February 2004
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Upcoming Events for Children's Librarians
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Upcoming Events for Children's Librarians
ACL's Meeting Time Changed: ACL's monthly meetings, held the second Thursday
each month at the Berkeley Main Library, will now begin at 9:30am instead
of 9:00am. Please note this does not include special events like the ACL Institute.
ACL Needs New Book Review Chair
Monthly tasks of Book Review Co-Chair- Store preview copies of books as they
are received from publishers (requires about six to eight large shelves).
Unpack, stamp, and sort books. Assign approximately 125 books to 42 reviewers.
Identify series and other books worth reviewing as "extras" that
people will choose at the meeting. Finish assigning books several days before
the ACL meeting day, so that the other co-chair can type the book data. Arrive
early on the meeting day, bringing the "extras" and the received-not-reviewed
books for the book sale. Help set up the meeting room and the book sale. Facilitate
the book-reviewing portion of the ACL meeting. Maintain a file of checklists
indicating reviewers' preferences and areas of expertise. Note books that
have received starred reviews in other professional reviewing sources, and
try to ensure that those books are reviewed promptly when ACL receives them.
For further information on any of these workshops, or information on CSLA or its' northern section chapter, contact Ellen Bell, President, northern section at 925-426-4481, or ebell@pleasanton.k12.ca.us.
American Library Association
2004 Children's and Young Adult Literature Awards
2004 ALSC John Newbery Medal (distinguished writing for children)
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering. Candlewick Press, 2003
2004 ALSC John Newbery Award Honor Books
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic
of 1793 by Jim Murphy. Clarion, 2003.
Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes. A Greenwillow Book / HarperCollins, 2003.
2004 ALSC Randolph Caldecott Award (distinguished illustration for children)
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers illustrated and written by Mordicai Gerstein. Roaring Book Press, 2003.
2004 ALSC Randolph Caldecott Award Honor Books
Ella Sarah Gets Dressed illustrated and written by Margaret Chodos-Irvine. Harcourt, 2003.
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? Illustrated by Robin Page. Written by Steve Jenkins. Houghton Mifflin, 2003.
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus illustrated and written by Mo Willems. Hyperion, 2003.
2004 SRRT Coretta Scott King Author Award (outstanding writing by a Black author)
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson. Simon & Schuster, 2003.
2004 SRRT Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor Books
Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States by Patricia C. McKissack
and Fredrick McKissack. Scholastic Press, 2003.
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson. Putnam, 2003.
The Battle of Jericho by Sharon M. Draper. Atheneum, 2003.
2004 SRRT Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award (outstanding illustrations by a Black artist)
Beautiful Blackbird illustrated and written by Ashley Bryan. Atheneum, 2003.
2003 SRRT Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Honor Books
Almost to Freedom illustrated by Colin Bootman. Written by Vaunda Micheaux
Nelson. Carolrhoda, 2003.
Thunder Rose illustrated by Kadir Nelson. Written by Jerdine Nolen. Silver Whistle / Harcourt, 2003.
2004 SRRT Coretta Scott King John Steptoe/New Talent (Author) Award
The Way a Door Closes by Hope Anita Smith. Illustrated by Shane W. Evans. Henry Holt, 2003.
2004 SRRT Coretta Scott King John Steptoe/New Talent (Illustrator) Award
My Family Plays Music illustrated by Elbrite Brown. Written by Judy Cox. Holiday House, 2003.
2004 ALSC/REFORMA Pura Belpre Author Award (outstanding book by a Latino author)
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez. Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
2004 ALSC/REFORMA Pura Belpre Author Award Honor Books
Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa. Delacorte Press, 2003.
My Diary from Here to There / mi diario de aqui aasta alla by Amada Irma Pérez. Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez. Children's Book Press, 2002.
2004 ALSC/REFORMA Pura Belpre Illustrator Award (outstanding book by a Latino artist)
Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book illustrated and written by Yuyi Morales. Chronicle, 2003.
2004 ALSC/REFORMA Pura Belpre Illustrator Award Honor Books
First Day in Grapes illustrated by Robert Casilla. Written by L. King Pérez. Lee & Low, 2002.
The Pot That Juan Built illustrated by David Diaz. Written by Nancy Andrews-Goebel. Lee & Low, 2002.
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez illustrated by Yuyi Morales. Written by Kathleen Krull. Harcourt, 2003.
2004 ALSC Mildred L. Batchelder Award (to the publisher of the outstanding translated book)
Walter Lorraine Books / Houghton Mifflin for Run, Boy, Run by Uri Orlev.
Translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin.
U.S. edition: Walter Lorraine Books / Houghton Mifflin, 2003.
2004 ALSC Mildred L. Batchelder Honor Book
Chronicle Books for The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins written by Bea Uusma Schyffert. Translated from the Swedish by Emi Guner. U.S. edition: Chronicle, 2003.
2004 ALSC Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award (outstanding book of information)
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 by Jim Murphy. Clarion, 2003.
2004 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor Book
I Face the Wind by Vicki Cobb. Illustrated by Julia Gorton. HarperCollins,
2003.
2004 YALSA Michael L. Printz Award (literary excellence in young adult
literature)
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson. Simon & Schuster, 2003.
2004 YALSA Michael L. Printz Award Honor Books
A Northern Light: A Novel by Jennifer Donnelly. Harcourt, 2003.
Keesha's House by Helen Frost. Frances Foster Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.
Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going. Putnam, 2003.
The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler. Candlewick Press, 2003.
2005 ALSC May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecturer (annual lecture to be
given in 2004 by an outstanding author, critic, librarian, historian, or teacher
of children's literature): Richard Jackson
(location and date of lecture to be named later).
2004 YALSA and School Library Journal Margaret A. Edwards Award (annual award to an author of outstanding young adult books): Ursula LeGuin
Lee Bennett Hopkins Honor Books
Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners 2003 Announced by Association of Jewish Libraries
The Sydney Taylor Book Award is given annually to outstanding children's books of Jewish content. It is sponsored by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) and is named in honor of the late Sydney Taylor, author of the classic All-of-a-Kind Family books about a Jewish immigrant family at the turn of the 20th century. For more information, visit the Association of Jewish Libraries' website at www.jewishlibraries.org.
Younger Readers Winner:
Bagels From Benny (BeeWee 1413190669 $18.98, TR 1553374177 $15.95 list), by Aubrey Davis, illustrated by Dusan Petricic.
This story of a little boy who tries to thank God for the wonderful bagels his grandpa bakes is based on a rich tradition of tales about the performance of mitzvot or good deeds. Lively illustrations, colored mainly in shades of warmly baked brown, enhance this fresh expression of Jewish values.
Honor Books for Younger Readers:
Chanukah On the Prairie (TR 080740814X $13.95 list) by Burt Schuman, illustrated by Rosalind Charney Kaye, is a story about immigrants who make their way to a real Jewish community in North Dakota around the turn of the 20th century.
The Moses Basket (BeeWee 1415510717 $18.98, TR 0802852513 $16.99 list) by
Jenny Koralek, illustrated by Pauline Baynes features Moses's mother and sister,
Miriam, as brave and resourceful main characters.
An adaptation of a Sholem Aleichem story entitled When the Chickens Went On
Strike: A Rosh Hashanah Tale (BeeWee 1413123384 $18.52, TR 0525468625 $15.99
list), written by Erica Silverman and illustrated by Matthew Trueman, casts
a wise and witty glance at the meaning of repentance.
Older Readers Winner:
Who Was the Woman Who Wore the Hat? (BeeWee 1413132618 $17.74, TR 0525469990 $14.99 list) by Nancy Patz
An unknown woman's hat, on display in Amsterdam's Jewish Historical Museum, inspired this spare and powerful reflection on identity, memory, life, and death.
Honor Books for Older Readers:
Marion Broida's The Ancient Israelites and Their Neighbors uses archaeological
discoveries and biblical scholarship to give children a taste of the food,
crafts, and cultures of the Israelites, Philistines, and Phoenicians.
Tough Questions Jews Ask: A Young Adult's Guide to Building a Jewish Life
by Rabbi Edward Feinstein puts Jewish commitment into a framework of young
people's spiritual development.
Birdland by Tracy Mack places a moving story about a grieving family in a hip urban setting, filled with jazz, action and diversity.
New Readers' Theatre Book by Aaron Shepard
Shepard, Aaron. Folktales on Stage: Scripts for Reader's Theatre. Shepard Publications, 2004. $15.00, ISBN 0-938497-20-0.
In this follow-up to Stories on Stage, (Wilson, 1993), Shepard presents 16 Readers' Theatre scripts that he adapted from his own folktale retellings. Many of these scripts are also available on his website, www.aaronshep.com/rt, but it is very handy to have them all together. The introduction gives some tips on using Readers' Theatre to promote reading, and how to change scripts for more or fewer actors, staging, etc. He makes Readers' Theatre so simple that even the most inexperienced will be able to perform these stories.
Shepard's website has a list of his books, some scripts that are free to print out and use, and information about his visits to schools and libraries. Each script is adapted by Shepard from his folktale retellings, published previously as either picture books or in children's magazines. He includes a brief source note for each script, and his picture books contain more extensive source notes if you need them. He also includes pronunciation keys, especially for names, with the scripts.
The folktales represent cultures from around the world. For example, "The
Crystal Heart" is from Vietnam, "The Enchanted Storks" is from
Iraq, "Master Man" is from Nigeria, and "The Princess Mouse"
is from Finland. Most of the scripts can be performed at 10 minute skits,
just right for school assemblies.
Penny Peck, San Leandro Public Library
Cooperation Bibliography:
Books
Ada, A- With Love, Little Red Hen
Alborough, J - Duck in a Truck
Beskow, E - Pelle's New Suit
Brenner, B - Mr. Tall and Mr. Small
Bridwell, N - Cleo Cooperates (board book)
Brimner, L - The Messy Lot
Brown, Marc - Locked in the Library
Brown, Marcia - Stone Soup
Caseley, J - Grandpa's Garden Lunch
Cooper, H - Pumpkin Soup
Day, A - Frank & Ernest Play Ball
de Paola, T - Too Many Bunnies
Disalvo-Ryan, A - City Green
Edwards, J - Dumpy and the Big Storm
Ernst, L - Zinnia and Dot
Foster, K - Bat's Surprise
Galdone, P - Little Red Hen
Goldman, L - Rainbow Fish: Tattle Tale
Goodall, J - The Eagle & the Wren
Henwood, S - The Troubled Village
Holub, J - The Garden that Grew
Janovitz, M - Can I Help?
Kroll, S - Biggest Pumpkin Ever
Lester, H - Wizard, the Fairy, and the Magic Chicken
Lewin, B - Chubbo's Pool
Lewis, K - Friends
Ling, B - Lemonade for Sale
Lionni, L - Swimmy
Mason, M - Two Good Friends
Masurel, C - A Cat and a Dog
Oppenheim, J - On the Other Side of the River
Oxenbury, H - Tom and Pippo Make a Friend
Paye, W - Head, Body, Legs - A Story from Liberia
Rohmann, E - My Friend Rabbit
Sierra, J - Preschool to the Rescue
Silverman, E - Big Pumpkin
Spier, P - Oh Were They Ever Happy
Sturges, P - The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza
Tolstoy, A - The Great Big Enormous Turnip
Venn, C - That is Not My Hat!
Waddell, M - You and Me, Little Bear
Waterstone, R - Who's Under Grandma's Quilt?
Wells, R - Fritz and the Mess Fairy
Yee, B - Sand Castle
Ziefert, H - Who Can Boo the Loudest?
Websites
Helping Books Connection
http://www.helpingbooks.lib.oh.us/
Monroe County Library's Cooperation Bibliography
http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/coopbib.html
LM_NET Archive: Suggested Character Education Titles (Long)
http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/LM_NET/2003/msg00286.html
Thanks to Audrey Avery and the PUBYAC Listserv for this bibliography.
Penny Peck,
San Leandro Public Library