ACL BayNews - November 2007

October 2007

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Upcoming Events for Children's Librarians

Fri, Dec.14, 2007 ACL Meeting 9 am Berkeley PL

Fri, Jan11, 2008 ACL Meeting 9 am Berkeley PL

Jan. 11-16, 2008 ALA Midwinter Philadelphia, PA www.ala.org

Sun, Jan 27, 2008 Distinguished Books round-up Noon - 4 pm Penny Peck's House

Sat, Feb 2, 2008 Orion School Fest See Below for more info

Fri, Feb 8, 2008 ACL Meeting 9 am Berkeley PL

Feb. 16-17, 2008 Reading the World www.soe.usfca.edu/departments/ime/rtwconf

Sat, Feb 23, 2008 Performers Showcase 9 am Fremont Main Library

NEWS AND NOTES

ACL 2008 Dues Reminder
ACL dues for 2008 are due on January 1, 2008. Please fill out a membership application available at meetings or online at www.bayviews.org/membership.htm .Please submit the dues by mail or give them to the treasurer or membership chair at a meeting. The membership chair will contact anyone who didn't prorate his/her dues last year and thus needs to prorate this year to get to a January renewal date. All members will continue to receive BayViews until their dues are 3 months overdue. This year, if a member doesn't renew by institute time in April, the March BayViews will be the last until dues are received. The membership chair will try to email or call overdue members with a reminder, but this is not guaranteed.
Library and other organizational subscriptions are not subject to the January renewal date.
If you have any questions about the status of your dues, please contact Lucy Meinhardt, Membership Chair, at membership@bayviews.org Thank you very much. - Lucy

Reading the World X February 16, 17, 2008 University of San Francisco
Join us to reflect upon a decade of Celebrating Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults, featuring many old friends from past conferences as well as new faces and voices - Alma Flor Ada and Leslie Tryon, Ashley Bryan, Sarah Ellis, Rita Williams Garcia, Naomi Shihab Nye, Doris Orgel, Peter Sis, Laurence Yep, Jack Zipes, and more... www.soe.usfca.edu/departments/ime/rtwconf

6th Annual Orion School Children's Authors and Illustrators Festival
February 2, 2008 10-3:30

FEATURING : Madeleine Dunphy ; Candace Fleming ; Elissa Haden Guest ; Matthew Holm ; Francisco Jimenez ; Elisa Kleven ; Eric Rohmann ; Katherine Tillotson

Orion Elementary School ; 815 Allerton Street ; Redwood City

5 and up ; FREE Contact : Sharon Levin sharonlevin@mindspring.com

Aesop Awards:
The Aesop Award Committee of the Children's Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society announces the 2007 Aesop Awards.

AESOP AWARD WINNERS

The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: the Robin Hood of Korea.
Retold by Anne Sibley O'Brien. (Charlesbridge) 2006. ISBN 1-58089-302-3.

Lugalbanda: the boy who got caught up in a war.
Told by Kathy Henderson. Illustrated by Jane Ray. (Candlewick) 2006. ISBN 0-7636-2782-8.

AESOP ACCOLADES

Solomon and the Ant and Other Jewish Folktales.
Retold by Sheldon Oberman. Introduction and commentary by Peninnah Schram. (Boyds Mills Press) 2006. ISBN 1-59078-307-7.

Tatanka and the Lakota People: a Creation story
Illustrated by Donald F. Montileaux. (South Dakota State Historical Press) 2006. ISBN 0 9749195-8-6.

BayNews needs you! BayNews welcomes any articles, news, ideas on storytime or programs, etc. Just send any articles as a Word attachment to email, to Penny Peck at baynews@bayviews.org. Thanks!

PROFESSIONAL READING

Marcus, Leonard. Golden Legacy: How Golden books won Children's hearts, changed publishing forever, and became an American icon along the way (Golden Book) 2007. $40.00. ISBN 9780375829963.

Who knew how much influence notable editors and publishers like Ursula Nordstrom, Harper, Simon and Schuster, and others had on Little Golden Books. Long shunned by children's librarians, Marcus's intriguing history of the books explains how notable authors like Margaret Wise Brown, and Caldecott-winning illustrators including Feodor Rojankovsky and Leonard Wiesgard wrote and illustrated Little Golden Books.

The book is packed with photos and color reproductions of book covers; it has the appearance of a photo album or scrapbook. But Marcus's text is detailed, showing how the company formed at the turn of the century, made comic books and special paperback editions for soldiers, and how they developed and marketed Little Golden Books, just in time for the baby boom. Of course, they are still published but don't seem to dominant the market the way they once did.

Many of use have personal memories and favorite Little Golden Books - I had several that came with 45 RPM records that read the story out loud. I also had many that were based on TV shows and movies, proving that reading pop culture junk doesn't ruin your mind forever as long as you read other books, too. Many of our adult patrons scour garage sales and EBay for Little Golden Books; they are the target audience for this book, which should be cataloged in adult nonfiction.

Blogs Worth Bookmarking

americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com

Debbie Reese is a librarian and teacher who is a member of the Nambe Pueblo tribe. She is currently a professor of American Indian Studies. Her blog reviews and discusses the depiction of Native American Indians in children's books. Reese is a regular contributor to listservs like PUBYAC and is active in ALA/ALSC. Her blog also includes links to other websites, commentary on school curriculum, and discussion of related topics like the portrayal of Native American Indians in popular culture. Personally, I don't agree with everything she says but I appreciate her take on things and her willingness to stick her neck out.

Pop-Up Book Roundup

by Penny Peck, San Leandro Public Library

Rosen, Michael. WE'RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT. Illus. by Helen Oxenbury. Little Simon, 1989/2007. $25.99. ISBN 9781416936657.
Subtitled "A Celebratory Pop-up Edition," this popular storytime favorite preserves the charming illustrations of the original, while displaying dynamic popups. Just like the original, the spreads alternate between charcoal sketches and full color illustrations; it is the color pictures that have the popups. The popups are quite elaborate, so this is better for storytime use only and not for circulation. But it is not abridged, so you get the full experience of the book.

Child, Lauren. CHARLIE AND LOLA'S I WILL NEVER NOT EVER EAT A TOMATO. Candlewick, 2007. $ 18.99, ISBN 9780763637088.
This British big brother and little sister are so popular they are now featured in an animated TV series. In the popup version of one of their popular picture books, Charlie cleverly convinces Lola to eat vegetables. Our copy of the original was checked out so I didn't have it in hand to compare this with, to see if the popup version is abridged. The popup elements are very clever; things slide up and down, the solar system pops up, and a wheel of food spins around. Too delicate for library circulation, you may want to purchase this just for storytime.

Crowther, Robert. FLIGHT: A POP-UP BOOK OF AIRCRAFT. Candlewick, 2007. $17.99, ISBN 9780763635599.
Filled with factual information about flight, this is best suited for the children's nonfiction shelves. Beginning with the air balloons and gliders, showing the Wright brothers plane, and showing war planes, a cockpit, and current commercial jets, this has enough information for a simple report. Crowther has a similar book, Trains, published last year in the same format.

X-MEN POP-UP: MARVEL TRUE BELIEVERS RETRO COLLECTION.Candlewick, 2007. $24.99. ISBN 9780763634629.

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN POP-UP: MARVEL TRUE BELIEVERS RETRO COLLECTION. Candlewick, 2007. $24.99. ISBN 9780763632632.
Although these books celebrating Wolverine, Spiderman, and other superheroes may fall apart after a while, they will be a huge hit in your graphic novel collection. The distinctive trapezoidal shape and foil-embossed cover portrait of a superhero will entice readers, and the dramatic popups inside, often of a flying or fighting superhero, will hold the attention of the most reluctant reader. The book also features cartoon panel flaps that hold more popups, and quite a bit of text, so browsers will find themselves reading more than just captions. The texts describe the origins of the superheroes and villains. Libraries may want these for "in house" use only, but they should be prominently displayed in the teen area.

Sabuda, Robert, and Reinhart, Matthew. MEGA BEASTS: ENCYCLOPEDIA PREHISTORICA. Candlewick, 2007. $27.99. ISBN 9780763622305.
In this companion to Sabuda and Reinhart's Encyclopedia Prehistorica Dinosaurs, saber-tooth tigers, woolly mammoths, and other prehistoric creatures are described in detail, alongside elaborate, colorful popups of the animals. Each spread features one large popup, and several small booklets that open to reveal more text and small popups. The book is packed with quite a bit of information, so it is even useful for reports. This is likely to appeal to older dinosaur fans who are independent readers, so they may take better care of the popups than a preschooler would. Add to the nonfiction collection if Dinosaurs was popular.

Van Der Meer, Ron. HOW MANY? SPECTACULAR PAPER SCULPTURES. Robin Corey Books, 2007. $24.99. ISBN 9780375842269.
Delicate popups with string construct various shapes in this guessing game book. Best suited to a math class on shapes, the cutouts explode from the pages. The illustrations are dominated by white with pastel color highlights, and the text encourages the reader to count multiple items. The answers are not given in the book but a website is provided that contains the solutions to the puzzles.

Moore, C. Clement. The Night Before Christmas: A Magical Cut-Paper Edition. Illus. by Niroot Puttapipat. Candlewick, 2007.
Resembling Victorian silhouette cut-outs, the text of the famous poem is here unchanged, only the illustrations are new. There are some die-cuts, so you can "look" through the windows and doors. Only the final spread is a popup; a silhouette of Santa, his sleigh, and eight reindeer. I think this may appeal more to adults than children.

Harwood, Beth. THE EASTER BASKET.Illus. by Susanna Ronchi. Dutton, 2007. $15.99. ISBN 9780525478461.
In trite rhyming text, Pansy Rabbit finds an Easter Basket, and gets her friends to help her find out where it came from. Three dimensional scenes are on the left side of each opening; they popup just one inch, making the book look like an elaborate Victorian greeting card. Not good for libraries, this is more of a gift item.

Submitted by : Penny Peck, San Leandro Public Library

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