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Got Plans for the Weekend? Read any great books lately?
If you combine weekends and wonderful books, maybe you're headed to the American Library Association conference January 20-24 where librarians from all over the country will converge on Dallas Texas for the Midwinter meeting!
Eighteen Children's Awards will be announced in Dallas on Monday, January 23 at 7:30 a.m. Central Time. You can watch the live broadcast here at this link: Webcast
While waiting for the official announcements this week you can read some of the lively and "passionate" discussions going on about favorite picture books and novels of 2011 here on these two blogs:
Here are a few titles that may win that have received excellent reviews and recommendations and that you may want to consider for your library or classroom collections.
Note: Each book's title is a link that will take you to the author's website. Fun stuff - enjoy!
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Kimberley Griffiths Little is the recipient of the Southwest Book Award, The Whitney Award for Best Youth Novel of 2010, and the author of the highly acclaimed, The Healing Spell and Circle of Secrets, published by Scholastic Press. Look for her books at the Scholastic Book Fairs, as well  as two more forthcoming novels in 2012 and 2013. She lives on a dirt road in a small town by the Rio Grande with her husband, a robotics engineer and their three sons. Kimberley is a favorite speaker at schools around the country, presenting "The Creative Diary", a highly successful writing workshop and has been a speaker at many conferences. Please to download free Teacher's Guides and Book Club Guides.
 Carolee Dean has made numerous appearances as a guest poet/author at schools, libraries, poetry events, and teacher/library conferences. She holds a bachelor's degree in music therapy and a master's degree in communicative disorders, and she has spent over a decade working in the public schools as a  speech-language pathologist. Her first novel, Comfort,was nominated as a Best Book for Young Adults, was named the Best YA Novel of 2002 by the Texas Institute of Letters, and was on the TAYSHAS (Texas Library Association) reading list. She conducts teacher trainings on inspiring reluctant writers including "The Secret Language of Stories" and "Random  Acts of Haiku."
To find teacher's guides, writing activities, and information about author visits, go to www.caroleedean.com.
Caroline Starr Rose spent her childhood in the deserts of Saudi Arabia and New Mexico, camping at the Red Sea in one and eating red chile in the other. She's taught English and social studies to upper elementary and middle-school students in New Mexico, Florida, Virginia, and Louisiana. Back in New Mexico, Caroline now writes middle-grade novels and picture books full time.
UPCOMING AUTHOR EVENTS
Sunday, March 11
Kimberley presents at the
Tucson Book Festival
12:30 -1:30 Panel with Author Will Hobbs: "Opening Minds Across Borders: Characters in Conflict"
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2:30 - 3:30 "Breaking into Children's Novels through Magazine Writing"
Each session followed by autographing
Saturday, March 17 UNM Continuing Ed Young Writers Conference
Kimberley is presenting "The Creative Diary" - a hands-on Writing Workshop for kids and teens
Sunday, April 29th, 2012 9-5 Preconference Session Author's Panel at the International Reading Association Conference Chicago, Illinois "Rekindling the Reading and Writing Fire" Join us for this all day session featuring 9 authors including all 3 Spellbinders: Carolee Dean Kimberley Griffiths Little Caroline Starr Rose Tuesday, May 1 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. International Reading Association Conference Chicago, Illinois "The Secret Language of Stories: Beyond Story Grammar" Carolee Dean |
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Exciting time of year for writers of children's books!
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