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“The Micki Nevett Sparkler Award” Inaugurated
in December, 2007, in celebration of our friend, the legendary
children’s
librarian, Micki Nevett, the Children’s Literature Connection
of New York will annually bestow the Micki Nevett Sparkler Award
at our May Membership Dinner. The award will be presented to an
individual in our community who is a true champion of children’s
literature -- a “sparkler” like Micki -- someone
who excites and inspires others through sharing her or his own
great love of reading.
This year the award will carry a cash gift of $1,000 as well
as a matching gift of $1,000 to the library of the winner’s
choice.
How to Contribute:
Donations to the Micki Nevett Sparkler Award may be mailed to:
The Children’s Literature Connection PO Box 38059 Albany,
NY 12203 ATT: Sparkler Award
Please make the check out to The Children’s Literature
Connection and mark “Sparkler Award” on the memo
line. Contributions will be accepted on a continuing basis, but
to create the starter fund from which we will draw the award,
we would appreciate receiving initial donations by April 2, 2008.
We encourage all CLC members, as well as all friends of Micki,
to consider a donation, however large or small. Please spread
the word. All donors will be gratefully acknowledged in the CLC
Newsletter and at the Annual Membership Dinner. Micki’s
husband, David, and daughter, April, will be our guests that
evening.
How to Nominate:
Members in good standing of the Children’s Literature
Connection are invited to nominate individuals for the Micki
Nevett Sparkler Award by writing to the Children’s Literature
Connection (ATT Sparkler Award) at the address above by April
2, 2008. If you are not of member of CLC, but wish to join and
enjoy the many benefits of this wonderful organization (or, if
your membership has lapsed, come on back – we miss you!)
please visit our membership page for details.
Your Name:
Your Title/Position:
Your address, e-mail address, phone number:
Nominee’s Name:
Nominee’s Title/Position:
Nominee’s address, e-mail address and phone number:
Please state why, in one paragraph or less, this person should
win the Sparkler Award:
The winner will be announced at the CLC Annual Membership Dinner
on May 13, 2008, 6pm, out on the deck at the Glens Sanders Mansion.
Mark your calendars. Lots of fun surprises this year. It’s
going to be a sparkling good time!
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Sarah Pennypacker, winner of this year's
Little d Award for Clementine, spoke at the Fort Orange Club on November 12th to
a room filled with the friends and family of denise McCoy, children's
book lovers, local media personalities, and members of city government.
The Little d Award was established in 2004 to honor the memory
of CLC founding member denise McCoy and is presented to the author
of a book of humor, denise's favorite genre. (Yes, denise spelled
her name with a lower-case d.) Sarah’s entertaining, moving
and funny speech emphasized why she believes so strongly in encouraging
young people’s individual gifts, whatever they may be.
She said the character of Clementine is a kind of blending of
the personalities of her two children, a son with severe ADHD,
and a creative and high-achieving daughter. Find out more about
Sarah at www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com
Carol Barker, the Library Media Specialist
at the Wheelerville Union Free School won a visit from Jennifer Armstrong for her
school from the raffle at CLC's annual Fall Festival of Books.
Click here for
details about the participating authors and illustrators. |
Coleen
Murtagh Paratore announces the publication
of the middle-grade novel, Willa by Heart, Simon & Schuster
Books for Young Readers, third in her popular series. She will
be signing on Friday, January 25, from 6-7:30 p.m. at Barnes & Noble,
Wolf Rd., Colonie and on Saturday, January 26, from 4:30-6:00
at the Little Book House, Stuyvesant Plaza. As a special thank
you to teachers and librarians who attend the events, there will
be drawings for a free class or library visit.
Coleen Paratore announces the publication of her third middle-grade novel, Mack
McGinn’s Big Win (Simon & Schuster). Her
novel The Cupid Chronicles (also Simon & Schuster) is on the
ballot for the New York State Reading Association’s 2008
Charlotte Award. Three new titles debuting in 2008! Check out www.coleenparatore.com.
New CLC Fellowship Award Recipient Announced
Robyn Pforr Ryan was awarded the second CLC Fellowship at the annual
membership dinner last spring. The Fellowship Grant was created
to support the professional development of our members, as they
strive to contribute to the world of children’s literature.
It includes CLC membership dues and entrance fees to all CLC
events during the fellowship term of two years, plus a $1,000
cash award. In return the recipient is asked to share, with CLC
membership, his or her experiences using the grant. Robyn applied
for the grant to help her “deliver into the world” her
work-in-progress, “No Glamour Girls Need Apply,” an
historical fiction novel based on the lives of “Rosie-the-Riveter”-type
young women during World War II. This year’s Fellowship
Committee was made up of CLC board members Matt Ball, a middle
school Language Arts teacher; Kristen Darbyshire, a soon-to-be-published
author, illustrator, and middle school art teacher, Jendy Murphy,
a youth services public librarian; and Meg Seinberg-Hughes, an
elementary school library media specialist. Congratulations to
Robyn. We look forward to seeing her at CLC events, and hearing
about her work at our membership meeting in 2009.
Alexandra Siy's new book SNEEZE! has received star reviews from
School Library Journal and Kirkus. She's back in New York after
two years in Alaska, and is scheduling school and library visits
for the 2007-08 year.
Coleen Paraore's new novel, The Cupid Chronicles, is in stores
now. "In this heartwarming romantic comedy, the sequel to
The Wedding Planner's Daughter, high-school freshman Willa Havisham
hosts dances at her family's Cape Cod inn to help save the local
library and hopefully date a certain fair-haired boy."
An illustration from Daniel J. Mahoney’s book The
Saturday Escape is featured in the 2007 Family Reading Partnership calendar.
Dan is in good company; the Ithaca-based partnership’s calendar
includes work by Lynne Cherry, Rosemary Wells, Tomie dePaola, and
Marc Brown, among others. Read more about the partnership and the
calendar at www.familyreading.org. The same illustration also appears
in a large banner at the Tompkins County Public Library.
New member Peter Marino of Saratoga Springs is the author of Dough
Boy, published by Holiday House in October 2005. It has been nominated
for Best Books for Young Adults-2007 by the ALA’s Young Adult
Library Services Association. His next YA novel, Alice Blunt, will
also be published by Holiday House.
Coleen Paratore is delighted to announce the publication of her
second middle grade novel, The Cupid Chronicles by Simon & Schuster.
Her first novel, The Wedding Planner’s Daughter, nearly 1/2
million copies sold, is now also a hit in the UK, and out on Recorded
Books. Her first “boy book,” Mack
McGinn’s Big
Win, debuts this summer, and she has just signed a new 2-book deal
with Simon & Schuster for a “Six Feet Under Meets Stand
by Me” middle-grade series called The
Funeral Director’s
Son. See her website, www.coleenparatore.com, for upcoming signings.
Jennifer Roy is estatic to share the news that her book Yellow
Star was selected as an Honor Book in the 2006 Boston Globe-Horn
Book Awards for Excellence in Children's Literature in the Fiction/Poetry
Category.
Nancy Castaldo has a cool new spot on the Eduaction
World website. Check it out at: www.educationworld.com
Jennifer Roy's book Yellow Star has won a Sydney Taylor Book Award
Honor! It received a silver medal in the "Older Readers" category.
This is especially meaningful to Jennifer since "Sydney Taylor
was my childhood favorite!" |
Here's the full
text of Karen Beil's interview
with historical novelist Jennifer Donnelly, author of Printz Award Honor Book A NORTHERN LIGHT.
Our 2003 Symposium featured Gregory Maguire, and he has generously
shared his keynote speech.
Here's the full text of Karen Beil's interview
with Russell Freedman, author of IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY.
Looking for local authors or illustrators for school and library
visits? Check the Links page, for links
to web sites.
Remember to check the Calendar page for more information on
upcoming workshops, book signings, and other items of interest. |
