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Outcome of the CCBC Sibert Award Book Discussion
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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 11:25:28 -0600
Nonfiction books can be great gifts, too, and there is a fine selection for all ages from which to choose this year. Participants preparing for this discussion had a chance to closely examine only a few of the many fine informational books recently published.
UPCOMING CCBC BOOK DISCUSSIONS There's STILL TIME for you to join others during the next two weeks in the Elizabeth Burr Conference Room of the CCBC for the CCBC King and Printz Award Discussions.
BACKGROUND ON THE ROBERT L. SIBERT AWARD Our virtual hats are off to the members of the actual ALA/ALSC Robert L. Sibert Informational Book Award Committee chaired by Nina Lindsay. We know they're very busy doing the final reading and making careful evaluations in preparation for their decision-making meetings in January.
Several times during the CCBC discussion last evening, someone would remark: if I were on the actual committee, I'd have to check on that, or I'd need to ask someone who knows about this subject about that assertion, etc.
In addition to assessing the quality of the writing, illustrations
(if there is artwork), page layouts, design, overall book production and documentation, the members of this committee are simultaneously thinking about much more. Wow!
The Robert L. Sibert Informational Book Award will be given for the second time in 2002. Information about this relatively new award can be found on the ALA/ALSC web site: http://www.ala.org/alsc/sibert.html
BACKGROUND ON CCBC BOOK DISCUSSIONS IN GENERAL Each year the CCBC staff hosts book discussions designed to examine a few of the books eligible for various national awards. There were so many worthy, handsomely designed, well written books of information from which to choose for the first-ever CCBC Sibert Award Discussion. The discussion list doesn't begin to represent the possiblities.
We always spend some time talking about the purpose and criteria for each award, and about what causes a book to be either eligible or ineligible for the award. We also talk about the balloting method the actual committee uses. We then discuss several books, using CCBC Book Discussion Guidelines, and after that we ballot, using the method we discussed earlier.
Complete discussion lists and other details about each evening can be found on the CCBC web site. Visit "What's New?" and then scroll down: http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/new.htm
OUTCOME OF THE CCBC SIBERT AWARD DISCUSSION on December 3:
Winner:
"Nobody Particular: One Woman's Fight to Save the Bays" written and illustrated by Molly Bang (Henry Holt) 44 pages
Honor Books:
1. "Helen Keller: Rebellious Spirit" written by Laurie Lawlor
(Holiday House) 168 pages
2. "The Lamp, The Ice, and The Boat Called Fish" written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and illustrated by Beth Krommes (Houghton Mifflin) 48 pages
3. "Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 132554" written and illustrated by James Rumford (Houghton Mifflin) 36 pages
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu Director, Cooperative Children's Book Center www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ A Library of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin Madison
Received on Tue 04 Dec 2001 11:25:28 AM CST
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 11:25:28 -0600
Nonfiction books can be great gifts, too, and there is a fine selection for all ages from which to choose this year. Participants preparing for this discussion had a chance to closely examine only a few of the many fine informational books recently published.
UPCOMING CCBC BOOK DISCUSSIONS There's STILL TIME for you to join others during the next two weeks in the Elizabeth Burr Conference Room of the CCBC for the CCBC King and Printz Award Discussions.
BACKGROUND ON THE ROBERT L. SIBERT AWARD Our virtual hats are off to the members of the actual ALA/ALSC Robert L. Sibert Informational Book Award Committee chaired by Nina Lindsay. We know they're very busy doing the final reading and making careful evaluations in preparation for their decision-making meetings in January.
Several times during the CCBC discussion last evening, someone would remark: if I were on the actual committee, I'd have to check on that, or I'd need to ask someone who knows about this subject about that assertion, etc.
In addition to assessing the quality of the writing, illustrations
(if there is artwork), page layouts, design, overall book production and documentation, the members of this committee are simultaneously thinking about much more. Wow!
The Robert L. Sibert Informational Book Award will be given for the second time in 2002. Information about this relatively new award can be found on the ALA/ALSC web site: http://www.ala.org/alsc/sibert.html
BACKGROUND ON CCBC BOOK DISCUSSIONS IN GENERAL Each year the CCBC staff hosts book discussions designed to examine a few of the books eligible for various national awards. There were so many worthy, handsomely designed, well written books of information from which to choose for the first-ever CCBC Sibert Award Discussion. The discussion list doesn't begin to represent the possiblities.
We always spend some time talking about the purpose and criteria for each award, and about what causes a book to be either eligible or ineligible for the award. We also talk about the balloting method the actual committee uses. We then discuss several books, using CCBC Book Discussion Guidelines, and after that we ballot, using the method we discussed earlier.
Complete discussion lists and other details about each evening can be found on the CCBC web site. Visit "What's New?" and then scroll down: http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/new.htm
OUTCOME OF THE CCBC SIBERT AWARD DISCUSSION on December 3:
Winner:
"Nobody Particular: One Woman's Fight to Save the Bays" written and illustrated by Molly Bang (Henry Holt) 44 pages
Honor Books:
1. "Helen Keller: Rebellious Spirit" written by Laurie Lawlor
(Holiday House) 168 pages
2. "The Lamp, The Ice, and The Boat Called Fish" written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and illustrated by Beth Krommes (Houghton Mifflin) 48 pages
3. "Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 132554" written and illustrated by James Rumford (Houghton Mifflin) 36 pages
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse at education.wisc.edu Director, Cooperative Children's Book Center www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ A Library of the School of Education, University of Wisconsin Madison
Received on Tue 04 Dec 2001 11:25:28 AM CST
