What's New in Science Fiction and Fantasy Booklist

Susan Fichtelberg, Children's Librarian of the Woodbridge Public Library and author of Encountering Enchantment:A Guide to Speculative Fiction for Teens, has updated her online booklist, What's New in Science Fiction and Fantasy List for Children and Teens. Go to her website http://www.encounteringenchantment.com and click on the link " What's New in SF& F" at the top of the page.

You can see Susan at the AASL Conference in Reno, Nevada on Oct. 26 and the NCTE Conference, November 18 in New York City.

Educator Workshop 9/22/07

The Adelaide L. Sanford Institute for Research, Development
and the Education of Students of African Descent in partnership with Medgar Evers College, CUNY; Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration; the Black Brooklyn Empowerment Convention; and the Coalition of Black Male Principals

presents

“Creating a Culture of Success for Students of African Ancestry”

Saturday, September 22, 2007
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Medgar Evers College • Brooklyn, NY

This conference will prove to be one of the most important academic events in our community.

On-site registration begins at 8:00 am.
Workshops are limited.
Register early to gain admission to the workshops of your choice.

For more information,
please visit our website at
www.adelaidesanfordinstitute.org.

or email
adelaide.institute@mec.cuny.edu

or call 718.270.4814

K-12 Teacher's Workshop on Africa

2007 ASA Teacher's Workshop
"Africa in the K-12 School Curriculum"
Friday, October 19, 2007
8:30 AM to 5:00 PM

Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
New York, NY 10028

The African Studies Association, in cooperation the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, is proud to present a day-long professional development
workshop for K-12 educators and librarians in the New York metropolitan
area.

The ASA 2007 Teachers Workshop has two goals:

Equip K-12 educators with practical strategies and resources for
applying knowledge about Africa to teaching on Africa in their schools and
classrooms.
Provide a forum for networking and community building among NY area
scholars and educators working in the field of African Studies.

What Do Teachers Receive?

Choices from a dozen standards-based workshops for educators on Africa
given by leading experts.

Morning refreshments and a box lunch

Curricular materials specific to the workshop sessions they attended.

List of web sites that provide lesson plans for different grade levels.

Follow up advice through network of New York area Africa educators.

An opportunity to dialog with Africa experts from around the world in
small groups.


"Draft" PROGRAM

8:30-9:00 am - Morning Reception at the MET Museum Petrie Court Cafe

9:00-9:20 am - Welcome and Orientation at the MET Museum Education Center

9:30-11:00 am - Session I*

11:00-11:40 am - Box Lunch @ MET Cafe

11:45 am -- 1:00 pm - ASA Children's Africana Book Award Ceremony with
award-winning authors

1:10-2:30 pm - Session II*

2:40-4:00 pm - Session III*

4: 00-5:00 pm - "Live" West African Music -- Alhaji Papa Susso & Co. and Raffle Prizes

* Each session (Session I, II, III) will have four simultaneously running 80-minute seminars.

Some of the topics covered at the workshop include:

Human Rights in a Global Age: View from Africa
African Art at the Met Museum
Islam in Africa
Ghana at 50 Years
Changing Status of Women in Africa
African Literature
West African Music

REGISTRATION

1) Interested individuals are invited to submit an application and pay the
registration fee. ***Space is limited to 100 participants in total.

CLICK HERE FOR APPLICATION FORM

2) Early application period lasts from August 15 to September 14. Participation fees are $50 if paid by September 14.

3) Late participation fees from September 15 to October 1 are $65.

4) Applications must be postmarked no later than October 1, 2007.

***For more information, please call 732-445-6638

Lucky NYC students!

From the New York Times (Manhattan: Reading by J. K. Rowling
By JENNIFER MEDINA,Published: September 6, 2007):


The author J. K. Rowling will read to hundreds of New York City students at Carnegie Hall next month, the New York City schools chancellor, Joel I. Klein, and Richard Robinson, the president of Scholastic, which publishes the Harry Potter books in the United States, announced yesterday. The city’s school administrators chose 40 schools to take part in the event on Oct. 19 on the basis of test scores, picking schools that had showed the most improvement in a single year on standardized reading test scores. Principals at each school will choose 40 students to hear Ms. Rowling read from “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” and answer questions about the series before signing books for each of the children. Scholastic will also donate 5,000 copies of the first Harry Potter book to the city schools.

(Pity the selection had to be on the basis of test scores.)

New Look for Research!

Have you looked at the Congressman Frank J. Guarini's database listings lately?

Now there is one less step for research!

Instead of having to click "off campus" or "campus access" for your location, you can just click on the the name of the database that you need and the computer will do the rest-- either taking you straight to the database or asking for your Gothic ID!

Also check out the new Proquest Education Journals Database.

And that's not all!
Don't know where to start with your research?
Try the new E-Z Search
You can search as many databases as you want and Oscar too, all at the same time.
Try it out-- It's unbelievable!

If you use WebCT, READ THIS!

Do you want to teach your students:
how to evaluate websites,
how to easily find books and journal articles in the Guarini Library,
or
how to get instant library research assistance?

Just click on the Information Literacy Tutorial Link in WEBCT. You will find direct connections to all the information you need.

Would you like to have specific databases linked to your WEBCT course site?

Email X. Fang at xfang@njcu.edu and a direct link will be provided for your website!

Wild About Harry?

Here are important dates for Harry Potter fans:

July 11, 2007 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Find a theater near you and read reviews here

July 20, 2007- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Midnight parties!
Find a party near you here

Near New York City?
There will be an exclusive appearance by Jim Dale at its Midnight Magic Party at the Union Square Barnes & Noble (33 East 17th Street) in Manhattan on Friday, July 20th. Dale will host the party, and beginning at 10:30 PM, will discuss how he got the role of narrator on the Harry Potter audiobooks, how he creates his characters’ voices and he will read excerpts from previous Harry Potter books. He will then lead the magical countdown to midnight when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows goes on sale.

So what do you think of the movie?
What do you think of the book?

The Guarini Library's next book display will be -----HARRY POTTER books.

Summer Reads

Star-Ledger Summer Round-up of favorite picture books, books for middle school, and young adult
(Many of these books are in the Guarini Library or the Weiss Center!)

**** Received more than one recommendation by a librarian

Picture books favorites:

Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three stories - Seeger, Laura Vaccaro
In this endearing picture book, a tail-wagging dachshund and a multicolored stuffed bear star in three tales about friendship.

Fabian Escapes - McCarty, Peter
Fabian and Hondo, the cat and dog introduced in the Caldecott Honor Book entitled Hondo and Fabian (2002), spend their days in species-appropriate pursuits. But in this book, as Hondo takes a nap, Fabian jumps out the window and finds adventure.

Grumpy Bird - Tankard, Jeremy
Bird wakes up feeling grumpy. Too grumpy to eat or play -- too grumpy even to fly. "Looks like I'm walking today," says Bird. He walks past Sheep, who offers to keep him company. He walks past Rabbit, who also could use a walk. Raccoon, Beaver, and Fox join in, too and it becomes an impromptu game of follow-the-leader.

The End - LaRochelle, David & Egielski, Richard
Turning the standard fairy-tale formula on its head, LaRochelle begins his story at the end. The endpapers depict a princess and a knight waving good-bye to a long line of intriguing characters who are marching away from the castle. The text begins, "And they all lived happily ever after. They lived happily ever after because…" and proceeds backward through a madcap chain of events.


The Tale of Pale Male: A True Story - Winter, Jeanette
A heartening story, this attractive picture book tells of a red-tailed hawk that makes a place for itself on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

Vera Wang, Queen of Fashion; Amazing Chinese American (Biographies of Amazing Asian Americans) - Louie, Ai-Ling & Peng, Cathy
Biography of Vera Wang for young readers.

Wind Flyers - Johnson, Angela & Long, Loren
A child recounts his great-great uncle's lifelong passion for flying-which began at age five with a leap from the roof of a chicken coop and climaxed with wartime flights as one of the Tuskegee Airmen.

I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean, - Sherry, Kevin
A lighthearted, clever story presented in an oversize, colorful package. A bright blue giant squid cruises through the ocean, proudly noting that he is bigger than all the creatures he encounters. >From shrimp to shark, he repeats his refrain, I'm bigger than…, sounding remarkably similar to a three-year-old cheerfully cataloging his world. Briefly dismayed when swallowed by a voracious whale (who has also swallowed up everyone else whole including the shark), the squid rallies by noting, I'm the biggest thing in this whale!

Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend – Watt, Melanie
In his latest adventure, Scaredy Squirrel sets out to make The Perfect Friend. And once he's spotted a perfectly safe candidate (with no teeth), Scaredy's ready. Armed with a name tag, mittens, a mirror and a lemon, he's prepared to make The Perfect First Impression.

Stick – Breen, Steve
Stick is a young frog with a very long tongue and a hunger for adventure. One day he zaps a dragonfly, his tongue sticks to the insect, and he's carried off along the Mississippi River and into New Orleans.

Home Now – Beake, Lesley
Sieta, a young African girl, is having a difficult time accepting her "home now" with her aunt in a busy town. She longs for the life she knew with her loving parents in a friendly village. During a school trip to the elephant park, she forms a special bond with a baby elephant—also an orphan.

Pictures From Our Vacation – Perkins, Lynne Rae
Mom, Dad, son, and daughter, who narrates, have high hopes about a trip to the old family farm. But the drive is long and boring, and when they arrive, Dad sees happy memories, while everyone else sees old furniture and dust. It's downhill from there.

Henry’s Freedom Box – Levine, Ellen
Inspired by an actual 1830s lithograph, this beautifully crafted picture book briefly relates the story of Henry "Box" Brown's daring escape from slavery. Torn from his mother as a child, and then forcibly separated from his wife and children as an adult, a heartsick and desperate Brown conspired with abolitionists and successfully traveled north to Philadelphia in a packing crate.

Not a Box – Portis, Antoinette
In bold, unornamented line drawings of a rabbit and a box, the author-illustrator offers a paean to the time-honored imaginative play of young children who can turn a cardboard box into whatever their creativity can conjure. (Published in Dec. 2006).

Lightship – Floca, Brian
Lightships--floating lighthouses--were retired in 1983, but they live on in Floca's handsome picture book, which uses simple words and repeated phrases to emphasize the vessels' purpose and uniqueness as well as their day-to-day operation.

The Tinderbox – Anderson, Hans Christian, Stephen Mitchell & Bagram Ibatoulline
Mitchell and Ibatoulline follow The Nightingale (2002) with another beautifully illustrated version of a Hans Christian Andersen story.

Middle School:


On the Wings of Heroes – Peck, Richard
This period piece is full of a delicious mixture of humor, warmth and local color as it describes America during WWII through the eyes of a Midwestern boy, Davy Bowman.

Reaching for Sun – Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn
Josie, a girl with cerebral palsy, lives on the shrinking farmland owned by her family for generations and now being sold to developers.

Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree – Tarshis, Lauren *****
Supremely logical Emma-Jean has little in common with her seventh-grade classmates, and she observes their often-tumultuous social interactions with a detached, scientific curiosity. But when kindly Colleen seeks her advice in dealing with the school's resident mean girl, Emma-Jean is moved to apply her analytical mind--and a bit of desktop forgery--to aid her classmate.

The Game – Jones, Diana Wynne
What if just outside of Earth's known atmosphere there sat another layer that was actually a different dimension?


The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3) – Riordan, Rick
Percy Jackson is now 14, a bit older and wiser, yet still entangled with the Fates. His good friend, if oft-time rival, Annabeth (daughter of Athena) is missing, as is Artemis, goddess of the hunt. Joined by best buddy Grover-the-goat-boy and an argumentative array of accomplices, Percy sets off to fulfill, and hopefully foil, the foreboding prophecy of the Oracle.


The Princess and the Hound - Harrison, Mette Ivie
Animal magic, persecution and romance in a very different take on Beauty and the Beast.

Dragon Slippers - George, Jessica Day
A young girl, sacrificed to dragons becomes friends with them instead, which leads to their gift to her -- blue slippers instead of gold. Only these slippers are made of dragon skin, giving her control over all the dragons. Unfortunately, she doesn't know this until it's almost too late to save her country from invasion.

True Talents – Lubar, David
The boys are back. The boys from Hidden Talents with special talents ranging from telekinesis to fire-starting. And they're in more trouble than ever. Because this time the government is after them.

Dragon's Keep – Carey, Janet Lee
A medieval fantasy featuring a princess who has to hide the fact that she has a dragon talon instead of a ring finger. But she can't hide it from the dragons that still live in her island kingdom. (Gr. 7+)


The Invention Of Hugo Cabret: A Novel In Words And Pictures - Selznick, Brian *****
Extraordinary combination of text and pictures. Relates the story of a young orphan in hiding who cares for the clocks in the Paris train station in 1931. In hiding until his encounter with a toymaker brings him to the attention of the toymaker's daughter and out in the open. (Gr. 4-9)


The Neddiad: How Neddie Took the Train, Went to Hollywood, and Saved Civilization – Pinkwater, Daniel
In typical Pinkwater fashion, this is a look back at the 1940s as well as an action adventure involving a young boy who moves to Hollywood with his family, meets a shaman, acquires a very special carved turtle and winds up saving the world. (Gr. 5-8)

The Hound of Rowan. The Tapestry. Book One – Neff, Henry H.
After twelve-year-old Max sees his destiny in a tapestry, he winds up at Rowan Academy. There he is trained in "mystics and combat," to prepare him for the battle with an ancient enemy who is kidnapping children with powers like Max. (Gr. 3-7)


Peak – Smith, Roland
Peak goes from climbing the outside of skyscrapers in NYC to an attempt to be the youngest climber ever to reach the summit of Everest. With him are the mountain climbing father he hasn't seen for years and the grandson of the famous Sherpa guide who saved his father's life. (Gr. 7-10)

The Mysterious Benedict Society – Stewart, Trenton Lee *****
Two boys and two girls, three of which are orphans and one a runaway, are recruited by Mr. Benedict to infiltrate The Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened and save the world. (Gr. 5-9)

Darkness Creeping: Twenty Twisted Tales – Shusterman, Neal
A collection of delightfully creepy tales that run the gamut from nightmares, ghosts, deadly dentists and boat tours on the River Styx to a game where tag means death, literally. Lots of appeal, for middle school boys in particular. (Gr. 5-8)

Harlem Summer – Myers, Walter Dean
Sixteen-year-old musician Mark Purvis longs to break into the jazz scene of 1925 Harlem, but when he becomes embroiled in a bootlegging scheme with real-life jazzman Fats Waller, he has to find a way to pay off an angry mob boss for losing the liquor (Historical fic.). (Gr. 6 – 9)


Young Adult:

Wicked Lovely – Marr, Melissa
Fans of Twilight are going to enjoy this treatment of the world of faerie and the teenage girl who is being considered for the role of Summer Queen. The fate of the world depends on her accepting it. (YA)

Tantalize – Smith, Cynthia Lettich
Quincie has a werewolf boyfriend and a restaurant with a new vampire motif. She also has a new chef for the restaurant whose red eyes and fangs are real and who is much too interested in Quincie. (YA)

Nobody's Princess – Friesner, Esther
This is the childhood of Helen of Sparta, but this Helen is like a Tamora Pierce Shero. She learns to fight, hunt, and ride horses while disguised as a boy and has one adventure after another in the Mediterranean world as she accompanies her engaged sister to Mykenae for her marriage to the Prince and heir to the throne. (YA)

Wildwood Dancing – Marillier, Juliet
This retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses features the five daughters of a wealthy merchant who live in a castle in Transylvania and have found the portal to the faerie realm. True love, vampires, a witch and a telepathic frog also have a role to play in their adventures. (Gr. 8+)

The Swan Maiden – Tomlinson, Heather
The Swan Maiden, inspired by French fairy tales and the magical countryside of Provence, features the third sister whose mother did everything she could, including hiding her daughter's swan skin, to try to keep her from her destiny. (YA)

The Alchemyst: The Immortal Nicholas Flamel - Scott, Michael
The well-worn theme of saving the world from the forces of evil gets a fresh look here as he incorporates ancient myth and legend and sets it firmly, pitch-perfect, in present-day California. At the emotional center of the tale are contemporary 15-year-old twins, Josh and Sophie, who, it turns out, are potentially powerful magicians. (YA)

Being – Brooks, Kevin
A lonely teen, Robert Smith finds himself involved in events totally out of his control. A foster kid with a stomachache, he arrives at the hospital alone for a routine endoscopy. Not fully anesthetized, he hears the doctors claim that his insides aren't human. Unidentified men with guns swarm in, Robert bolts, and finds himself on the front page of the newspaper accused of stabbing one of the doctors. (YA)


While I Live (The Ellie Chronicles) – Marsden, John
Fans of 16-year-old Ellie Linton, gutsy guerrilla fighter from Marsden's Tomorrow series, will be overjoyed that she's back in an exciting series of her own. One afternoon while hiking with her adopted, profoundly deaf brother, Gavin, and old pal Homer, they hear gunfire coming from her property. What they find when they arrive home forever changes their lives. (YA)

Weiss Center announces summer hours!

The M. Jerry Weiss Center for Children's and Young Adult Literature announces its summer opening hours! The Center's mission is to encourage and support youth literature and literacy in an urban environment.

The Center will be open Mondays - Thursdays 8am - 5:15pm
It is located in Grossnickle Hall, Room 103 on the New Jersey City University Campus, 2039 Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07305-1597
http://www.njcu.edu/i2e/visit/directions.asp

Visitors to the center can examine the latest children's and young adult books, can exchange views, and discuss literature and literacy. We would appreciate visitors submitting a review for the materials examined. These reviews may be published in the Center's periodical, the Weiss Word.


Class visits to the center MUST be reserved with Sheila Kirven by contacting her either at 201-200-3471 or via email at skirven@njcu.edu. Please include information about the number of students, the lesson objective and the assessment tool that will be used. We will soon have an online class visit request form on our website.

For more information see the center website
http://web.njcu.edu/programs/mjwc/ or call 201-200-2220.

Need a booklist?

You can generate booklists of award-winning books by using the Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
http://www.dawcl.com/

Or

Browse the articles on the Great Schools website
http://www.greatschools.net/content/allArticles.page

You will find articles and booklists arranged by grade:
http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/ca/625

Check OSCAR (http://sirsiprod.njcu.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/49) the library catalog to find and check out these books!

An Opportunity for Young Writers and Illustrators ages 6-12!

Call for Submissions
Become a Published Young Author or Illustrator!

Launch Pad: Where Young Authors and Illustrators Take Off! is now accepting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, book reviews, and artwork by children ages 6-12. We are looking for creative works about the following themes:

Animals
The Ocean
Fairy Tales & Fantasy
Heroes
Mysteries
Sports

Launch Pad: Where Young Authors and Illustrators Take Off! is scheduled to debut with a January/February 2008 print issue. Please visit http://www.launchpadmag.com to review our submission guidelines!

Printable handouts:
http://www.launchpadmag.com/submitbw.pdf
http://www.launchpadmag.com/submitcolor.pdf

Email submissions and queries to: editor@launchpadmag.com
Or mail to:
Launch Pad
P.O. Box 80578
Baton Rouge, LA 70898

College Bound Honor Students Alert!-6/23/07

From
Kevin C. Hudson
Director of College Admission & Advising The Wight Foundation, Inc.

1. Are you an Honor student?

2. Are you focused on attending college?

3. Do schools like Princeton, Harvard, MIT, TCNJ, Stanford, Vassar, CalTech, Williams and Yale seem out of your reach?

4. Do you wonder how you will be admitted to a college of your choice?

5. Do you wonder how you and your family will be able to afford college?

The Wight Foundation Education Fair provides an opportunity for students and families from urban Essex County and surrounding New Jersey communities and counties to learn about the college admission process for highly selective colleges and universities.

Admission and Financial Aid professionals will provide insight into the process and answer all of those questions you wanted to know about highly selective admissions.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

1. Honor Students in the Classes of 2008, 2009, 2010.

2. Parents/Guardians of Honor Students in the Class of 2008, 2009, 2010.

3. All Class of 2008, 2009, 2010 Wight Foundation Scholars & Parents/Guardians.

4. Community College Honor Students.

5. Counselors, Mentors, Administrators of HS Honor Students.

The schedule and a brief sample listing of schools
are below:

Saturday, June 23, 2007 8:30 am ET - 3:00 pm ETNewark, NJ
SCHEDULE

Registration

8:30am - 9:30am

Opening Remarks

9:30am

"Demystifying the College Application and Admission Process"
10:00am to 11:15am

"Understanding College Financial Aid"
11:30am to 12:45pm

College Fair
1:00pm to 3:00pm

SAMPLE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

Princeton University
Bates College
Barnard College
Bowdoin College
NJIT
MIT
University of Pennsylvania
Boston College
University of Chicago
Dartmouth College
Bryn Mawr College
The College of New Jersey
Oberlin College
Wellesley College

and many more...

TRANSPORTATION

Essex County College (ECC)is located at 303 University Avenue in Newark, NJ. Participants should enter the Market Street/Martin Luther King Boulevard entrance for the event. NJ Transit provides multiple options to access ECC via bus or connections through the Newark Light Rail.

QUESTIONS?

Contact: Kevin C. Hudson, Director of College Admission & Advising for The Wight Foundation at kchudson@wightfoundation.org

http://wightfoundationeducationfair.eventbrite.com\

Science Teachers- Save the Date-9/25/07

New Jersey Center for the Book
Stellar Science Spectacular – Promoting Science Literacy

http://www.njcenterforthebook.org

Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Location: Jennifer A. Chalsty Center at the Newly reopened Liberty Science Center
Liberty State Park, Jersey City

9:15 – 10:00 Registration and coffee

10:15 – 11:00 Welcome and Keynote Address
Master of Ceremonies, Dr. Gustav Friedrich, Dean of the Rutgers
School of Communication, Information and Library Studies;

Welcome to LSC; Renee Swartz, Chair of NJ Center for the Book;
and Keynote Speaker, Lucille Davy, NJ Commissioner of Education

11:00 – 3:00 Vendor Exhibits (eight publishers)
11:00 – 4:00 ON SITE – ALL DAY: Rutgers Science Explorer Program
A 40-foot bus, run by Rutgers University’s Math & Science Learning Center, offering
on demonstrations of science experiments. Director: Dr. Kathleen Scott (Grade 6-8)

11:15 – 12:15 Workshops – Session A
1. Carol Shields, Stevens Institute of Technology, CIESE – Hands-on activity from
“Catching the Wind” an Engineering is Elementary module from the Museum of Science,
Boston (Grades 2-5)

2. Dan Smith, Director of the Abbott Partnership Program, Liberty Science Center – Using Liberty Science Center as a teaching tool and resource.
In this session we will conduct a brief overview of each new exhibit and the Jennifer A. Chalsty Center and how they can aid you in teaching your students. (Grades K-8)

3. Jessica Trujillo, New Brunswick Free Public Library – recipient of the IDEAS grant through NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute to bring science to our kids: the grant process, reasons why libraries should offer science activities, and some of the resources used. (Grades K-5)

4. Susan Fichtelberg, Bonnie Kunzel, and Sharon Rawlins– Just the Facts:
Science Books for the Curriculum (Grades K-12)

5. Pat Morris, Executive Director, NJ Connection – Science Web Sites (Grades K–12)

12:15 – 1:30 Luncheon
Dr. Gustav Friedrich, Dean of SCILS, master of ceremonies
remarks by Congressman Rush Holt; presentation of Miss Rumphius Award,
and the opportunity to browse vendors exhibits and the Teacher Learning Lab.

1:30 – 2:30 Workshops – Session B

1. Carol Shields, Stevens Institute of Technology– Learn about free online collaborative projects sponsored by CIESE (Grades 1-5)

2. Dan Smith, Director of the Abbott Partnership Program, Liberty Science Center –
Using Liberty Science Center as a teaching tool and resource. In this session we will conduct a brief overview of each new exhibit and the Jennifer A. Chalsty Center and how they can aid you in teaching your students. (Grades K-8)

3. Sally M. Walker, author of Secrets of a Civil War Submarine, winner of the 2006 Robert F. Sibert Medal, Informational Book Award for the most distinguished informational book for Children
– a workshop on how she researches her material and a book talk on current science books.(Grade K-8)

4. Presentation of five plays from Experiment on This! – The Science Comedies
– the appreciation of SCIENCE through the use of comedy.
Discussion with playwright Luigi Jannuzzi, director and actors. (Grade K-12)

5. Jessica Trujillo, New Brunswick Free Public Library – recipient of the IDEAS grant through NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute to bring science to our kids:the grant process, reasons why libraries should offer science activities,
and some of the resources used. (Grades 6-8)


2:45 Drawings for door prizes

NOTE: Early Bird Registrations postmarked by June 30, 2007, includes free IMAX admission and eligibility for a drawing for a laptop computer.
Other prizes include a basket of science books from Baker & Taylor and Barnes & Noble gift cards

3:00 IMAX Theater (free to participants registering by June 30;
($7.50 admission for all others)

3:00 Tours of LSC

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Up to six professional development hours will be awarded for full day attendance.
Registration Fee - $25.00 (includes parking, lunch, admission to LSC)
Early Bird Registrations postmarked by June 30, 2007, will receive free IMAX admission and will be eligible for a drawing for a laptop computer.

Registration closes September 7, 2007.

Print out and complete the registration form and enclose a $25 check made payable to:
New Jersey Center for the Book

Mail to:
New Jersey Center for the Book
Monmouth County Library Headquarters
125 Symmes Drive
Manalapan,NJ 07726
Questions? Contact: Phyllis Anker, phyllisanker@gmail.com,
(609) 448 4129
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REGISTRATION FOR STELLAR SCIENCE SPECTACULAR PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY



Name: ________________________________________E-mail Address:________________________

Address: ___________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

School or Library Name: _______________________________________________________


Address: ____________________________________________________________________



[Note: Please fill this in. Not a pre-registration, but an indicator for us to duplicate some workshops.

Workshop Preferences: Session A: _______________________ Session B:_____________________ ]

Harry Potter Fans Alert! May 24th Deadline

Newark Public Library Is Only One In NJ To Host Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Knight Bus Tour

Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company has announced the schedule for the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Knight Bus Tour whose only stop in New Jersey will be at The Newark Public Library, 5 Washington Street, Saturday, June 9 from 3 to 6 p.m.

The Knight Bus, based on the unique triple-decker bus described in the Harry Potter books, will depart from New York City on June 1 and over a seven week period travel to 37 libraries across the country. It will wind up back at Scholastic headquarters to kick off the seventh and final book in the series at 12:01 a.m. on July 21.

At The Newark Library, as at each location where the vehicle stops, a select number of fans will have the chance to board the Knight Bus to make a video sharing their thoughts and feelings about why they love the Harry Potter books. Select video clips from each location will be uploaded for viewing on www.scholastic.com/harrypotter Each person will receive a unique user name and password so that they can view their video online.

The lucky fans will be randomly selected from entry forms that are available at all library locations (main and branches) and on the Web site, www.npl.org Completed forms may be dropped off at any Newark Public Library location or mail to: Michelle Cappetta, Harry Potter Knight Bus, Newark Public Library, PO Box 630, Newark, NJ 07101. Entries must be received by Thursday, May 24, 2007.

Winners will be notified by telephone by May 30, 2007. Official Knight Bus wrist bracelets will be distributed to the lucky fans. Only those with a bracelet may enter the Knight Bus. Any age may participate, but those under the age of 18 must have a signed parent/guardian permission form on June 9, 2007.

Science teachers Alert: Women in Science site

The National Academy of Sciences have launched I was Wondering a new interactive site to highlight the achievements of women scientists.

Visitors to the site can travel along a timeline, build a robot and play games.

Try it out at http://www.iwaswondering.org/

KEAN University Education Job Fair-5/16/07

TEACHER'S JOB FAIR AT KEAN UNIVERSITY--5/16/07
CAS* Building
First Floor
100 Morris AvenueUnion, New Jersey 07083

WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2007 3:00--6:30 PM
http://www.kean.edu
*(CAS--Center for Academic Success)
More than 30 school districts--urban, suburban,private, vocational schools--will be in attendance!
Bring plenty of resumes.

PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE MANDATORY.

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Please pass this email on to colleagues, friends,family, students and teachers searching for employment!

YA Authors Abound This Saturday in Princeton

On Saturday May 5, 2007 from 12-5 in the Albert E. Hinds Community Plaza (next to the Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ ) popular young adult authors such as Eireann Corrigan, E. R. Frank, K. L. Going, David Lubar, Wendy Mass, Ann Rinaldi, Ned Vizzini and many others will read from their work, and sign copies of their books.
This is a rain or shine event.

More information is at http://www.princetonlibrary.org/teens/books/TeenBookBash.html

National Library Week April 15- April is School Media Library Month

April is School Media Library Month
Research shows that the highest achieving students attend schools with well-stocked and staffed school library media centers.

and
April 15-21 is National Library Week

April 15th
"Step Up to the Plate @ your library"
Kids and young adults between the ages 9 to 18 years of age are invited to go to their library from April 15 to September 1, 2007, pick out a baseball book and submit an essay on how their favorite character inspired them. One grand-prize winner will receive a trip to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in October 2007. More information on "Step Up to the Plate @ your library," at www.ala.org/baseball.

April 19
Teen Literature Day,
Libraries all across the country will host programs and celebrations to raise awareness among the general public that young adult literature is a vibrant, growing genre with much to offer today's teens. Programs will showcase award-winning authors and books in the genre, as well as highlight librarians' expertise in connecting teens with books and other reading materials.

You've Heard of YouTube now there is TeacherTube!

YouTube has entranced us and sometimes provided anything but educational moments, but now there is TeacherTube
http://www.teachertube.com/

Check out its videos on Literature Circles, Math Activities and using technology in schools!

Here is a description from the site:

After beta testing for almost two months, TeacherTube officially launched on March 6, 2007. Our goal is to provide an online community for sharing instructional videos. We seek to fill a need for a more educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners. It is a site to provide anytime, anywhere professional development with teachers teaching teachers. As well, it is a site where teachers can post videos designed for students to view in order to learn a concept or skill.

TeacherTube was the idea of Jason Smith, a 14-year veteran educator. Jason has been a teacher, coach, campus administrator and district administrator in public schools. He asked the question, "Why can't teachers, students, and schools utilize the power of the read/write web for learning?" To overcome barriers, he decided to just create a site and get started trying to help. He turned to his brother, Adam, who is a younger, digital native, with technical skills. Adam used his skills to develop the site and found a web host. Soon, Jason's wife, Jodie, joined the team to start populating the site with videos and help improve the communication. She too has 14 years of experience in education as a classroom teacher, campus technology integrator, and district curriculum coordinator.

Looking for Good Educational Videos, DVD's Audio ?

This website contains reviews of media on educational topics


http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/emro/search.asp

You can search by subject, recommendation, and type of media.