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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Mon Aug 4 23:47:29 1997
From: Miles Frieden <keywest@seacoast.com>
Subject: 16th Annual Key West Literary Seminar
August 3, 1997
Dear Children and Young Adult Librarians:
We are pleased to announce that the Sixteenth Annual Key West Literary
Seminar will be ONCE UPON A TIME: Childrenıs Literature in the Late
Twentieth Century, January 8-11, 1998.
We would greatly appreciate it if each of you could help spread the word
of our event.
We now have a fledgling website, which will improve with age (bios,
pics., more info, reg. form).
http://www.keywestparadise.com/literary.html
This yearıs investigation of contemporary childrenıs literature
(including writing and illustrating for children and young adults) is of
profound importance to all who care about literature, all who care about
our society and its future.
JOIN US for three days of panel discussions, lectures, readings,
intimate conversations, fabled Key West parties (and gorgeous warm
weather), as we celebrate the value and importance of language and the
power of the imaginative process: words and images that can save lives
as they give hope and form and meaning to the future.
Weıve gathered together some of the most important writers, scholars,
critics and editors in the field for this yearıs seminar. Heading the
list will be:
* E.L. Konigsburg, two-time Newbery Medal Winner, who will deliver our
annual Thursday night John Hersey Memorial Lecture
* Virginia Hamilton, the world renown African-American childrenıs book
writer and winner of every major childrenıs literature award, who will
give a special Friday evening talk
* Judy Blume, who has sold more than 60 million copies of her
twenty-one books and will be featured at our writersı workshop
* Pulitzer Prize Winner and Poet Laureate, Richard Wilbur, who will
give a special reading of his childrenıs poetry
* Laurent de Brunhoff, for an afternoon talk on the creation of Babar.
Other panelists will include:
Arnold Adoff (winner of the 1988 National Council of Teachers of English
Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children); Joseph Bruchac (Native
American storyteller, author and poet); Bruce Coville (My Teacher is
An Alien, Space Brat, Jennifer Murdleyıs Toad); Paula Danziger (The Cat
Ate My Gymsuit, Everyone Elseıs Parents Said Yes, The Divorce Express);
Richard Jackson (one of the countryıs foremost editors of childrenıs
literature); Elizabeth Keyser (scholar and editor of Childrenıs
Literature,); Lois Kuznets (scholar and author of prize winning
critical study When Toys Come Alive); Eden Ross Lipson (The New York
Times childrenıs book editor and author of Parentıs Guide to the Best
Books for Children); Perry Nodelman (author & editor of numerous books
about childrenıs literature, including Words About Pictures and The
Pleasures of Childrenıs Literature); Richard Peck (winner of the 1990
National Council of Teachers of English Award for ³outstanding
contributions to young adult literature, whose books include Lost in
Cyberspace, The Ghost Belonged to Me, Father Figure); Jerry Pinkney (
famed African-American illustrator); Rosemary Wells (Noisy Nora, Bunny
Money, Maxıs Christmas); Newbery Medal Winner, Nancy Willard( A Visit
to William Blakeıs Inn, Pish Posh, Said Hieronymus Bosch, Beauty and the
Beast; and Jane Yolen (writer of over 100 books for young readers,
including Owl Moon, The Girl Who Loved the Wind, The Seeing Stick).
Tentative schedule:
Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
John Hersey Memorial Lecture, E L Konigsburg
followed by reception
Friday morning 10:00 - 12:00
Entering the World of Children and Young Adults: How and Why do I write
what I write: A look at the writing/illustrating process
Friday afternoon (1:30 - 3:00)
Language in the 21st Century
Political Censorship/Political Correctness
3:30-400 Richard Wilbur reads
Afternoon tea with Richard Wilbur
Friday evening, 7:30-8:30 Virginia Hamilton talks:
A Writerıs Re-Visioning: a Metaphor for Then and Now
Saturday morning 10 - 12
Wild Imaginings: The uses and abuses of fear and fantasy
Saturday afternoon (1:30 - 3:30)
Childrenıs Literature as a subversive activity: What are the stories
weıre telling our children? Whose stories are they? What values do
these stories reflect?
4:00 - 4:30 The story of Babar: Laurent de Brunhoff
Afternoon tea with Laurent de Brunhoff
Saturday evening exhibit and reception at East Martello
Sunday morning, 10:00 - 12:00
Values in Crisis: How to reach children and young adults in the late
twentieth century: can we inculcate values? Are our values being driven
by the marketplace?
Sunday afternoon Readings
WRITERS WORKSHOPS:
WRITING & ILLUSTRATING FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS
January 5 - 8, 1998
The 1998 Writersı Workshops will afford writer participants an
opportunity to examine, in depth, writing and illustrating for children
and young adults.This yearıs Seminar will be preceded by five writersı
workshops; each will be limited to ten participants to ensure individual
attention and will feature four days of intensive morning workshops and
afternoon private consultations. Workshops are designed to support
writers of all levels of ability, published and non-published.
Writing fiction for Children with Judy Blume.
Storytelling with Joseph Bruchac
Feeding the Hungry Heart with Bruce Coville
Illustrating for children and young adults with Jerry Pinkney
Listening for the Voice; Writing the Story with Nancy Willard
To register, please submit a sample of your writing (maximum of 15
manuscript pages or five illustrations), a $50 deposit (refundable if
you are not accepted into the workshop of your choice), and a brief
statement of your interest and background.
Early registration is strongly encouraged, as we anticipate workshops
will sell-out early.
Discounted lodging is available for seminar and workshops
For further information call: Key West Literary Seminar 1 888 293-9291
(toll free)
or email us at keywest@seacoast.com
Thank you for any assistance you can give us.
Miles Frieden
Executive Director
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Mon Aug 4 23:47:16 1997
From: Connie Rockman <connie.rock@snet.net>
Subject: Re: View from Saturday
I'd like to echo the vote of confidence for View from Saturday. Not
every finely crafted novel will appeal to every child, of course, and we
all bring our own personalities and preconceptions to the reading of any
text, but to 'trash' View and praise The Watsons is comparing apples and
oranges - both have their own sweet aftertaste and both are good for
you! Konigsburg has always had a sure ear for dialogue and a great
talent for character delineation and plot development. And she -did-
write one of the most popular Newbery's of all time, so let's give this
second Newbery of hers a chance. With the right introduction, reading
aloud, booktalking, enthusiastic adult reader, I think it will appeal to
many kids who will be able to relate to being an 'insider on the outside.'
I sure wish I had known a kid who would invite me over for tea when I
was in 6th grade!
And, folks, it's just not fair to complain about a committee's choice
until you've sat through a week'end of that sort of intense deliberation
in their shoes. Once you've been there, you don't have nearly as much of
an urge to criticize a committee's choice. It's a little like taking a
3-day graduate course and being on jury duty at the same time. Time
will prove the wisdom of the choices, and the best books will always
rise to the top of the charts when the kids have their final say.
Connie Rockman
Children's Literature Consultant
Stratford, CT
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Mon Aug 4 23:47:13 1997
From: jstraight@hampton.lib.nh.us
Subject: Mother Daughter Book Discussion Groups
The Children's Librarian and I would like to try a mother daughter
book discussion group this winter after reading about a successful
program in the April issue of SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL. If you have
done this, we would appreciate any advice. How many participants did
you have? What grade levels? We are thinking of grades 5 - 8. Are
there specific titles you would suggest we use or avoid? Did the
library purchase copies of every book for each participant?
Replies may be sent to me at jstraight@hampton.lib.nh.us
Thanks.
Joanne Straight
Young Adult Librarian
Lane Memorial Library
Joanne Straight, Young Adult Librarian
Lane Memorial Library, Hampton, NH
603-926-3368
jstraight@hampton.lib.nh.us
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Mon Aug 4 23:47:12 1997
From: "James B. Casey" <jimcasey@lib.oak-lawn.il.us>
Subject: [Fwd: Schools/Public Library Relations]
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I want to express my agreement with Dr. James Casey on the issue of how
school systems all too often see the library or learning center as being
expendable during financially difficult times. By copping out and saying
that public libraries can fill the gap is sadly unrealistic. Just the fact
that public schools and public libraries are separate institutions is the
beginning of the problem. Even in the case of school district public
libraries as we have here in Ohio, the public libraries primary purpose is
not the support of the public school curriculum. Public libraries can
certainly supplement school assignments, but they exist to provide an
introduction for children to literature, the arts, and personal growth.
They also try to address the interests of adults for recreational,
work-related, or self-improvement reading. And in this brave new world of
rapidly-expanding electronic information systems, public libraries serve as
an entre for their users to those services. Public school administrators
must,despite the daunting challenges they face, come to understand they must
have school libraries in order to reinforce the teaching of research skills
and to give their students the foundation to become self-motivated learners.
When sacrifices must be made to keep public school systems afloat, the first
thing to be given up must not be the school library.
PAUL BURNAM, PUBLIC SERVICES LIBRARIAN
Ohio Wesleyan University Libraries
Delaware, OH 43015-2312
(614) 368-3240 (office)
(614) 368-3222 (fax)
Internet: pdburnam@cc.owu.edu
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Mon Aug 4 23:47:16 1997
From: ROEBEJA@mail.state.wi.us
Subject: Invitation to look at summer materials
Here's an invitation to visit Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction
cybercatalog of publications with special attention to its 1998 Summer
Library Program materials (Make Waves: Read!). Please visit us at
http://www.state.wi.us/agencies/dpi/pubcat/promos/slp.html
Jane A. Roeber, Youth Services Coordinator
Division for Libraries and Community Learning
Dept. of Public Instruction, P.O. Box 7841, Madison, WI 53707-7841
(608)267-5077; e-mail roebeja@mail.state.wi.us
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Mon Aug 4 23:47:10 1997
From: karen wendt <kmwendt@scls.lib.wi.us>
ubject: discussion of the Newbery Award
The book discussion group I attend periodically at the CCBC in Madison, WI
has the following guidelines. Maybe these will be helpful to you, it depends
on the focus of your discussion and your main intention.
All perspectives and vocabularies are correct. There is no "right"
answer or
single correct response.
1. Listen openly to what is said, rather than who says it.
2. Respond to the comments of others, rather than merely waiting for an
opportunity to share your comments.
3. Talk with each other, rather than to the discussion facilitator.
4. Comment to the group as a whole, rather than to someone seated near you.
Look at each book for what it is, rather than what it is not.
1. Make positve comments first. Try to express what you liked about the book
and why..
2. After everyone has had the opportunity to say what they liked.. talk
about difficulties you had with a particular aspect...Try to express
difficulties and questions rather than declarative judgements on the book as
a whole.
3. Avoid recapping the story or booktalking the book. There is not time for
a summary.
4. Refrain from relating personal anecdotes. The discussion must focus on
the book at hand.
5. Try to compare the book with others on the discussion list, rather than
other books by the same author of other books in your experience.
I enjoyed the comments about the Watson's Going To Birmingham from Catherine
when she was comparing it to View From Saturday. Some who have read View
>From Saturday have felt it was hard to follow and difficult to feel attached
to the characters. I thought Watson's Go To Burmingham a stimulating book
and one children would enjoy reading if we could get them started. My 13
year old is reluctant to read. If I require her to read just two chapters of
various titles we bring home, then she will often continue to read one of
them. Karen
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kmwendt@scls.lib.wi.us
Karen M. Wendt, Children's and Young Adult Coordinator
Monona Public Library
1000 Nichols Road, Monona WI 53716
608-222-6127
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