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Seventh Biennial Dolly Gray Award Winners Announced

Juvenile Reference — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:09:38 +0000

January 11, 2012 – The Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award will be presented on January 19, 2012 at the Council for Exceptional Children’s Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities (DADD) international conference in Miami Beach, Florida. The intermediate/young adult award will be presented to Kathryn Erskine, author of Mockingbird and Beverley Brenna, author of Waiting for No One. In the picture book category, the awards go to Rebecca Elliott, author/illustrator of Just Because, and Holly Robinson Peete and Ryan Elizabeth Peete (authors) and Shane W. Evans (illustrator) for My Brother Charlie.

The Dolly Gray Award recognizes high quality fiction/biographical books for children, adolescents, and young adults that authentically portray individuals with developmental disabilities. Special Needs Project, a worldwide leader in the distribution of books related to disabilities, co-sponsors this award.

Fran Prezant, disability consultant, author, presenter, and Dolly Gray Award panelist notes, “Engaging books that feature people with disabilities as individuals with personalities, strengths and talents as part of the story line, have the exponential power to change attitudes and promote inclusion in education, jobs and community life. These are important, not only for young readers with and without disabilities, but for parents and teachers who read books to them and model societal attitudes through words and actions. This year, it is wonderful to see so many positive contributions to the literature choices compared to a decade ago when people with disabilities were rarely featured in positive ways if at all, in children’s books. The Dolly Gray Award has been a positive vehicle to call attention to this and authors and progressive publishers should be commended and encouraged to put more of these books into the hands of readers.”

New this year is the Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award Special Collection at the Harold B. Lee Library on the Brigham Young University campus in Provo, Utah. This collection will house all books considered for the award since its inception in 2000, and is likely to be the most complete collection of children’s books that include individuals with developmental disabilities. A list of all books eligible for the award, procedures, and submission guidelines are available on the DADD website: http://daddcec.org/Awards/DollyGrayAwards.aspx.

Juvenile Reference — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:30:22 +0000

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Homework Helper: Book Talks

Juvenile Reference — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:39:17 +0000

March 3, 2011 by Juvenile Reference (Laurien Clay)

A book talk is neither a report nor a review, but a commercial or a teaser for a book. These are typically used by librarians and teachers to increase literacy.

To create a good book talk:

1. Read and like the book you are going to talk about.

2. Decide how long your book talk needs to be. They can range anywhere from 30 seconds to 5 minutes.

3. Choose your approach and share:

A teaser plot summary
A description of one of the characters
An anecdote from the story
A series of quotes from the book that captures its mood
OR something entirely new.

4. Write, learn (not memorizing word for word keeps you out of trouble), and practice your talk.

5. Present your book talk.

Don’t be afraid to dress up, use props, or other multi-media in your presentation.
Have gripping first and last sentences.
Enunciate
AND have fun!

To find more information on book talks, see Joni Richards Bodart’s website (http://www.thebooktalker.com/).

2010 Annual Christmas Booktalk

Juvenile Reference — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:00:43 +0000

Anita Charles will present at the 2010 Annual Christmas Booktalk. This event will be held on Monday, 8 November 2010, from 4-5 p.m. in the BYU Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium (level 1). The event is sponsored by the BYU HBLL Farnsworth Juvenile Literature Library and the BYU Bookstore. The event is free and open to the campus community and the public.