Children's/YA Authors Rally-KidLit4BlackLives-BLM

Kids

To view the video, click the link below

KidLit4BlackLives

https://youtu.be/fElXu_MdRrs

Recently (June 5, 2020)  children's and young adult authors joined together to share poetry, music and art on the theme of Black Lives Matter.

Watch your favorite authors on youtube at https://youtu.be/fElXu_MdRrs

Booklists that may be of interest:

Black History for Young Children
https://www.njcu.edu/sites/default/files/docs/2020-01/Library-Bib-BLACKHISTORYMONTHyounger-1-30-20.pdf

Black History for Older Children
https://www.njcu.edu/sites/default/files/docs/2020-05/Library-Bib-BLACKHISTORYMONTHRESOURCESolderreaders-5-1-2020.pdf

Multicultural Picture and Chapter Books
https://www.njcu.edu/sites/default/files/docs/2020-05/Library-Bib-MULTICULTURALPICTUREBOOKS-5-1-2020.pdf

Multicultural Chapter and Secondary Books
https://www.njcu.edu/sites/default/files/docs/2020-05/Library-Bib-MULTICULTURALSECONDARYBOOKS-5-1-2020.pdf

Global Picture Books
https://www.njcu.edu/sites/default/files/docs/2019-10/Library-Bib-GlobalJuvenileLiterature-9-23-19.pdf

Global Secondary Books
https://www.njcu.edu/sites/default/files/docs/2020-05/Library-Bib-GLOBALSECONDARYBOOKS-5-1-2020.pdf

Read, discuss, engage.

Tomie dePaola dies at 85

Source:https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/6889/tomie-depaola

Tomie dePaola prolific children's author and illustrator passed away at 85.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/books/tomie-de-paola-dead.html

His books ranged from autobiographical chapter books, boisterous picture books and tales derived from folklore and fairy tales. His 26 Fairmount series books about a boy growing up in the uncertain times of World war II may be apropos for the youth of today during the COVID 19 crisis.

Some books authored and illustrated by him are temporarily available here:
https://archive.org/details/nationalemergencylibrary?and%5B%5D=depaola%2C+tomie&sin=&sort=creatorSorter&and%5B%5D=loans__status__status%3A%22AVAILABLE%22

A few of his books that are in the Congressman Frank J. Guarini Library include:

 
 Adelita : a Mexican Cinderella story / written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola.
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Angels, angels everywhere / Tomie dePaola.
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 The art lesson / written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola.
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Strega Nona : her story / as told to Tomie dePaola.
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Stagestruck / written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola.
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Tomie's Mother Goose flies again / Tomie De Paola.
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Patrick : patron saint of Ireland / by Tomie dePaola.
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Christmas remembered / Tomie dePaola.
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I'm still scared / written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola.

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 What a year / written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola.
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Why?  / written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola.
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Tale of Our Cities-September 29, 2019- Jersey City

Tales of Our Cities: JCFPL’s Annual Book Festival

Sunday, September 29 @ 11:00 am - 4:30 pm

It’s that time of year when we gather to celebrate Jersey City’s stories and the authors who tell them! Join us on the Newark Avenue Pedestrian Plaza for local authors like Sona Charaipotra (Tiny Pretty Things, Symptoms of a Heartbreak), Tracey Baptiste (The Jumbies Series, Minecraft: The Crash) and more! Check out your favorite local authors while you take in performances, kids’ activities, and the best of Downtown’s food and drink! Bring your Library Card or sign up for one at the festival to take advantage of discounts at WORD Bookstore and more!

Featured author speakers to include:

MAIN STAGE (11:00a-4:00p, official individual times still being confirmed):

–Matt Taibbi (politics: Hate Inc) – early release copies will be available at WORD book store

–Rob Hart (sci-fi: The Warehouse)

–Sona Charaipotra (YA fiction: Symptoms of a Heartbreak)

–Tracey Baptiste (JUV/YA fiction: The Jumbies Series)

–Bud Smith (lit fic: Teenager)

–Anthony Suarez (local interest/true crime: Politically Indicted)

This event is free and open to the public.

Vera B. Williams Story Garden Dedication-5/4/19

The Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library located at 479 Broadway in Monticello, NY will dedicate a garden in memory of children's author Vera B. Williams ( A Chair for My Mother, Juv. W728C)

More about the author is available here 

Carolivia Herron- Author of "Nappy Hair" visits New Jersey City University 2/14/17

Grilled Cheese and Nappy Hair: Growing up Epic in Washington, DC"

http://carolivia.com/carolivia/

Dr. Carolivia Herron discusses her urban writings "Thereafter Johnnie," "Nappy Hair," and "Peacesong DC"
When:  Tuesday, February 14,2017
Time:  1:00pm
Where:  NJCU, Gothic Lounge, Hepburn Hall, room: 202
2039 Kennedy Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ 07305-1597
Directions: http://www.njcu.edu/directions-njcu
Information: (201)200-2132
Web: http://carolivia.com/carolivia/resume-carolivi

African American Children's Book Fair- Philadelphia -2/7/15-1-3pm

The 23rd Annual African American Children's Book Fair takes place in Philadelphia on February 7, 2015
Author and illustrators will make presentations from their books; also games, prizes, promotional give-aways and reading resources will be available. A wide selection of African American books to purchase will be featured at the event.

Authors and illustrators in attendance include Tonya Bolden, Eric Velasquez, E.B. Lewis and Zetta Elliott, Floyd Cooper and Sharon Dennis Wyeth

Location:  Community College of Philadelphia, Gymnasium, 17th and Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia
Time: 1-3pm
Date: Saturday, February 7, 2015
Admission: Free
Website: http://theafricanamericanchildrensbookproject.org

More info- Call 215-878-BOOK

Why should you attend?
Because  We Need Diverse Books!
See also http://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2014/05/all-white-world-of-childrens-books.html

Tale of our Cities-Book Festival-Jersey City

Authors, illustrators and more at the Tales of Our Cities Book Festival

 

 

 

 

Morristown Festival of Books- September 26-27, 2014

The very first Morristown Festival of Books will be held September 26th & 27th on South Street in Morristown.

Keynote Speaker

The Friday night Key Note speaker is William Cohen, author of The Price of Silence; The Duke Lacrosse Scandal and tickets for this event are $20.00 per person.  All 20 author talks on Saturday are FREE.

Authors
http://MorristownFestivalofBooks.org

Some of the authors will be:

Ishmael Beah ( Radiance of Tomorrow), Miranda Beverly-Whittemore ( Bittersweet),Breena Clarke (Angels Make Their Hope Here) ,Julia Fierro ( Cutting Teeth), Dorothea Benton Frank (Hurricane Sisters),Caroline Leavitt ( Is This Tomorrow),Caroline Campion and Kathy Brennan (Keepers), Dan Fagin (Tom's River: A Story of Science and Salvation), Allyson Hobbs (A Chosen Exile: A History of  Racial Passing),Marta McDowell (Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life:The Plants and Places that Inspired the Classic Children's Tales), Nancy Krulik (George Brown, Class Clown),Jane O’Connor ( Fancy Nancy and the Wedding of the Century), Elizabeth Eulberg (Better off Friends), Emmy Laybourne (Monument 14,Savage Drift)Kieran Scott ( Only Everything)

Location

 All four venues are within a few minutes walk of each other, with  the Morristown & Morris Township Library right in the middle of all  the action.

Morristown is located in Morris County and is accessible by car, train and bus.  It is a very walkable town with lots of restaurants, hotels and interesting things to do.

For more information
Email
info@MorristownFestivalofBooks.org
 or visit
http://www.morristownfestivalofbooks.org/

All white world of children's books question continues with the BookCon controversy-UPDATE

Update

Results

 A conversation about the whitewashed lineup of BookCon guests sparked 22 writers, publishers and bloggers to begin the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign on May 1st. Since then, they’ve reached out to a community of readers, teachers, librarians, authors, booksellers and publishers who want to see more diversity within the publishing industry. Their message has been received: As of May 6th, 2014, the #WeNeedDiverseBooks hashtag on Twitter has garnered 87,520 posts from 23,275 unique users, with over 162 million timeline deliveries.

#WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign took the Internet by storm with more than 160 million impressions in a week’s time, but soon its reach will spread even further—into the conference halls of BookCon on May 31, 2014 in New York City.

New Panels
 The Blockbuster Kids Panel has been enlarged.

A new Blockbuster Kids  Panel includes Rachel Renee Russell author of the Dork Diaries

Here is a picture of the old panel

Publishers Weekly has announced that the campaign members, in conjunction with Lee & Low Books, have secured a diverse panel of acclaimed children’s authors, including Grace Lin, Matt de la Peña and Jacqueline Woodson for

The World Agrees: #WeNeedDiverseBooks panel featuringAisha Saeed, Ellen Oh, Grace Lin, I.W. Gregorio, Jacqueline Woodson, Lamar Giles, Marieke Nijkamp, Matt de la Peña, Mike Jung.

After taking the Internet by storm, the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign is moving forward with brand new initiatives to continue the call for diversity in children's literature. Join the WNDB team as they share highlights of their campaign, discuss the success of grassroots activism, highlight diverse books and how everyone can diversify their shelves and talk next steps for the campaign. Ellen Oh (PROPHECY Series), Aisha Saeed (Written in the Stars, 2015), Marieke Nijkamp, founder of DiversifYA, Lamar Giles (Fake ID) and Mike Jung (Geeks, Girls, and Secret Identities). Special Guests include acclaimed Authors Grace Lin (Where the Mountain Meets the Moon), Matt de la Peña (The Living) and Jacqueline Woodson (Beneath a Meth Moon). Moderated by I.W. Gregorio (None of the Above, 2015).

 More to Come
The #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign will reveal further news and action plans at 10:00 a.m. during the BookCon diversity panel in room 1E02 at the Javits Center, 655 West 34th Street in Midtown Manhattan.

View the Campaign Archive
To see the submissions for the we need diverse books campaign, Check out the archive
http://weneeddiversebooks.tumblr.com/archive

and some of the submissions below
#WeNeedDiverseBooks because everyone should be able to find a book and say look that’s me!
http://tmblr.co/ZWNYhn1Eg5SmX

#WeNeedDiverseBooks because we have to tell our stories and hear the stories of others!
http://tmblr.co/ZWNYhn1Eg55oc

#WeNeedDiverseBooks because  we need to share our collective truth!
http://tmblr.co/ZWNYhn1Eg4sU-

We are all in this together! We > Me
http://tmblr.co/ZWNYhn1EiaYrp

#Weneeddiversebooks because people from all parts of the world need a story or character to relate to!
http://tmblr.co/ZWNYhn1FUOFoy

#WeNeedDiverseBooks because we are not one color!!!

http://tmblr.co/ZWNYhn1F8ZyZh

#WeNeedDiverseBooks because they speak to us!!

http://tmblr.co/ZWNYhn1EhDpO8

See also these posts on this blog
http://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2014/04/all-white-world-of-childrens-books.html
http://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2014/03/all-white-world-of-childrens-books.html
http://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2013/06/all-white-world-of-childrens-books.html

All white world of children's books question continues with the BookCon controversy

The continuing concern over the "all white world of children's books"  continues with the recent announcement of an all white, all male panel of top children's authors authors at BookCon.

BookCon is a production of ReedPop which is behind the very successful ComicCon.

Reaction has included varied blog posts summarized here

http://bookriot.com/2014/04/23/readers-bookcon-diversity-book-expo-america/

The reaction to this has cumulated in a group called We Need DiverseBooks,  online participation/events on May 1 to 3 to show that we need diverse books and that this is something that readers do indeed want! 

WHAT YOU CAN DO!-

On May 1^st at 1pm (EST), there will be a public call for action that will spread over 3 days. We’re starting with a visual social media campaign using the hashtag #WeNeedDiverseBooks. We want people to tweet, Tumblr, Instagram, Facebook, blog, and post anywhere they can to help make the hashtag go viral.

VISUAL CAMPAIGN - TAKE A PICTURE

• Take a photo holding a sign that says “We need diverse books because ___________________________.” Fill in the blank with an important, poignant, funny, and/or personal reason why this campaign is important to you. 
• The photo can be of you or a friend or anyone who wants to support diversity in kids’ lit. It can be a photo of the sign without you if you would prefer not to be in a picture. Be as creative as you want! Pose the sign with your favorite stuffed animal or at your favorite library. Get a bunch of friends to hold a bunch of signs. 

SHARE IT

• However you want to do it, we want to share it! There will be a Tumblr at http://weneeddiversebooks.tumblr.com/ that will host all of the photos and messages for the campaign. Please submit your visual component by May 1^st to weneeddiversebooks@yahoo.com with the subject line “photo” or submit it right on our Tumblr page here and it will be posted throughout the first day. 
• Starting at 1:00PM (EST) the Tumblr will start posting and it will be your job to reblog, tweet, Facebook, or share wherever you think will help get the word out. 
• The intent is that from 1pm EST to 3pm EST, there will be a nonstop hashtag party to spread the word. We hope that we’ll get enough people to participate to make the hashtag trend and grab the notice of more media outlets.
• The Tumblr will continue to be active throughout the length of the campaign, and for however long we need to keep this discussion going, so we welcome everyone to keep emailing or sending in submissions even after May 1^st.

TWEET IT!

On May 2^nd, the second part of our campaign will roll out with a Twitter chat scheduled for 2pm (EST) using the same hashtag. Please use #WeNeedDiverseBooks at 2pm on May 2nd and share your thoughts on the issues with diversity in literature and why diversity matters to you.

BUY DIVERSE BOOKS! 

TAKE PHOTOS!

On May 3^rd, 2pm (EST), the third portion of our campaign will begin. There will be a Diversify Your Shelves initiative to encourage people to put their money where their mouth is and buy diverse books and take photos of them. Diversify Your Shelves is all about actively seeking out diverse literature in bookstores and libraries, and there will be some fantastic giveaways for people who participate in the campaign! More details to come!

For some lists of diverse books see:

http://www.njcu.edu/guarini/department/EdServiceBib/GlobalJuvenileLiterature.pdf

 http://www.njcu.edu/guarini/department/EdServiceBib/GLOBALSECONDARYBOOKS.pdf

http://www.njcu.edu/guarini/department/EdServiceBib/GLOBALSECONDARYBOOKS.pdf

http://www.njcu.edu/guarini/department/EdServiceBib/MULTICULTURALSECONDARYBOOKS.pdf

http://www.njcu.edu/guarini/department/EdServiceBib/LGBTQBooks.pdf

THE RESULTS-

We hope that you will take part in this in any way you can. We need to spread the word far and wide so that it will trend on Twitter. So that media outlets will pick it up as a news item. So that the organizers of BEA and every big conference and festival out there gets the message that diversity is important to everyone. We hope you will help us by being a part of this movement.

Trinka Hakes Noble at Newark Public Library 1/18/14

Trinka Hakes Noble , noted children's author is set to appear at the

New Jersey Center for the Book’s inaugural Literary Event for 2014
 Newark Public Library
5 Washington St, Newark, NJ
Saturday, January 18, 2014 11am

to launch the 350th celebration year of New Jersey’s literary heritage.

Program
Free and open to the public, the day’s events begin at 11:00am with “350 Years of New Jersey History in Music and Story” presented by musician/storytellers The Mythmakers, followed by visits from prominent children’s book author Trinka Hakes Noble, the Navesink Maritime Historical Association and a revolutionary honor guard and visit from George Washington, with photo opportunities for all to pose with the first President.

 At 2pm our program will continue with a welcome from State luminaries and guest speaker Elizabeth Del Tufo, President of Newark’s Preservation and Landmarks Committee, and a compilation showcasing the twelve award-winning public library programs selected by New Jersey Center for the Book for 2014, whose individual programs will be celebrated at public libraries across the state throughout the year.

Refreshments will be served and Tours will be available of a Special Exhibition at the NPL commemorating the 350th Anniversary Celebration of the Garden State.

Trinka Hakes Noble
Author-Illustrator

THE DAY JIMMY'S BOA ATE THE WASH

ONE FOR ALL
A Pennsylvania Number Book

KARIN'S CHRISTMAS WALK

THE KING'S TEA

 and  many others see http://www.trinkahakesnoble.com