Category: Children's Services
April 18, 2008
A message from Debbie Reese, pre-conference presenter
Hi all!
I'm doing a pre-conference session on Tuesday afternoon. The title is a bit challenging:
"Are Librarians Unwittingly Complicit? Informed Selection of Books about American Indians"
but I assure you, I was 'unwittingly complicit' too, back before I began to think critically about the ways that American Indians are shown in children's books. And, I remain 'unwittingly complicit' about a wide range of topics and peoples of the world.
I hope you'll come to this session. Between now and that day, think about books you read as a child. A favorite book, or, one you hated. You might ask your parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, if they remember reading to you, or if they remember you as a reader in childhood. I will start the session by talking about those memories.
See you soon!
Debbie
Visit my Internet blog and resource: American Indians in Children's Literature.
To get to it, go to my faculty bio and click on 'Web Page'
http://www.nah.uiuc.edu/faculty-Reese.htm
Debbie A. Reese (Nanbé Ówîngeh)
Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Native American House, Room 2005
1204 West Nevada Street, MC-138
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Email: debreese@uiuc.edu
TEL 217-265-9885
FAX 217-265-9880
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March 26, 2008
Statewide Children's & Young Adult Author Conference
Meet the Authors is a Statewide Children’s & Young Adult Author Conference being held at the Woodbridge Public Library on Friday, April 11, 2008. Meet Tonya Bolden, Sarah Beth Durst, Marie Lamba, Kevin C. Pyle, and Michael Reisman at this all-day conference.
Please visit the NJLA site for more information and a registration form.
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January 9, 2008
Measuring Types and Levels of Science Programming In New Jersey Libraries
Introduction
The decision to develop a survey measuring types and levels of science programming in New Jersey libraries followed a presentation by Jessica Trujillo, Young Adult Librarian, New Brunswick Public to the Urban Libraries Section in December 2006 describing the grant process and her experience bringing science to young adults and children; reasons why libraries should offer science activities; and, some of the resources used. The survey was disseminated electronically in April 2007 via the association and regional cooperative listservs...
http://njla.org/sections/urbanlibraries/newsletter.pdf
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June 1, 2007
Start your Illustrated Literature collection!
Tammy Lee, of the Clark Public Library, spoke persuasively at the NJLA conference about the usefulness of creating a separate collection for longer picture books.
We all know that there are high quality books on our shelves in terms of content and art that, because of their picture book format, don’t often get found by the potential readers who would enjoy them the most.
Time and again, we watch adults steer their children away from picture books, once children become readers, as if there were a stigma associated with picture books.
We librarians can deliver the opposite message by separating longer picture books, or Illustrated Literature, as Tammy Lee refers to them, from the preschool-level picture books.
Start your own library’s Illustrated Literature collection, and get these gems circulating.
Tammy Lee's excellent powerpoint presentation is currently accessible on the NJLA website; check the April 25 presentations here, www.njla.org/conference/2007/presentations/
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Kathy Muhm
Westfield Memorial Library
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May 31, 2007
Final issue of Reflections is up ... and huge thanks to Denise Saia!
The last issue of Reflections (the newsletter of the Children's Services Section) is now online at
http://www.njla.org/sections/childrens/newsletter.pdf
This issue is a CSS conference wrap-up, with descriptions of most of our conference presentations, and a report on the April ASL storytime at the NJ State Library's Library for the Blind and Handicapped. Many of our presenters made their handouts and powerpoints available, for a limited time, at http://www.njla.org/conference/2007/presentations/
On behalf of CSS, I want to thank Denise Saia, Director of the Franklin Township Library, for her tireless work on Reflections for the past several years. Denise, you are the best!
At our April CSS membership meeting, the section voted to amend its by-laws to cease publishing Reflections. We will direct our future energies toward this blog. Stay tuned!
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Kathy Muhm,
President, Children's Services Section
2007-2008
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April 26, 2007
Garden State Book Awards Luncheon
Bruce Coville was the keynote speaker for the Garden State Book Awards luncheon, and his witty, moving talk was a definite highlight of the conference as a whole. Before his talk on the importance of stories in the lives of young people, Bruce table-hopped throughout the ballroom, meeting and chatting with audience members -- what a great way to warm up the room!
Bruce illustrated his point about how important stories are to children and teens by telling us some great stories from his own childhood -- about how his father, who wasn't much of a reader, sat down to read him Tom Swift; about his 6th grade teacher, who entertained his exuberant writings; and about a man who, through his belief in the power of monarch butterflies, is transformed into a butterfly himself. In short, stories open children's minds to possibilities beyond what they can imagine, and in a world that stifles creativity, this is such an important thing.
Book Award winners Lola Schafer, Barry Danziger (standing in for his late sister, Paula), Eireann Corrigan, and Gennifer Choldenko were also on hand to receive their citations as winners of the Garden State Children's & Teen Book Awards. All gave gracious, charming acceptance speeches.
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June 23, 2006
Balloon Festival Contest
The Read to Fly Challenge is a contest sponsored by NJEA, Saturn/UAW, Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning, New Jersey Library Association, and New Jersey State Library. It is open to New Jersey students enrolled in grades K-12 who must read 7 library books in order to be eligible to win a flight on a hot-air balloon at the Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning. Librarians may distribute the entry form, which has more information and contest rules, to summer readers. Entries must be postmarked by July 9th, 2006.
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June 14, 2006
2007 Ballots: Garden State Book Awards
School and public librarians can download ballots for the Garden State Children's Book Award (GSBA) and the Garden State Teen Book Awards (GSTBA) from the NJLA site.
Each year the Children's Services Section nominates titles on the basis of literary merit and popularity with readers. The GSBA has nominations for Easy-to-read book, Easy-to-read series book, Children's fiction and Children's nonfiction. The GSTBA has nominations for Fiction (Grades 6-8), Fiction (Grades 9-12) and Nonfiction (Grades 6-12).
Deadlines and voting instructions can be found on each ballot.
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May 2, 2006
Statewide Children’s & Young Adult Author Conference
Meet the Authors is a Statewide Children’s & Young Adult Author Conference being held at the Monmouth County Library. Meet E. R. Frank, David Lubar, Elizabeth Mann, Nancy Springer and David Rapkin (Listening Library) at this all-day conference on Monday, May 22.
Please visit the NJLA site for more information and a registration form.
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