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From: David Harrison <davidlharrison1_at_att.net>
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:25:37 -0500
Regarding a Paucity of Picture Books:
I think there's more than parental pressure and price involved in the equation for the drop in picture books. There seems to be a societal shift in the nature of what sells. I noticed a change in the way children responded to their picture books between my first title in 1969 (The Boy With a Drum) and my 1980 offering, Detective Bob and the Great Ape Escape. Detective Bob was written with the television generation in mind. The missing ape, which Detective Bob would never seem to see, appeared in every scene. The story was essentially a visual joke that appealed to children raised on laugh tracks and quick solutions.
Now I think we're suffering from the effects of computer games that demand even quicker solutions, tons of action, and a cacophony of noises. Kids don't think they're having fun unless their eyes and ears are being bombarded with a fast and furious stream of stimulation.
Give such children a picture book that doesn't shout or move, the old-fashioned sort that stimulates their imagination, and I fear that many of them are quickly bored. The buzzword among editors these days is "quiet." As in, "Loved your story but it's a little too quiet for today's market."
The noisy/action factor may be changing the paradigm so that traditional stories, no matter how finely spun, are being ushered out of the market -- in part because of the pressure from schools and parents to achieve at a greater rate scholastically -- but also by an electronic industry, which is supported in large measure by those same parents and other adults who tend to shop elsewhere these days for recreational activities for their children. David Harrison http://www.davidlharrison.com
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CCBC-NET Digest for Wednesday, November 03, 2010.
1. RE: ccbc-net digest: November 02, 2010 2. GAY AWARD 3. Resources for Series Books 4. Re: GAY AWARD 5. YALSA's First Annual Past Presidents' Lecture 6. RE: GAY AWARD 7. new book: HIV/AIDS in Young Adult Novels
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Subject: RE: ccbc-net digest: November 02, 2010 From: David Harrison Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 07:06:28 -0500 X-Message-Number: 1
Regarding Sylvia Vardell's note about the upcoming session at NCTE featuring poets discussing the impact of blogging, I'm in agreement with their premise and am preparing my own 75 minute presentation on a related subject at NCTE. My session will focus on the power of an Internet reading community to support and encourage student poets who post their work on Word of the Month Poetry Challenge, a monthly opportunity open to grades three and up. Beginning with a single word each month, poets of all ages create original work that draws positive comments from visitors to the blog. Incorporating technology that children know and understand into their writing curricula is demonstrating its effectiveness in a growing number of classrooms. Some of today's best children's poets act as judges to select the best work to be honored each month. David L Harrison http://davidlharrison.wordpress.com /
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Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 12:03 AM To: ccbc-net digest recipients Subject: ccbc-net digest: November 02, 2010
CCBC-NET Digest for Tuesday, November 02, 2010.
1. Kalamazoo and Navy Pier events 2. Upcoming CCBC-Net Topics 3. Poetry session (pre and post participation invited) 4. Opportunity for Book Clubs 5. ccbc-net another Opportunity for Book Clubs 6. Historical Fiction books portraying male characters 7. Announcements from the CCBC 8. Two Announcements in the Morning NYT 9. new Handbook of Research on Children's and Young Adult Literature 10. GAY AWARD
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Subject: Kalamazoo and Navy Pier events From: Debbie Reese Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:49:46 -0500 X-Message-Number: 1
Friday of this week, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Gillian Engberg of Booklist, and I are among the speakers at the Kalamazoo Youth Literature Seminar. Details here:
On Saturday, Nov 13th, Chicago's Indian Education program is offering a free public lecture at Navy Pier. I'm the speaker, and teachers in Illinois can get CPDU's. Info here: tur e-at-navy-pier-november-13.html
Debbie
Visit my Internet resource: American Indians in Children's Literature
Debbie A. Reese (Nambй O'-ween-ge') Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Native American House, Room 2005 1204 West Nevada Street, MC-138 Urbana, Illinois 61801
Email: debreese_at_illinois.edu TEL 217-265-9885 FAX 217-265-9880
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Subject: Upcoming CCBC-Net Topics From: Megan Schliesman Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 09:26:16 -0500 X-Message-Number: 2
Here's what we'll be talking about the rest of the year on CCBC-Net:
November:
First Half of Month: "A Paucity of Picture Books." We can see it on the shelves: fewer picture books are being published. A recent New York Times article (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/08/us/08picture.html?_r=1) says that the picture book “is fading,” noting that not only are fewer being produced but also stating that fewer parents are turning to picture books, especially for school-age children. But production costs and bookstore sales can’t tell the whole picture book story. During the first half of November on CCBC-Net, we invite you to share your stories and observations about current picture book publishing and its impact on children, schools and libraries, as well as your thoughts on the importance of this singular literary form.
Second Half of the Month: "National Book Award Youth Literature Finalists." During the second half of November on CCBC-Net, we’ll discuss the five finalists for the 2010 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature: Dark Water by Laura McNeal (Alfred A. Knopf), Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers (Amistad/HarperCollins), Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine (Philomel), One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (Amistad/HarperCollins), and Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown).
December:
"Favorites of the Year." Each December, we invite members of the CCBC-Net community to share their favorite books for children and teen from the current publishing year. So give a shout-out to your favorite books published in 2010! (This will be our discussion topic through January 9, 2011. The American Library Association 2011 Children's and Young Adult Literature awards will be announced on January 10, 2011.)
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
608-262-9503 608-262-4933 (fax)
schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
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Subject: Poetry session (pre and post participation invited) From: "Vardell, Sylvia" Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 09:39:39 -0500 X-Message-Number: 3
In preparation for our upcoming session at the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) convention in Orlando in two weeks, three bloggers are featuring four poets who will be on the panel: Lee Bennett Hopkins, Pat Mora, Jame Richards, and Marilyn Singer. We're trying to promote our session, of course, but we're also trying to extend the conference experience for those who may not be able to attend in person. It was part of our proposal. We'll also share session highlights AFTER the conference, possibly even video clips. We welcome input and interaction.
Elaine Magliaro is featuring Lee Bennett Hopkins at Wild Rose Reader: http://wildrosereader.blogspot.com
Tricia Stohr-Hunt is featuring Marilyn Singer at The Miss Rumphius Effect: http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/
And I am featuring Pat Mora and Jame Richards at Poetry for Children: http://poetryforchildren.blogspot.com/
Please stop by!
Sylvia M. Vardell, Ph.D. Professor Texas Woman's University School of Library & Information Studies P O Box 425438 Denton TX 76204-5438 940-898-2616 svardell_at_twu.edu http://poetryforchildren.blogspot.com/
Author of: CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN ACTION; A LIBRARIAN'S GUIDE (Libraries Unlimited, 2008) POETRY PEOPLE; A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CHILDREN'S POETS (Libraries Unlimited, 2007) POETRY ALOUD HERE! SHARING POETRY WITH CHILDREN IN THE LIBRARY (ALA, 2006) BOOK LINKS columnist: Everyday Poetry Co-Editor, BOOKBIRD, the journal of international children's literature (http://www.ibby.org)
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Subject: Opportunity for Book Clubs From: Jacqueline Houtman Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:32:44 -0500 X-Message-Number: 4
The Class of 2K10, a group of 23 debut middle grade and young adult authors, is banding together to help nonprofit book clubs obtain brand new, hot off the presses books for their reading groups. This gigantic 230-book giveaway will begin on October 10th, 2010, to mark 10-10-10 for the Class of 2K10. It will end on November 11, 2010.
The idea was spurred by author and blogger Teri Brown, who runs a book club at a low-income community center. Ms. Brown asked to be contacted by authors willing to donate 8 to 10 copies of their book, adding that she knows it can be a challenge, but that the girls in her club love their book club and “want more than anything to have it continue this year.”
“It can be difficult for authors to manage multiple copies on their own,” said Leah Cypess, author of *Mistwood *and a member of the Class of 2K10. “We felt this was something unique we could offer as a group.”
Five book clubs around the country can win a prize pack of three to six sets of books written by authors from the Class of 2K10. The pack includes TEN copies of each book, and in some packs one of the books will be signed by the author.
The contest is open to all book clubs in the continental US associated with a nonprofit institution, a school, or a library. To enter, book club members or organizers need only comment on the giveaway post at the Classof2K10 blog
CONTACT: Leah Cypess at LCypess_at_gmail.com.
*The prize packs are:*
- *Middle Grade Fantasy Pack: *(1) *The Carnival of Lost Souls *by Laura Quimby, (2) *Under The Green Hill *by Laura L. Sullivan, (3)* The Witchy Worries of Abbie Adams *by Rhonda Hayter - *Middle Grade Realistic Pack: *(1) *Fairview Felines: A Newspaper Mystery* by Michele Corriel, (2) *Island Sting* by Bonnie J. Doerr, (3) *Leaving Gee's Bend *by Irene Latham, (4) *The Reinvention of Edison Thomas *by Jacqueline Houtman, (5) *Shooting Kabul *by N.H. Senzai - *Young Adult Fantasy/Paranormal Pack:* (1)* 13 to Life* by Shannon Delany, (2) *Freaksville *by Kitty Keswick, (3) *Mistwood* by Leah Cypess, (4) *Past Midnight *by Mara Purnhagen, (5) *Shade *by Jeri Smith-Ready, (6)* Under My Skin *by Judith Graves - *Young Adult Realistic Pack #1: *(1) *Change of Heart* by Shari Maurer, (2)* Faithful *by Janet Fox, (3) *Losing Faith *by Denise Jaden, (4) *The Tension of Opposites* by Kristina McBride - *Young Adult Realistic Pack #2: *(1) *Of All the Stupid Things *by Alexandra Diaz, (2) *Party* by Tom Leveen, (3) * Three Rivers Rising* by Jame Richards, (4) *The Secret Year* by Jennifer Hubbard, (5)* Split* by Swati Avasthi
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*Jacqueline Jaeger Houtman, PhD* Biomedical Science Writer jjhoutman_at_nasw.org www.jhoutman.com jjhoutman.livejournal.com
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Subject: ccbc-net another Opportunity for Book Clubs From: cathys_at_uproc.lib.mi.us Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:09:39 -0400 (EDT) X-Message-Number: 5
Another opportunity for a grant for free books for groups of teens is ALA's Great Stories Club. Call 312-280-5045 or email publicprograms_at_ala.org or search great stories club online.
Cathy Sullivan Seblonka Youth Services Librarian Peter White Public Library 217 N. Front St. Marquette, MI 49855 906-226-4323 cathys_at_pwpl.info
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Subject: Historical Fiction books portraying male characters From: "CARPENTER, JEFFREY J" Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:07:41 -0500 X-Message-Number: 6
Can anyone recommend some historical fiction books containing male characters for second to fourth grade readers? I'm fortunate to have four 3rd grade teachers that bring their students to the library for monthly book talks and the teachers follow up with having the students complete projects and activities on the books they read. Last month we discovered the lack of "boy" characters in historical fiction genre in our library. Can you recommend any other books like Henry's Freedom Box, books written by Deborah Hopkinson, or the titles written by Matt Tavares (Mudball or Oliver's Game). The My Name is America series works well and isn't as difficult as the similar Dear America series.
Thanks, Jeff Carpenter Media Specialist Houdini Elementary School Appleton, Wisconsin
Scanned by Barracuda Appliance as part of the Appleton Area School District
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Subject: Announcements from the CCBC From: "Kathleen T. Horning" Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:40:33 -0500 X-Message-Number: 7
We have a few announcements of our own from CCBC-land:
1) Author James St James will be in Madison the first week in April 2011 to deliver a public lecture about his young adult novel, "Freak Show," which is the UW-Madison School of Education's Common Read for the
academic year. You can keep updated with details concerning his upcoming
visit and find out more about the book discussions and panel discussions
connected to the book on the Common Read website at:
2) You can see photos from Susan Patron's amazing Charlotte Zolotow Lecture from last month on the CCBC's Facebook page: r/3
We are also pleased to announce that Gene Luen Yang, author of "American
Born Chinese," will deliver the 2011 Zolotow Lecture on Oct 5, 2011.
3) You can also now follow the CCBC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/CCBCwisc
4) We are once again offering weekly podcasts from the CCBC, called "Shelf Stories," where you can hear more about each week's Book of the Week, a bit about trends in publishing, and a connection of the current=2 0 book to books we've admired in the past. The direct link for the podcasts is http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/podcasts/default.asp
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/
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Subject: Two Announcements in the Morning NYT From: Ginny Moore Kruse Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:54:04 -0500 X-Message-Number: 8
Two news articles in today's New York Times (11/2/10) feature books for young readers:
1. On page one of the Arts Section, a lengthy article "Revered Writer Becomes Girl Detective" features the new mystery ZORA AND ME by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon (Candlewick, 2010). According to the article, the 192-page novel depicts Zora Neale Hurston as a bright, imaginative fourth grader, living with her family and friends in an all-black Florida town, around 1900. Zora, Carrie (the first-person narrator) and their friend Teddy try to figure out what happened when a man’s headless body is discovered by the railroad tracks. ZORA AND ME is the first book not written by Hurston that has been endorsed by the Zora Neale Hurston Trust, created in 2002 to manage the business of bringing Hurston’s work to a widening audience. _CCBC Director Kathleen Horning _is quoted in the article, and so is Children's Librarian Lisa Von Drasek from the Bank Street College of Education.
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2. In the same section an article in the "Arts Briefly" column announces "Prize is Created for Gay Literature for Young Readers." The American Library Association's new Stonewall Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award will honor an "English-language book of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered experience," the association said on Monday. Stonewall Awards for adult books have been handed out since 1971."
See - era ture-for-young-readers/?emc=eta1
Cordially, Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse_at_wisc.edu
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/books/02zora.html?emc=eta1
era ture-for-young-readers/?emc=eta1
mailto:gmkruse_at_wisc.edu
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Subject: new Handbook of Research on Children's and Young Adult Literature From: Shelby Anne Wolf Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:24:59 -0600 X-Message-Number: 9
All, As long as we're all making announcements, I'm pleased to announce the =2 0 publication of the first Handbook of Research on Children's and Young Adult Literature (Wolf, Coats, Enciso, & Jenkins).
Here's our table of contents:
Table of Contents PART I: The Reader 1. Children Reading at Home: An Historical Overview, Evelyn Arizpe & Morag Styles 2. Questioning the Value of Literacy: A Phenomenology of Speaking and Reading in Children, Eva- Maria Simms 3. The Book as Home? It All Depends, Shirley Brice Heath 4. Reading Literature in Elementary Classrooms, Kathy G. Short 5. Readers, Texts, and Contexts in the Middle: Re-imagining Literature Education for Young Adolescents, Thomas P. Crumpler & Linda Wedwick 6. =2 0 Reading Literature in Secondary School: Disciplinary Discourses in Global Times, Cynthia Lewis & Jessica Dockter 7. Imagining a Writer’s
Life: Extending the Connection Between Readers and Books, Elizabeth Dutro & Monette C. McIver 8. Theoretical and Pedagogical Possibilities =2 0 in the Teaching of Latina/o Children’s Literature in Multicultural =2 0 Contexts, Marнa E. Frбnquiz, Carmen M. Martнnez-Roldбn, & C armen I. Mercado 9. School Libraries and the Transformation of Readers and Reading, Eliza T. Dresang & M. Bowie Kotrla 10. Public Libraries and the Transformation of Readers and Reading, Virginia A. Walter & Paulette M. Rothbauer 11. Becoming Readers of Literature with LGBT Themes In and Out of Classrooms, Mollie V. Blackburn & Caroline T. Clark 12. Immigrant Students as Cosmopolitan Intellectuals, Gerald Campano & Maria Paula Ghiso PART II: The Book 13. History of Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Deborah Stevenson • POD: Loi s
Lowry 14. Dime Novels and Series Books, Catherine Sheldrick Ross • =2 0 POD: Candice Ransom 15. Folklore in Children’s Literature: Contents 20 and Discontents, Betsy Hearne • POD: Julius Lester 16. African American Children’s Literature: Researching Its Development, Exploring
Its Voices, Rudine Sims Bishop • POD: Jacqueline Woodson 17. The Art
of the Picturebook, Lawrence R. Sipe • POD: Chris Raschka & David Wiesner 18. Comics and Graphic Novels, Robin Brenner • POD: Gareth =2 0 Hinds & Raina Telgemeier 19. A Burgeoning Field or A Sorry State: U.S. =2 0 Poetry for Children, 1800-Present, Laura Apol & Janine L. Certo • POD:
Janet S. Wong 20. Nonfiction Literature for Children: Old Assumptions and New Directions, Barbara Kiefer & Melissa I. Wilson • POD: Penny 20 Colman 21. Genre as Nexus: The Novel for Children and Young Adults, Mike Cadden • POD: Philip Pullman 22. Young Adult Literature: Growing
Up, In Theory, Karen Coats • POD: Markus Zusak 23. Reading Indigeneity: The Ethics of Interpretation and Representation, Clare Bradford • POD: Joseph Bruchac 24. Literary Studies, Cultural Studies,
Children’s Literature, and the Case of Jeff Smith, Roderick McGillis • POD: David Filipi, Lucy Caswell, & Jeff Smith 25. Ideology and Children’s Books, Robyn McCallum & John Stephens • POD: M.T. Anderson 26. The Author’s Perspective, Claudia Mills • POD: Phyllis Reynolds
Naylor 27. Archives and Special Collections Devoted to Children’s and
Young Adult Literature, Karen Nelson Hoyle • POD: Leonard Marcus PART
III: The World Around 28. Where Worlds Meet, Ana Maria Machado • POD:
Katherine Paterson 29. Translation and Crosscultural Reception, Maria Nikolajeva • POD: Tara F. Chace 30. The Implied Reader of the Translation, Petros Panaou & Tasoula Tsilimeni • POD: Kostia Kontoleon
31. International Communities Building Places for Youth Reading, Michael Daniel Ambatchew • POD: Jane Kurtz & Yohannes Gebregeorgis 32.
Censorship: Book Challenges, Challenging Books, and Young Readers, Christine Jenkins 33. Reviewing Children’s and Young Adult Literature,
Michael Cart 34. Awards in Literature for Children and Adolescents, Junko Yokota 35. The Economics of Children’s Book Publishing in the 20 21st Century, Joel Taxel 36. Spinning Off: Toys, Television, Tie-Ins, and Technology, Margaret Mackey 37. Listening for the Scratch of a Pen: Museums Devoted to Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Elizabeth Hammill
Point of Departure (POD) authors are children’s and young adult authors and illustrators who respond to the text with their own insights.
You can find more information on the Routledge website: http://www.routledge.com/education/ or on Amazon. Cheers, Shelby
Dr. Shelby A. Wolf Professor & President's Teaching Scholar
University of Colorado at Boulder School of Education 124 Education Buildiing Campus Box 249 Boulder, CO 80309-0249 (303) 492-8360 (303) 492-7090 (FAX) (303) 581-9846 (Home) (303 246-0072 (Cell) shelby.wolf_at_colorado.edu
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Subject: GAY AWARD From: Lbhcove_at_aol.com Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:31:43 -0400 (EDT) X-Message-Number: 10
I do commend ALA for establishing the Stonewall Award but I simply cannot understand why the association neglects an award for POETRY.
Does any one have an explanation for such a long overdue oversight?
Lee Bennett Hopkins
ORIGINAL WORKS
BEEN TO YESTERDAYS: POEMS OF A LIFE (BOYDS MILLS PRESS) *STARRED REVIEW/SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL CHRISTOPHER AWARD SCBWI GOLDEN KITE HONOR BOOK
CITY I LOVE (ABRAMS) *STARRED REVIEW / SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL *STARRED REVIEW / PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOKS OF 2009/ CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
NEW COLLECTIONS:
AMAZING FACES (LEE & LOW) ILLUSTRATED BY CHRIS SOENTPIET *STARRED REVIEW / PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
SHARING THE SEASONS (SIMON & SCHUSTER/MCELDERRY BOOKS) ILLUSTRATED BY DAVID DIAZ *STARRED REVIEW / KIRKUS *STARRED REVIEW/ BOOKLIST
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:25:37 -0500
Regarding a Paucity of Picture Books:
I think there's more than parental pressure and price involved in the equation for the drop in picture books. There seems to be a societal shift in the nature of what sells. I noticed a change in the way children responded to their picture books between my first title in 1969 (The Boy With a Drum) and my 1980 offering, Detective Bob and the Great Ape Escape. Detective Bob was written with the television generation in mind. The missing ape, which Detective Bob would never seem to see, appeared in every scene. The story was essentially a visual joke that appealed to children raised on laugh tracks and quick solutions.
Now I think we're suffering from the effects of computer games that demand even quicker solutions, tons of action, and a cacophony of noises. Kids don't think they're having fun unless their eyes and ears are being bombarded with a fast and furious stream of stimulation.
Give such children a picture book that doesn't shout or move, the old-fashioned sort that stimulates their imagination, and I fear that many of them are quickly bored. The buzzword among editors these days is "quiet." As in, "Loved your story but it's a little too quiet for today's market."
The noisy/action factor may be changing the paradigm so that traditional stories, no matter how finely spun, are being ushered out of the market -- in part because of the pressure from schools and parents to achieve at a greater rate scholastically -- but also by an electronic industry, which is supported in large measure by those same parents and other adults who tend to shop elsewhere these days for recreational activities for their children. David Harrison http://www.davidlharrison.com
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CCBC-NET Digest for Wednesday, November 03, 2010.
1. RE: ccbc-net digest: November 02, 2010 2. GAY AWARD 3. Resources for Series Books 4. Re: GAY AWARD 5. YALSA's First Annual Past Presidents' Lecture 6. RE: GAY AWARD 7. new book: HIV/AIDS in Young Adult Novels
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Subject: RE: ccbc-net digest: November 02, 2010 From: David Harrison Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 07:06:28 -0500 X-Message-Number: 1
Regarding Sylvia Vardell's note about the upcoming session at NCTE featuring poets discussing the impact of blogging, I'm in agreement with their premise and am preparing my own 75 minute presentation on a related subject at NCTE. My session will focus on the power of an Internet reading community to support and encourage student poets who post their work on Word of the Month Poetry Challenge, a monthly opportunity open to grades three and up. Beginning with a single word each month, poets of all ages create original work that draws positive comments from visitors to the blog. Incorporating technology that children know and understand into their writing curricula is demonstrating its effectiveness in a growing number of classrooms. Some of today's best children's poets act as judges to select the best work to be honored each month. David L Harrison http://davidlharrison.wordpress.com /
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From: CCBC Network digest
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 12:03 AM To: ccbc-net digest recipients Subject: ccbc-net digest: November 02, 2010
CCBC-NET Digest for Tuesday, November 02, 2010.
1. Kalamazoo and Navy Pier events 2. Upcoming CCBC-Net Topics 3. Poetry session (pre and post participation invited) 4. Opportunity for Book Clubs 5. ccbc-net another Opportunity for Book Clubs 6. Historical Fiction books portraying male characters 7. Announcements from the CCBC 8. Two Announcements in the Morning NYT 9. new Handbook of Research on Children's and Young Adult Literature 10. GAY AWARD
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Subject: Kalamazoo and Navy Pier events From: Debbie Reese Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:49:46 -0500 X-Message-Number: 1
Friday of this week, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Gillian Engberg of Booklist, and I are among the speakers at the Kalamazoo Youth Literature Seminar. Details here:
On Saturday, Nov 13th, Chicago's Indian Education program is offering a free public lecture at Navy Pier. I'm the speaker, and teachers in Illinois can get CPDU's. Info here: tur e-at-navy-pier-november-13.html
Debbie
Visit my Internet resource: American Indians in Children's Literature
Debbie A. Reese (Nambй O'-ween-ge') Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Native American House, Room 2005 1204 West Nevada Street, MC-138 Urbana, Illinois 61801
Email: debreese_at_illinois.edu TEL 217-265-9885 FAX 217-265-9880
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Subject: Upcoming CCBC-Net Topics From: Megan Schliesman Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 09:26:16 -0500 X-Message-Number: 2
Here's what we'll be talking about the rest of the year on CCBC-Net:
November:
First Half of Month: "A Paucity of Picture Books." We can see it on the shelves: fewer picture books are being published. A recent New York Times article (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/08/us/08picture.html?_r=1) says that the picture book “is fading,” noting that not only are fewer being produced but also stating that fewer parents are turning to picture books, especially for school-age children. But production costs and bookstore sales can’t tell the whole picture book story. During the first half of November on CCBC-Net, we invite you to share your stories and observations about current picture book publishing and its impact on children, schools and libraries, as well as your thoughts on the importance of this singular literary form.
Second Half of the Month: "National Book Award Youth Literature Finalists." During the second half of November on CCBC-Net, we’ll discuss the five finalists for the 2010 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature: Dark Water by Laura McNeal (Alfred A. Knopf), Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers (Amistad/HarperCollins), Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine (Philomel), One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (Amistad/HarperCollins), and Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown).
December:
"Favorites of the Year." Each December, we invite members of the CCBC-Net community to share their favorite books for children and teen from the current publishing year. So give a shout-out to your favorite books published in 2010! (This will be our discussion topic through January 9, 2011. The American Library Association 2011 Children's and Young Adult Literature awards will be announced on January 10, 2011.)
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education University of Wisconsin-Madison 600 N. Park Street, Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
608-262-9503 608-262-4933 (fax)
schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
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Subject: Poetry session (pre and post participation invited) From: "Vardell, Sylvia" Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 09:39:39 -0500 X-Message-Number: 3
In preparation for our upcoming session at the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) convention in Orlando in two weeks, three bloggers are featuring four poets who will be on the panel: Lee Bennett Hopkins, Pat Mora, Jame Richards, and Marilyn Singer. We're trying to promote our session, of course, but we're also trying to extend the conference experience for those who may not be able to attend in person. It was part of our proposal. We'll also share session highlights AFTER the conference, possibly even video clips. We welcome input and interaction.
Elaine Magliaro is featuring Lee Bennett Hopkins at Wild Rose Reader: http://wildrosereader.blogspot.com
Tricia Stohr-Hunt is featuring Marilyn Singer at The Miss Rumphius Effect: http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/
And I am featuring Pat Mora and Jame Richards at Poetry for Children: http://poetryforchildren.blogspot.com/
Please stop by!
Sylvia M. Vardell, Ph.D. Professor Texas Woman's University School of Library & Information Studies P O Box 425438 Denton TX 76204-5438 940-898-2616 svardell_at_twu.edu http://poetryforchildren.blogspot.com/
Author of: CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN ACTION; A LIBRARIAN'S GUIDE (Libraries Unlimited, 2008) POETRY PEOPLE; A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CHILDREN'S POETS (Libraries Unlimited, 2007) POETRY ALOUD HERE! SHARING POETRY WITH CHILDREN IN THE LIBRARY (ALA, 2006) BOOK LINKS columnist: Everyday Poetry Co-Editor, BOOKBIRD, the journal of international children's literature (http://www.ibby.org)
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Subject: Opportunity for Book Clubs From: Jacqueline Houtman Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:32:44 -0500 X-Message-Number: 4
The Class of 2K10, a group of 23 debut middle grade and young adult authors, is banding together to help nonprofit book clubs obtain brand new, hot off the presses books for their reading groups. This gigantic 230-book giveaway will begin on October 10th, 2010, to mark 10-10-10 for the Class of 2K10. It will end on November 11, 2010.
The idea was spurred by author and blogger Teri Brown, who runs a book club at a low-income community center. Ms. Brown asked to be contacted by authors willing to donate 8 to 10 copies of their book, adding that she knows it can be a challenge, but that the girls in her club love their book club and “want more than anything to have it continue this year.”
“It can be difficult for authors to manage multiple copies on their own,” said Leah Cypess, author of *Mistwood *and a member of the Class of 2K10. “We felt this was something unique we could offer as a group.”
Five book clubs around the country can win a prize pack of three to six sets of books written by authors from the Class of 2K10. The pack includes TEN copies of each book, and in some packs one of the books will be signed by the author.
The contest is open to all book clubs in the continental US associated with a nonprofit institution, a school, or a library. To enter, book club members or organizers need only comment on the giveaway post at the Classof2K10 blog
CONTACT: Leah Cypess at LCypess_at_gmail.com.
*The prize packs are:*
- *Middle Grade Fantasy Pack: *(1) *The Carnival of Lost Souls *by Laura Quimby, (2) *Under The Green Hill *by Laura L. Sullivan, (3)* The Witchy Worries of Abbie Adams *by Rhonda Hayter - *Middle Grade Realistic Pack: *(1) *Fairview Felines: A Newspaper Mystery* by Michele Corriel, (2) *Island Sting* by Bonnie J. Doerr, (3) *Leaving Gee's Bend *by Irene Latham, (4) *The Reinvention of Edison Thomas *by Jacqueline Houtman, (5) *Shooting Kabul *by N.H. Senzai - *Young Adult Fantasy/Paranormal Pack:* (1)* 13 to Life* by Shannon Delany, (2) *Freaksville *by Kitty Keswick, (3) *Mistwood* by Leah Cypess, (4) *Past Midnight *by Mara Purnhagen, (5) *Shade *by Jeri Smith-Ready, (6)* Under My Skin *by Judith Graves - *Young Adult Realistic Pack #1: *(1) *Change of Heart* by Shari Maurer, (2)* Faithful *by Janet Fox, (3) *Losing Faith *by Denise Jaden, (4) *The Tension of Opposites* by Kristina McBride - *Young Adult Realistic Pack #2: *(1) *Of All the Stupid Things *by Alexandra Diaz, (2) *Party* by Tom Leveen, (3) * Three Rivers Rising* by Jame Richards, (4) *The Secret Year* by Jennifer Hubbard, (5)* Split* by Swati Avasthi
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*Jacqueline Jaeger Houtman, PhD* Biomedical Science Writer jjhoutman_at_nasw.org www.jhoutman.com jjhoutman.livejournal.com
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Subject: ccbc-net another Opportunity for Book Clubs From: cathys_at_uproc.lib.mi.us Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:09:39 -0400 (EDT) X-Message-Number: 5
Another opportunity for a grant for free books for groups of teens is ALA's Great Stories Club. Call 312-280-5045 or email publicprograms_at_ala.org or search great stories club online.
Cathy Sullivan Seblonka Youth Services Librarian Peter White Public Library 217 N. Front St. Marquette, MI 49855 906-226-4323 cathys_at_pwpl.info
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Subject: Historical Fiction books portraying male characters From: "CARPENTER, JEFFREY J" Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:07:41 -0500 X-Message-Number: 6
Can anyone recommend some historical fiction books containing male characters for second to fourth grade readers? I'm fortunate to have four 3rd grade teachers that bring their students to the library for monthly book talks and the teachers follow up with having the students complete projects and activities on the books they read. Last month we discovered the lack of "boy" characters in historical fiction genre in our library. Can you recommend any other books like Henry's Freedom Box, books written by Deborah Hopkinson, or the titles written by Matt Tavares (Mudball or Oliver's Game). The My Name is America series works well and isn't as difficult as the similar Dear America series.
Thanks, Jeff Carpenter Media Specialist Houdini Elementary School Appleton, Wisconsin
Scanned by Barracuda Appliance as part of the Appleton Area School District
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Subject: Announcements from the CCBC From: "Kathleen T. Horning" Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:40:33 -0500 X-Message-Number: 7
We have a few announcements of our own from CCBC-land:
1) Author James St James will be in Madison the first week in April 2011 to deliver a public lecture about his young adult novel, "Freak Show," which is the UW-Madison School of Education's Common Read for the
academic year. You can keep updated with details concerning his upcoming
visit and find out more about the book discussions and panel discussions
connected to the book on the Common Read website at:
2) You can see photos from Susan Patron's amazing Charlotte Zolotow Lecture from last month on the CCBC's Facebook page: r/3
We are also pleased to announce that Gene Luen Yang, author of "American
Born Chinese," will deliver the 2011 Zolotow Lecture on Oct 5, 2011.
3) You can also now follow the CCBC on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/CCBCwisc
4) We are once again offering weekly podcasts from the CCBC, called "Shelf Stories," where you can hear more about each week's Book of the Week, a bit about trends in publishing, and a connection of the current=2 0 book to books we've admired in the past. The direct link for the podcasts is http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/podcasts/default.asp
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/
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Subject: Two Announcements in the Morning NYT From: Ginny Moore Kruse Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:54:04 -0500 X-Message-Number: 8
Two news articles in today's New York Times (11/2/10) feature books for young readers:
1. On page one of the Arts Section, a lengthy article "Revered Writer Becomes Girl Detective" features the new mystery ZORA AND ME by Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon (Candlewick, 2010). According to the article, the 192-page novel depicts Zora Neale Hurston as a bright, imaginative fourth grader, living with her family and friends in an all-black Florida town, around 1900. Zora, Carrie (the first-person narrator) and their friend Teddy try to figure out what happened when a man’s headless body is discovered by the railroad tracks. ZORA AND ME is the first book not written by Hurston that has been endorsed by the Zora Neale Hurston Trust, created in 2002 to manage the business of bringing Hurston’s work to a widening audience. _CCBC Director Kathleen Horning _is quoted in the article, and so is Children's Librarian Lisa Von Drasek from the Bank Street College of Education.
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2. In the same section an article in the "Arts Briefly" column announces "Prize is Created for Gay Literature for Young Readers." The American Library Association's new Stonewall Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award will honor an "English-language book of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered experience," the association said on Monday. Stonewall Awards for adult books have been handed out since 1971."
See - era ture-for-young-readers/?emc=eta1
Cordially, Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse_at_wisc.edu
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/books/02zora.html?emc=eta1
era ture-for-young-readers/?emc=eta1
mailto:gmkruse_at_wisc.edu
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Subject: new Handbook of Research on Children's and Young Adult Literature From: Shelby Anne Wolf Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:24:59 -0600 X-Message-Number: 9
All, As long as we're all making announcements, I'm pleased to announce the =2 0 publication of the first Handbook of Research on Children's and Young Adult Literature (Wolf, Coats, Enciso, & Jenkins).
Here's our table of contents:
Table of Contents PART I: The Reader 1. Children Reading at Home: An Historical Overview, Evelyn Arizpe & Morag Styles 2. Questioning the Value of Literacy: A Phenomenology of Speaking and Reading in Children, Eva- Maria Simms 3. The Book as Home? It All Depends, Shirley Brice Heath 4. Reading Literature in Elementary Classrooms, Kathy G. Short 5. Readers, Texts, and Contexts in the Middle: Re-imagining Literature Education for Young Adolescents, Thomas P. Crumpler & Linda Wedwick 6. =2 0 Reading Literature in Secondary School: Disciplinary Discourses in Global Times, Cynthia Lewis & Jessica Dockter 7. Imagining a Writer’s
Life: Extending the Connection Between Readers and Books, Elizabeth Dutro & Monette C. McIver 8. Theoretical and Pedagogical Possibilities =2 0 in the Teaching of Latina/o Children’s Literature in Multicultural =2 0 Contexts, Marнa E. Frбnquiz, Carmen M. Martнnez-Roldбn, & C armen I. Mercado 9. School Libraries and the Transformation of Readers and Reading, Eliza T. Dresang & M. Bowie Kotrla 10. Public Libraries and the Transformation of Readers and Reading, Virginia A. Walter & Paulette M. Rothbauer 11. Becoming Readers of Literature with LGBT Themes In and Out of Classrooms, Mollie V. Blackburn & Caroline T. Clark 12. Immigrant Students as Cosmopolitan Intellectuals, Gerald Campano & Maria Paula Ghiso PART II: The Book 13. History of Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Deborah Stevenson • POD: Loi s
Lowry 14. Dime Novels and Series Books, Catherine Sheldrick Ross • =2 0 POD: Candice Ransom 15. Folklore in Children’s Literature: Contents 20 and Discontents, Betsy Hearne • POD: Julius Lester 16. African American Children’s Literature: Researching Its Development, Exploring
Its Voices, Rudine Sims Bishop • POD: Jacqueline Woodson 17. The Art
of the Picturebook, Lawrence R. Sipe • POD: Chris Raschka & David Wiesner 18. Comics and Graphic Novels, Robin Brenner • POD: Gareth =2 0 Hinds & Raina Telgemeier 19. A Burgeoning Field or A Sorry State: U.S. =2 0 Poetry for Children, 1800-Present, Laura Apol & Janine L. Certo • POD:
Janet S. Wong 20. Nonfiction Literature for Children: Old Assumptions and New Directions, Barbara Kiefer & Melissa I. Wilson • POD: Penny 20 Colman 21. Genre as Nexus: The Novel for Children and Young Adults, Mike Cadden • POD: Philip Pullman 22. Young Adult Literature: Growing
Up, In Theory, Karen Coats • POD: Markus Zusak 23. Reading Indigeneity: The Ethics of Interpretation and Representation, Clare Bradford • POD: Joseph Bruchac 24. Literary Studies, Cultural Studies,
Children’s Literature, and the Case of Jeff Smith, Roderick McGillis • POD: David Filipi, Lucy Caswell, & Jeff Smith 25. Ideology and Children’s Books, Robyn McCallum & John Stephens • POD: M.T. Anderson 26. The Author’s Perspective, Claudia Mills • POD: Phyllis Reynolds
Naylor 27. Archives and Special Collections Devoted to Children’s and
Young Adult Literature, Karen Nelson Hoyle • POD: Leonard Marcus PART
III: The World Around 28. Where Worlds Meet, Ana Maria Machado • POD:
Katherine Paterson 29. Translation and Crosscultural Reception, Maria Nikolajeva • POD: Tara F. Chace 30. The Implied Reader of the Translation, Petros Panaou & Tasoula Tsilimeni • POD: Kostia Kontoleon
31. International Communities Building Places for Youth Reading, Michael Daniel Ambatchew • POD: Jane Kurtz & Yohannes Gebregeorgis 32.
Censorship: Book Challenges, Challenging Books, and Young Readers, Christine Jenkins 33. Reviewing Children’s and Young Adult Literature,
Michael Cart 34. Awards in Literature for Children and Adolescents, Junko Yokota 35. The Economics of Children’s Book Publishing in the 20 21st Century, Joel Taxel 36. Spinning Off: Toys, Television, Tie-Ins, and Technology, Margaret Mackey 37. Listening for the Scratch of a Pen: Museums Devoted to Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Elizabeth Hammill
Point of Departure (POD) authors are children’s and young adult authors and illustrators who respond to the text with their own insights.
You can find more information on the Routledge website: http://www.routledge.com/education/ or on Amazon. Cheers, Shelby
Dr. Shelby A. Wolf Professor & President's Teaching Scholar
University of Colorado at Boulder School of Education 124 Education Buildiing Campus Box 249 Boulder, CO 80309-0249 (303) 492-8360 (303) 492-7090 (FAX) (303) 581-9846 (Home) (303 246-0072 (Cell) shelby.wolf_at_colorado.edu
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Subject: GAY AWARD From: Lbhcove_at_aol.com Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:31:43 -0400 (EDT) X-Message-Number: 10
I do commend ALA for establishing the Stonewall Award but I simply cannot understand why the association neglects an award for POETRY.
Does any one have an explanation for such a long overdue oversight?
Lee Bennett Hopkins
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