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?

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

Show & Tell  Your bibliography topic  The book  Why it’s great

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

Poetry  More poets and books  Horn Book poetry issue  Verse novels  Poetry and history

More poetry and verse novels

Jacqueline Woodson presentation Ellen Kim Cara O’Reilly

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

Break

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

The Randolph Caldecott Medal 2005 winner and honor books

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

2005 Caldecott Committee

Books submitted for Caldecott consideration

Invitations from publishers

2005 Caldecott Committee

2005 Caldecott Committee Lolly G., Marie, Marion

2005 Caldecott Committee Sunday a.m., writing press release

Monday 6:30 a.m.

Monday, 8 a.m.

LibrariAnne

Caldecott Medal suggestions

Responses to Caldecott Medal announcement

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 linksAwards links on Horn Book website

Extreme reactions Extreme reactions (June 6, 2006)

Official: Unofficial:

Steven Kellogg, Barbara Elleman

James Ransome

Lois Ehlert

Kate DiCamillo

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

< Julie Roach (CPL)

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 College wc.asp Simmons MFA l-arts/academics/childrens- literature/writing.shtml

Listservs Child_Lit hild_lit Yalsa-bk

Magazines for adolescents Cricket Magazine Group ( )  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 visits Random House advice (very good) ntkit.pdf Planning details eduleauthor.htm Authors collaborative

Communicating with authors  from author’s site read info on site first  US Mail via publisher Include postage paid envelope for response  Be considerate

More questions? (General Q&A)

Where to go from here

Thanks Please keep in touch!