(Note- Starred books are in the Guarini Library, others are on order. )
Coretta Scott King:
Illustrator Award Kadir Nelson Heart and Soul:The Story of America and African Americans*
Illustrator Winner: Shane W. Evans Underground:Finding the Light to Freedom
Author Honor: Eloise Greenfeld Great Migration: The Great Migration: Journey to the North
Author Honor: Patricia McKissack Never Forgotten
Author Award: Kadir Nelson Heart and Soul*
Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Award: Ashley Bryan*
May Hill Arbuthnot Winner: Michael Morpurgo*
Pura Belpre:
Illustrator Honor: Samantha R, Vamos Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred*
Illustrator Honor: Monica Brown Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match
Illustrator Winner: Duncan Tonatiuh Diego Rivera : His World and Ours
Author Honor: Xavier Garcia Maximilian and the Mystery of the Guardian Angel:A Lucha Libre Mystery
Author Honor: Margarita Engle: Hurricane Dancers
Author Award: Guadelupe Garcia McCall Under the Mesquite Tree
Printz Award:
Honor:
Daniel Handler & Maira Kalman:Why We Broke Up
Christine Hinwood: Returning
Craig Silvey Jasper Jones
Maggie Stiefvater Scorpio Races
John Corey Whaley Where Things Come Back
Newbery Award:
Honor:
Thanha Lai Inside Out and Back Again
Eugene Yelchin Breaking Stalin's Nose
Medal:
Jack Gantos Dead End in Norvelt
Caldecott
Honor
John Rocco Blackout
Lane Smith Grandpa Green
Patrick McConnell Me -Jane
Medal:
Chris Rachska Ball for Daisy
Complete list at http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/ala/american-library-association-announces-2012-youth-media-award-winners)
Monday, January 23, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Newark educators, parents-Abbott Leadership Institute
The Abbott Leadership Institute Presents: Series 21 Moving Newark Schools Forward With Community Power and Parent
Leadership
Series 21 Begins: January 28, 2012
The Return of Local Control of Newark's Schools to
Newark's Citizens
The Newark Public Schools (NPS) has been under state
control since 1995. As a result the people can no longer determine the school
budget, and the Board of Education was changed to an Advisory Board. In June of
2011, NPS's QSAC scores met the criteria for return of local control to Newark;
the state says it will maintain control. The Coalition for Effective NPS and
NPS Advisory Board both filed an appeal. What will the court decision mean for
Newark, and how will it change the operation of the Board of Education?
Guest Speakers:
Sat., Jan. 28th, 2012
10am-1pm
175 University Ave. Newark, NJ 07102
All classes are free, and children are welcome. We eat,
discuss the issues, and have fun! Contact Kaleena Berryman with Questions 973.353.3560
or kaleenab@rutgers.edu.
About the Abbott Leadership Institute:
The Mission of the
Abbott Leadership Institute is to develop community leaders by empowering
parents, students, educators and community advocates of Newark Public Schools
with information about public school reform, and knowledge of effective methods
of education advocacy and family engagement in schools. Since its inception
almost ten years ago, the Abbott Leadership Institute (ALI) has been very
successful in its strategy to establish a regular gathering place where people
can discuss education policy and practices, as it relates to Newark and
surrounding communities. ALI classes have grown from 20 participants in the
first series (2002), to 323 participants in the 19th series (2011). Today, ALI
classes are generally attended by parents, educators, high school students,
college students studying to become teachers, political officials, Newark
Public Schools Advisory Board members, community leaders (many of whom were NPS
parents at some point in recent time), and city residents looking for ways to
become involved in, or better understand, urban school reform.
Save the Dates!
ALI Series 21
Jan 28th, 2012
Feb. 11th, 2012
Feb. 25th, 2012
March 10th. 2012
March 31st, 2012
April 14th, 2012
April 28th, 2012
May 12th, 2012 Graduation
Friday, January 06, 2012
Support School Libraries-Sign the Petition Now!
From Carl A. Harvey II
, AASL ( American Association of School Librarians) President
Dear Friends -
I am writing to you today to share that this morning I have posted a new
White House petition about requesting funding and recognition for school
libraries in the re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act. It is easy to sign the petition. You will need to create
an account (if you don’t already have one) to be able to sign the
petition.Dear Friends -
The URL for the petition is:
http://wh.gov/Wgd
We have until Feb. 4th to 25,000 signatures in order to get a reply from the White House. I appreciate your support of school libraries.
Thank you,
Carl
For more information go to :
http://carl-harvey.com/libraryties/2012/01/05/white-house-petition-in-support-of-school-libraries-its-posted/
and read this:
http://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2011/12/start-holidays-right-support-school.html
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Walter Dean Myers named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
The January 3, 2012 issue of the New York Times reported that ..on Tuesday January 3, 2012, Mr.[Walter Dean] Myers, 74, will be named the national ambassador for young
people’s literature, a sort of poet laureate of the children’s book world who
tours the country for two years, speaking at schools and libraries about reading
and literacy"
According to the New York Times article,January 3, 2012, C1 of the New York edition with the headline: "Children’s Book Envoy Defines His Mission"
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/books/walter-dean-myers-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail0=y
Mr. Myers is the third person to hold this post awarded by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, and Every Child a Reader, a nonprofit organization affiliated with the Children’s Book Council, a trade association for children’s book publishers. Katherine Paterson, young adult novelist, and children's author Jon Scieszka were previous holders of this position.
Mr. Myers, a young adult and children's author highlights the lives of urban teens in many of his books. His books are often considered edgy due to their realistic situations and characters, but also uplifting.
Mr. Myers will be touring schools and libraries in the next two years speaking about reading and literacy. As quoted in the article, Myers maintains that:
“I think that what we need to do is say reading is going to really affect your life,” he said in an interview at his book-cluttered house here in Jersey City, adding that he hoped to speak directly to low-income minority parents. “You take a black man who doesn’t have a job, but you say to him, ‘Look, you can make a difference in your child’s life, just by reading to him for 30 minutes a day.’ That’s what I would like to do.”
Mr. Myers, a Jersey City resident, also serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the M. Jerry Weiss Center for Children's and Young Adult Literature (http://web.njcu.edu/programs/mjwc/).
According to the New York Times article,January 3, 2012, C1 of the New York edition with the headline: "Children’s Book Envoy Defines His Mission"
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/books/walter-dean-myers-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail0=y
Mr. Myers is the third person to hold this post awarded by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, and Every Child a Reader, a nonprofit organization affiliated with the Children’s Book Council, a trade association for children’s book publishers. Katherine Paterson, young adult novelist, and children's author Jon Scieszka were previous holders of this position.
Mr. Myers, a young adult and children's author highlights the lives of urban teens in many of his books. His books are often considered edgy due to their realistic situations and characters, but also uplifting.
Mr. Myers will be touring schools and libraries in the next two years speaking about reading and literacy. As quoted in the article, Myers maintains that:
“I think that what we need to do is say reading is going to really affect your life,” he said in an interview at his book-cluttered house here in Jersey City, adding that he hoped to speak directly to low-income minority parents. “You take a black man who doesn’t have a job, but you say to him, ‘Look, you can make a difference in your child’s life, just by reading to him for 30 minutes a day.’ That’s what I would like to do.”
Mr. Myers, a Jersey City resident, also serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the M. Jerry Weiss Center for Children's and Young Adult Literature (http://web.njcu.edu/programs/mjwc/).
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