National Book Awards (2010) Announced

Jersey City's Walter Dean Myers is a finalist in the National Book Awards for his young adult novel , Lockdown!

The other winners and finalists are:

YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE

WINNER: Kathryn Erskine, Mockingbird (Philomel Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group) -

Finalists:Paolo Bacigalupi, Ship Breaker (Little, Brown & Co.) -
Laura McNeal, Dark Water (Alfred A. Knopf) - (Juv.M1693d )
Walter Dean Myers, Lockdown (Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers) -
Rita Williams-Garcia, One Crazy Summer (Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers) -

http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2010.html

Other winners and finalists were

FICTION

WINNER: Jaimy Gordon, Lord of Misrule (McPherson & Co.)

Finalists:
Peter Carey, Parrot and Olivier in America (Alfred A. Knopf)
Nicole Krauss, Great House (W.W. Norton & Co.)
Lionel Shriver, So Much for That (Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers)
Karen Tei Yamashita, I Hotel (Coffee House Press) -

NONFICTION

WINNER: Patti Smith, Just Kids (Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers)

Finalists:
Barbara Demick, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea(Spiegel & Grau, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group)
John W. Dower, Cultures of War: Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9-11, Iraq(W.W. Norton & Co/The New Press )
Justin Spring, Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
Megan K. Stack, Every Man in This Village Is a Liar: An Education in War(Doubleday)


POETRY

WINNER: Terrance Hayes, Lighthead (Penguin Books)

Finalists:
Kathleen Graber, The Eternal City (Princeton University Press)
James Richardson, By the Numbers (Copper Canyon Press)
C.D. Wright, One with Others (Copper Canyon Press)
Monica Youn, Ignatz (Four Way Books)

Romeo and Juliet at NJCU and in library books

The ASC’s production of Romeo and Juliet begins this month, http://www.ascnj.org/seasonandtickets.php and this production will depart from traditional costuming of its actors in authentic Elizabethan dress, and will be featuring a blend of Renaissance and contemporary costumes, music and style.


Romeo and Juliet By William Shakespeare - Craig Colfelt, Play Master

Actor's Shakespeare Company

West Side Theater

285 West Side Avenue

Jersey City,NJ 073055

November 5-21, 2010
7:30 p.m. Fridays
3:00 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays
201-200-2390/ visit http://www.ascnj.org/ for reservations
Tickets:

$30 general admission,

$15 for students and seniors,
children under 15 pay their age

Some Romeo and Juliet library resources include:

Graphic Novels
Manga Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Juv. 822.33 .A647r
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Juv.822.33.P1335r

Juvenile Books
Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet Juv. 822.33 .R814sr

Romeo and Juliet Themed Young Adult Novels
If You Come Softly/Woodson Juv. W898i

Romeo's ex : Rosaline's story/Fiedler Juv. F4524r

Romiette and Julio/Draper Juv. D765r

Street Love/Myers Juv. M9967sl

Teacher Resources
Shakespeare Made Easy: Romeo and Juliet

CMC PR2831 .G76 2006
Shakespeare set free : teachingRomeo and Juliet, Macbeth, A midsummer night's dream

CMC PR2987 .S483 1993
William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

CMC PR2831 .P34 2005
Gifted books, gifted readers : literature activities to excite young minds (pp.138-142)

CMC LB1575.5.U5 P64 2000

Bernardsville NJ Children's Book Festival

Children’s Book Festival at
Bernardsville Public Library

1 Anderson Hill Rd

Bernardsville, NJ 07924-2351

(908) 766-0118

Sunday, November 7
2:00pm—5:00pm

Meet children’s book authors and illustrators:
Danny & Kim Adlerman
Pat Cummings
Doris Ettlinger
Megan Halsey
Dar Hosta
Trinka Hakes Noble
Lena Shiffman
Javaka Steptoe
A variety of books will be available for purchase and signing. Great holiday gift idea!
No sign-up is needed.