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From: Killeen3 <killeen3_at_aol.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 12:16:25 -0500 (EST)
Wow -- lots of ideas and info. on this topic. You have inspired me for my next column in Teacher-Librarian. I am reading in a Read Your Heart Out Day at Hawthorne Elementary in Madison on Friday. I borrowed books from my former library (Fox Prairie Elem. in Stoughton) that were on the recommended list on the RYHO website for the school. Most of them are at Fox because I bought them (just retired this summer) and I knew them. Some I had used in lessons, orientation, or storytime.
I don't know how qualified I am to go into Hawthorne to read to a mainly AA student body but I am friends with their principal and she asked so I said yes! Happy to be connecting kids and books.
The reasons for CSK and AILA awards to not be on the ALSC/YALSA lists is obvious. We, as librarians, teachers and book lovers must be on the look out for all types of lists for all types of books. I always liked the Social Studies and Science lists put out by those associations too --- great for building the non-fiction collection. The National Book Award, Children's Choices, and the list can go on.
As a Wisconsin librarian, of course, the best list is our own CCBC Choices List - over the years I have marveled at the number of titles that were listed there to meet all sorts of needs. Thanks to Ginny, KT, Megan, and all the other librarians who have built that source to the stature it has!!! We are so lucky!
Thank you for putting the challenge to give multi-cultural books as gifts to the white kids as well. That is a terrific push and I intend to make sure I do it. As for gift giving I offer a family antidote as an example. For my daughter's first birthday a friend of mine asked for one of her sleepers, took it and sewed a wonderful African-American stuffed baby into it. It was so soft and cuddly --- we all loved it. (We are WASP but my AA friend knew we would like it.) Years later, as my daughter got caught up in the American Girl dolls, she received a blond Kristen (looked like her) for Christmas. She went on to save her money for two more dolls -- Molly (one with glasses) and Addy (the African American). She loved them all equally and stil has them as a mother herself. She also has the stuffed baby and her son has played with it. Be the change you want to see in the world!!! Erlene
Erlene Bishop Killeen killeen3_at_aol.com
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 12:16:25 -0500 (EST)
Wow -- lots of ideas and info. on this topic. You have inspired me for my next column in Teacher-Librarian. I am reading in a Read Your Heart Out Day at Hawthorne Elementary in Madison on Friday. I borrowed books from my former library (Fox Prairie Elem. in Stoughton) that were on the recommended list on the RYHO website for the school. Most of them are at Fox because I bought them (just retired this summer) and I knew them. Some I had used in lessons, orientation, or storytime.
I don't know how qualified I am to go into Hawthorne to read to a mainly AA student body but I am friends with their principal and she asked so I said yes! Happy to be connecting kids and books.
The reasons for CSK and AILA awards to not be on the ALSC/YALSA lists is obvious. We, as librarians, teachers and book lovers must be on the look out for all types of lists for all types of books. I always liked the Social Studies and Science lists put out by those associations too --- great for building the non-fiction collection. The National Book Award, Children's Choices, and the list can go on.
As a Wisconsin librarian, of course, the best list is our own CCBC Choices List - over the years I have marveled at the number of titles that were listed there to meet all sorts of needs. Thanks to Ginny, KT, Megan, and all the other librarians who have built that source to the stature it has!!! We are so lucky!
Thank you for putting the challenge to give multi-cultural books as gifts to the white kids as well. That is a terrific push and I intend to make sure I do it. As for gift giving I offer a family antidote as an example. For my daughter's first birthday a friend of mine asked for one of her sleepers, took it and sewed a wonderful African-American stuffed baby into it. It was so soft and cuddly --- we all loved it. (We are WASP but my AA friend knew we would like it.) Years later, as my daughter got caught up in the American Girl dolls, she received a blond Kristen (looked like her) for Christmas. She went on to save her money for two more dolls -- Molly (one with glasses) and Addy (the African American). She loved them all equally and stil has them as a mother herself. She also has the stuffed baby and her son has played with it. Be the change you want to see in the world!!! Erlene
Erlene Bishop Killeen killeen3_at_aol.com
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