Here is a popular annual opportunity to find out about excellent recently published books for elementary school aged children. Books honored by the brand-new Robert F. Sibert Award for outstanding nonfiction will be discussed. The Year 2001 John Newbery, Mildred Batchelder, and Coretta Scott King Award winners and honor books will be featured along with selected Notable Children's Books, all announced at the American Library Association conference less than one month earlier. As time allows, selected books in the new, unpublished CCBC Choices 2001 will be discussed. This popular course is completely new every Winter.
Participants receive lists of all books discussed.
The adults who work professionally with young adolescents in schools and libraries are especially interested in finding books on many topics and with a variety of narratives to interest them or meet their information needs. The Michael Printz Award and honor books for outstanding writing for adolescent readers age 12-18 will be announced during ALA in January, and we'll discuss these books during this course, along with any of the recently announced ALA Newbery, Batchelder, and King award and honor books of interest to teenagers. Books to be discussed will include novels, biographies, poetry and other distinctive books likely to appeal to a wide variety of adolescents. Participants receive lists of all books discussed. Register by February 2 to get materials before class begins.