Monday, September 15, 2008

Teen Book Club

Do you like to read books and discuss them with other teens? Come to the library's monthly book club just for teens. We meet the fourth Monday of each month from 4-5 pm in the Conference Room of the Woodland Public Library. **Please take note of the new meeting day.** Snacks will be available.

We already met at our old scheduled time in November. Our next meeting will be
Monday, December 22, when we will discuss Shannon Hale's Goose Girl.

We hope you will join our discussion! Questions? Call Patty or Esther at 530-661-5983.

Teen Advisory Group

All teens in the Woodland area are invited to join our Woodland Public Library's Teen Advisory Group. Our next meeting will be Monday, December 8th in the Leake Room of the Library from 3:30-5:00 PM. We meet the second Monday of each month, September through May.

BENEFITS:

► Having a say in materials and programs for teens at the Woodland Public Library.
► Personal satisfaction in serving your community and peers.
► Something interesting and fun to do!
► Opportunity to meet new people.
► Community service looks good on college applications and job applications.

DUTIES:

► Work with library staff to develop teen programs.
► Maintain the Teen Bulletin Board and assist in displays and decoration for the Teen Area.
► Discuss and problem solve how Woodland Public Library can meet needs of teens.
► Give suggestions for books, movies, and music to add to the collection.

QUALIFICATIONS / RECOMMENDATIONS:

► Must enjoy working with others in a team setting.
► Must be age 12 - 18.
► Must dress and behave appropriately as a representative of the Woodland Public Library during meetings and events.
► Must sign in and out in log as record of attendance.

TIME COMMITMENT:

► 1 1/2 hours one afternoon each month.
► Additional hours as requested for special programs and projects.

Questions? Contact Patty or Esther at 530.661.5983.

Monday, January 14, 2008

2008 Book Award Winners

2008 ALSC Awards for Children’s Literature
(awarded on Monday, January 14, 2008)

John Newbery Medal
for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature:
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz
Newbery Honor Books
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson

Randolph Caldecott Medal
for the most distinguished American picture book for children:
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Caldecott Honor Books
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Ellen Levine
First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtin by Peter Sís
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems

2008 Michael L. Printz Award
for excellence in literature written for young adults:
The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
Printz Honor Books
Dreamquake: Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet
by Elizabeth Knox
One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith Clarke
Repossessed by A. M. Jenkins
Your Own, Syliva: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by Stephanie Hemphill

Coretta Scott King Award
recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults:
King Author Book winner:
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
King Author Honor Books
November Blues by Sharon M. Draper
Twelve Rounds to Glory: the Story of Muhammad Ali by Charles R. Smith Jr.
King Illustrator Book winner:
Let it Shine
by Ashley Bryan
King Illustrator Honor Books
The Secret Olivia Told Me by N. Joy, illustrated by Nancy Devard
Jazz on a Saturday Night by Leo and Diane Dillon

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award:
Brendan Buckley’s Universe and Everything in It by Sundee T. Frazier

Pura Belpré Author Award:
honoring Latino authors and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in children's books:
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Sean Qualls
Belpré Author Honor Books
Frida: ¡Viva la vida! Long Live Life! by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale, retold by Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Michael Austin
Los Gatos Black on Halloween, written by Marisa Montes, illustrated by Yuyi Morales

Pura Belpré Illustrator Award:
Los Gatos Black on Halloween, illustrated by Yuyi Morales, written by Marisa Montes
Belpré Illustrator Honor Books
My Name Is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez/Me llamo Gabito: la vida de Gabriel García Márquez, illustrated by Raúl Colón, written by Monica Brown
My Colors, My World/Mis colores, mi mundo, written and illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
for the most distinguished book for beginning readers:
There Is a Bird on Your Head! by Mo Willems
Geisel Honor Books
First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Hello, Bumblebee Bat, written by Darrin Lunde, illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne
Jazz Baby, written by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Vulture View, written by April Pulley Sayre, illustrated by Steve Jenkins

Margaret A. Edwards Award
for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults:
Orson Scott Card, honoring his outstanding lifetime contribution to writing for teens for his novels Ender’s Game and Ender’s Shadow.

Sibert Medal
for most distinguished informational book for children:
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtin by Peter Sís
Sibert Honor Books
Lightship by Brian Floca
Nic Bishop Spiders by Nic Bishop

May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecturer
recognizing an individual of distinction in the field of children's literature, who then presents a lecture at a winning host site:
Walter Dean Myers

Mildred L. Batchelder Award
for the most outstanding children's book translated from a foreign language and subsequently published in the United States:
Brave Story, by Miyuki Miyabe, translated from the Japanese by Alexander O. Smith
Batchelder Honor Books
The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity
, by Jutta Richter, illustrated by Rotraut Susanne Berner, and translated from the German by Anna Brailovsky
Nicholas and the Gang, written by René Goscinny, illustrated by Jacques Sempé, and translated from the French by Anthea Bell