January 28, 2010 by Juvenile Reference
2-13 February 2010,
Time: 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: Nelke Theatre
BYU’s Young Company will present a theatre-for-young-audiences production of “A Thousand Cranes” by Kathryn Shultz Miller. It is the award-winning true story of Sadako, a Japanese girl who, 10 years after Hiroshima was bombed in WWII, discovers she has “radiation sickness.” While in the hospital she learns of the legend of 1,000 paper cranes and begins folding. She hopes that in completing 1,000 cranes, the gods will grant her one wish. It will play nightly Feb. 2-13 at 7 p.m. in the Nelke Theatre. Two matinees will take place Saturday, Feb. 6 and 13, at 2 and 4 p.m. There will be no performances Sundays or Mondays. Tickets can be purchased at the Fine Arts Ticket Office, (801) 422-4322 or at arts.byu.edu.
January 19, 2010 by Juvenile Reference
John Newbery Medal- When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Newbery Honor Books -
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
Randolph Caldecott Medal – The Lion & the Mouse illustrated and written by Jerry Pinkney
Caldecott Honor Books-
All the World illustrated by Marla Frazee, written by Liz Garton Scanlon
Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski, written by Joyce Sidman
Michael L. Printz Award- Going Bovine by Libba Bray
Printz Honor Books
Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
Punkzilla by Adam Rapp
Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973 by John Barnes
Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award- Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
King Author Honor Book -Mare’s War by Tanita S. Davis
Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award- My People, illustrated by Charles R. Smith Jr.
King Illustrator Honor Book-The Negro Speaks of Rivers illustrated by E. B. Lewis
John Steptoe New Talent Author Award-The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon
Coretta Scott King –Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
The winner is Walter Dean Myers author of: Amiri & Odette: A Love Story, Fallen Angels, Monster, and Sunrise Over Fallujah.
Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award
Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day; Celebremos El día de los niños/El día de los libros illustrated by Rafael López
Belpré Illustrator Honor Books
Diego: Bigger Than Life illustrated by David Diaz, written by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
My Abuelita illustrated by Yuyi Morales, written by Tony Johnston
Gracias Thanks illustrated by John Parra, written by Pat Mora
Pura Belpré (Author) Award- Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez
Belpré Author Honor Books
Diego: Bigger Than Life written by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, illustrated by David Diaz
Federico García Lorca written by Georgina Lázaro, illustrated by Enrique S. Moreiro
Schneider Family Book Award
Ages 0-10- Django written and illustrated by Bonnie Christensen
Ages 11-13- Anything but Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Ages 13-18- Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
William C. Morris Award- Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan
Odyssey Award- Live Oak Media, producer of the audiobook Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken written by Kate DiCamillo and narrated by Barbara Rosenblat.
Odyssey Honor Audiobooks
In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber, produced by Listen & Live Audio, Inc., written by L. A. Meyer and narrated by Katherine Kellgren.
Peace, Locomotion, produced by Brilliance Audio, written by Jacqueline Woodson and narrated by Dion Graham.
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, produced by Brilliance Audio, written by Kadir Nelson and narrated by Dion Graham.
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award- Benny and Penny in the Big No-No!, written and illustrated by Geoffrey Hayes
Geisel Honor Books
I Spy Fly Guy! written and illustrated by Tedd Arnold
Little Mouse Gets Ready written and illustrated by Jeff Smith
Mouse and Mole: Fine Feathered Friends, written and illustrated by Wong Herbert Yee
Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day written by Kate McMullan, illustrated by R. W. Alley
Margaret A. Edwards Award
The winner is Jim Murphy author of: An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793, Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America, The Great Fire, The Long Road to Gettysburg, and A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy.
Robert F. Sibert Medal-Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Stone
Sibert Honor Books
The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer’s Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors written by Chris Barton, illustrated by Tony Persiani
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 written and illustrated by Brian Floca
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award-Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
Andrew Carnegie Medal
The winners are Paul R. Gagne and Mo Willems of Weston Woods, producers of Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! It was narrated by Willems and Jon Scieszka with animation by Pete List.
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
A Faraway Island,originally published in Swedish in 1996 as En ö i havet, written by Annika Thor, translated by Linda Schenck
Batchelder Honor Books
Big Wolf and Little Wolf written by Nadine Brun-Cosme, illustrated by Olivier Tallec, translated by Claudia Bedrick
Eidi written by Bodil Bredsdorff, translated by Kathryn Mahaffy
Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness written by Nahoko Uehashi, illustrated by Yuko Shimizu, translated by Cathy Hirano
Alex Awards
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
The Bride’s Farewell by Meg Rosoff
Everything Matters! by Ron Currie, Jr.
The Good Soldiers by David Finkel
The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir by Diana Welch and Liz Welch with Amanda Welch and Dan Welch,
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
My Abandonment by Peter Rock
Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel by Gail Carriger
Stitches: A Memoir by David Small
Tunneling to the Center of the Earth by Kevin Wilson
May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award- Lois Lowry will deliver the 2011 lecture.
January 12, 2010 by Juvenile Reference
On Saturday, January 17, 2009 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm, the Provo City Library is having a Family Literacy Symposium. The keynote speaker of the day is Nancy Turner, author of These Is My Words. This event is open to the public, and free tickets may be obtained at the 1st Floor Reference Desk of the Provo Library (550 North University Avenue, Provo, Utah). For more information visit the Provo City Library website or call them at (801) 852-6650.
December 7, 2009 by Juvenile Reference
To find Christmas books in the Juvenile Literature collection at the HBLL.
- Open the HBLL homepage.
- Select “Library Catalog” under Unique Collections at BYU
- Below the main search bar choose “Advanced Keyword Search”
- In the search all box type
“Christmas stories, American Juvenile fiction” (314 results)
- You can also limit the location to “Juvenile collection” or “Juvenile locked case” and then type
“Christmas” limit juvenile collection (1415 results) *This will pull up any book in the Juvenile selection with the word Christmas in the summary OR
“Christmas stories American” limit juvenile collection (453 results) in the search all box
Many titles may be duplicates.
If you prefer to browse the shelves, many Christmas picture books may also be found in 394.26 C46.
Season’s Readings!
October 26, 2009 by Juvenile Reference
Trying to find that book that sent chills up your spine as a child? Here are some ways to search for your favorite scary books in the HBLL juvenile section.
- Open the HBLL homepage.
- Select “Library Catalog” under Unique Collections at BYU
- Below the main search bar choose “Advanced Keyword Search”
- In the search all box type
“Horror tales, American Juvenile fiction” (78 results) OR
“Supernatural Juvenile fiction” (226 results)
- You can also limit the location to “Juvenile collection” or “Juvenile locked case” and then type
“Horror stories” limit juvenile collection(16 results) OR
“Horror tales” limit juvenile collection (183 results) in the search all box
Many of these titles may be duplicates.
For other fun or scary Halloween books search all for “Halloween” and limit location to “Juvenile collection” or “Juvenile locked case.” Happy haunting!
October 26, 2009 by Juvenile Reference
These audio books are available for a 3-day check-out from the Learning Resource Center on Level 4 of the Harold B. Lee Library.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian/ Sherman Alexie (CD 2000 pt. 1-5)
The Adoration of Jenna Fox / Mary E. Pearson (CD 1995 pt. 1-6)
An Abundance of Katherines/ John Green (CD 1882 pt.1- pt. 6)
Airborn/ Kenneth Oppel (CD 1981 pt. 1- pt. 10)
Blue Skin of the Sea/ Graham Salisbury (CD 1999 pt. 1-7)
The Book Thief/ Markus Zusak (CD 1972 pt. 1- pt. 1)
Buried Onions / Gary Soto (CD 1998 pt. 1)
The Burn Journals / Brent Runyon (CD 1990 pt. 1-7)
The Curious Incident of the Dogs in the Night Time/ Mark Haddon (CD 1984 pt. 1- pt. 5)
Elijah of Buxton/ Christopher Paul Curtis (CD 1994 pt. 1-8)
Fairest / Gail Carson Levine (CD 1991 pt. 1-8)
The Goose Girl/ Shannon Hale (CDMM 276 pt. 1- pt. 10)
The Graveyard Book / Neil Gaiman (CD 1992 pt. 1-7)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone/ J.K. Rowling (CD 826 p.1)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets/ J.K. Rowling (CD 827 pt.1)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban/ J.K. Rowling (CD 828 pt.1)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire/ J.K. Rowling (CD 823 pt.1- pt.17)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix/ J.K. Rowling (CD 1253 pt.1- pt.23)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince/ J.K. Rowling (CD 1708 pt.1- pt.17)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows/ J.K. Rowling (CD 1969 pt.1- pt.17)
Hatchet/ Gary Paulsen (CD 1974 pt. 1- pt. 3)
Heat/ Mike Lupica (CD 1983 pt. 1- pt. 5)
Howl’s Moving Castle/ Diana Wynne Jones (on order¬)
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminister Boy/ Gary D. Schmidt (CD 1977 pt. 1- pt. 6)
Monster/ Walter Dean Myers (CD 1980 pt. 1- pt. 2)
Nation/ Terry Pratchett (CD 1993 pt. 1-8)
Out of the Dust/ Karen Hesse (CD 1978 pt. 1-pt. 2)
The Outsiders/ S.E. Hilton (on order)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry/ Mildred D. Taylor (CD 1975 pt. 1- pt. 6)
Rules of Survival/ Nancy Werlin (CD 1987 pt. 1- pt.5)
Skybreaker / Kenneth Oppel (CD 1996 pt. 1-10)
Speak/ Laurie Halse Anderson (CD 1973 pt. 1- pt. 4)
Story of a Girl: A Novel / Sara Zarr (CD 2001 pt. 1-4)
Twilight/ Stephenie Meyer (CDMM 277 pt.1- pt. 11)
Whirligig/ Paul Fleischman (CD 1979 pt.1- pt.3)
Wintersmith/ Terry Pratchett (CD 1976 pt.1- pt.7)
*The audio books that have CDMM in the call number are written by LDS authors. The “MM” represents Mormon Media.
Complied November 2008, Updated October 2009
October 14, 2009 by Juvenile Reference
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