Tuesday, June 24, 2014
9 Lessons Learned
Our very favorite children's books left an irreversible impression on our childhoods and on our lives. Some of our most cherished storybook characters are so real and palpable in our memory that it feels as if we were introduced to them yesterday....(Read More)
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Tessa Michaelson Schmidt
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June Youth Services Showcase
Police dogs, pizza math, piggy banks and more on the June edition of the Wisconsin Youth Services Showcase: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_showcase
New submissions needed! Send photos, PDFs, and URLs to tessa.schmidt@dpi.wi.gov
Tessa Michaelson Schmidt
Public Library Youth and Special Services Consultant
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Read On! Wisconsin 2014-15
Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers
Books
September:
Sophie’s Squash by Pat Zietlow Miller. Illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf. Schwartz &
Wade, 2013.
Little Mouse by Alison Murray. U.S. edition: Disney / Hyperion, 2013.
Switching on the Moon: A Very
First Book of Bedtime Poems selected
by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters. Illustrated by G. Brian Karas.
Candlewick Press, 2010.
October:
Matilda and Hans by Yokococo. U.S. edition: Templar
/ Candlewick Press, 2013.
Wild Berries by Julie Flett. Simply Read Books, 2013.
November:
Turkey Tot by George Shannon Holiday House, 2013.
Run Home, Little Mouse by Britta Teckentrup. Translated from
the German. U.S. edition: Kids Can Press, 2013.
December:
Quinito’s Neighborhood = El Vecindario de Quinito by Ina Cumpiaño.
Illustrated by José Ramírez. Children's Book Press, 2005.
Inside Outside by Lizi Boyd. Chronicle,
2013.
January:
Big Snow by Jonathan
Bean. Farrar Straus Giroux, 2013.
Little You by
Richard Van Camp. Illustrated by
Julie Flett. Orca, 2013.
February:
Tiger in My Soup by Kashmira Sheth. Peachtree Publishers, 2013.
Stripes of All Types by Susan Stockdale. Peachtree
Publishers, 2013.
March:
Which Is Round? Which Is Bigger? by Mineko Mamada. Translated from the Japanese by
Yvette Ghione. U.S. edition: Kids Can Press, 2013.
All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon. Illustrated by Marla Frazee. Beach Lane, 2009.
April:
My First Day by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. Illustrated by Steve Jenkins.
Houghton Mifflin, 2013.
Lucky Ducklings by Eva Moore. Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter. Orchard / Scholastic Inc., 2013.
Wee Rhymes: Baby’s First Poetry
Book by Jane
Yolen. Illustrated by Jane Dyer. A Paula Wiseman Book/Simon & Schuster,
2013.
May:
Max and the Tag-Along Moon by Floyd Cooper. Philomel, 2013.
Wait! Wait! By Hatsue Nakawaki. Translated from the Japanese by Yuki Kaneko.
Illustrated by Komako Sakai. U.S. edition: Enchanted Lion, 2013.
Niño Wrestles the World by Yuyi Morales. A Neal Porter Book / Roaring
Brook Press, 2013.
ROW 2014-2015
Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers
Books continued
Summer:
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell. Illustrated
by Patrick Benson. Candlewick Press, 1992, 1996. [board book]
Global Babies by Global Fund
for Children. Charlesbridge, 2007.
Oscar’s Half Birthday by Bob Graham. U.S. edition: Candlewick Press,
2005.
Summer Days and Nights by Wong
Herbert Yee. Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt, 2012.
A Beach Tail by Karen Lynn Williams.
Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. Boyds Mills Press, 2010.
Primary (K-2) Books
September:
The Apple Orchard Riddle by Margaret McNamara. Illustrated by G. Brian Karas.
Schwartz & Wade, 2013
Good News, Bad News by Jeff Mack. Chronicle, 2012.
October:
Picture a Tree by Barbara Reid. U.S. edition: Albert Whitman, 2013.
Chavela and the Magic Bubble by Monica Brown. Illustrated by Magaly Morales.
Clarion, 2010.
November:
Thanks a Million: Poems by Nikki Grimes. Illustrated by
Cozbi A. Cabrera. Amistad, 2006.
The Big Wet Balloon by Liniers. Toon Books/Candlewick
Press, 2013.
December:
Meet the Dogs of Bedlam Farm by John Katz. Henry Holt, 2011.
January:
Nora’s Chicks by Patricia MacLachlan. Illustrated by Kathryn Brown.
Candlewick Press, 2013.
This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration by Jacqueline Woodson. Illustrated by James Ransome. Nancy Paulsen
Books/Penguin, 2013.
February:
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art
of Horace Pippin by Jen
Bryant. Illustrated by Melissa Sweet.
Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Kunu’s Basket: A Story from
Indian Island by Lee
DeCora Francis. Illustrated by Susan Drucker. Tilbury House, 2012.
March:
No Monkeys, No Chocolate by Melissa Stewart and Allen
Young. Illustrated by Nicole Wong.
Charlesbridge, 2013.
April:
Take Me Out to the Yakyu by Aaron Meshon. Atheneum, 2013.
May:
The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins, 2013.
Summer:
Water in the Park: A Book about
Water & the Times of Day by Emily Jenkins. Illustrated by Stephanie Graegin. Schwartz
& Wade, 2013.
Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar by Janice Harrington. Illustrated
by Shelley Jackson. Melanie Kroupa Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
Ling & Ting Share a Birthday by Grace Lin. Little, Brown, 2013.
ROW 2014-2015
continued
Intermediate (Grades 3-5) Books
September:
Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled by Catherin Thimmesh. Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man
Swamp by Kathi
Appelt. Atheneum, 2013.
October:
Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story by S.D. Nelson. Abrams, 2012.
November:
It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw by Don Tate. Illustrated by R.
Gregory Christie. Lee & Low, 2012.
Hold Fast by Blue Balliett. Scholastic
Press, 2013.
December:
Sophie Scott Goes South by Alison Lester. U.S. edition: Houghton Mifflin, 2013.
Little Dog, Lost. By Marion Dane Bauer. Illustrated by Jennifer A. Bell. Atheneum, 2012.
January:
The No. 1 Car Spotter and the
Firebird by Atinuke.
Illustrated by Warwick Johnson Cadwell.
U.S. edition: Kane Miller, 2012.
Tua and the Elephant by R.P. Harris. Illustrated by
Taeeun Yoo. Chronicle Books, 2012.
February:
Lulu and the Duck in the Park by Hilary McKay. Illustrated by
Priscilla Lamont. U.S. edition: Albert Whitman, 2013.
The Pet Project: Cute and Cuddly
Vicious Verses by Lisa
Wheeler. Illustrated by Zachariah Ohora. Atheneum, 2013.
March:
H.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination by Christopher Myers. Egmont,
2012.
Hoop Genius: How a Desperate
Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball by John Coy.
Illustrated by Joe Morse. Carolrhoda, 2013.
April:
Words with Wings by Nikki Grimes. Boyds Mills
Press, 2013.
May:
Yes! We Are Latinos by Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel
Campoy. Illustrated by David Diaz. Charlesbridge, 2013.
Summer:
Wolf and Dog by Sylvia Vanden Heede. Illustrated by Marije Tolman. Translated from the Dutch by Bill A.
Nagelkerke. U.S. edition: Gecko Press, 2013.
Indian Shoes by Cynthia Leitich Smith.
Illustrated by Jim Madsen. HarperCollins, 2002.
Odessa Again by Dana Reinhardt. Illustrated
by Susan Reagan. Wendy Lamb Books, 2013.
Middle School Books
September:
Al Capone Does My Homework by Gennifer Choldenko. Dial,
2013.
ROW 2014-2015
Middle School Books continued
October:
I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of
American Slavery by Cynthia
Grady. Illustrated by Michele Wood.
Eerdmans, 2012.
The Thing about Luck by Cynthia Kadohata. Illustrated
by Julia Kuo. Atheneum, 2013.
November:
Eruption! Volcanoes and the
Science of Saving Lives by Elizabeth Rusch. Photographs by Tom Uhlman. (Scientists in the
Field) Houghton Mifflin, 2013.
Zero Tolerance by Claudia Mills. Farrar Straus
Giroux, 2013.
December:
Orleans by Sherri L. Smith. Putnam, 2013.
How I Became a Ghost by Tim Tingle. The RoadRunner
Press, 2013.
January:
Pinned by Sharon G. Flake. Scholastic
Press, 2012.
February:
Lincoln’s Grave Robbers by Steve Sheinkin. Scholastic
Press, 2013.
March:
March: Book One by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin. Illustrated by Nate Powell. Top Shelf, 2013.
Imprisoned: The Betrayal of
Japanese Americans during World War II by Martin W. Sandler. Walker, 2013.
April:
One Came Home by Amy Timberlake. Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
May:
Poison by Bridget Zinn. Hyperion, 2013.
Bluffton: My Summers with Buster
Keaton by Matt
Phelan. Candlewick Press, 2013.
Summer:
Bird Lake Moon by Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow,
2008.
P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia. Amistad
/ HarperCollins, 2013.
The Unidentified by Rae Mariz. Balzer +
Bray/HarperCollins, 2010.
High School Books
September:
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell. St. Martin’s
Griffin, 2013.
October:
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner. Illustrated by
Julian Crouch. U.S. edition: Candlewick Press, 2013.
November:
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your
Ass by Meg
Medina. Candlewick Press, 2013.
December:
Far Far Away by Tom McNeal. Alfred A. Knopf,
2013.
ROW 2014-2015
High School Books continued
January:
Boxers (Boxers and Saints) by Gene Luen Yang. First Second,
2013.
Saints (Boxers and Saints) by Gene Luen Yang. First Second, 2013.
Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between
Cultures in Ten Voices by Mitali Perkins. Candlewick Press, 2013.
February:
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black. Little, Brown,
2013.
Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn. St. Martin’s
Griffin, 2013.
March:
The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured
the World’s Most Notorious Nazi by Neal Bascomb. Arthur A.
Levine Books / Scholastic Inc., 2013.
I See the Promised Land: A Life
of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Arthur Flowers. Illustrated by Manu Chitrakar. Designed by
Guglielmo Rossi. Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press, 2013.
April:
More Than This by Patrick Ness. U.S. edition:
Candlewick Press, 2013.
May:
Personal Effects by E.M. Kokie. Candlewick Press, 2012.
Summer:
Still Star-Crossed by Melinda Taub. Delacorte
Press, 2013.
Liar by Justine Larbalestier. U.S.
edition: Bloomsbury, 2009.
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork. Arthur A.
Levine Books / Scholastic, 2009.
Emily Townsend, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Save the Date
Our annual grassroots meeting will be held on Thursday, September 18th from 1 - 4 pm. The location is still to be determined. We will be covering teen and tween program ideas for part of the meeting.
More information to come!
More information to come!
PSA for Summer Reading
The Public Service Announcement for this year's theme, Fizz, Boom, Read!, is available and ready for use. You have to download it from the CSLP website, http://www.cslpreads.org/, and go to "Proprietary Downloads."
I have forwarded a download to our local stations. You can view it here.
I have forwarded a download to our local stations. You can view it here.
"Leap Into Reading" Program Deadline Approaching
The Edvest College Savings Plan and Green Bay
Packers are excited to announce our continuing partnership with
Wisconsin Public Libraries to promote your summer reading activities
through free promotional materials, advertising, and an Edvest
scholarship drawing with great Packers prizes! Leap into Reading is
summarized briefly below and please also review the attached program
summary for full details.
How it works:
2.
Your library branch will receive a Leap into Reading promotional kit of bookmarks, entry cards, and signage.
3.
On or before June 6th, place your signage in an entry area
or near your children’s area. Include bookmarks and entry forms in
summer library program materials and keep available at checkout desk.
4.
Enjoy the program – your library could be a winner of Green Bay Packers prizes and/or $500!
Libraries Can Win:
First 200 library branches that sign up receive
“Return to Titletown” a hard cover book commemorating the Green Bay
Packers 2010 season and Superbowl Championship. Add it to your
collection, use it as a fundraiser, or reward a hard-working
employee – it’s up to you. For shipping details, please see the
attached program summary. Book description available here:
goodreads.com/book/show/10550969-return-to-titletown
Library branches that sign up will also be placed in a drawing the week of June 9th
to receive Green Bay Packers Family Night Tickets and autographed
footballs. Winners will be selected from each of the 17 public library
systems.
Last year, 53 libraries received tickets and/or footballs and held
raffles, contests, or rewarded team members.
Libraries who participate also are eligible to win a
$500 cash prize if one of the Leap into Reading youth winners is a
patron your library. Last year, 16 libraries who registered had Leap
into Reading winners and each received the $500
cash prize. Four libraries with Leap into Reading winners had not
registered so were ineligible for the prize.
Register by May 17
Register your library branch location and select
your promotional kit size by May 17. Also, if you are interested in
hosting the Green Bay Packer Player reading event, please notify me by
May 17 (see attached summary for details). Registration
will close on June 6. We are offering small, medium and large
promotional kit sizes – see promotion summary attached to this email for
details. Materials are free of charge and you may re-order first come,
first served until supplies are gone.
Use this link to register:
www.Edvest.com/reading
Leap into Reading Promotional Kits (see attached program summary for more details)
Small – 1 table-top sign, 200 bookmarks, 100 entry cards
Medium – 2 table-top signs, 350 bookmarks, 200 entry cards
Large – 2 floor signs, 1 table-top sign, 500 bookmarks, 300 entry cards
Leap into Reading drawing for Parents/Grandparents
Parents, grandparents, and legal guardians have the
opportunity to enter their children or grandchildren (ages 0-13) in a
drawing to win $1,000 Edvest College Savings Plan accounts and four
tickets to the Packers Family Night game in early
August (or a $30 Packer Pro Shop gift card if they prefer) – up to 20
individual winners will be selected from the 17 library systems. Each
winner’s branch library will receive $500 – available only if your
branch registered.
To learn more, please review the attached summary for full details.
Follow up questions may be directed to the Edvest College Savings Plan and program manager Catherine Burdick at
cburdick@tiaa-cref.org. For questions about summer library programs, contact Tessa Michaelson Schmidt at
tessa.schmidt@dpi.wi.gov.
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