) The Winner: Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman (HarperCollins) One Honor Book: Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye (Simon & Schuster) The six other books we discussed that evening were: 1) Bowman's Store: A Journey to Myself by Joseph Bruchac; 2) The Facts Speak for Themselves by Brock Cole (Front Street); 3) Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff (Delacorte); 4) Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (Scholastic); Seven Brave Women by Betsy Hearne (Greenwillow); and Sun & Spoon (Greenwillow).
The CCBC Coretta Scott King Award Author Discussion for Writing will be held on Wednesday evening, January 7. Anyone interested is welcome to read the 11 books on that discussion list and join others that evening at the CCBC. Various interested individuals participate in each discussion; the groups are never composed of the same people. All of the discussions except the Batchelder discussion included CCBC staff, teachers, school librarians & public librarians. The Batchelder discussion involved graduate students along with the CCBC staff.
The actual winners of these national awards will be announced on Monday, January 12, 1998, during the Midwinter Conference of the American Library Association held in New Orleans.
Cheers, Ginny
************************************************ Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/) A Library of the School of Education University of Wisconsin - Madison
Received on Wed 10 Dec 1997 11:16:27 AM CST
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 11:16:27 -0600
It's great to find out some of the books you've enjoyed, appreciated
(and even loved!) this year. It's always helpful when you let us know the "why" behind your comment, even if it's only a few words. Thanks for all of the comments so far. We'll hope to hear from many others during the weeks to come. We'll use our time between now and January 12 for this discussion of 1997 favorites, which is a favorite discussion of ours, too!
During the past three weeks, the CCBC hosted four discussions featuring some of the excellent 1997 books eligible for national awards. Here are the outcomes of each CCBC discussion:
November 25: CCBC Caldecott Award Discussion (ALA/ALSC: distinguished illustration) The Winner - Harlem: A Poem illustrated by Christopher Myers, written by Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic) Three Honor Books - 1) In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall illus by Javaka Steptoe
(Lee & Low); 2) Lullabye Raft illus by Vivienne Flesher & written by Naomi Shihab Nye (Simon & Schuster); and 3) Seven Brave Women illus by Bethanne Andersen & written by Betsy Hearne (Greenwillow) The six other books we discussed that evening were: 1) Country Fair illus & written by Elisha Cooper (Greenwillow); 2) If You Were Born a Kitten illus by JoEllen McAllister Stammen & written by Marion Dane Bauer (Simon & Schuster); 3) Junk Pile! illus by Kimberly Bulcken Root & written by Lady Borton (Philomel); 4) Lucky Song illus & written by Vera B. Williams (Greenwillow); 5) Me, Dad & Number 6 illus by Goro Sasaki & written by Dana Andrews Jennings (Gulliver/Harcourt, Brace); and 6) Time to Sleep illus & written by Denise Fleming (Henry Holt).
December 3: CCBC Coretta Scott King Award Illustrator Discussion
(ALA/SRRT: outstanding illustration by an African American artist) The Winner: Harlem: A Poem written by Walter Dean Myers & illus by Christopher Myers (Scholastic) Two Honor Books: 1) In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall illus by Javaka Steptoe (Lee & Low); and 2) The Talking Cloth illus & written by Rhonda Mitchell (Orchard) The seven other books we discussed that evening were: 1) Adventures of Sparrowboy illus & written by Brian Pinkney; 2) Daddy Calls Me Man illus by Rhonda Mitchell & written by Angela Johnson; 3) For the Love of the Game illus by Jan Spivey Gilchrist & written by Eloise Greenfield
(HarperCollins); 4) The Hired Hand illus by Jerry Pinkney & written by Robert D. San Souci (Dial); 5) It's Raining Laughter illus by Myles Pinkney & written by Nikki Grimes; 6) Ma Dear's Aprons illus by Floyd Cooper & written by Patricia C. McKissack; and 7) Only a Pigeon illus by E.B. Lewis & written by Jane & Christopher Kurtz (Simon & Schuster).
December 5: CCBC Batchelder Award Discussion (ALA/ALSC: outstanding translated book) The Winner: The Robber and Me written by Josef Holub, translated from the German by Elizabeth D. Crawford (U.S. edition: Henry Holt) Two Honor Books: 1) The Acorn Eaters written by Els Pelgrom, translated from the Dutch by Johanna H. Prins and Johanna W. Prins (U.S. edition: Farrar Straus Giroux); and 2) We're Alive and Life Goes On: A Theresienstadt Diary by Eva Mandlova Roubickova, translated from the Czech by Azia Alexander (U.S. edition: Edge Books / Henry Holt) The three other books we discussed that afternoon were: 1) The Beautiful Days of My Youth: My Six Months in Auschwitz and Plaszow written by Ana Novac, translated from the French by George L. Newman (U.S. edition: Edge Books / Henry Holt); 2) Nero Corleone: A Cat's Story written by Elke Heidenreich, illus by Quint Buchholz, translated from the German by Doris Orgel (U.S. edition: Viking); and 3) The Wicked Witch Is at It Again written by Hanna Kraan, illus by Annemarie van Haeringen, translated from the Dutch by Wanda Boeke (U.S. edition: Front Street). December 8: CCBC Newbery Award Discussion (ALA/ALSC - distinguished writing) The Winner: Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman (HarperCollins) One Honor Book: Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye (Simon & Schuster) The six other books we discussed that evening were: 1) Bowman's Store: A Journey to Myself by Joseph Bruchac; 2) The Facts Speak for Themselves by Brock Cole (Front Street); 3) Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff (Delacorte); 4) Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (Scholastic); Seven Brave Women by Betsy Hearne (Greenwillow); and Sun & Spoon (Greenwillow).
The CCBC Coretta Scott King Award Author Discussion for Writing will be held on Wednesday evening, January 7. Anyone interested is welcome to read the 11 books on that discussion list and join others that evening at the CCBC. Various interested individuals participate in each discussion; the groups are never composed of the same people. All of the discussions except the Batchelder discussion included CCBC staff, teachers, school librarians & public librarians. The Batchelder discussion involved graduate students along with the CCBC staff.
The actual winners of these national awards will be announced on Monday, January 12, 1998, during the Midwinter Conference of the American Library Association held in New Orleans.
Cheers, Ginny
************************************************ Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/) A Library of the School of Education University of Wisconsin - Madison
Received on Wed 10 Dec 1997 11:16:27 AM CST
