Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Can You Find the Winners of the Following Awards?
This is a lesson in contextual searching. Use clues in the following paragraph to find the information you need.
This past Monday, the winners of many of the major awards in children's literature were announced. The American Library Association awarded the Newbery Medal, Newbery Honor Books, the Caldecott Medal, Caldecott Honor Books, the Coretta Scott King Award, the Robert F. Sibert Medal, the Mildred L. Batchelder Award, the Pura Belpre Award, and many others.
Your assignment is to choose one of the awards above.
- Why is the award given?
- Who won the award this year? For which book?
- What else can you find about that author or illustrator? Where do they live, how long have they been writing/drawing, what else have they written/illustrated, etc.
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
New Children's Literature Ambassador is a Vermonter!
Today, the Library of Congress will appoint a new ambassador for children's literature. Jon Scieszka, the reigning poobah, will hand over the mantle to Barre, Vermont-based Katherine Paterson, author of Bridge to Terabithia, The Great Gilly Hopkins, as well as many other fantastic novels. Her latest book, The Day of the Pelican, is the 2010 Vermont Reads book (and is available in the CHMS Library!). For more information on Paterson or the position she's assuming, check out these links:
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