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From: Nicole Deming <Nicole.Deming_at_cbcbooks.org>
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:51:53 -0500
I'm writing in response to Lisa's post regarding the Irma Simonton Black & James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature. The Children's Book Council greatly respects and appreciates the Bank Street College of Education and all the phenomenal work they do. We are also delighted to hear that for the first time this year, voting for the Irma Black Award winners will be open to children at the national level.
I just wanted to take a moment to point out that what distinguishes the Children's Choice Book Awards from other child-chosen book awards programs in the country is that the CCBA's invites children and teens of all ages to vote for 6 different awards:
- The finalists for Book of the Year for K-2, 3-4, and 5-6 are derived from titles submitted to the IRA-CBC Children's Choices program in June. Teams of IRA-affiliated educators in five geographic regions receive copies of each submitted title to provide to students to review in classrooms across their region. Kids read the titles and rate each book. All the votes from the five regions (from approximately 12,000 children from K-6) are compiled at the CBC and the five titles with the highest number of votes in each category (K-2, 3-4, 5-6) become the finalists for the Children's Choice Book Awards.
- The Teen Choice finalists are determined with the help of Teenreads.com. The website compiles a list of all the books they have reviewed over the year and encourages readers to write in their own picks if they aren't listed. Teens vote for their favorite book and the top five vote-getters become the finalists for the Teen Choice Book of the Year. This year, the finalists were determined by over 4,000 teens.
- The Author and Illustrator of the Year finalists are selected from a review of bestseller lists with an emphasis on Bookscan.
Voting for the 2011 CCBA Award winners will open online (http://www.bookweekonline.com) this Monday, March 14. Teachers and librarians can tally and enter their students votes as a group, or encourage their young readers to cast their own votes individually.
We're absolutely thrilled to have the Irma Simonton Black & James H. Black Award join us in giving youth a powerful voice in their own reading choices at the national level.
- Nicole
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Nicole Deming | Communications Associate The Children's Book Council, Inc. & Every Child a Reader, Inc. 54 West 39th St., Floor 14 | New York, NY 10018 (v) 212.966.1990, x303 | (f) 212.966.2073 www.cbcbooks.org | www.ECARfoundation.org
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From: Lisa Von Drasek
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 7:47 AM To: ccbc-net_at_ccbc.education.wisc.edu; judith.ridge@gmail.com Subject:
Announcement:Elem. Invitation to participate Irma Black Award
Not to take away from the Children's Book Council but theirs is not the only "National Children's Choice Award" The Irma Simonton Black & James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature is an award for a picture book chosen by children. From a long list of 16 selected by educators and reviewers, the children narrow the list to the four finalists.
The Bank Street College of Education, in partnership with School Library Journal, is inviting any librarian or teacher of first and second graders to read aloud and discuss the four finalists and to submit their children's votes for the best picture book of the year. (yes, booksellers too)
Previously this process was limited to Bank Street College School for Children students and the 2,500 children in our cooperating schools. For the first time with the help of School Library Journal, any school librarian or teacher who teaches 1st and 2nd graders, who wishes to participate can register at
_simonton.html.csp
The four finalists are How Rocket Learned To Read (Random, 2010) by Tad Hills Children Make Terrible Pets (Little, Brown, 2010) by Peter Brown A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea (S & S, 2010) by Michael Ian Black and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes Dust Devil (Random, 2010) by Anne Isaacs, illustrated by Paul Zelinsky, a companion to Swamp Angel (Dutton, 1994)
My curriculum guide can be found at http://www.bankstreet.edu/libraryhome/
Any questions? Just e-mail me at school.
Lisa
Lisa Von Drasek Children's Librarian Bank Street College of Education School for Children Pre-K- 8 610 West 112th St NY NY 10025
lisav_at_bankstreet.edu
212 875 4452
Lisa Von Drasek Children's Librarian Bank Street College of Education School for Children Pre-K- 8 610 West 112th St NY NY 10025
lisav_at_bnkst.edu
212 875 4452
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:51:53 -0500
I'm writing in response to Lisa's post regarding the Irma Simonton Black & James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature. The Children's Book Council greatly respects and appreciates the Bank Street College of Education and all the phenomenal work they do. We are also delighted to hear that for the first time this year, voting for the Irma Black Award winners will be open to children at the national level.
I just wanted to take a moment to point out that what distinguishes the Children's Choice Book Awards from other child-chosen book awards programs in the country is that the CCBA's invites children and teens of all ages to vote for 6 different awards:
- The finalists for Book of the Year for K-2, 3-4, and 5-6 are derived from titles submitted to the IRA-CBC Children's Choices program in June. Teams of IRA-affiliated educators in five geographic regions receive copies of each submitted title to provide to students to review in classrooms across their region. Kids read the titles and rate each book. All the votes from the five regions (from approximately 12,000 children from K-6) are compiled at the CBC and the five titles with the highest number of votes in each category (K-2, 3-4, 5-6) become the finalists for the Children's Choice Book Awards.
- The Teen Choice finalists are determined with the help of Teenreads.com. The website compiles a list of all the books they have reviewed over the year and encourages readers to write in their own picks if they aren't listed. Teens vote for their favorite book and the top five vote-getters become the finalists for the Teen Choice Book of the Year. This year, the finalists were determined by over 4,000 teens.
- The Author and Illustrator of the Year finalists are selected from a review of bestseller lists with an emphasis on Bookscan.
Voting for the 2011 CCBA Award winners will open online (http://www.bookweekonline.com) this Monday, March 14. Teachers and librarians can tally and enter their students votes as a group, or encourage their young readers to cast their own votes individually.
We're absolutely thrilled to have the Irma Simonton Black & James H. Black Award join us in giving youth a powerful voice in their own reading choices at the national level.
- Nicole
________________________________________
Nicole Deming | Communications Associate The Children's Book Council, Inc. & Every Child a Reader, Inc. 54 West 39th St., Floor 14 | New York, NY 10018 (v) 212.966.1990, x303 | (f) 212.966.2073 www.cbcbooks.org | www.ECARfoundation.org
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From: Lisa Von Drasek
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 7:47 AM To: ccbc-net_at_ccbc.education.wisc.edu; judith.ridge@gmail.com Subject:
Announcement:Elem. Invitation to participate Irma Black Award
Not to take away from the Children's Book Council but theirs is not the only "National Children's Choice Award" The Irma Simonton Black & James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature is an award for a picture book chosen by children. From a long list of 16 selected by educators and reviewers, the children narrow the list to the four finalists.
The Bank Street College of Education, in partnership with School Library Journal, is inviting any librarian or teacher of first and second graders to read aloud and discuss the four finalists and to submit their children's votes for the best picture book of the year. (yes, booksellers too)
Previously this process was limited to Bank Street College School for Children students and the 2,500 children in our cooperating schools. For the first time with the help of School Library Journal, any school librarian or teacher who teaches 1st and 2nd graders, who wishes to participate can register at
_simonton.html.csp
The four finalists are How Rocket Learned To Read (Random, 2010) by Tad Hills Children Make Terrible Pets (Little, Brown, 2010) by Peter Brown A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea (S & S, 2010) by Michael Ian Black and illustrated by Kevin Hawkes Dust Devil (Random, 2010) by Anne Isaacs, illustrated by Paul Zelinsky, a companion to Swamp Angel (Dutton, 1994)
My curriculum guide can be found at http://www.bankstreet.edu/libraryhome/
Any questions? Just e-mail me at school.
Lisa
Lisa Von Drasek Children's Librarian Bank Street College of Education School for Children Pre-K- 8 610 West 112th St NY NY 10025
lisav_at_bankstreet.edu
212 875 4452
Lisa Von Drasek Children's Librarian Bank Street College of Education School for Children Pre-K- 8 610 West 112th St NY NY 10025
lisav_at_bnkst.edu
212 875 4452
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