1. 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?

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

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

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

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

6. More poetry and verse novels

7. Jacqueline Woodson presentation Ellen Kim Cara O’Reilly

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

9. Break

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

11. The Randolph Caldecott Medal 2005 winner and honor books

13. 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

14. 2005 Caldecott Committee

15. Books submitted for Caldecott consideration

16. Invitations from publishers

17. 2005 Caldecott Committee

18. 2005 Caldecott Committee Lolly G., Marie, Marion

19. 2005 Caldecott Committee Sunday a.m., writing press release

20. Monday 6:30 a.m.

23. Monday, 8 a.m.

24. LibrariAnne

25. Caldecott Medal suggestions

26. Responses to Caldecott Medal announcement

33. Other awards  ALA awards are most prestigious  National Book Award  NY Times Best Illustrated  Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards

34. Best-of-the-year lists  Notables and BBYA (ALA)  Fanfare (Horn Book)  Blue Ribbon (BCCB) Awards linksAwards links on Horn Book website

35. Extreme reactions Extreme reactions (June 6, 2006)

36. Official: http://www.hbook.com/blog/2006/10/oh-what-night.htmlhttp://www.hbook.com/blog/2006/10/oh-what-night.html Unofficial: http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=229http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=229

38. Steven Kellogg, Barbara Elleman

39. James Ransome

40. Lois Ehlert

41. Kate DiCamillo

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

43. < Julie Roach (CPL)

44. 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

45. Publishing Industry  Know your publishers  Internships  Read Publishers Weekly  Collaborative industry (people skills)  In Boston, join Bookbuilders

46. 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)

47. Writing and getting published  SCBWI  Writing group for feedback  Agent?  Literary Market Place  Writers’ Market 2007  Read Publishers Weekly (online)  Be patient!

48. Writing programs VT College http://www.tui.edu/programs/masters_mfa wc.asp Simmons MFA http://www.simmons.edu/gradstudies/libera l-arts/academics/childrens- literature/writing.shtml

49. Listservs Child_Lit https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/c hild_lit Yalsa-bk http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/yalsa-bk

50. Magazines for adolescents Cricket 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)

51. Author visits Random House advice (very good) http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/eve ntkit.pdf Planning details http://childrensbooks.about.com/library/howto/htsch eduleauthor.htm Authors collaborative http://www.visitingauthors.com/helpful_articles.html

52. 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

53. More questions? (General Q&A)

54. Where to go from here

55. Thanks Please keep in touch!