From: Diane Foote <dianebfoote_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:26:47 -0600

Nancy, absolutely! I agree with KT that many would be interested in the results.

For any teachers and librarians on the list who wish to implement a program like this, here is information from AILA about the awards, including terms and criteria:

Hope to see many of you in Boston in a couple days! Foote

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Kathleen T. Horning wrote:

Nancy, you could certainly do a mock discussion yourself with your students. All of these discussions you're reading about are grassroots efforts organized by various local groups (usually schools or public libraries). Our local school district, for example, does mock Coretta Scott King Award discussions every year as a form of continuing education, and the staff gets continuing education credit for the time they spend reading, in addition to discussing. It's good way for the teachers and librarians to hone their critical skills, as well as to keep them up-to-date with current African-American literature.

If you want to organize your own discussion for next year, I'm sure the chair of the AILA awards would be willing to help you compile a list of books to consider. And I'm also sure the committee would be very interested in hearing about what your students thought of the books, as would the rest of us.

Cheers, KT

Kathleen T. Horning Director Cooperative Children's Book Center 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park St Madison, WI 53706

Phone: 608-263-3721 FAX: 608-262-4933

horning_at_education.wisc.edu http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/

Nancy Bo Flood wrote:

Hello all of the Mock Newbery, Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Award reporters,

I applaud these literary activities that engage children, teachers and parents and bring attention to these important books. As a teacher on the Navajo Reservation, I wish similar mock-award discussions were held regarding books by and about Native Americans. Although these books do receive review and attention with the American Indian Library Association and Lacapa Spirit awards, their time in the spotlight is less frequent and during another time of the year. Perhaps it could be a future topic of discussion to list and describe favorites.

Thank you,

Nancy Bo Flood

Chinle, Arizona (USA) wflood_at_hotmail.com www.nancyboflood.com _Navajo Year, Walk Through Many Seasons_, Children's Choice, ALA Notable Social Science Book, Arizona Book of the Year _Sand to Stone, the Life Cycle of Sandstone_

Warriors in the Crossfire NEW Young Adult novel set on the island of Saipan during WWII


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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:52:22 -0500 From: dorisgebel_at_gmail.com Subject: Re:
 
 Mock Award Discussions To: sengelfried_at_yahoo.com CC: ccbc-net@ccbc.education.wisc.edu

15 4th-8th grade members of the Northport-East Northport Public Library Newbery club met last week for their 5th annual Mock Election. It took 1 1/2 hours of discussion and three ballots to decide between those two titles-they eventually succeeded in choosing When You Reach me as the winner and gave Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo was also given an honor.

Doris Gebel Head of Youth Services Northport-East Northport Public Library

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Steven Engelfried wrote:

About 50 people participated in the Oregon Library Association and the Washington Library Association's Mock Newbery Program on January 9th at Mulntomah County Library's Central Library. The Mock Newbery winner: "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin. A single Honor book was chosen: "Whn You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead. - Steven Engelfried, Multnomah County Library sengelfried_at_yahoo.com 503-988-5206

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