IRC Reference

The following new book was added to the IRC reference collection. You will find it shelved inside the Instructional Resource Center, library second floor, in the IRC reference area.

• The Newbery & Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books
  PN1009.A1 N4 2015

Watch the Youth Media Awards, Live!

Monday, January 27th, the American Library Association (ALA), Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), and Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)will announce the Youth Media Awards at the ALA Midwinter meetings in Philadelphia, PA.

You can watch the awards announcements live!

"The ALA will provide a free live webcast of the announcements, courtesy of 3M Cloud Library. Thousands of webcast viewers will logon to http://tinyurl.com/alayma14 and join more than 1,200 onsite audience members for the announcement of the 2014 American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards. The announcements are part of the ALA Midwinter Meeting taking place from Jan. 24 – 28 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. A recording of the webcast will be available at 11 a.m. ET on the ALA Youth Media Awards YouTube Channel." 

"Those not able to join the webcast can follow real-time results via Twitter @alayma or with the #alayma hashtag, and the ALA Youth Media Awards Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/alayma."-- ALA News

Mock Caldecott Panel

Dr. Mary Rycik's children's literature classes participated in a Mock Caldecott Award session Tuesday, January 18, 2011. Criteria and terms followed were those used by the Association for Library Services for Children, American Library Association Medal committee. This session was planned to review titles with eligibility for the 2010 Caldecott Award to be announced during ALA's Midwinter meetings (San Diego, CA) in January 2011.

Titles selected for review mix well known illustrators with artists new to the field of picture books illustration. A variety of art mediums are represented including collage, painted oils, pencil, watercolors, ink, acrylics, and mixed media. Each title under consideration is a recent addition to the library's juvenile collection (November 2010 - January 2011).

The panel considered sixteen (16) books as possible contenders for the award and narrowed the original field four semi-finalists; Elsie's Bird, Air Show, Art & Max, and The Secret Cave. It was an interesting final selection, the winner had only two votes more than the honor book selected and two additional titles tied.


2011 Mock Caldecott Winner: Art & Max

2011 Mock Caldecott Honor Book: Elsie's Bird



Below is a full ist of the titles considered by Dr. Rycik's class, all titles featured here link to the Ashland University library catalog:

• Elsie's Bird
  PZ7.Y78 El 2010
• Art & Max
  PZ7.W6367 Art 2010
• The Secret Cave
  GN772.3.M3 M33 2010
• Air Show!
  PZ7.W66829 Ai 2010
• Ruth and the Green Book
  PZ7.R145 Ru 2010
• Piggy Pie Poe
  PZ8.3 .W848 Pi 2010
• The Tortoise or the Hare
  PZ8.2.M673 Tor 2010
• Chicken Big
  PZ7.G774 Ch 2010
• Dust Devil
  PZ7.I762 Dus 2010
• The Odious Ogre
  PZ7.J98 Od 2010
• The Boy in the Garden
  PZ7.S2744 Bo 2010
• Rain School
  PZ7.R8878 Rai 2010
• Odetta, The Queen of Folk
  ML 3930.O34 O34 2010
• Betsy Red Hoodie
  PZ7.L578345 Bb 2010
• I Am the Dog
  PZ7.P6335 Iab 2010

Information about the 2011 Caldecott & Newbery award winning titles may be found on the previous blog post, 2011 Caldecott & Newbery Awards.

2011 Caldecott & Newbery Awards

The 2011 ALA Youth Media Awards were announced Monday, January 10th at the ALA Midwinter Meetings in San Diego. Among the ALSC awards are the John Newbery Medal and Randolph Caldecott Medals.

The 2011 John Newbery Medal winner is Moon Over Manifest, written by Clare Vanderpool.

The town of Manifest is based on Frontenac, Kan., the home of debut author Clare Vanderpool’s maternal grandparents. Vanderpool was inspired to write about what the idea of “home” might look like to a girl who had grown up riding the rails. She lives in Wichita with her husband and four children.

“Vanderpool illustrates the importance of stories as a way for children to understand the past, inform the present and provide hope for the future,” said Newbery Medal Committee Chair Cynthia K. Richey.

Four Newbery Honor Books for 2011 were named:

• Turtle in Paradise, by Jennifer L. Holm
• Heart of a Samurai, by Margi Preus
• Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night, by Joyce Sidman
• One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia

The 2011 Randolph Caldecott Medal winner is A Sick Day for Amos McGee, illustrated by Erin E. Stead.

In this tender tale of reciprocity and friendship, zookeeper Amos McGee gets the sniffles and receives a surprise visit from his caring animal friends. Erin Stead’s delicate woodblock prints and fine pencil work complement Philip Stead’s understated, spare and humorous text to create a well-paced, gentle and satisfying book, perfect for sharing with friends.

“Endearing, expressive characterization in spare illustrations rendered in muted tones distinguish this timeless picture book. It’s a great day for Amos McGee!” said Caldecott Medal Committee Chair Judy Zuckerman.

Two Caldecott Honor Books for 2011 were named:

• Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, illustrated by Bryan Collier
• Interrupting Chicken, illustrated by David Ezra Stein

Book titls link directly to the library catalog. Any titles not currently part of the juvenile collection have been ordered; orders for second copies of the Caldecott and Newbery award winners have been placed.

Juvenile Books: Nonfiction

The following books have been added to the juvenile collection. They will be initially placed in the new book shelves on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, and then located within the juvenile collection.

• The Lion and the Mouse
  Caldecott 2010

This is a second copy of the 2010 Caldecott winning title, see also PZ8.2.P456 Li 2009.

• The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzers Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors
  QC477.B29 2009

Caldecott & Newbery Award Winners

The 2009 ALA Youth Media Awards were announced Monday, January 26th at the Midwinter Meetings in Denver. Among the awards given, the John Newbery Medal and Randolph Caldecott Medals.

The 2009 Newbery Medal winner is The Graveyard Book,by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean.

"A delicious mix of murder, fantasy, humor and human longing, the tale of Nobody Owens is told in magical, haunting prose. A child marked for death by an ancient league of assassins escapes into an abandoned raveyard, where he is reared and protected by its spirit denizens. "A child named Nobody, an assassin, a graveyard and the dead are the perfect combination in this deliciously creepy tale, which is sometimes humorous, sometimes haunting and sometimes surprising," said Newbery Committee Chair Rose V. Treviño."

2009 Newbery Honor Books:

• The Underneath
  PZ7.A6455 Un 2008
• The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
  PS3555.N4254 S87 2008
• Savvy
• After Tupac and D Foster

The 2009 Caldecott Medal winner is The House in the Night, illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson.

"Richly detailed black-and-white scratchboard illustrations expand this timeless bedtime verse, offering reassurance to young children that there is always light in the darkness. Krommes' elegant line, illuminated with touches of golden watercolor, evoke the warmth and comfort of home and family, as well as the joys of exploring the wider world."

2009 Caldecot Honor Books are:

• A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever
  PZ7.F866 Cou 2008
• How I Learned Geography
  PZ7.S5594 Ho 2008
• A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams

Book title links from this post go directly to the library catalog. Any titles not currently part of the juvenile collection have been ordered; orders for second copies of the Caldecott and Newbery award winners have been placed.

Juvenile Books

The following books have been added to the juvenile collection. They will be initially placed in the new book shelves on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, and then located within the juvenile collection.

Caldecott Award, 2nd copy

• Invention of Hugo Cabret: A novel in words and pictures
  PZ7.S4654 Inv 2007

Mildred L. Batchelder Award & Honor Book

• Brave story (winner)
  PL856.I856B8713 2007
• The cat, or, how I lost eternity (honor)
  PZ7.R4157 Cat 2007

Theodor Seuss Giesel Award & Honor Book

• There is a bird on your head! (winner)
  PZ7.W65535 Th 2007
• Hello, bumblebee bat (honor)
  QL737.C513 L86 2007

2008 ALSC Awards

The 2008 ALSC, Association for Library Services for Children, awards were announced at the ALA Midwinter Meetings, January 14, 2008. Noted children's award winners, the Randolph Caldecott Medal and the John Newbery Medal, are posted below. A complete list of 2008 ALSC Literary and Related Award Winners may be found on the ALA web site.

2008 Randolph Caldecott Medal

• The Invention of Hugo Cabret
  PZ7.S4654 Inv 2007

"From an opening shot of the full moon setting over an awakening Paris in 1931, this tale casts a new light on the picture book form. Hugo is a young orphan secretly living in the walls of a train station where he labors to complete a mysterious invention left by his father. In a work of more than 500 pages, the suspenseful text and wordless double-page spreads narrate the tale in turns. Neither words nor pictures alone tell this story, which is filled with cinematic intrigue. Black & white pencil illustrations evoke the flickering images of the silent films to which the book pays homage." - ALA Caldecott Medal Page

2008 Caldecott Honor Books

• Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
  PZ7.L57833 Hen 2007
• First the Egg
• The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtin
  NC975.5.S57 A2 2007
• Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity
  PZ7.W65535 Kt 2007

2008 John Newbery Medal

• Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
  PS3619.C43 C55 2007

"In “Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village,” thirteenth-century England springs to life using 21 dramatic individual narratives that introduce young inhabitants of village and manor; from Hugo, the lord's nephew, to Nelly, the sniggler. Schlitz's elegant monologues and dialogues draw back the curtain on the period, revealing character and relationships, hinting at stories untold. Explanatory interludes add information and round out this historical and theatrical presentation.

“Schlitz adds a new dimension to books for young readers - performance,” said Committee Chair Nina Lindsay. “Varied poetic forms and styles offer humor, pathos and true insight into the human condition. Each entry is superb in itself, and together the pieces create a pageant that transports readers to a different time and place.” - ALA Newbery Medal Page

2008 Newbery Honor Books

• Elijah of Buxton
  PZ7.C94137 El 2007
• The Wednesday Wars
  PZ7.S3527 We 2007
• Feathers
  PZ7.W868 Fe 2007

Book title links from this post go directly to the library catalog. Second copies of the Caldecott and Newbery award winners have been ordered for the juvenile collection.

Juvenile Books

The following book has been added to the juvenile collection. It will be initially placed in the new book shelves on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, and then located within the juvenile collection.

• Gone wild: an endangered animal alphabet
  QL83.M355 2006

Juvenile Books

The following books have been added to the juvenile collection. They will be initially placed in the new book shelves on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, and then located within the juvenile collection.

• Flotsam
  PZ7.W6367 Fl 2006
  2007 Caldecott Award
• One-eye! two-eyes! three-eyes!: a very Grimm fairy tale
  PZ8.S3425 Two 2007
• The shaktra
  PZ7.P626 Sh 2005
• The higher power of Lucky
  PZ7.P2756 Hig 2006
  2007 Newbery Award
• Sausages
  PZ8.1.S706 Sa 2006
• Penny from heaven
  PZ7.H732226 Pen 2006
  

2007 Caldecott Award

Flotsam, by David Wiesner, won the 2007 Caldecott Award for the "most distinguished American picture book for children".

" 'Flotsam is a cinematic unfolding of discovery. A vintage camera washed up on the beach provides a young boy with a surprising view of fantastical images from the bottom of the sea. From fish-eye to lens-eye, readers see a frame-by frame narrative of lush marinescapes ebbing and flowing from the real to the surreal.' "

" 'Telling tales through imagery is what storytellers have done through the ages. Wiesner’s wordless tale resonates with visual images that tell his story with clever wit and lively humor,” said Caldecott Medal Committee Chair Janice Del Negro" (ALA Caldecot Medal, 1/22/07).

Wiesner has won Caldecott award for two other picture books; Tuesday (1992) and The Three Pigs (2002).

AU Circulating: Education

The following books have been added to the circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the regular location or in the new book display in the reference area on the main floor.

• Developing better readers and writers using Caldecott books
  LB1576 .M3934 2006
• Qualities for effective leadership : school leaders speak
  LB2805 .Q33 2006
• Principled practices for adolescent literacy : a framework for instruction and policy
  LB1632 .P75 2006
• YOU wouldn't understand : white teachers in multi-ethnic classrooms
  LC212.3.G7 P43 2005
• Teaching middle years : rethinking curriculum, pedagogy and assessment
  LB1623 .T43 2005

Caldecott and Newberry

Second copies of the Caldecott and Newberry award winning titles have recently been cataloged. One copy of each is located in the Caldecott and Newberry section leading of the juvenile collection (library, second floor). A second copy is locate within the stacks. When searching for award winning books within the juvenile stacks, keep in mind titles are often placed on researve for children's literature classes. Be sure to check the location and the call number when retrieving the books.

• Criss Cross
  PZ7.P4313 Cr 2005 (copy 1)
  Newbery 2005 (copy 2)
• Hello, Goodbye Window
  Pz7.J98 He 2005 (copy 1)
  Caldecott 2006 (copy 2)

ALA Award Winning Titles 2006

Award winning titles were announced at the American Library Association Mid-Winter meetings this morning in San Antonio, Texas. A complete list of winners may be found on the ALA web site.

Among the winners are (titles link to AU catalog records):

• Newbery Award
  Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
  


• Newbery Honor(s)
  Whittington by Alan Armstrong
  Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
  Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
  Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson
  


• Caldecott Medal
  The Hello, Goodbye Window (illus) Chris Raschka
  


• Caldecott Honor(s)
  Rosa (illus) Bryan Collier
  Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth
  Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First hot-Air Balloon Ride by Marjorie Priceman
  Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems (illus) Beckie Prange
  


• Coretta Scott King
  Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue by Julius Lester
  Rosa by Nikki Giovanni
  


• Coretta Scott King Honor Book(s)
  Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl by Tonya Bolden
  Dark Sons by Nikki Grimes
  A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson

Mock Caldecott Session

Dr. Mary Rycik's Children's Literature class participated in a mock Caldecott award session Tuesday, January 17, 2006. The class discussed sixteen books, narrowed the selection to four, and voted on a winner and honor book.

Books pictured left were the "final four" of the session. Check out the web page to see which two were selected as winner and honor book by the class. Interested in see the entire list of books considered? Visit the IRC web page created to showcase this effort and view a photo gallery, class handouts, and author/illustrator internet resources.

Mock Caldecott Session

Dr. Mary Rycik's children's literature class held a Mock Caldecott Award session in the library September 6, 2005. Criteria and terms followed were those used by the Association for Library Services to Children, American Library Association Medal Committee. Twenty-one titles, each published in 2005, were considered. The original field was narrowed down to four. From these four titles, one was selected as the "winner" with a tie for second place and a fourth place title, all declared honor books. For more information on the books selected, and photos, click on the link above.