CASLS+Newsletter+Vol.+3+N.+18

JANUARY 29, 2012 RONDA'S CORNER

Where did this month go?? Not that I'm complaining. The faster winter is over with is OK by me.

OCLC is going at full speed again. The requests have been coming in for our books on the average of six requests per day. We just had a title from Bolivar Richburg that is on the way to Mount Sinai School of Medicine! The Professional Library just had a very small 8-page book travel to Oklahoma. I'm just curious.... how many of you have found a way to use the "This book traveled to....." slips that are on your books when I return them after an OCLC loan? What types of things do you do?

I had fun with a few of our titles that had traveled. I started by going on google maps and finding out how far it was to the borrowing library. I then printed off the map showing the route to get there. After I had done that, I tried zooming in to "street view" on google maps. I was able to see the library as though I was standing in front of it on one - there were palm trees! I printed that off too. Then I displayed the book with the "traveled to" slip still on it along with the miles written on it, the map, and a picture of the library. I had a display of about 4 or 5 books lined up from the farthest travel on down.

If I had students, I would have them research what types of attractions are available in the area, what the weather was like at that time of year, etc, and have them write up a story of what types of adventures the book might have had while being read on the beach or peaking out of the backpack of someone walking through a park or museum.

MARY ANN'S MEANDERINGS

SUGGESTED BOOK LIST - MARINA BUDHOS WORKSHOP 

Each year, two grants up to $1,000. each, are available for projects to develop new classroom or library programs that raise awareness of multicultural literature among young people; particularly, but not exclusively, through the works of Virginia Hamilton.

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"The Windows to the Universe website was created by the National EarthScience Teachers Association (NESTA) and it is an exploration of all matters in "Earth and Space sciences and the historical and cultural ties betweenscience, exploration, and the human experience. "

Heaven on Earth: Shakers, Religious Revival and Social Reform in America.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Siena College announces Heaven on Earth: Shakers, Religious Revival and Social Reform in America. Two, one-week NEH Landmarks of History and Culture Workshops for 80 teachers (40 teachers per workshop) will be held at Siena College, Albany, New York, July 7-13 and July 14-20, 2013. This workshop examines the history, culture and legacy of the Shakers.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">K-12 teachers in the fields of language arts, social studies, art, music, philosophy, and technology are encouraged to apply. Prior knowledge of Shaker history is neither required nor expected. Full-time and part-time classroom teachers and librarians in public, charter, independent, and religiously affiliated schools, as well as home schooling parents are eligible; other K-12 school personnel will be considered based on availability. Participants will engage in interactive seminars with scholars; investigate Shaker artifacts and primary documents and tour three historic Shaker sites: Hancock Shaker Village, Watervliet Shaker Historic District and Shaker Museum Mount Lebanon. Throughout the workshop participants will brainstorm on how to apply their discoveries to curriculum and bring the fascinating history of the Shakers to life for contemporary students.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Workshop participants will be awarded one $1,200 stipend towards program costs. Applications are due March 4. For full program description and application procedures visit: www.siena.edu/shakerworkshop

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Jillian Altenburg, Project Assistant <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Heaven on Earth: Shakers, Religious Revival and Social Reform in America <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Email: shakerworkshop@siena.edu <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Website: www.siena.edu/shakerworkshop

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #5a407d; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">American Library Association announces 2013 youth media award winners <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">SEATTLE — The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, video and audiobooks for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards – at its Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">A list of all the 2013 award winners follows: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“The One and Only Ivan,” written by Katherine Applegate, is the 2013 Newbery Medal winner. The book is published by HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Three Newbery Honor Books also were named: “Splendors and Glooms” by Laura Amy Schlitz and published by Candlewick Press; “Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon” by Steve Sheinkin and published by Flash Point, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press; and “Three Times Lucky” by Sheila Turnage and published by Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“This Is Not My Hat,” illustrated and written by Jon Klassen, is the 2013 Caldecott Medal winner. The book is published by Candlewick Press. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Five Caldecott Honor Books also were named: “Creepy Carrots!” illustrated by Peter Brown, written by Aaron Reynolds and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division; “Extra Yarn,” illustrated by Jon Klassen, written by Mac Barnett and published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">HarperCollins Publishers; “Green,” illustrated and written by Laura Vaccaro Seeger and published by Neal Porter Books, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press; “One Cool Friend,” illustrated by David Small, written by Toni Buzzeo and published by Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group; “Sleep Like a Tiger,” illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski, written by Mary Logue and published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America,” written by Andrea Davis Pinkney and illustrated by Brian Pinkney is the King Author Book winner. The book is published by Disney/Jump at the Sun Books, an imprint of Disney Book Group. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Two King Author Honor Books were selected: “Each Kindness” by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E. B. Lewis and published by Nancy Paulsen Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group; and “No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller” by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie and published by Carolrhoda Lab, an imprint of Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“I, Too, Am America,” illustrated by Bryan Collier, is the King Illustrator Book winner. The book is written by Langston Hughes and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Three King Illustrator Honor Books were selected: “H. O. R. S. E.,” illustrated and written by Christopher Myers, and published by Egmont USA; “Ellen’s Broom,” illustrated by Daniel Minter, written by Kelly Starling Lyons and published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group; and “I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr.” illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Martin Luther King, Jr. and published by Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“In Darkness,” written by Nick Lake, is the 2013 Printz Award winner. The book is published by Bloomsbury Books for Young Readers. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Four Printz Honor Books also were named: “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe” by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division; “Code Name Verity” by Elizabeth Wein, published by Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Book Group; “Dodger” by Terry Pratchett, published by HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers; “The White Bicycle” by Beverley Brenna, published by Red Deer Press. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“Back to Front and Upside Down!” written and illustrated by Claire Alexander and published by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., wins the award for children ages 0 to 10. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“A Dog Called Homeless” written by Sarah Lean and published by Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, is the winner of the middle-school (ages 11-13) award. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">The teen (ages 13-18) award winner is “Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am,” written by Harry Mazer and Peter Lerangis and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“Caring is Creepy,” by David Zimmerman, published by Soho Press, Inc. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“Girlchild,” by Tupelo Hassman, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“Juvenile in Justice,” by Richard Ross, published by Richard Ross <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore,” by Robin Sloan, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“My Friend Dahmer,” by Derf Backderf, published by Abrams ComicArts, an imprint of Abrams <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“One Shot at Forever,” by Chris Ballard, published by Hyperion <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“Pure,” by Julianna Baggott, published by Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“The Round House,” by Louise Erdrich, published by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“Tell the Wolves I’m Home,” by Carol Rifka Brunt, published by Dial Press, an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“Where’d You Go, Bernadette?,” by Maria Semple, published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in children's video: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Katja Torneman, producer of “Anna, Emma and the Condors,” is the Carnegie Medal winner. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Laura Ingalls Wilder Award honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children. The 2013 winner is Katherine Paterson. Paterson was born in China in 1932 to missionary parents and grew up in the American South, moving eighteen times before she was 18. After graduating from King College in Bristol, Tennessee, she herself became a missionary in Japan. She returned to the U.S. to attend the Union Theological Seminary in New York, where she met and married John Paterson, a Presbyterian minister. Her first book, “The Sign of the Chrysanthemum,” was published in 1973. Katherine Paterson currently lives in Barre, Vermont. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement: Demetria Tucker is the 2013 recipient. Tucker has served as youth services coordinator within the Roanoke (Va.) Public Library System and library media specialist at the Forest Park Elementary School, where she was selected 2007 Teacher of the Year. As family and youth services librarian for the Pearl Bailey Library, a branch of the Newport News (Va.) Public Library System, Tucker now coordinates a youth leadership program, a teen urban literature club and many other programs that support the youth of her community. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Tamora Pierce is the 2013 Edwards Award winner. Pierce was born in rural Western Pennsylvania in 1954. She knew from a young age she liked stories and writing, and in 1983, she published her first book, Song of the Lioness. She continues to write and even record her own audiobooks. She currently lives with her husband (spouse-creature) and a myriad of animals in Syracuse, New York. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award recognizing an author, critic, librarian, historian or teacher of children's literature, who then presents a lecture at a winning host site. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Andrea Davis Pinkney will deliver the 2014 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Andrea Davis Pinkney is a New York Times best-selling writer of more than 20 books for children and young adults including picture books, novels and nonfiction. During the course of her career, Pinkney has launched many high-profile publishing and entertainment entities, including Hyperion Books for Children/Disney Publishing’s Jump at the Sun imprint, the first African American children’s book imprint at a major publishing company. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Mildred L. Batchelder Award for an outstanding children's book originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“My Family for the War” is the 2013 Batchelder Award winner. Originally published in Germany in 2007 as “Liverpool Street,” the book was written by Anne C. Voorhoeve, translated by Tammi Reichel and published by Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Two Batchelder Honor Books also were selected: “A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return,” written and illustrated by Zeina Abirached, translated by Edward Gauvin and published by Graphic Universe, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.; and “Son of a Gun,” written and translated by Anne de Graaf, and published by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Odyssey Award for best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“The Fault in Our Stars,” produced by Brilliance Audio, is the 2013 Odyssey Award winner. The book is written by John Green and narrated by Kate Rudd. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Three Odyssey Honor Audiobooks also were selected: “Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian,” produced by Listening Library, written by Eoin Colfer and narrated by Nathaniel Parker; “Ghost Knight,” produced by Listening Library, written by Cornelia Funke and narrated by Elliot Hill; and “Monstrous Beauty,” produced by Macmillian Audio, written by Elizabeth Fama and narrated by Katherine Kellgren. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino writer and illustrator whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“Martín de Porres: The Rose in the Desert,” illustrated by David Diaz, is the Belpré Illustrator Award winner. The book was written by Gary D. Schmidt and published by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">No Belpré Illustrator Honor Books were selected this year. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Pura Belpré (Author) Award: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe,” written by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, is the Belpré Author Award winner. The book is published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">One Belpré Author Honor Book was named: “The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano” by Sonia Manzano, published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon,” written by Steve Sheinkin, is the Sibert Award winner. The book is published by Flash Point, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Three Sibert Honor Books were named: “Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin,” written and illustrated by Robert Byrd and published by Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group; “Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95,” written by Phillip M. Hoose and published by Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers; and “Titanic: Voices from the Disaster,” written by Deborah Hopkinson and published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Stonewall Book Award - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award given annually to English-language children’s and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe,” written by Benjamin Alire Sáenz and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon &Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, is the Stonewall Award winner. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Four Stonewall Honor Books were selected: “Drama,” written and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier and published by Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.; “Gone, Gone, Gone,” written by Hannah Moskowitz and published by Simon Pulse, an imprint of Simon &Schuster Children’s Publishing Division; “October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard,” written by Lesléa Newman and published by Candlewick Press; and “Sparks: The Epic, Completely True Blue, (Almost) Holy Quest of Debbie,” written by S. J. Adams and published by Flux, an imprint of Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“Up, Tall and High!” written and illustrated by Ethan Long is the Seuss Award winner. The book is published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Three Geisel Honor Books were named: “Let’s Go for a Drive!” written and illustrated by Mo Willems, and published by Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group; “Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons” by Eric Litwin, created and illustrated by James Dean and published by HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers; and “Rabbit & Robot: The Sleepover,” written and illustrated by Cece Bell and published by Candlewick Press. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“Seraphina,” written by Rachel Hartman, is the 2013 Morris Award winner. The book is published by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Four other books were finalists for the award: “Wonder Show,” written by Hannah Barnaby, published by Houghton Mifflin, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers; “Love and Other Perishable Items,” written by Laura Buzo, published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc.; “After the Snow,” written by S. D. Crockett, published by Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group; and “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” written by emily m. danforth, published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">“Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon,” written by Steve Sheinkin, is the 2013 Excellence winner. The book is published by Flash Point/Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Four other books were finalists for the award: “Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different,” written by Karen Blumenthal, published by Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of (Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group; “Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95,” written by Phillip Hoose, published by Farrar Straus Giroux, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group; “Titanic: Voices from the Disaster,” written by Deborah Hopkinson, published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic; and “We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March,” written by Cynthia Levinson, published by Peachtree Publishers.