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Class #6, December 19 Lois Lowry, giveaways, bibliography books Christina’s booktalk Lolly on poetry and verse novels Jacqueline Woodson presentation Locomotion book discussionBreak Journals Awards Odds and ends, Q&A What’s next?
Lois LowryReactions? Thoughts?
Did her talk affect how you think of authors and children’s books?
Later will have resources for school visits
Book discussion
Talk about your bibliographies
Discuss Locomotion What worked best?
(Characterization, poetry, plot, themes…)
What grade would you use this with? How?
Journals and magazines
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Kirkus Reviews Booklist Booklinks School Library Journal Publishers Weekly
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. 8-12:30
Mon. 6:30 a.m. phone calls, 8:15 press conference
June 2005 (Chicago) Sunday p.m. award banquet
Other awards
ALA awards are most prestigious National Book Award NY Times Best Illustrated Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards
Best-of-the-year lists
Notables and BBYA (ALA) Fanfare (Horn Book) Blue Ribbon (BCCB)
Awards links on Horn Book website
Official: http://www.hbook.com/blog/2006/10/oh-what-night.htmlUnofficial: http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=229
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
Publishing Industry Know your publishers Internships Read Publishers Weekly Collaborative industry (people skills) In Boston, join Bookbuilders
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)
Writing and getting published SCBWI Writing group for feedback Agent? Literary Market Place Writers’ Market 2007 Read Publishers Weekly (online) Be patient!
Writing programs
VT Collegehttp://www.tui.
edu/programs/masters_mfawc.asp
Simmons MFAhttp://www.simmons
.edu/gradstudies/liberal-arts/academics/childrens-literature/writing.shtml
Listservs
Child_Lithttps://email.rutgers
.edu/mailman/listinfo/child_lit
Yalsa-bkhttp://lists.ala.org/wws/info/yalsa-bk
Magazines for adolescentsCricket 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)
Author visitsRandom House advice (very good)
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/eventkit.pdf
Planning detailshttp://childrensbooks.about.
com/library/howto/htscheduleauthor.htm
Authors collaborativehttp://www.visitingauthors.com/helpful_articles.html
Communicating with authors E-mail from author’s site
read info on site first
US Mail via publisherInclude postage paid envelope
for response
Be considerate