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Class #6, December 19

Class #6, December 19. Lois Lowry, giveaways, bibliography books Christina’s booktalk Lolly on poetry and verse novels Jacqueline Woodson presentation Locomotion book discussion Break Journals Awards Odds and ends, Q&A What’s next?.

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Class #6, December 19

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  1. Class #6, December 19 • Lois Lowry, giveaways, bibliography books • Christina’s booktalk • Lolly on poetry and verse novels • Jacqueline Woodson presentation • Locomotion book discussion Break • Journals • Awards • Odds and ends, Q&A • What’s next?

  2. Lois LowryReactions? Thoughts? Did her talk affect how you think of authors and children’s books?Later will have resources for school visits

  3. Show & Tell • Your bibliography topic • The book • Why it’s great

  4. Christina’s booktalk God Went to Beauty School by Cynthia Rylant

  5. Poetry • More poets and books • Horn Book poetry issue • Verse novels • Poetry and history

  6. More poetry and verse novels

  7. Jacqueline Woodson presentation Ellen Kim Cara O’Reilly

  8. Book discussion • Talk about your bibliographies • Discuss Locomotion • What worked best? (Characterization, poetry, plot, themes…) • What grade would you use this with? How?

  9. Break

  10. Journals and magazines • Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books • Kirkus Reviews • Booklist • Booklinks • School Library Journal • Publishers Weekly

  11. The Randolph Caldecott Medal 2005 winner and honor books

  12. 2005 Caldecott Committee schedule June 2002: nominations Spring 2003: elections January 2004 (San Diego) 2-hour meeting June 2004 (Orlando) Sat. 2-4, Sun. 8:30-4 January 2005 (Boston) Fri. 8-5, Sat. 8-5, Sun. 8-12:30Mon. 6:30 a.m. phone calls, 8:15 press conference June 2005 (Chicago) Sunday p.m. award banquet

  13. 2005 Caldecott Committee

  14. Books submitted for Caldecott consideration

  15. Invitations from publishers

  16. 2005 Caldecott Committee

  17. 2005 Caldecott CommitteeLolly G., Marie, Marion

  18. 2005 Caldecott CommitteeSunday a.m., writing press release

  19. Monday6:30 a.m.

  20. Monday, 8 a.m.

  21. LibrariAnne

  22. Caldecott Medal suggestions

  23. Responses to Caldecott Medal announcement

  24. Responses to Caldecott Medal announcement

  25. Responses to Caldecott Medal announcement

  26. Other awards • ALA awards are most prestigious • National Book Award • NY Times Best Illustrated • Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards

  27. Best-of-the-year lists • Notables and BBYA (ALA) • Fanfare (Horn Book) • Blue Ribbon (BCCB) Awards links on Horn Book website

  28. Extreme reactions (June 6, 2006)

  29. Official: http://www.hbook.com/blog/2006/10/oh-what-night.html Unofficial: http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=229

  30. Steven Kellogg, Barbara Elleman

  31. James Ransome

  32. Lois Ehlert

  33. Kate DiCamillo

  34. < Nicolas Debon and Roger Sutton M. T. Anderson >

  35. < Julie Roach (CPL)

  36. Odds and Ends • Requests • Getting started in publishing (Heather) • Real-life encounters with authors (Beth) • Writing and getting published • Author visits • Communicating with authors • Q&A—free for all on any topic

  37. Publishing Industry • Know your publishers • Internships • Read Publishers Weekly • Collaborative industry (people skills) • In Boston, join Bookbuilders

  38. Real-life encounters • ??? • People read this year (or presented on) include Jacqueline Woodson, Lynne Rae Perkins, Katherine Paterson, Jack Gantos, Chris Raschka, Mordicai Gerstein, Barbara Lehmann, Mordicai Gerstein, Maurice Sendak, Kevin Henkes, Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith, Steve Jenkins, John Steptoe, Vera B. Williams, Peter Sís. Also Kathleen T. Horning and Anita Silvey • Also Elaine Konigsburg, Paula Fox, Arthur Geisert, Maira Kalman, Art Spiegelman, Paul Zelinsky, Eric Rohman, David Weisner, Petra Mathers, Natalie Babbitt, Rachel Isadora, Marc Simont (Robert McCloskey)

  39. Writing and getting published • SCBWI • Writing group for feedback • Agent? • Literary Market Place • Writers’ Market 2007 • Read Publishers Weekly (online) • Be patient!

  40. Writing programs VT College http://www.tui.edu/programs/masters_mfawc.asp Simmons MFA http://www.simmons.edu/gradstudies/liberal-arts/academics/childrens-literature/writing.shtml

  41. Listservs Child_Lit https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/child_lit Yalsa-bk http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/yalsa-bk

  42. Magazines for adolescents Cricket Magazine Group (http://www.cricketmag.com/) • Cricket (9-14) • Cicada (14 & up) • Dig (archaeology, 9-14) • Cobblestone (history, 9-14) • Muse (science, history, arts, 10 & up) • Faces (world cultures, 9-14) • Calliope (world history, 9-14) • Odyssey (science, 10-15)

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