TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Coming Up This Month and Next
2. SLP Update
2a. 2010 CSLP Themes Announced
2b. General Reminders about Summer Reading Programs
2c. Google Gadget Spider
2d Optical Illusion Monarch Butterfly Activity
2e.Vermont Center of the Book and the National Science Foundation Manual--"Catch the Reading Bug"
2f. System Liaisons will Receive Contact Information for County Fairs
3. Teen Services
3a. Adolescent Literacy Leadership Conference
3b. Regional Training Sessions in Adolescent Literacy Issues
4. Jane Addams Children's Book Awards Announced
5. Free Educational Resources for Prince Caspian Film
6. Three Wisconsin Students Among Top Braille Users in the U.S.
7. First Lady Doyle's Recommended Children's Titles for this Month
8. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
9. Upcoming Events in 2008
1. Coming Up This Month and Next
May is
Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, http://allergies.about.com/od/basics/a/MayNAAAM.htm
Better Speech and Hearing Month, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, www.asha.org
Get Caught Reading Month, Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the Magazine Publishers of America (MPA), www.getcaughtreading.org
Lupus Awareness Month, Lupus Foundation of America, Inc, www.lupus.org
Mental Health Month, Mental Health America, www.nmha.org/may/index.cfm
National Arthritis Month, Arthritis Foundation, www.arthritis.org
National Asian/Pacific Heritage Month, U.S. Government, www.sandiegohistory.org/links/asianmonth.htm
National Bike Month, League of American Bicyclists, www.bikemonth.com
National Foster Care Month, National Network for Youth in Foster Care, www.fosterclub.com/index.cfm
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, www.fitness.gov
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, Advocates for Youth, www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/ntppm.htm
June is:
Adopt a Cat Month, sponsored by the American Humane Society www.americanhumane.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pa_adoption_aacm
National Gay Pride Month
National Safety Month
Home Safety Month www.homesafetycouncil.org/homesafetymonth
June and July are
Fireworks Safety Months www.preventblindness.org/news/observe.html#June
2. SLP Update
2a. 2010 CSLP Themes Announced
The 2010 theme for children will be "Make a Splash-READ." The teen theme will be "Make Waves @ Your Library." The general concept for 2011 will be World Cultures. These themes and the 2011 general concept were selected during the CSLP Annual Meeting in Little Rock in April.
2b. General Reminders about Summer Reading Programs
Please review the CSLP Rules of Use regarding the 2008 SLP artwork. In particular, I want to remind everyone that if you use the artwork on a web page you need to include this statement:
"This artwork is copyrighted, contact CSLP for information. www.cslpreads.org"
Also, please remember that partnering agencies should not use the artwork on their web pages, but can use them on print items. If you have a special situation, please let me know. I would very much appreciate systems that help create summer reading program web pages for their libraries to automatically include the copyright statement.
As a safety precaution and to protect the privacy of library records, children's reading records should be located in an area or accessed in a way that does not allow members of the public from knowing the children's last name. Contest forms that include children's addresses and/or phone numbers should be put in a container in which they can't be read by passer-bys. If children's faces are used on library web pages or if contest winners names are released to the local newspaper, a parental permission slip is strongly encouraged. Many libraries that routinely take pictures during library events, include a parental permission slip to allow the library to photograph their child as part of their registration process. This is not a legal requirement, but extra precaution is encouraged whenever minors are involved.
I had a question recently regarding the line on the state park passes for the child's name. The library can write in the child's name because it will be the parents who release that form to the state parks. The library is not directly identifying young readers for the DNR. As long as a parent is involved in the process there should not be a problem.
Best wishes to all public libraries as you begin your summer reading programs.
2c. Google Gadget Spider
A CSLP member shared this delightfully creepy crawling spider from Google. It's available at http://abowman.com/google-modules/spider/. Melissa Widner, Indiana, included a link to her web page to show how she used it. She installed the spider on her children's summer reading page so kids can watch him walk around. To see her page go to: www.jasperco.lib.in.us/events/sumread/kids_sr/index.htm
--from Melissa Widner, Webmaster, Jasper County Public Library, 208 W. Susan St., Rensselaer, Ind. 47978; mwidner@jasperco.lib.in.us; Phone (219) 866-5881
(One caution I want to give librarians is that this type of moving character may interfer with the browsers that people who are blind use to look at library web pages. So this spider they may make page non-accessible. I thought creative librarians might find other uses for it. Even if you don't want to use it, take a minute to see it walk around.
2d. Optical Illusion Monarch Butterfly Activity
Linda Colby, Mt. Horeb Public Library, suggested an activity for upper elementary/teen participants. It involves coloring patterns of a Monarch butterfly and caterpillar, then cutting them into strips and gluing them in a way that makes it possible to flash back and forth from caterpillar to butterfly. To see the project and get directions go to www.thinkingfountain.org/m/metamorphosis/metamorphosis.html
--Idea submitted by Linda Colby, Mt. Horeb Public Library
2e. Vermont Center of the Book and the National Science Foundation Manual--"Catch the Reading Bug"
The Vermont Center of the Book and the National Science Foundation created a manual that aligns with the Catch the Reading Bug theme. To view the manual, go to www.mothergooseprograms.org/articles/2651.pdf
This manual has more than thirty pages and contains a lot of color pictures, web sites, and activities. It might take awhile to download. --from Rose Frost, the children's consultant for Utah:
2f. System Liaisons will Receive Contact Information for County Fairs
At the 2007 Annual Meeting of the System Liaisons, it was decided that I would not coordinate a summer reading program with local county fairs. The Liaisons and I agreed that the most effective collaborations are those done at the local county level between librarians and their local fair. I will be sending the county fairs that participated in the past the names of the System Liaisons covering their counties. I will also send the county fair contact information for the fairs that participated in the past to the Liaisons. Hopefully the communities that are most interested will be able to continue to work with their county fairs to promote summer reading.
3. Teen Services
3a. Adolescent Literacy Leadership Conference
A dynamic group of almost 100 people attended the Adolescent Literacy Leadership Conference on May 15th in Madison. This event was the kick-off to a multi-year initiative that will focus on the role public libraries play in keeping tweens and teens most at risk of school failure engaged in reading and writing activities. Three speakers addressed the broad issues of Adolescent Literacy, Adolescent Brain Development, and the ways in which Electronic Gaming can help public librarians reach and stay connected with today's teens. A group of teens from the Student Library Advisory Group (SLAG) in Waupaca also shared the activities they are involved with at their local library and showed slides of their dynamic teen programming room.
3b. Regional Training Sessions in Adolescent Literacy Issues
On May 29th, the System Special Needs Consultants will discuss a plan to bring elements of the leadership training out to librarians at the local level. The locations of these training sessions will be announced as they are confirmed. The sessions will be open to public and school librarians around the state. LSTA funding will be used to make this training available.
4. Jane Addams Children's Book Awards Announced
The winners of the 2008 Jane Addams Children's Book Awards were recently announced by the Jane Addams Peace Association (JAPA). Books commended by the Award address themes or topics that engage children in thinking about peace, justice, world community, and/or equality of the sexes and all races. The books also must meet conventional standards of literary and artistic excellence.
Founded in 1948, JAPA is the educational arm of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). In addition to sponsoring the Jane Addams Children's Book Awards and many other educational projects, JAPA houses the U.N. office of WILPF in New York City and owns the Jane Addams House in Philadelphia. For more information about WOLPF visit www.wilpf.int.ch.
Books for Younger Children Category
The Escape of Oney Judge: Martha Washington's Slave Finds Freedom by Emily Arnold McCully (Farrar Strauss
Giroux, 2007).
One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge (Hyperion Books for Children, 2007).
Books for Older Children Category
We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin by Larry Dane Brimner (Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills Press,
Inc., 2007)
Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins (Charlesbridge, 2007).
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (Scholastic Press, 2007)
Birmingham, 1963 by Carole Boston Weatherford (Wordsong, an imprint of Boyds Mills Press, Inc., 2007)
For additional information about the Jane Addams Children's Book Awards and a complete list of books honored since 1953, see www.janeaddamspeace.org.
5. Free Educational Resources for Prince Caspian Film
The new Prince Caspian film was released on May 16th. This is the second film in The Chronicles of Narnia series, based on the C.S. Lewis' classic series. Walden, the production company has made some free educational resources available at www.walden.com/walden/teach/caspian/index.php One of the items is an educator's poster.
To request the print materials for a classroom, library, or homeschool, e-mailing outreach@walden.com. Be sure to include full mailing address and which materials are wanted. Supplies are limited.
--from a posting by Rhonda Puntney, Lakeshores/Mid-Wisconsin Library Systems
6. Three Wisconsin Students Among Top Braille Users in the U.S.
Three Wisconsin students are among the top Braille users in the United States and Canada, wining a competition held at the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Janesville, as a part of the International Braille Challenge. The winners, Baylee Alger of Green Bay, Zachary Morris of Kenosha, and Amelia King of Madison, competed in reading comprehension, proofreading, spelling, dictation, and charts and graphs events as part of the challenge.
The news release, available on the Department of Public Instruction news release website at http://dpi.wi.gov/eis/prmenu.html, includes additional information. Please direct comments or questions about this news item to Patrick Gasper, (608) 266-3559, or patrick.gasper@dpi.wi.gov.
7. First Lady Doyle's Recommended Children's Titles for this Month:
First Lady Jessica Doyle has initiated an online book discussion club for children and adults. Each month her Web page for the book club, called "Read On Wisconsin," lists the titles for discussion. All books were carefully selected by a Literacy Advisory Board and reflect a commitment to diversity in their content and message. Mrs. Doyle hopes you find them as interesting and appealing as she does.
The titles recommended for this month are:
Preschool: "Lola at the Library" by Anna McQuinn
Primary: "I Lost My Tooth In Africa" by Penda Diakite
Intermediate: "Moxy Maxwell Does Not Like Stuart Little" by Peggy Gifford
Middle School: "Kimchi and Calamari" by Rose Kent
High School: "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
For more information or to join the "Read On Wisconsin" book club, go to http://readon.wisconsin.gov
8. Monthly Postings are Archived on the Youth Services Web Page
The 2008 monthly postings for the system youth services liaisons will be archieved on the DLTCL Youth Services Web page at www.dpi.wi.gov/pld/ys-postings.html.
9. Upcoming Events in 2008
The listing of Upcoming Events is posted on the archive page at www.dpi.wi.gov/pld/yspost-events.html
The list of upcoming events will be updated each month. This change is intended to reduce the length of this monthly posting.
An attempt has been made to verify each of these dates and URLs. If errors are noticed, assistance in making corrections is very much appreciated. The dates are updated on a monthly basis.
Return to the System Youth Services Liaison Postings home page.
For questions about this information, contact Jamie McCanless (608) 267-9280
Last updated on 3/17/2009 12:41:11 PM
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