Young Adult Award Winners *YALSA has launched the new Teen Book Finder Database, which is a one-stop shop for finding selected lists and award winners. Users can search this free resource by award, list name, year, author, genre and more, as well as print customizable lists. This new resource will replace the individual award and list web pages currently on YALSA’s site that are not searchable and that are organized only by year. Looking for great teen books? Look no further than YALSA's Book Awards and Selected Booklists. While these books have been selected for teens from 12 to 18 years of age, the award-winning titles and the titles on YALSA's selected lists span a broad range of reading and maturity levels. Book Awards Learn more about the Alex Awards, Edwards Award, Morris Award, Odyssey Award, Nonfiction Award, and Printz Award and read speeches from winners Selected Book & Media Lists Teen Book Finder App Best of the Best Selection List Contacts Use and Reproduction of YALSA's Awards and Lists
Picture Books Languish as Parents Push ‘Big-Kid Books’ Drew Angerer/The New York Times Sophia Coudenhove read a picture book on Wednesday to her 14-month-old daughter, Anna, perhaps too young for a chapter one. “So many of them just die a sad little death, and we never see them again,” said Terri Schmitz, the owner. The shop has plenty of company. The picture book, a mainstay of children’s literature with its lavish illustrations, cheerful colors and large print wrapped in a glossy jacket, has been fading. The economic downturn is certainly a major factor, but many in the industry see an additional reason for the slump. “Parents are saying, ‘My kid doesn’t need books with pictures anymore,’ ” said Justin Chanda, the publisher of Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Booksellers see this shift too. “They’re 4 years old, and their parents are getting them ‘Stuart Little,’ ” said Dara La Porte, the manager of the children’s department at the Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington.
Home Calgary Regional Consortium, Social Studies Social Studies The Calgary Regional Consortium provides educators with diverse professional learning opportunities over time. This Social Studies area shares extensive professional resources to augment vibrant implementation of the Alberta K-12 Social Studies curriculum. Below, you will find, "Social Studies Projects" which include comprehensive, grade-specific lesson plans in which varied technologies, Dimensions of Thinking and other core components of the Social Studies Program of Studies are embedded. View the "Social Studies Resources" below to access many profesisonal resources as a teacher of Social Studies. Social Studies Projects During 2005-2010, the Calgary Regional Consortium brought a number of teacher cohorts together for the purpose of developing a series of Best Practices that integrated technology into Alberta's new Social Studies Program of Studies. Lesson Plans Grade 1-3 Lesson Plans Grade 4-6 Lesson Plans Grade 7-9 Lesson Plans Grade 10-11 Lesson Plans Current Affairs Podcasts
Spanish-Language Literature Resources Compiled by the Cooperative Children's Book Center Updated: December, 2013 This listing of resources about Spanish-language books for children and teens has been developed in response to the need for Spanish-language materials in schools and libraries. The listing includes the following: Sources for Spanish-Language Book Recommendations and Suggestions Sources for Recommended Books with Latino cultural content Distributors of Spanish-language books for children and teens This list is a work-in-progress. Sources for Spanish-Language Book Suggestions Caldecott Winners Translated into Spanish: from San Diego Public Library via Isabel Schon Internationl Center for Spanish Books for Youth El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day): national initiative promoting literacy for children of all cultures; annual booklist includes (but not limited to) Spanish and bilingual titles Essential Guide to Spanish Reading for Children and Young Adults (pdf): from AmericaReadsSpanish
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The Critical Thinking Consortium, Alberta Education On-line Teaching Resources Summaries of the critical challenges Summaries of hundreds of critical thinking lesson plans in social studies organized by grade level, from Grades 1 to 12. Summaries include suggested activities, specific outcomes, and a list of other useful documents related to the critical challenges. A Classroom Example of Investigating Pictures Extensive classroom footage and discussion of grade 1 and 2 students using a TC2 lesson plan to investigate pictures about a community. Search Resources To find critical thinking strategies and learning materials search "Teacher support material" on the LearnAlberta site. Video clip This video features an interview response by Roland Case to the following question: What suggestions would you provide to teachers who may be concerned that in using a skills-focused, critical thinking approach they may not have the time to cover important details related to the content of the course? Summary charts of Support Materials Summary charts of Modelling the Tools
Awards | Dia de los Libros A list of awards and grants that might be of interest to those who celebrate Día in their library and community is compiled below. Américas Award –The Consortium of Latin American Studies founded the Américas Award in 1993 to encourage and commend authors, illustrators and publishers who produce quality children’s and young adult books that portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States, and to provide teachers with recommendations for classroom use. CLASP offers up to two annual book awards, together with a commended list of titles. Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature Día grant – The Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature awards an annual grant to a library whose Día program has an African American Focus. The grant award amount is $500 in selected multicultural children's books for the awarded library. celebrations.
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Ctr for the Study of Multicultural Children's Lit Product Catalog - Product Details Thousands of books are published each year for young readers, and through eight editions and several supplemental volumes, Best Books for Children has been there to help librarians build collections to make their young patrons—and their parents and teachers—happy. Now the exhaustive reference, acclaimed by Booklist, Reviewers Bookwatch, Teacher Librarian, and librarians across the nation, returns in a fully updated new edition. This book is the newest edition of the acclaimed guide to the best recreational and educational reading for children in preschool through grade 6. This indispensable selection guide brings together information on nearly 25,000 of the best fiction and nonfiction for children in preschool through grade 6. As always in the Best Books series, the authors have carefully culled the most trusted professional review sources to identify the most highly recommended new books for children.
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