{"id":23545,"date":"2020-06-30T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=23545"},"modified":"2020-06-29T22:57:35","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T02:57:35","slug":"notable-childrens-books-discussion-list-summer-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2020\/06\/notable-childrens-books-discussion-list-summer-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Notable Children\u2019s Books Discussion List, Summer 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Be a part of history!<\/strong> Join the Notable Children&#8217;s Books meetings from the comfort and privacy of your home or office. The ALSC Notable Children\u2019s Books committee is taking their public discussions to you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This committee normally holds their evaluation meetings in an open, public forum at the Mid-Winter and Annual conferences. Without an in-person Annual Conference, the committee will host their discussions over Zoom, and YOU are invited to listen in. Audience members do not contribute to the discussion, but listen as the committee members debate each of the items on their discussion lists as they search for materials that meet the Notable criteria. This is an opportunity to hear about some children&#8217;s books that have been published in the first half of 2020; it is also an opportunity&nbsp;to learn about the evaluation process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two meetings to be held on <strong>Wednesday, July 1 and Thursday July 2 <\/strong>at&nbsp;1:00 pm&nbsp;Central time.. Registration information can be found here:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/confevents\/annual\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/confevents\/annual<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below you\u2019ll find the Notable Children\u2019s Books discussion list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FICTION (INCLUDING FICTION, VERSE NOVELS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Show Me a Sign <\/strong>by Ann Clare LeZotte.\u00a0 Scholastic Press<\/li><li><strong>Snapdragon<\/strong> by Kat Leyh. Illus. by Kat Leyh.\u00a0 First Second.<\/li><li><strong>Echo Mountain<\/strong> by Lauren Wolk.\u00a0 Dutton Books for Young Readers<\/li><li><strong>Ma\u00f1analand <\/strong>by Pam Mu\u00f1oz Ryan.\u00a0 Scholastic Press<\/li><li><strong>Wink: Surviving Middle School with One Eye Open <\/strong>by Rob Harrell. Illus. by Rob Harrell.\u00a0 Dial Books for Young Readers<\/li><li><strong>Go with the Flow<\/strong> by Karen Schneemann &amp; Lily Williams.\u00a0 First Second\/Roaring Brook Press<\/li><li><strong>Village of Scoundrels<\/strong> by Margi Preus.\u00a0 Abrams\/Amulet Books<\/li><li><strong>From the Desk of Zoe Washington<\/strong> by Janae Marks. Illus. by Mirelle Ortega.\u00a0 Katherine Tegen Books\/HarperCollins<\/li><li><strong>The Blackbird Girls<\/strong> by Anne Blankman.\u00a0 Viking Books for Young Readers<\/li><li><strong>Efr\u00e9n Divided<\/strong> by Ernesto Cisneros.\u00a0 Quill Tree Books\/HarperCollins<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NON-FICTION (INCLUDING INFORMATION PICTURE BOOKS, POETRY AND FOLKLORE)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Flight for Freedom: The Wetzel Family\u2019s Daring Escape from West Germany <\/strong>by Kristen Fulton. Illus. by Torben Kuhlmann.\u00a0 Chronicle Books<\/li><li><strong>No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon\u2019s Battle for Women\u2019s Rights in Japan <\/strong>by Jeff Gottesfeld. Illus. by Shiella Witanto.\u00a0 Creston Books<\/li><li><strong>When Stars are Scattered <\/strong>by Victoria Jamieson &amp; Omar Mohamed. Illus. by Victoria Jamieson.\u00a0 Penguin Random House\/Dial<strong> Books<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>On Wings of Words: The Extraordinary Life of Emily Dickinson <\/strong>by Jennifer Berne. Illus. by Becca Stadtlander.\u00a0 Chronicle Books<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PICTURE BOOKS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Black is a Rainbow Color <\/strong>by Angela Joy. Illus. by Ekua Holmes.\u00a0 Roaring Brook Press<\/li><li><strong>The Three Billy Goats Buenos <\/strong>by Susan Middleton Elya. Illus. by Miguel Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez.\u00a0 G.P. Putnam\u2019s Sons\/Random House.<\/li><li><strong>I Believe I Can <\/strong>by Grace Byers. Illus. by Keturah A. Bobo.\u00a0 Balzer + Bray\/HarperCollins<\/li><li><strong>Snail Crossing <\/strong>by Corey R. Tabor. Illus. by Corey R. Tabor.\u00a0 Balzer + Bray\/HarperCollins<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sada Mozer<\/strong>, chair of the Notable Children&#8217;s Books committee, invites you to stop by to learn more about critical evaluation of children&#8217;s books and to listen to discussions about some of the best children&#8217;s books published this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This morning, the ALSC Blog listed the discussion list of possible Notable Children\u2019s Recordings and information about how to register to observe those meetings.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This post addresses the following ALSC Core Competency: IV. Knowledge, Curation, and Management of Materials<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be a part of history! Join the Notable Children&#8217;s Books meetings from the comfort and privacy of your home or office. The ALSC Notable Children\u2019s Books committee is taking their public discussions to you! This committee normally holds their evaluation meetings in an open, public forum at the Mid-Winter and Annual conferences. Without an in-person Annual Conference, the committee will host their discussions over Zoom, and YOU are invited to listen in. Audience members do not contribute to the discussion, but listen as the committee members debate each of the items on their discussion lists as they search for materials that meet the Notable criteria. This is an opportunity to hear about some children&#8217;s books that have been published in the first half of 2020; it is also an opportunity&nbsp;to learn about the evaluation process. Two meetings to be held on Wednesday, July 1 and Thursday July 2 at&nbsp;1:00 pm&nbsp;Central&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[2020,144,22,47,1604,1614],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ala-virtual-conference-2020","category-blogger-mary-r-voors","category-childrens-literature","category-collection-development","category-competencies-for-librarians-serving-children-in-public-libraries","category-knowledge-curation-and-management-of-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}