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Class #6, December 17. Panel follow-up Lolly on poetry and verse novels Christina’s booktalk More books (last week, this week) Jacqueline Woodson presentation Book discussion Break Evaluating books — critics & award juries vs. children & adolescents Book jackets, marketing Final words.
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Class #6, December 17 • Panel follow-up • Lolly on poetry and verse novels • Christina’s booktalk • More books (last week, this week) • Jacqueline Woodson presentation • Book discussion Break • Evaluating books — critics & award juries vs. children & adolescents • Book jackets, marketing • Final words
Author visits Random House advice (very good) http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/eventkit.pdf Planning details http://childrensbooks.about.com/library/howto/htscheduleauthor.htm Authors collaborative http://www.visitingauthors.com/helpful_articles.html
Communicating with authors • E-mail from author’s site read info on site first • US Mail via publisher Include postage paid envelope for response • Be considerate
Christina’s booktalk The Death of Jayson Porterby Jaime Adoff
Poetry • More poets and books • Horn Book poetry issue • Verse novels • Poetry and history
Jacqueline Woodson presentation Eveleen Hsu Hilary Lustick
Book discussion • Talk about your bibliographies • Discuss Locomotion
Group 2 Group 3 Group 1 Vaneeta Ahuja (a)Joanna BattLizzie BrookKathryn HurleyWendy Israel (a)Hilary LustickAradhana MudambiChristy OstrowskiHolly TakashimaKhalilah UmmahReed WeedenBrette Wolffwith Lolly Charlene DemingMichal-Ann GolayCaroline GoldsteinAlicia HenriquezEveleen HsuBridget MaherAlana McDonough (a)Erin SimmonsAli Stein (a)Lesley SylvanRose Wongsarnpigoonwith Jen Megan ChamberlainCarolyn CoatesJanelle ColosiMehgan GreenbergAnnie HoffmanSusan KenienKelton MyersJulie Rosenberg (a)Hui Xin TanFrances Tompkinswith Christina
Reviews • Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books • Kirkus Reviews • Booklist • Booklinks • School Library Journal • Publishers Weekly
Reviewers vs. children • National awardshttp://www.hbook.com/resources/awards/national.asp • State and regional awardshttp://www.hbook.com/resources/awards/state.asp • Covers and marketing
Newsletters • Notes from the Horn Bookhttp://www.hbook.com/newsletter/index.html • REaD Alert (Booklist)http://link.ixs1.net/s/ve?eli=l281900&si=1184915027&cfc=3html • QuickTips (Booklinks)http://link.ixs1.net/s/ve?ei=k317026&si=h2&cfc=3html • Children’s Bookshelf (Publishers Weekly)http://www.publishersweekly.com/enewsletter/CA6621837/2788.html
Blogs • Read Roger (Horn Book)http://www.hbook.com/blog/ • Fuse #8http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379.html • 7 Impossible Things Before Breakfasthttp://www.blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/ • Big A little ahttp://kidslitinformation.blogspot.com/