April 2013 - Ideas & Items of Interest
Check Out These Children’s Books Cited as Outstanding Read-Alouds!
2013 E. B. White Read-Aloud Award Nominees Announced:
PICTURE BOOK Category
• Creepy Carrots! written by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Peter Brown
• Bear Has a Story to Tell written by Philip C. Stead, illustrated by Erin Stead
• Extra Yarn written by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen
• Oh, No! written by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Eric Rohmann
• Too Tall Houses by Gianna Marino
• Z Is for Moose written by Kelly Bingham, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
MIDDLE READER Category
• The False Prince by Jennifer A. Neilsen
• The Last Dragonslayer: The Chronicles of Kazam, Book I by Jasper Fforde
• The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate, illustrated by Patricia Castelao
• Same Sun Here by Silas House and Neela Vaswani
• Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
• Wonder by R.J. Palacio
YOUNG ADULT Category
• Cinder: Book One of the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
• Colin Fischer by Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz
• Every Day by David Levithan
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• Grave Mercy: His Fair Assassin, Book I by Robin LaFevers
• Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Winners will be announced by ABC on April 18.
April is National Poetry Month: Celebrate Poetry Month with Debut Children’s Poetry Book by Local Author!
Forest Has a Song by local author Amy Ludwig VanDerwater of Holland, NY has been released by Clarion to rave reviews. For more information, visit Amy’s website at www.amylv.com or go to her poetry blog at http://www.poemfarm.amylv.com/. For a Poetry Activity Kit that includes discussion questions for Amy’s book and other Houghton Mifflin Harcourt children’s poetry books, go to http://www.scribd.com/doc/128649625/Poetry-Kit-2013. Congrats, Amy!
Guided Reading Revisited: Marc Aronson and Fountas and Pinnell Take a Close Look at Guided Reading and the Common Core
Marc Aronson, professor at Rutgers and highly respected author in the field of children and adult nonfiction is a regular blogger on Common Core and other topics for School Library Journal. He reflects in two recent posts about Guided Reading—and even mentions Buffalo and Rochester!
To read the article titled, “(Mis) Guided Reading Consider the Source posted on February 13, 2013, go to http://www.slj.com/2013/02/opinion/consider-the-source/misguided-reading-consider-the-source/
and for the article titled, “Speak Up Consider the Source” posted on March 21, 2013, go to http://www.slj.com/2013/03/opinion/consider-the-source/speak-up-consider-the-source/ .
To read “Guided Reading: The Romance and the Reality” written by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell and published in The Reading Teacher (Volume 66; Issue 4; pp. 268-284) to which Aronson refers, go to http://www.heinemann.com/fountasandpinnell/supportingMaterials/FountasPinnell_revdReadingTeacherArticle12_2012.pdf.
Professional Book Club for Educators: Reminder! If you have interest in joining the NFRC Professional Book Club and have not done so already, please complete the information sheet and return it to Judy Bradbury! Details about our first meeting to follow soon. We’re excited to be bringing this opportunity to NFRC members!
"Lincoln" Giveaway!
Want a Free DVD of Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ for Your School? Here’s How to Get It!
http://www.slj.com/2013/04/books-media/multimedia/want-a-free-dvd-of-spielbergs-lincoln-for-your-school-heres-how-to-get-it/#_
Compiled by Judy Bradbury for members of the Niagara Frontier Reading Council www.thenfrc.org.
2013 E. B. White Read-Aloud Award Nominees Announced:
PICTURE BOOK Category
• Creepy Carrots! written by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Peter Brown
• Bear Has a Story to Tell written by Philip C. Stead, illustrated by Erin Stead
• Extra Yarn written by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen
• Oh, No! written by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Eric Rohmann
• Too Tall Houses by Gianna Marino
• Z Is for Moose written by Kelly Bingham, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
MIDDLE READER Category
• The False Prince by Jennifer A. Neilsen
• The Last Dragonslayer: The Chronicles of Kazam, Book I by Jasper Fforde
• The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate, illustrated by Patricia Castelao
• Same Sun Here by Silas House and Neela Vaswani
• Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
• Wonder by R.J. Palacio
YOUNG ADULT Category
• Cinder: Book One of the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
• Colin Fischer by Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz
• Every Day by David Levithan
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• Grave Mercy: His Fair Assassin, Book I by Robin LaFevers
• Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Winners will be announced by ABC on April 18.
April is National Poetry Month: Celebrate Poetry Month with Debut Children’s Poetry Book by Local Author!
Forest Has a Song by local author Amy Ludwig VanDerwater of Holland, NY has been released by Clarion to rave reviews. For more information, visit Amy’s website at www.amylv.com or go to her poetry blog at http://www.poemfarm.amylv.com/. For a Poetry Activity Kit that includes discussion questions for Amy’s book and other Houghton Mifflin Harcourt children’s poetry books, go to http://www.scribd.com/doc/128649625/Poetry-Kit-2013. Congrats, Amy!
Guided Reading Revisited: Marc Aronson and Fountas and Pinnell Take a Close Look at Guided Reading and the Common Core
Marc Aronson, professor at Rutgers and highly respected author in the field of children and adult nonfiction is a regular blogger on Common Core and other topics for School Library Journal. He reflects in two recent posts about Guided Reading—and even mentions Buffalo and Rochester!
To read the article titled, “(Mis) Guided Reading Consider the Source posted on February 13, 2013, go to http://www.slj.com/2013/02/opinion/consider-the-source/misguided-reading-consider-the-source/
and for the article titled, “Speak Up Consider the Source” posted on March 21, 2013, go to http://www.slj.com/2013/03/opinion/consider-the-source/speak-up-consider-the-source/ .
To read “Guided Reading: The Romance and the Reality” written by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell and published in The Reading Teacher (Volume 66; Issue 4; pp. 268-284) to which Aronson refers, go to http://www.heinemann.com/fountasandpinnell/supportingMaterials/FountasPinnell_revdReadingTeacherArticle12_2012.pdf.
Professional Book Club for Educators: Reminder! If you have interest in joining the NFRC Professional Book Club and have not done so already, please complete the information sheet and return it to Judy Bradbury! Details about our first meeting to follow soon. We’re excited to be bringing this opportunity to NFRC members!
"Lincoln" Giveaway!
Want a Free DVD of Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ for Your School? Here’s How to Get It!
http://www.slj.com/2013/04/books-media/multimedia/want-a-free-dvd-of-spielbergs-lincoln-for-your-school-heres-how-to-get-it/#_
Compiled by Judy Bradbury for members of the Niagara Frontier Reading Council www.thenfrc.org.