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Women’s History Book Resources (The Horn Book)
Notes from the Horn Book (March 2011 Issue)
Includes a link to the following:
- Five questions for Lee Bennett Hopkins
- Passing the poetry
- New books for young readers
Fall Children’s Books Sneak Previews(Publishers Weekly)
About Children’s Illustrator Sophie Blackall (Publishers Weekly)
ALSC & YALSA 2011 Book Picks (School Library Journal)
Top 10 Graphic Novels for Youth: 2011 (Booklist)
Everyday Poetry: Poetry Tag (Booklist)
Classroom Connections: Discovering the Magic of Books—through Books (Booklist)
Books and Authors: Talking with Norton Juster and Jules Feiffer (Booklist)
Chris Van Allsburg: Stories enlightened by ‘Higglety Pigglety Pop!’ (The Boston Globe)
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Showing posts with label Here and There. Show all posts
Monday, March 28, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Here & There: March 2, 2011
Some Notable Books Lists
2011 Notable Children’s Books (Association for Library Science for Children)
2011 Best Fiction for Young Adults (Young Adult Library Services Association)
2011 NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts (A Year of Reading)
Amelia Bloomer Project Top 10 for 2011 Representing the best of the best from our annual booklist of appealing feminist books for young readers, ages birth through 18 (Amelia Bloomer Project)
Here & There
Have You Heard the Word?: National Poetry Month is a great time to share the joy of poetry with children (School Library Journal)
The Civil War: Beyond the Battlefield (School Library Journal)
Sing a Song of Science: Scientists in the Field by Erica Zappy (The Horn Book)
New Knowledge by Marc Aronson (The Horn Book)
What Makes a Good Picture Book Biography? by Viki Ash and Thom Barthelmess (The Horn Book)
Starred Books: March/April 2011 (The Horn Book)
Books and Authors: Talking with Linda Sue Park by Monika Schroder (Booklist)
Fall 2011 Sneak Preview of Children’s Books (Publishers Weekly)
2011 Notable Children’s Books (Association for Library Science for Children)
2011 Best Fiction for Young Adults (Young Adult Library Services Association)
2011 NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts (A Year of Reading)
Amelia Bloomer Project Top 10 for 2011 Representing the best of the best from our annual booklist of appealing feminist books for young readers, ages birth through 18 (Amelia Bloomer Project)
Here & There
Have You Heard the Word?: National Poetry Month is a great time to share the joy of poetry with children (School Library Journal)
The Civil War: Beyond the Battlefield (School Library Journal)
Sing a Song of Science: Scientists in the Field by Erica Zappy (The Horn Book)
New Knowledge by Marc Aronson (The Horn Book)
What Makes a Good Picture Book Biography? by Viki Ash and Thom Barthelmess (The Horn Book)
Starred Books: March/April 2011 (The Horn Book)
Books and Authors: Talking with Linda Sue Park by Monika Schroder (Booklist)
Fall 2011 Sneak Preview of Children’s Books (Publishers Weekly)
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Here & There: February 10, 2011
From School Library Journal
Places in the Heart: Celebrating Black History Month
School Library Journal asked some of the top kids’ book creators to choose their favorite children’s book about the black experience.
Here, There, and Everywhere: The United States Board on Books for Young People cites 40 international books for its 2011 honor list
Bullying: The Elephant in the Schoolyard (K-12 resources about bullying)
From Booklist Online
Classroom Connections: Marching for Freedom—Linking Literature to Primary Sources
Top 10 Black History Books for Youth: 2011
Top 10 Black History Books for Youth: 2010
From Wild Rose Reader
Black History Month Resources
Places in the Heart: Celebrating Black History Month
School Library Journal asked some of the top kids’ book creators to choose their favorite children’s book about the black experience.
Here, There, and Everywhere: The United States Board on Books for Young People cites 40 international books for its 2011 honor list
Bullying: The Elephant in the Schoolyard (K-12 resources about bullying)
From Booklist Online
Classroom Connections: Marching for Freedom—Linking Literature to Primary Sources
Top 10 Black History Books for Youth: 2011
Top 10 Black History Books for Youth: 2010
From Wild Rose Reader
Black History Month Resources
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Here & There: January 22, 2011
From School Library Journal
Back at Home with Newbery, Caldecott Winners
'Today Show' Snubs 2011 Caldecott, Newbery Winners
Facebook Users Demand Caldecott, Newbery Winners Appear On Today Show
(Click here for the link to the Campaign to bring 2011 Newbery and Caldecott winners to the Today Show Facebook page.
2011 Alex Awards (A Chair, A Fireplace, & A Tea Cozy)
Immigration: Coming to America by Kristin Anderson
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The Horn Book: Starred Books (January/February 2011)
NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Announced
http://www.ncte.org/awards/orbispictus
Cronin, Bliss 'Diary' Series Heading to Stage and Screen (Publishers Weekly)
Excerpt: Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss’s bestselling series of diary-style picture books—Diary of a Worm, Diary of a Fly, and Diary of a Spider—is jumping from the page to the small screen and the stage. HIT Entertainment has acquired rights to develop the series into an animated TV program, in a deal brokered by Holly McGhee of Pippin Properties and Jason Dravis of Monteiro Rose Dravis Agency.
Back at Home with Newbery, Caldecott Winners
'Today Show' Snubs 2011 Caldecott, Newbery Winners
Facebook Users Demand Caldecott, Newbery Winners Appear On Today Show
(Click here for the link to the Campaign to bring 2011 Newbery and Caldecott winners to the Today Show Facebook page.
2011 Alex Awards (A Chair, A Fireplace, & A Tea Cozy)
Immigration: Coming to America by Kristin Anderson
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The Horn Book: Starred Books (January/February 2011)
NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Announced
http://www.ncte.org/awards/orbispictus
Cronin, Bliss 'Diary' Series Heading to Stage and Screen (Publishers Weekly)
Excerpt: Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss’s bestselling series of diary-style picture books—Diary of a Worm, Diary of a Fly, and Diary of a Spider—is jumping from the page to the small screen and the stage. HIT Entertainment has acquired rights to develop the series into an animated TV program, in a deal brokered by Holly McGhee of Pippin Properties and Jason Dravis of Monteiro Rose Dravis Agency.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Here & There: December 15, 2010
Her book Ling and Ting: Not Exactly the Same! is one of the notable books! 
The Quiet Book, one of my favorite picture books of 2010, is also on the The New Times Notable Children's Books list. 
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From Anita Silvey (Boston Globe, 12/5/20100): For Kids, 10 glittering stars of the year.
I was happy to see that Silvey included a poetry book on her list of stars. It was Joyce Sidman’s Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature’s Survivors.
From Anita Silvey (Boston Globe, 12/5/20100): For Kids, 10 glittering stars of the year.
I was happy to see that Silvey included a poetry book on her list of stars. It was Joyce Sidman’s Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature’s Survivors.
Click here to read my review of Ubiquitous.
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2010 Horn Book Fanfare
Two exceptional poetry books made the Fanfare list: Joyce Sidman's Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night and Marilyn Singers Mirror, Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse.
Two exceptional poetry books made the Fanfare list: Joyce Sidman's Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night and Marilyn Singers Mirror, Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse.
Click here to read my review of Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night.
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Here & There and The 2010 Cybils: October 6, 2010
CYBILS 2010
2010 Cybils Announcement!: Nominations remain open until October 15th at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time.
2010 Cybils Nomination Form
2010 Cybils Nomination Form
School Library Journal
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Celebrate Excellence (10/5/2010)
By Chelsea Philpot
Wild Kingdom (10/1/2010)
By Kathleen Baxter
Islam in the Classroom: Teachers and parents alike are unsure about the topic, but it’s never been more important (10/1/2010)
By Lauren Barack
December Holiday Books (10/1/2010)
Publishers Weekly
By Chelsea Philpot
Wild Kingdom (10/1/2010)
By Kathleen Baxter
Islam in the Classroom: Teachers and parents alike are unsure about the topic, but it’s never been more important (10/1/2010)
By Lauren Barack
December Holiday Books (10/1/2010)
Publishers Weekly
Children's Books at the National Book Festival: A PW Photo-Essay (9/30/2010)
Compiled by John A. Sellers
Russell Hoban Celebrates 50 Years of Frances (9/30/2010)
By Sally Lodge
Scholastic Releases Study on Future of Bookworms – and E-Bookworms (9/30/2010)
By Karen Springen
The Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books
Compiled by John A. Sellers
Russell Hoban Celebrates 50 Years of Frances (9/30/2010)
By Sally Lodge
Scholastic Releases Study on Future of Bookworms – and E-Bookworms (9/30/2010)
By Karen Springen
The Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books
October’s Dozen—They Shamble Among Us: A Zombies Dozen
Selected by April Spisak, Reviewer
(Printer Friendly Version)
October’s Big Picture: The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester by Barbara O'Connor
Selected by April Spisak, Reviewer
(Printer Friendly Version)
October’s Big Picture: The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester by Barbara O'Connor
Monday, September 27, 2010
Here & There and Banned Books Week: September 27, 2010
For Banned Books Week
Check out my most recent Poetry Friday post at Blue Rose Girls: Poems for Banned Books Week (September 25-October 2, 2010). The post includes a video of Laurie Halse Anderson reading her poem Listen, Manifesto, a poem that author Ellen Hopkins wrote for Banned Books Week in 2009, and two poems I wrote some time ago. You’ll also find links to other articles and information about Banned Books Week from the American Library Association.
From School Library Journal—Anderson's Speak Under Attack, Again
By Rocco Staino September 23, 2010
Alvina Ling has an excellent book-related post at Blue Rose Girls titled Speak Loudly, which was mentioned in an article at Huffington Post last week.
Here’s a link to the Huffington Post article that mentioned Alvina's post—Young Adult Novels Called 'Soft Porn': Attack Ignites Storm Of Responses From Publishing Community (POLL)
Also from Huffington Post--Banned Books Week 2010: 15 Iconic Movies Based On Banned Books (PHOTOS)
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Here & There
From Publishers Weekly (9/22/2010)
Selling Color in a White Town
Elizabeth Bluemle
Excerpt:
When we moved to Vermont from Manhattan, the biggest shock wasn’t the change from city to country; it was the shift from color to (not black-and-) white. We couldn’t get used to the lack of diversity. It felt unnatural, limited, and wrong. When tourists of color happened into the store, we embarrassed ourselves with our enthusiasm. For the first year, I even had a hard time telling some of my customers apart; in addition to the uniform Caucasian-ness, there was a sameness of dress—cotton turtlenecks, fleece vests, jeans*—and hair, lots of straight, shoulder-length hair. (Josie’s Mediterranean Jewish ringlets are quite exotic here.) Up until 14 years ago, Josie and I spent our individual lives in areas of the country that were richly multicultural.
Last I checked, Vermont had the United States’ least diverse population. I think we’re at 97+% white. In Vermont’s defense, its record for equal treatment is excellent; we may not have a big nonwhite population, but folks that do live here have equivalent opportunities and salaries as their white counterparts. But the point I’m making is, Dorothy, we’re not in New York City anymore.
All that by way of saying, we understand the challenge of making ‘books of color’ mainstream purchases for white audiences.
At the New England Independent Booksellers Association trade show next week, the Children’s Bookselling Advisory Council is holding a panel discussion on this topic. I’d love for booksellers, authors, publishers and editors, sales reps and publicists to attend and share their successful strategies for getting past reluctant or stymied gatekeepers and reaching across color lines to share wonderful, diverse books with kids. I’ll be posting a follow-up in ShelfTalker after the panel.
Here’s the description:
Friday, October 1, 10:15-11:45 am
Multicultural Kids Books: Selling Color in a White World
We all want to support and sell wonderful multicultural books, but many of us live in areas with fairly homogenous populations. How do we get past unconscious color barriers, both our own and our customers’, and put great books featuring characters of all colors in the hands of children? Participants will leave with helpful resources, including sample booktalks, tips for successful conversations with hesitant customers, resources for meeting the needs of multiracial families in your neighborhood, a list of helpful websites, and an annotated bibliography of great multicultural books by age. Panelists will include bookseller Elizabeth Bluemle (The Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, Vt.), author Mitali Perkins, Stacy Whitman (Editorial Director of Tu Publishing), and Karen Lotz (President and Publisher of Candlewick Press).
From Publishers Weekly (9/22/2010): The Stars So Far by Elizabeth Bluemle
http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/shelftalker/?p=2451
Excerpt:
SIX STARRED REVIEWS
Check out my most recent Poetry Friday post at Blue Rose Girls: Poems for Banned Books Week (September 25-October 2, 2010). The post includes a video of Laurie Halse Anderson reading her poem Listen, Manifesto, a poem that author Ellen Hopkins wrote for Banned Books Week in 2009, and two poems I wrote some time ago. You’ll also find links to other articles and information about Banned Books Week from the American Library Association.
From School Library Journal—Anderson's Speak Under Attack, Again
By Rocco Staino September 23, 2010
Alvina Ling has an excellent book-related post at Blue Rose Girls titled Speak Loudly, which was mentioned in an article at Huffington Post last week.
Here’s a link to the Huffington Post article that mentioned Alvina's post—Young Adult Novels Called 'Soft Porn': Attack Ignites Storm Of Responses From Publishing Community (POLL)
Also from Huffington Post--Banned Books Week 2010: 15 Iconic Movies Based On Banned Books (PHOTOS)
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Here & There
From Publishers Weekly (9/22/2010)
Selling Color in a White Town
Elizabeth Bluemle
Excerpt:
When we moved to Vermont from Manhattan, the biggest shock wasn’t the change from city to country; it was the shift from color to (not black-and-) white. We couldn’t get used to the lack of diversity. It felt unnatural, limited, and wrong. When tourists of color happened into the store, we embarrassed ourselves with our enthusiasm. For the first year, I even had a hard time telling some of my customers apart; in addition to the uniform Caucasian-ness, there was a sameness of dress—cotton turtlenecks, fleece vests, jeans*—and hair, lots of straight, shoulder-length hair. (Josie’s Mediterranean Jewish ringlets are quite exotic here.) Up until 14 years ago, Josie and I spent our individual lives in areas of the country that were richly multicultural.
Last I checked, Vermont had the United States’ least diverse population. I think we’re at 97+% white. In Vermont’s defense, its record for equal treatment is excellent; we may not have a big nonwhite population, but folks that do live here have equivalent opportunities and salaries as their white counterparts. But the point I’m making is, Dorothy, we’re not in New York City anymore.
All that by way of saying, we understand the challenge of making ‘books of color’ mainstream purchases for white audiences.
At the New England Independent Booksellers Association trade show next week, the Children’s Bookselling Advisory Council is holding a panel discussion on this topic. I’d love for booksellers, authors, publishers and editors, sales reps and publicists to attend and share their successful strategies for getting past reluctant or stymied gatekeepers and reaching across color lines to share wonderful, diverse books with kids. I’ll be posting a follow-up in ShelfTalker after the panel.
Here’s the description:
Friday, October 1, 10:15-11:45 am
Multicultural Kids Books: Selling Color in a White World
We all want to support and sell wonderful multicultural books, but many of us live in areas with fairly homogenous populations. How do we get past unconscious color barriers, both our own and our customers’, and put great books featuring characters of all colors in the hands of children? Participants will leave with helpful resources, including sample booktalks, tips for successful conversations with hesitant customers, resources for meeting the needs of multiracial families in your neighborhood, a list of helpful websites, and an annotated bibliography of great multicultural books by age. Panelists will include bookseller Elizabeth Bluemle (The Flying Pig Bookstore, Shelburne, Vt.), author Mitali Perkins, Stacy Whitman (Editorial Director of Tu Publishing), and Karen Lotz (President and Publisher of Candlewick Press).
From Publishers Weekly (9/22/2010): The Stars So Far by Elizabeth Bluemle
http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/shelftalker/?p=2451
Excerpt:
SIX STARRED REVIEWS
- CONSPIRACY OF KINGS, A. Megan Whalen Turner. (Harper/Greenwillow, $16.99) ISBN 978-0061870934.
- COSMIC. Frank Cottrell Boyce. (HarperCollins/Walden Pond, $16.99) ISBN 978-0061836831
- DREAMER, THE. Pam Muñoz Ryan. Illustrated by Peter SÃs. (Scholastic, $17.99) ISBN 978-0439269704
- WAR TO END ALL WARS, THE. Russell Freedman. (Clarion, $22) ISBN 978-00547026862
FIVE STARRED REVIEWS
- FEVER CRUMB. Philip Reeve. (Scholastic, $17.99) ISBN 978-0545207195
- INCARCERON. Catherine Fisher. (Dial, $17.99) ISBN 978-0803733961
- KAKAPO RESCUE: SAVING THE WORLD’S STRANGEST PARROT. Sy Montgomery. Illustrated by Nic Bishop. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $18) ISBN 978-0618494170
- MIRROR, MIRROR: A BOOK OF REVERSIBLE VERSE. Marilyn Singer, illus. by Josée Masse. Dutton, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0525479017
- NOTHING. Janne Teller, trans. from the Danish by Martin Aitken. (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, $16.99) ISBN 978-1416985792
- SIR CHARLIE: THE FUNNIEST MAN IN THE WORLD. Sid Fleischman. (HarperCollins/Greenwillow, $19.99) ISBN 978-0061896408
- UBIQUITOUS: CELEBRATING NATURE’S SURVIVORS. Joyce Sidman, illus. by Beckie Prange. (Harcourt, $17) ISBN 978-0618717194
From School Library Journal
Heavy Medal: A Mock Newbery Blog
It's My Birthday
By SLJ Staff September 23, 2010
Boy Story: Do you really want guys in your library?
By Helen Cox
September 1, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Here & There: September 8, 2010
School Library Journal
What Every New Media Specialist Needs to Know: These 10 tips can help your career get off to a great start
By Donna Corbo and Candace Sample (September 1, 2010)
Scales on Censorship—Going Rogue: What to do when a committee is threatened by one of its members
By Pat Scales (September 1, 2010)
The Horn Book (September/October 2010 Issue)
What Makes a Good Book for All Ages?
By Horn Book reviewers
EDITORIAL: The Reading Life
By Martha Parravano
Reading on the Spectrum: A boy with autism connects with books
By Ashley Waring
Booklist
Top 10 Sports Books for Youth: 2010 (September 2010)
By Ian Chapman
Book Links
Everyday Poetry: The Poetry of Science (June 2010)
By Sylvia M. Vardell
The Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books
Growing, Sleeping, Flying, Scheming: A Babies Dozen (September 2010)
Selected by Kate Quealy-Gainer, Assistant Editor
The Cooperative Children’s Book Center
50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know
Compiled by Ginny Moore Kruse and Kathleen T. Horning
Updated by Kathleen T. Horning, Carling Febry, Merri T. Lindgren and Megan Schliesman
© 2010, 2006, 2001 Cooperative Children's Book Center
What Every New Media Specialist Needs to Know: These 10 tips can help your career get off to a great start
By Donna Corbo and Candace Sample (September 1, 2010)
Scales on Censorship—Going Rogue: What to do when a committee is threatened by one of its members
By Pat Scales (September 1, 2010)
The Horn Book (September/October 2010 Issue)
What Makes a Good Book for All Ages?
By Horn Book reviewers
EDITORIAL: The Reading Life
By Martha Parravano
Reading on the Spectrum: A boy with autism connects with books
By Ashley Waring
Booklist
Top 10 Sports Books for Youth: 2010 (September 2010)
By Ian Chapman
Book Links
Everyday Poetry: The Poetry of Science (June 2010)
By Sylvia M. Vardell
The Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books
Growing, Sleeping, Flying, Scheming: A Babies Dozen (September 2010)
Selected by Kate Quealy-Gainer, Assistant Editor
The Cooperative Children’s Book Center
50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know
Compiled by Ginny Moore Kruse and Kathleen T. Horning
Updated by Kathleen T. Horning, Carling Febry, Merri T. Lindgren and Megan Schliesman
© 2010, 2006, 2001 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Here & There: August 26, 2010
Back to School
From Reading Rockets: Bright Ideas for Back-to-School Night … and Beyond (2010)
From Scholastic: Back-to-School Planning Guide
From Modern Family: Back to School Books
From The PlanetEsme Plan: MESSING AROUND ON THE MONKEY BARS (POETRY) and NEW BACK-TO-SCHOOL BOOKS (September 2009)
Other Issues
From NCTE
NCTE Executive Committee Cancels 2012 Phoenix Convention
The 2012 NCTE Annual Convention will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 14-19
On August 9, 2010, NCTE cancelled its Annual Convention that had been scheduled to be held November 14-19, 2012, in Phoenix, Arizona. The NCTE Executive Committee determined that Arizona law S.B. 1070 made it inadvisable to hold the meeting. Through the law, conditions have been created which would undercut NCTE’s core value commitment to diversity and
present a risk for many members who might be detained for an immigration check should they be stopped by police, with or without a warrant, during their stay in the city.
From Publishers Weekly
By John A. Sellers (8/18/2010)
Authors Withdraw from Teen Lit Festival
Excerpt:
Blogs, Twitter, and Facebook have been abuzz in the last 24 hours with news that four YA authors have pulled out of the annual Teen Lit Fest in Humble, Tex., a Houston suburb. The authors withdrew in support of writer Ellen Hopkins, who announced in a blog post last week that she had been disinvited from the festival, which is organized by the Humble Independent School District, and is scheduled for January 2011. In the post, entitled “Censorship Bites,” Hopkins announced that her invitation had been revoked after a middle-school librarian and parents approached a superintendent and the school board about her participation. Hopkins’s novels in verse deal with gritty subject matter: her Crank series, which concludes next month with Fallout, centers on meth addiction, while her 2009 novel, Tricks, was about teen prostitution. “We all feel badly that we’re making this stand,” Hopkins told School Library Journal. “We don’t want our readers to feel like we’re punishing them. But this is about having the right to read our books, and these people don’t have the right to say you can’t.”
From Reading Rockets: Bright Ideas for Back-to-School Night … and Beyond (2010)
From Scholastic: Back-to-School Planning Guide
From Modern Family: Back to School Books
From The PlanetEsme Plan: MESSING AROUND ON THE MONKEY BARS (POETRY) and NEW BACK-TO-SCHOOL BOOKS (September 2009)
Other Issues
From NCTE
NCTE Executive Committee Cancels 2012 Phoenix Convention
The 2012 NCTE Annual Convention will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 14-19
On August 9, 2010, NCTE cancelled its Annual Convention that had been scheduled to be held November 14-19, 2012, in Phoenix, Arizona. The NCTE Executive Committee determined that Arizona law S.B. 1070 made it inadvisable to hold the meeting. Through the law, conditions have been created which would undercut NCTE’s core value commitment to diversity and
present a risk for many members who might be detained for an immigration check should they be stopped by police, with or without a warrant, during their stay in the city.
From Publishers Weekly
By John A. Sellers (8/18/2010)
Authors Withdraw from Teen Lit Festival
Excerpt:
Blogs, Twitter, and Facebook have been abuzz in the last 24 hours with news that four YA authors have pulled out of the annual Teen Lit Fest in Humble, Tex., a Houston suburb. The authors withdrew in support of writer Ellen Hopkins, who announced in a blog post last week that she had been disinvited from the festival, which is organized by the Humble Independent School District, and is scheduled for January 2011. In the post, entitled “Censorship Bites,” Hopkins announced that her invitation had been revoked after a middle-school librarian and parents approached a superintendent and the school board about her participation. Hopkins’s novels in verse deal with gritty subject matter: her Crank series, which concludes next month with Fallout, centers on meth addiction, while her 2009 novel, Tricks, was about teen prostitution. “We all feel badly that we’re making this stand,” Hopkins told School Library Journal. “We don’t want our readers to feel like we’re punishing them. But this is about having the right to read our books, and these people don’t have the right to say you can’t.”
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Here & There: August 5, 2010
From School Library Journal
Scales on Censorship: What’s New Pussycat? Should Edward Lear’s classic poem be banned from the classroom?
By Pat Scales (August 1, 2010)
Razzmatazz: Books that engage and delight the very youngest listeners
by Barbara Joosse (August 1, 2010)
Utterly Unrefined: There’s nothing more compelling than books on gunk and muck
By Kathleen Baxter (August 1, 2010)
From Booklist
Reid-Aloud Alert: Chapter Books for a Primary-Grade Audience
By Rob Reid
Story behind the Story: Susan Campbell Bartoletti’s They Called Themselves the K.K.K.
By Gillian Engberg (August 2010)
New Reference Sources for Students
By Mary Ellen Quinn (August 2010)
From The Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books
Tasty S'mores and Other People's Snores: A Camping Dozen
Selected by Kate Quealy-Gainer, Assistant Editor
Even in the digital age, camping remains a summertime rite of passage. Check out these tales filled with burnt marshmallows, cabin infighting, infectious bug bites, and other such fun.
Betsy Hearne Wins the Anne Devereaux Jordan Award
From The Horn Book
Five Questions for Grace Lin
2010 Mind the Gap Awards
The Horn Book at Simmons: A One-Day Colloquium on October 2, 2010
A Unique Event
Join the Horn Book and Simmons College for a unique event for librarians and children’s literature professionals. "The Horn Book at Simmons" is a one-day event discussing and celebrating the 2010 class of Boston Globe–Horn Book Award recipients.
FROM NSTA (National Science Teachers Association)
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12: 2010 (Books published in 2009)
From Booklights (PBS Parents)
Thursday Three: Travel by Pam Coughlan
Thursday THIRTY: Summer Books, Tot to Tween by Pam Coughlan
From Wild Rose Reader
Children's Books for Summer Reading 2010
Scales on Censorship: What’s New Pussycat? Should Edward Lear’s classic poem be banned from the classroom?
By Pat Scales (August 1, 2010)
Razzmatazz: Books that engage and delight the very youngest listeners
by Barbara Joosse (August 1, 2010)
Utterly Unrefined: There’s nothing more compelling than books on gunk and muck
By Kathleen Baxter (August 1, 2010)
From Booklist
Reid-Aloud Alert: Chapter Books for a Primary-Grade Audience
By Rob Reid
Story behind the Story: Susan Campbell Bartoletti’s They Called Themselves the K.K.K.
By Gillian Engberg (August 2010)
New Reference Sources for Students
By Mary Ellen Quinn (August 2010)
From The Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books
Tasty S'mores and Other People's Snores: A Camping Dozen
Selected by Kate Quealy-Gainer, Assistant Editor
Even in the digital age, camping remains a summertime rite of passage. Check out these tales filled with burnt marshmallows, cabin infighting, infectious bug bites, and other such fun.
Betsy Hearne Wins the Anne Devereaux Jordan Award
From The Horn Book
Five Questions for Grace Lin
2010 Mind the Gap Awards
The Horn Book at Simmons: A One-Day Colloquium on October 2, 2010
A Unique Event
Join the Horn Book and Simmons College for a unique event for librarians and children’s literature professionals. "The Horn Book at Simmons" is a one-day event discussing and celebrating the 2010 class of Boston Globe–Horn Book Award recipients.
FROM NSTA (National Science Teachers Association)
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12: 2010 (Books published in 2009)
From Booklights (PBS Parents)
Thursday Three: Travel by Pam Coughlan
Thursday THIRTY: Summer Books, Tot to Tween by Pam Coughlan
From Wild Rose Reader
Children's Books for Summer Reading 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Here & There: July 27, 2010
Liz B’s blog A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy has moved. It is now a School Library Journal blog. Here is its new URL—http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/teacozy/
Liz said: “For the most part, it's same blog, still me, just at a new location. I will be concentrating more on young adult books, ages twelve and up, and less on picture books and books for younger readers.”
You can read her announcement here.
From MotherReader (7/20/2010):
By now, many of you have heard of the blog Ripple, where illustrators donate their art for donations to causes to help the wildlife in the Gulf Coast disaster. I’ve been following the project since the beginning, and am excited to report that it has raised over $8,500 in funds — most of it one $10 card at a time. I have five myself.
Read the rest of MotherReader’s Making Ripples post here.
More on the blog Ripple from School Library Journal: Children's Illustrators Help Save Gulf Oil Spill Wildlife Victims
By Debra Lau Whelan July 20, 2010
From Publishers Weekly: Fall 2010 Children's Announcements
From Publishers Weekly: Children's Books: Spring 2011 Sneak Previews
From School Library Journal: Booksellers Oppose MA Law That Extends Censorship On the Web
By SLJ Staff July 22, 2010
Excerpt:
A coalition of booksellers and first amendment supporters is trying to block a new Massachusetts law that aims to protect kids from online predators, but also bans constitutionally protected speech, including topics like contraception and pregnancy, sexual health, literature, and art.
The lawsuit--filed by the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, the Association of American Publishers, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and others--says the new law, signed in April by Governor Patrick and which went into effect last week, imposes severe restrictions on the distribution of constitutionally protected speech on the Internet.
The goal? To have the law declared unconstitutional and void--and to enjoin the state from enforcing it on the basis of the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, and the Constitution's Commerce Clause.
Under the law, anyone who operates a website or communicates through a listserv can be held criminally liable for nudity or sexually related material if it's considered "harmful to minors." In short, it bans from the Internet anything that may be "harmful to minors," including materials that adults have a First Amendment right to view.
Those who break the law can be fined $10,000 or sentenced to up to five years in prison, or both. "[This] will certainly have a chilling effect on booksellers with websites that describe their books available online or in a store," says Chris Finan, President of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE). "Most bookstores are small businesses, and it is very likely that booksellers will try to avoid problems by engaging in selfcensorship."
On the Poetry Front
From BookPage—Mirror, mirror, on the wall: poetry books for one and all
Feature by Alice Cary
New Poetry Books for Young People 2005-2010
By Sylvia M. Vardell, Ph.D.
School News Spotlight: Sharing Children's Poetry 101
By Julie Corsaro
This interview with Sylvia Vardell originally appeared in the May 2010 edition of NoveList School News.
Liz said: “For the most part, it's same blog, still me, just at a new location. I will be concentrating more on young adult books, ages twelve and up, and less on picture books and books for younger readers.”
You can read her announcement here.
From MotherReader (7/20/2010):
By now, many of you have heard of the blog Ripple, where illustrators donate their art for donations to causes to help the wildlife in the Gulf Coast disaster. I’ve been following the project since the beginning, and am excited to report that it has raised over $8,500 in funds — most of it one $10 card at a time. I have five myself.
Read the rest of MotherReader’s Making Ripples post here.
More on the blog Ripple from School Library Journal: Children's Illustrators Help Save Gulf Oil Spill Wildlife Victims
By Debra Lau Whelan July 20, 2010
From Publishers Weekly: Fall 2010 Children's Announcements
From Publishers Weekly: Children's Books: Spring 2011 Sneak Previews
From School Library Journal: Booksellers Oppose MA Law That Extends Censorship On the Web
By SLJ Staff July 22, 2010
Excerpt:
A coalition of booksellers and first amendment supporters is trying to block a new Massachusetts law that aims to protect kids from online predators, but also bans constitutionally protected speech, including topics like contraception and pregnancy, sexual health, literature, and art.
The lawsuit--filed by the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, the Association of American Publishers, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and others--says the new law, signed in April by Governor Patrick and which went into effect last week, imposes severe restrictions on the distribution of constitutionally protected speech on the Internet.
The goal? To have the law declared unconstitutional and void--and to enjoin the state from enforcing it on the basis of the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, and the Constitution's Commerce Clause.
Under the law, anyone who operates a website or communicates through a listserv can be held criminally liable for nudity or sexually related material if it's considered "harmful to minors." In short, it bans from the Internet anything that may be "harmful to minors," including materials that adults have a First Amendment right to view.
Those who break the law can be fined $10,000 or sentenced to up to five years in prison, or both. "[This] will certainly have a chilling effect on booksellers with websites that describe their books available online or in a store," says Chris Finan, President of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE). "Most bookstores are small businesses, and it is very likely that booksellers will try to avoid problems by engaging in selfcensorship."
On the Poetry Front
From BookPage—Mirror, mirror, on the wall: poetry books for one and all
Feature by Alice Cary
New Poetry Books for Young People 2005-2010
By Sylvia M. Vardell, Ph.D.
School News Spotlight: Sharing Children's Poetry 101
By Julie Corsaro
This interview with Sylvia Vardell originally appeared in the May 2010 edition of NoveList School News.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Here & There: July 19, 2010
Children's Books at ALA: A PW Photo-Essay (Publishers Weekly, July 2010)
NOTE: The photo-essay includes pictures of my fellow Blue Rose Girls Grace Lin and Alvina Ling.
Story behind the Story: Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan’s Ballet for Martha
The Art of Making Art
by Ilene Cooper (Booklist, July 2010).
Books and Authors: Talking with Cathryn and John Sill by Terrell A. Young and Barbara A. Ward (Book Links, June 2010)
The husband-and-wife creators of painterly picture books about wildlife and nature discuss their collaborative process.
The Summer Reading Network: To keep kids reading during the summer, librarians connect online to share resources (School Library Journal, July 2010)
RIF Reading Planet
Summer Reading Fun (RIF Reading Planet)
Pile them high; it's summer time by Sheila Wayman (Irish Times, 7/13/2010)
Excerpt:
School may be over for the summer, but that’s no reason for the reading to stop.
WITH NO school or homework to interrupt them, summer is invariably a time of great discovery for avid young book readers.
It is a chance to try different kinds of books or wallow in a whole series from a favourite author. Some holidays will forever be associated with who or what you found between those pages.
The only downside is likely to be a nagging parent: “What are you doing indoors on a lovely day like this? Put that book down and go out.”
But, according to the director of Children’s Books Ireland, Mags Walsh, “If they are happy reading, let them read. Don’t put any walls or barriers around it.”
Q & A with Grace Lin by Julie Yates Walton (Publishers Weekly, July 2010)
Over the years, author-illustrator Grace Lin has mined her own childhood for funny, upbeat stories that shed light on the unique experience of growing up Asian-American. The past year has been a good one for Lin, with her novel, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, winning a 2010 Newbery Honor and earning a selection on Al Roker's Book Club for Kids. Known for her novels and her vibrantly illustrated picture books, Lin is now reaching out to the audience in between. Her first early reader, Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same, features twin Asian-American girls, and is due out this month from Little, Brown.
NOTE: Grace has garnered another award for her fantasy novel Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. Read about it here.
NOTE: The photo-essay includes pictures of my fellow Blue Rose Girls Grace Lin and Alvina Ling.
Story behind the Story: Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan’s Ballet for Martha
The Art of Making Art
by Ilene Cooper (Booklist, July 2010).
Books and Authors: Talking with Cathryn and John Sill by Terrell A. Young and Barbara A. Ward (Book Links, June 2010)
The husband-and-wife creators of painterly picture books about wildlife and nature discuss their collaborative process.
The Summer Reading Network: To keep kids reading during the summer, librarians connect online to share resources (School Library Journal, July 2010)
RIF Reading Planet
Summer Reading Fun (RIF Reading Planet)
Pile them high; it's summer time by Sheila Wayman (Irish Times, 7/13/2010)
Excerpt:
School may be over for the summer, but that’s no reason for the reading to stop.
WITH NO school or homework to interrupt them, summer is invariably a time of great discovery for avid young book readers.
It is a chance to try different kinds of books or wallow in a whole series from a favourite author. Some holidays will forever be associated with who or what you found between those pages.
The only downside is likely to be a nagging parent: “What are you doing indoors on a lovely day like this? Put that book down and go out.”
But, according to the director of Children’s Books Ireland, Mags Walsh, “If they are happy reading, let them read. Don’t put any walls or barriers around it.”
Q & A with Grace Lin by Julie Yates Walton (Publishers Weekly, July 2010)
Over the years, author-illustrator Grace Lin has mined her own childhood for funny, upbeat stories that shed light on the unique experience of growing up Asian-American. The past year has been a good one for Lin, with her novel, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, winning a 2010 Newbery Honor and earning a selection on Al Roker's Book Club for Kids. Known for her novels and her vibrantly illustrated picture books, Lin is now reaching out to the audience in between. Her first early reader, Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same, features twin Asian-American girls, and is due out this month from Little, Brown.
NOTE: Grace has garnered another award for her fantasy novel Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. Read about it here.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Here & There: July 5, 2010
From The Horn Book July/August 2010 Issue
A Profile of Jerry Pinkney
Rebecca Stead: A New York Story
Coretta Scott King Award Acceptance
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Acceptance
A Profile of Jerry Pinkney
Rebecca Stead: A New York Story
Coretta Scott King Award Acceptance
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Acceptance
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Hot Summer Reads: Here's a mix of novels — graphic, classic, and new — that have absolutely nothing to do with SCHOOL. It’s got a little something for every young reader, including yours. (Scholastic)
Hot Summer Series (Scholastic)
Q & A with Patricia MacLachlan (Publishers Weekly)
Classroom Connections: Titles That Sing and Shine—Books about Light and Sound by Patricia Stohr-Hunt (Book Links)
ALA 2010: The Changing Face of Books for Beginning Readers (School Library Journal)
Chicken Chasing and Barnyard Brouhahas: A Farm Dozen (The Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books)
Hot Summer Series (Scholastic)
Q & A with Patricia MacLachlan (Publishers Weekly)
Classroom Connections: Titles That Sing and Shine—Books about Light and Sound by Patricia Stohr-Hunt (Book Links)
ALA 2010: The Changing Face of Books for Beginning Readers (School Library Journal)
Chicken Chasing and Barnyard Brouhahas: A Farm Dozen (The Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books)
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Here & There: June 12, 2010
2010 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards for Excellence in Children’s Literature
Kid Authors, Illustrators Send Off the Class of 2010
by Rocco Staino (School Library Journal, 6/9/2010)
BookExpo America 2010: A Children's Books Photo-Essay (Publishers Weekly, 6/4/2010)
Writers Against Racism: Summer Reading Lists For Parents (Bowllan’s Blog at Publishers Weekly, 6/11/2010)
The Elephant in the Room by Elizabeth Bluemle (Publishers Weekly, 6/10/2010)
Excerpt:
Publishers, how ivory are thy towers? According to statistics—not to mention a quick glance around any trade show floor—pretty shockingly ivory, maybe along the lines of 98%. The number of publishing, editorial, art direction, sales and marketing professionals of color in our field is tiny, and that’s not good for anybody. This discrepancy between the real world and the publishing world limits the range of books published, the intellectual scope of discussion, and—for the bottom-liners among us—greatly stunts the potential market.
The truth: we in the book trade have fallen shamefully behind our own culture, and our own times. We can remedy that with open dialogue, new paradigms, and concerted effort. And—we have to remedy it. When adults shout racial epithets at our country’s elected leaders, when bullied children are hanging themselves out of despair and shame, when children’s faces in art murals on the sides of schools are criticized for being “too dark,” when racism is still alive and vicious in this country, we can’t politely avert our eyes.
It is our responsibility—as people who create, produce, and distribute the lion’s share of books that reach and teach and entertain children—it is our highest calling to provide written, illustrated worlds that embrace and prioritize all children, books that resemble the playgrounds and classrooms and homes of this country and the rest of the world. And in order to do that, we must open the gates of our publishing houses to a greater variety of voices and cast aside outdated assumptions of what people will or won’t want to read, will or won’t want to edit or publish or sell.
Poetry—The Forgotten Cousin of Story (From the Banbury Cross Children’s Book Shop)
Top Ten Biographies for Youth: 2010 by Ilene Cooper (Booklist, 6/1/2010)
Classics to Read Aloud by Rob Reid (Book Links, June 2010)
The Storyteller’s Voice—A Six Traits Mini-Lesson by Anastasia Suen (Book Links, June 2010)
Preserving the Environment—Books That Encourage Stewardship by Barbara Ward, Deanna Day, and Terrell A. Young (Book Links, June 2010)
Kid Authors, Illustrators Send Off the Class of 2010
by Rocco Staino (School Library Journal, 6/9/2010)
BookExpo America 2010: A Children's Books Photo-Essay (Publishers Weekly, 6/4/2010)
Writers Against Racism: Summer Reading Lists For Parents (Bowllan’s Blog at Publishers Weekly, 6/11/2010)
The Elephant in the Room by Elizabeth Bluemle (Publishers Weekly, 6/10/2010)
Excerpt:
Publishers, how ivory are thy towers? According to statistics—not to mention a quick glance around any trade show floor—pretty shockingly ivory, maybe along the lines of 98%. The number of publishing, editorial, art direction, sales and marketing professionals of color in our field is tiny, and that’s not good for anybody. This discrepancy between the real world and the publishing world limits the range of books published, the intellectual scope of discussion, and—for the bottom-liners among us—greatly stunts the potential market.
The truth: we in the book trade have fallen shamefully behind our own culture, and our own times. We can remedy that with open dialogue, new paradigms, and concerted effort. And—we have to remedy it. When adults shout racial epithets at our country’s elected leaders, when bullied children are hanging themselves out of despair and shame, when children’s faces in art murals on the sides of schools are criticized for being “too dark,” when racism is still alive and vicious in this country, we can’t politely avert our eyes.
It is our responsibility—as people who create, produce, and distribute the lion’s share of books that reach and teach and entertain children—it is our highest calling to provide written, illustrated worlds that embrace and prioritize all children, books that resemble the playgrounds and classrooms and homes of this country and the rest of the world. And in order to do that, we must open the gates of our publishing houses to a greater variety of voices and cast aside outdated assumptions of what people will or won’t want to read, will or won’t want to edit or publish or sell.
Poetry—The Forgotten Cousin of Story (From the Banbury Cross Children’s Book Shop)
Top Ten Biographies for Youth: 2010 by Ilene Cooper (Booklist, 6/1/2010)
Classics to Read Aloud by Rob Reid (Book Links, June 2010)
The Storyteller’s Voice—A Six Traits Mini-Lesson by Anastasia Suen (Book Links, June 2010)
Preserving the Environment—Books That Encourage Stewardship by Barbara Ward, Deanna Day, and Terrell A. Young (Book Links, June 2010)
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Here & There: May 6, 2010
From Scrub-A-Dub Tub—Roundup of Resources for Literacy and Reading – May 2010
From Booklist—Top 10 Crime Fiction for Youth: 2010
From Booklist—Core Collection: Spy Kids
From The Horn Book (May/June 2010 Issue)—Eating Reading Animals by Jennifer Armstrong
From The Horn Book (May/June 2010 Issue)—What Makes a Good Graduation Gift? by Horn Book staff & reviewers by Horn Book staff and reviewers
From The Horn Book (May/June 2010 Issue)—Over the Moon: An Imaginary Interview with Margaret Wise Brown by Leonard S. Marcus
From School Library Journal (5/1/2010)—As Easy as Pi: Picture books are perfect for teaching math by Marilyn Burns
From The Observer (4/25/2010)
Parents “must let children choose what they read”
As games consume youngsters' time, publishing expert Michael Norris says reading should not be forced on them
by Vanessa Thorpe
Excerpt:
Little boys don't like reading any more and even little girls don't enjoy it as much as they once did: this is the accepted wisdom inside the book industry – and in many British families, too. Parents and booksellers tend to blame the growing appeal of online entertainment and handheld games, but research from the US is challenging these assumptions.
Michael Norris, an American publishing expert, will release findings in the monthly Book Publishing Report next month which show that, despite the best intentions, it is well-meaning mothers and fathers who often stop their sons and daughters from picking up the reading habit.
"Parents have too much of a role in deciding which books their child is going to read," said Norris. "It is turning children off. They should let them choose."
Norris, who is editor of the Book Publishing Report, urges parents not to give up on books. The results of a number of surveys Norris has carried out with hundreds of American booksellers over the past year have provided the basis for a series of tips for parents designed to help children find enjoyment in books. First, he argues, reading should never be described with "work words" which make it seem like a chore. Too many families, Norris suggests, have fallen into the trap of stereotyping reading as a "good" activity and digital or online game playing as "bad". Instead, it is important to let reading become associated with pleasure and achievement, just as game playing is.
NCTE / IRA Standards for the English Language Arts
Published jointly by NCTE and the International Reading Association (IRA), The Standards for the English Language Arts is designed to complement other national, state, and local standards and contributes to ongoing discussion about English language arts classroom activities and curricula.
From Booklist—Top 10 Crime Fiction for Youth: 2010
From Booklist—Core Collection: Spy Kids
From The Horn Book (May/June 2010 Issue)—Eating Reading Animals by Jennifer Armstrong
From The Horn Book (May/June 2010 Issue)—What Makes a Good Graduation Gift? by Horn Book staff & reviewers by Horn Book staff and reviewers
From The Horn Book (May/June 2010 Issue)—Over the Moon: An Imaginary Interview with Margaret Wise Brown by Leonard S. Marcus
From School Library Journal (5/1/2010)—As Easy as Pi: Picture books are perfect for teaching math by Marilyn Burns
From The Observer (4/25/2010)
Parents “must let children choose what they read”
As games consume youngsters' time, publishing expert Michael Norris says reading should not be forced on them
by Vanessa Thorpe
Excerpt:
Little boys don't like reading any more and even little girls don't enjoy it as much as they once did: this is the accepted wisdom inside the book industry – and in many British families, too. Parents and booksellers tend to blame the growing appeal of online entertainment and handheld games, but research from the US is challenging these assumptions.
Michael Norris, an American publishing expert, will release findings in the monthly Book Publishing Report next month which show that, despite the best intentions, it is well-meaning mothers and fathers who often stop their sons and daughters from picking up the reading habit.
"Parents have too much of a role in deciding which books their child is going to read," said Norris. "It is turning children off. They should let them choose."
Norris, who is editor of the Book Publishing Report, urges parents not to give up on books. The results of a number of surveys Norris has carried out with hundreds of American booksellers over the past year have provided the basis for a series of tips for parents designed to help children find enjoyment in books. First, he argues, reading should never be described with "work words" which make it seem like a chore. Too many families, Norris suggests, have fallen into the trap of stereotyping reading as a "good" activity and digital or online game playing as "bad". Instead, it is important to let reading become associated with pleasure and achievement, just as game playing is.
NCTE / IRA Standards for the English Language Arts
Published jointly by NCTE and the International Reading Association (IRA), The Standards for the English Language Arts is designed to complement other national, state, and local standards and contributes to ongoing discussion about English language arts classroom activities and curricula.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Here & There: March 17, 2010
From Booklist
Top Ten Graphic Novels for Youth: 2010
Read-alikes: New Narnias
Story behind the Story: Mo Willems’ City Dog, Country Frog.
From School Library Journal
Hooray for Spring! Stories to Read Aloud
Get Your Students to Vote for their Favorite Author, Illustrator
‘Charles and Emma’ Wins SLJ’s Battle of the Books, Round 1, Match 1
LA Unified School District to Eliminate All Certified Librarians
What Are They Reading for Fun?
From Kidsreads.com
Baseball Books Are a Hit
Cool New Books
Hippity, Hoppity Easter's on Its Way!
Show Us Your Green Thumbs!
From Reading Rockets
A Poetic Spring
The Exquisite Prompt: A Writing Challenge for K-12 Students (The March prompts entry deadline is March 31, 2010)
From Booklights (PBS Parents)
Share a Story - Shape a Future 2010: A Blog Tour for Literacy posted by Jen Robinson
Top Ten Graphic Novels for Youth: 2010
Read-alikes: New Narnias
Story behind the Story: Mo Willems’ City Dog, Country Frog.
From School Library Journal
Hooray for Spring! Stories to Read Aloud
Get Your Students to Vote for their Favorite Author, Illustrator
‘Charles and Emma’ Wins SLJ’s Battle of the Books, Round 1, Match 1
LA Unified School District to Eliminate All Certified Librarians
What Are They Reading for Fun?
From Kidsreads.com
Baseball Books Are a Hit
Cool New Books
Hippity, Hoppity Easter's on Its Way!
Show Us Your Green Thumbs!
From Reading Rockets
A Poetic Spring
The Exquisite Prompt: A Writing Challenge for K-12 Students (The March prompts entry deadline is March 31, 2010)
From Booklights (PBS Parents)
Share a Story - Shape a Future 2010: A Blog Tour for Literacy posted by Jen Robinson
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Here & There: March 9, 2010
From School Library Journal (March 2010)
Bustling Biomes: Desserts and Grasslands by Kathy Piehl
ALSCA & YALSA Book Picks 2010
From The Horn Book (March/April 2010)
An Interview with Katherine Paterson by Roger Sutton
Sharing the Love: A salute to the incoming Ambassador--Editorial by Martha V. Parravano
From A Year of Reading
2010 NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts—posted by Mary Lee Hahn
From the National Science Teachers Association
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12: 2010 (Books published in 2009)
From Reading Tub
Booklists by Theme
Bustling Biomes: Desserts and Grasslands by Kathy Piehl
ALSCA & YALSA Book Picks 2010
From The Horn Book (March/April 2010)
An Interview with Katherine Paterson by Roger Sutton
Sharing the Love: A salute to the incoming Ambassador--Editorial by Martha V. Parravano
From A Year of Reading
2010 NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts—posted by Mary Lee Hahn
From the National Science Teachers Association
Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12: 2010 (Books published in 2009)
From Reading Tub
Booklists by Theme
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Here & There and The 2010 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Winners
2010 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Winners Announced!
Thanks to Sylvia Vardell at Poetry for Children for information about the 2010 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award winner and honor books:
Winner
Button Up! is a delightful collection of mask poems in which articles of clothing and footwear speak from their points of view.
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Honor Books
This is a cleverly illustrated book of visual poems about cats for children.
Click here to see Michael Wertz’s colorful illustrations (and Franco’s poems) from this book on flickr.
This is an exceptional anthology that connects poetry and science. The book contains more than one hundred poems. It truly is a celebration of our world, of nature and imagination—and of Darwin’s Tree of Life.
Thanks to Sylvia Vardell at Poetry for Children for information about the 2010 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award winner and honor books:
Winner
Button Up! is a delightful collection of mask poems in which articles of clothing and footwear speak from their points of view.
Click here to read my review of Button Up!.
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Honor Books
A Curious Collection of Cats
Written by Betsy Franco
Illustrated by Michael Wertz
(Tricycle Press, 2009)
Written by Betsy Franco
Illustrated by Michael Wertz
(Tricycle Press, 2009)
This is a cleverly illustrated book of visual poems about cats for children.
Click here to see Michael Wertz’s colorful illustrations (and Franco’s poems) from this book on flickr.
The Tree That Time Built: A Celebration of Nature, Science, and Imagination
Selected by Mary Ann Hoberman and Linda Winston
(Sourcebooks, 2009)
Selected by Mary Ann Hoberman and Linda Winston
(Sourcebooks, 2009)
This is an exceptional anthology that connects poetry and science. The book contains more than one hundred poems. It truly is a celebration of our world, of nature and imagination—and of Darwin’s Tree of Life.
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Here & There
- From the Children’s Literature and Reading Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association: 2010 Notable Books for a Global Society—outstanding multicultural literature for Grades Pre-K-12.
- The 2009 Cuffies (Publishers Weekly, 1/25/2010)
For their annual “Off the Cuff” awards, PW asked booksellers around the country for their picks in a variety of categories.
Click here to see the winners of the Cuffies. - From School Library Journal: Katherine the Great: There couldn't be a better choice for our new kids' book ambassador than Katherine Paterson (By Kathleen T. Horning, 2/1/2010)
- From School Library Journal: Sibling Arrivalry—Books about Birth and Adoption (By Henrietta Thornton-Verma, 2/1/2010)
- From Booklist: Top 10 Books on the Environment for Youth: 2010
(By Gillian Engberg, February 15, 2010)
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Here & There--December 12, 2009
Some news...some book lists...some book reviews. Maybe you'll find some children's books you'd like to give as gifts for the holidays.
From School Library Journal
School Library Journal’s Best Children’s Books of 2009
It’s Caldecott Time: Some of this year’s graphic novels should be serious contenders by Ernie Cox
‘Kirkus Reviews’ Shuts Down by Rocco Staino
From Booklist
Top 10 Books for Youth: Sci-Tech (2009)
Top Ten Books for Youth: Science Fiction & Fantasy (2009)
Top Ten Books for Youth: The Arts (2009)
From Publishers Weekly
Best Children’s Books of 2009
Children’s Book Reviews: 12/7/2009
Shelftalker: 2009 Starred Books Wrap-up
From Kirkus Reviews
The Best Children’s Books of 2009
From NCTE
2009 Orbis Pictus Award Winner, Honor Books, and Recommended Books
From The New York Times
Notable Children’s Books of 2009
Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2009
From Sylvia Vardell at Poetry for Children
Favorite Poetry Books of 2009 for Young People
From Wild Rose Reader—Poetry Book Reviews 2009
Red Sings from Treetops: A Book Review & An Invitation (4/17/09)
Presenting Anna Alter & What Can You Do with an Old Red Shoe? (4/21/09)
Poetry Friday: Animal Haiku (4/24/09) This post includes a brief review of Michael J. Rosen’s The Cuckoo’s Haiku.
The Frogs and Toads All Sang: A Book of Poems by Arnold Lobel (6/05/09)
Book Review: Sky Magic Compiled by Lee Bennett Hopkins (6/12/09)
Poetry Book Review: Incredible Inventions Compiled by Lee Bennett Hopkins (6/19/09)
Poetry about City Life (7/24/09) This post includes a review of Lee Bennett Hopkins’s City I Love.
Countdown to Summer: A Poetry Book Review (8/28/09)
Stampede!: Poems to Celebrate the Wild Side of School (9/04/09)
Button Up! Wrinkled Rhymes by Alice Schertle (10/2/2009)
The Tree That Time Built: A Celebration of Nature, Science, and Imagination (11/6/2009)
From School Library Journal
School Library Journal’s Best Children’s Books of 2009
It’s Caldecott Time: Some of this year’s graphic novels should be serious contenders by Ernie Cox
‘Kirkus Reviews’ Shuts Down by Rocco Staino
From Booklist
Top 10 Books for Youth: Sci-Tech (2009)
Top Ten Books for Youth: Science Fiction & Fantasy (2009)
Top Ten Books for Youth: The Arts (2009)
From Publishers Weekly
Best Children’s Books of 2009
Children’s Book Reviews: 12/7/2009
Shelftalker: 2009 Starred Books Wrap-up
From Kirkus Reviews
The Best Children’s Books of 2009
From NCTE
2009 Orbis Pictus Award Winner, Honor Books, and Recommended Books
From The New York Times
Notable Children’s Books of 2009
Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2009
From Sylvia Vardell at Poetry for Children
Favorite Poetry Books of 2009 for Young People
From Wild Rose Reader—Poetry Book Reviews 2009
Red Sings from Treetops: A Book Review & An Invitation (4/17/09)
Presenting Anna Alter & What Can You Do with an Old Red Shoe? (4/21/09)
Poetry Friday: Animal Haiku (4/24/09) This post includes a brief review of Michael J. Rosen’s The Cuckoo’s Haiku.
The Frogs and Toads All Sang: A Book of Poems by Arnold Lobel (6/05/09)
Book Review: Sky Magic Compiled by Lee Bennett Hopkins (6/12/09)
Poetry Book Review: Incredible Inventions Compiled by Lee Bennett Hopkins (6/19/09)
Poetry about City Life (7/24/09) This post includes a review of Lee Bennett Hopkins’s City I Love.
Countdown to Summer: A Poetry Book Review (8/28/09)
Stampede!: Poems to Celebrate the Wild Side of School (9/04/09)
Button Up! Wrinkled Rhymes by Alice Schertle (10/2/2009)
The Tree That Time Built: A Celebration of Nature, Science, and Imagination (11/6/2009)
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