tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67969388157920474452024-03-12T22:20:42.394-07:00LIBRARY LIONS Janet Lee Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097883379365834554noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796938815792047445.post-24977063479796473282015-03-12T16:05:00.000-07:002017-10-02T11:24:41.160-07:00WE'VE MOVED<br />
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for libraries and the outstanding librarians serving youth in schools and public
libraries across the U.S. Please Roar today’s guest, Teen Librarian Veronica
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worked at the library for eight years. I started as a Circulation Tech and then
went to get my Masters in Library Science. In February 2011 we moved into a
brand new building and I became the Teen Services Librarian. I created new
programming that has gotten bigger every year. My biggest program to date has
been our cupcake challenge that had 80 teens. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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successful TLC program with anywhere from 10-20 teens who do everything from
advocating for the library at City Council Meetings to helping the Friends
raise money for the library. My latest
project is an outreach book club with the local high schools. I noticed that
when teens reach high school they forget about us as well as being so busy to
par-take in activities I decided to go to them. They read the same book as us
and we go to the school once a month to discuss. I noticed that when they love
what we are reading they then come to the book club at the library so they can
further discuss the book. It has been very successful so far ranging from 10-25
teens each month at the high school and this endeavor has also increased
participation in the Teen Book Club at the library to about 25-30 kids each
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love interacting with all types of people. Teens always amaze me and I am sad
that we as adults over look how bright and insightful they can really be. Their
outlook on the world is very interesting and they tend to pick up on things
that I never thought about. I also love that my job is always changing and that
every day I learn and encounter new things. Also, working in Wylie my
co-workers have become part of my family. I love that the Children’s Department
is such a close nit group of people who really take the time to get to know you
and care a great deal about you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mighty Roar!<br />
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to me are the gatherers of knowledge. They are an ever changing environment
because its’ patrons need to know how to use certain technology or want
information about a new hobby, thus librarians have to keep with these demands
and keep libraries relevant. It is also a place where there is no judgment
because all different types of people use them and their interests are all
different so the people working in them have to learn to be neutral. They are
also very much a place that has something for everyone. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Teen Library Council President loves the Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa
Meyer. We had our TLC Halloween and we had creepy pictures hung on the walls so
our TLC President decided to put pictures of what her fantasy Kai looked liked
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it to the author explaining how much she loved her series. The author wrote me
back and asked if she could send her a bunch of swag. I asked her to send it to
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<b><a href="http://smithteenbookclub.blogspot.com/">SmithTeenBookClub</a></b> </span></div>
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library. Contact Janet at </span><a href="mailto:jlcarey@hotmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">jlcarey@hotmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My name is Brianna DuMont, and I write nonfiction
books for middle graders with a quirky edge. My Changed History series starts
with<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Famous Phonies: Legends, Fakes, and
Frauds Who Changed History</i>. It reveals the underbelly of some of our
favorite legends. Students tend to read only the sanitized, textbook version of
history’s movers and shakers, which does an injustice to the real person behind
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want to roar for libraries after speaking to teachers in my hometown of
Chicago. They told me they didn’t even have a library and that many public
schools don’t either. When I was a kid, it was my escape, my lunchroom when I
didn’t have a friend in my new school, my paradise. For every student to not
have access to a library blows my mind. Where do they go for research papers?
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imagine not having a librarian to turn to when I need to do research or want to
talk about my latest favorite book. The fact that anyone can pick up my book at
a library to read for free is an important first step in getting kids
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research!) I get to connect with students and help them become genuinely
interested in my favorite subject—history. My last school visit was with thirty
awesome 6<sup>th</sup> graders. We got into groups of five, and each group
researched their favorite candidate for who could be the “real” Shakespeare.
Then we debated based on each candidates’ education, background, and written
evidence. Some kids just loved the idea of a man named Bacon (Sir Francis
Bacon, that is), and all of them stuck by their guy (or girl in Queen
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I always loved library visits to my local St. Louis library. It was one of the
only times my parents would allow my brother, sister, and me to wander off alone.
I’m sure it’s because they knew they could always find me in the historical
fiction section surrounded by a pile of books. My dad insisted on reading every
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are indispensable to me as a nonfiction writer. I use both the Loyola
University library and the Chicago Public Library for my research. When
anything new happens for my series, such as being featured in the January issue
of Scholastic, I know my local librarians will be as excited as me to chat all
about it. Going to the library is the perfect de-stressor. I enjoy browsing,
then finding a cozy spot to work for a few hours. It’s great for getting out of
the house as a stay-at-home writer!</span></div>
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books, and I signed and gave them all away. I got to connect with librarians,
bloggers, teachers, and book clubs from across the country. It really opened my
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Janet Lee Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097883379365834554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796938815792047445.post-41275946913666695342015-01-14T13:59:00.001-08:002015-01-15T09:53:25.748-08:00SAVE MERCER ISLAND LIBRARYWelcome to Library Lions.We interviewed Madeleine Smallwood, a sophomore at Mercer Island High School, for this Special Edition.<br />
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The King County Library System is planning to make changes
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They want to move the small meeting room away from the teen
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meetings, so it makes more sense to leave the small meeting room where it is
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In addition, the bookshelves are arranged parallel to the
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They are taking away the comfy couch that allows a place for
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Also, they are replacing the tables in the teen area that
are beside the windows, where groups working together have natural light, with
a long shelf for computers. But this means that teens using computers would
look at screens facing the windows, which makes it harder to see the screens
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At this point, KCLS estimates an 8 month closure. However,
this seriously affects students, high school students in particular, who use
the library every day. The library is within walking distance from Mercer
Island High School, giving students a safe place to go and study after school
or sports. Also the school library is only open for an hour after school and
rarely provides the needed materials for schoolwork, since it is a small school
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Take a look at our 5 minute video, SAVE MERCER ISLAND
LIBRARY: A THREATENED SMALL TOWN LIBRARY</div>
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<i> <br />Mercer Island High
School sophomore Madeleine Smallwood addresses the King County Library System
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thank you, Madeleine for your commitment to Mercer Island Library. We'll be mailing you a signed copy of Janet Lee Carey's newest teen fantasy <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Time-Dragon-Moon-Janet-Carey/dp/0803738102#">IN THE TIME OF DRAGON MOON</a>, due out March 24th, to show our gratitude. </span></div>
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Janet Lee Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097883379365834554noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796938815792047445.post-39341638970145596642015-01-03T14:09:00.000-08:002015-01-03T14:23:52.163-08:00PAWS TO READ ROARS!<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Welcome to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Library
Lions</b> interviews Raising a Roar for libraries and the outstanding
librarians serving youth in schools and public libraries across the U.S. Please
Roar today’s guest, Lin Look! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong>Tell us a bit about yourself, Lin:</strong><br />I am the Youth Services Librarian at the Orinda
Library, part of the Contra Costa County Library System in the Bay Area of
California. I’ve been in that position since 2000, and helped move into the
then-new building in 2001. I started the Toddler storytime program and the
first continuing <strong><a href="http://www.cla-net.org/?684">Paws to Read</a></strong> program </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">in the county.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Skinny: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What do you love most about your
work?</i></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <br />
Helping people find the right information, whether it is a travel book to
Malaysia, a picture book featuring trucks AND dinosaurs or when the next Dork
Diaries is scheduled to come out.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Mighty Roar! <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In your own words tell us
why libraries are so important.</i></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <br />
Print books will always be important to my generation; but I think libraries
are discovering many other ways of connecting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I work in an affluent community where most people have a computer at
home (not to mention several smartphones and an iPad), but we still have people
at our public workstations every day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>People also sit at our tables with their tablets and laptops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The library is a quiet space (for the most
part), but also a community space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our
window seats are tremendously popular.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A
Lion’s Pride of Programs:<u><br />
</u></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My
Paws to Read program, started with Ginger Wadsworth, combines my favorite
things: reading and pets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In it, kids
practice their reading with therapy dogs that have passed certification
programs, proving there are both temperamentally stable and extremely
people-friendly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Because the dogs just enjoy being with the children
and don’t care if<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>they are reading at
grade level, it can be less stressful for the kids than reading out loud in
class or in front of their parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many
of the kids don’t have trouble reading but just enjoy hanging out with the
dogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Some can’t have dogs at home, some are allergic but
Paws gives them indulge in furry love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My dream would be to have a Paws to Read cat. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But therapy cats are harder to find than therapy
dogs.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Readers
Roar: (Let’s hear from the kids!) <br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I like to read by the window” (we have window
seats, and a toddler area with steps and big windows)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Orinda Library Rocks! Thank you!” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thanks again for the terrific interview, Lin!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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working in a school or public library we’d love to hear about you and your
library. Contact Janet at </span><a href="mailto:jlcarey@hotmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">jlcarey@hotmail.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
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Janet Lee Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097883379365834554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796938815792047445.post-90834742103108962202014-12-10T15:28:00.000-08:002014-12-10T15:34:14.445-08:00HOPE THROUGH STORIES<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Welcome to Library Lions
special edition <span style="color: red;">Hope Through Stories</span>. Authors and Readers sending Hope to
children and teens through books and donations to </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.ferguson.lib.mo.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><strong>Ferguson
Library</strong></span></a>. </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <a href="http://www.joellecharbonneau.com/about-joelle/">Joelle Charbonneau</a> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Gave us permission to repost her Roar for </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.ferguson.lib.mo.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Ferguson Library</span></a> and
the pivotal role it’s playing reaching out to children and teens in Ferguson
MO. (original post <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.joellecharbonneau.com/hope-through-stories/">here</a></b>)<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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students of Ferguson, MO</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
terrible events in Ferguson, MO have rocked the community and the nation. The
outrage, sense of betrayal and hopelessness are obvious in every photograph,
interview and social media message. I don’t know what will happen next,
but I am certain it will linger long into the future. <br />
As a parent and a young adult author, I can’t help but think of the youngest
members of the Ferguson community. I worry that they will see the
hopelessness and unrest around them and turn their back on the possibility of a
better future. I worry that they will believe they don’t matter. I
am terrified they will lose hope. They need to be reminded that they are
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fellow
authors – I ask you to join with me in sending hope to Ferguson through signed
books. The <a href="http://www.ferguson.lib.mo.us/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Ferguson
Library</span></a> is doing amazing work to help the young people in their community.
An <a href="http://magpielibrarian.wordpress.com/2014/09/03/an-interview-with-scott-bonner-ferguson-librarian/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">interview</span></a> with director Scott Bonner gives a glimpse into
their efforts. We can help them do more. We all know that sometimes
it takes just the right story to make the difference. Let’s send them as many
as we can so each child can find the one that speaks to them. </span></div>
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to the list of authors on this page. Let’s show the students of Ferguson that
there is hope in each and every story. They still have their story to write.</span></div>
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c/o Scott Bonner<br />
Ferguson Municipal Public Library<br />
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LIBRARY</span><span style="color: #4f81bd;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Hope Through Stories Authors</strong></span></div>
<a href="http://www.joellecharbonneau.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Joelle
Charbonneau</span></a> – author of THE TESTING trilogy<br />
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<a href="http://www.veronicarothbooks.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Veronica Roth</span></a>
- author of the DIVERGENT trilogy<br />
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<a href="http://charlaineharris.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Charlaine Harris</span></a> -
author of the Sookie Sackhouse mysteries<br />
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<a href="http://jayasher.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Jay Asher</span></a> -
author of THIRTEEN REAONS WHY<br />
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<a href="http://www.ellenhopkins.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Ellen Hopkins</span></a> -
author of RUMBLE<br />
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<a href="http://www.calexanderlondon.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Alex London</span></a> –
author of PROXY<br />
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<a href="http://stephaniekuehn.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Stephanie Keuhn</span></a>
-author of CHARM and STRANGE<br />
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<a href="http://www.tess-sharpe.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Tess Sharpe </span></a>–
author of FAR FROM YOU<br />
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<a href="http://sarahfinebooks.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Sarah Fine</span></a> – author
of GUARDS OF SHADOWLANDS trilogy<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.elizabethwein.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Elizabeth Wein</span></a> -
author of CODE NAME VERITY<br />
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<a href="http://www.stephaniediazbooks.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Stephanie Diaz</span></a>
- author of EXTRACTION<br />
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<a href="http://www.helenedunbar.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Helene Dunbar</span></a> -
author of THESE GENTLE WOUNDS<br />
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<a href="http://about.me/debraschubert" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Debra Lynn Shelton</span></a>
– author of THE SECRET KEEPER<br />
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<a href="http://lindarodriguezwrites.blogspot.com/p/home.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Linda Rodriguez</span></a> – author of the SKEET BANNION Mysteries<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.melissacwalker.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Melissa Walker</span></a> -
author of ASHES TO ASHES<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.ellenbooraem.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Ellen Booraem</span></a> -
author of TEXTING THE UNDERWORLD<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.crissajeanchappell.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Crissa-Jean
Chappell</span></a> - author of MORE THAN GOOD ENOUGH<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.samanthavamos.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Samantha
Vamos</span></span></a> - author of ALPHABET TRUCKS<br />
<br />
<a href="http://dahliaadler.com/welcome" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Dahlia
Adler</span></span></a> - author of BEHIND THE SCENES<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.kim-baccellia.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Kim
Baccellia</span></span></a> - author of CROSSED OUT<br />
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<a href="http://www.joellecharbonneau.com/hope-through-stories/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Wendy Wunder</span></span></a> - author of THE
MUSEUM OF INTANGIBLE THINGS<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.toddhasaklowy.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Todd
Hasak-Lowy</span></span></a> - author of 33 MINUTES<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/cr-108701/miriam-busch" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Miriam
Busch</span></span></a> - author of LION LION<br />
<br />
<a href="http://juliakarr.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Julia Karr</span></span></a> -
author of TRUTH<br />
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<a href="http://www.catherineryanhyde.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Catherine
Ryan Hyde</span></span></a> - author of PAY IT FORWARD<br />
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<a href="http://patriciamccowan.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Patricia McCowan</span></span></a>
- author of HONEYCOMB<br />
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<a href="http://www.shannonleealexander.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Shannon
Lee Alexander</span></span></a> - author of LOVE AND OTHER UNKNOWN VARIABLES<br />
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<a href="http://www.anneschoberfwt.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Anne
Schober</span></span></a> - author of HEART PRINTS<br />
<br />
<a href="http://lawrencetabak.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Lawrence Tabak</span></span></a>
- author of IN REAL LIFE<br />
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<a href="http://www.liviablackburne.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Livia
Blackburne</span></span></a> - author of MIDNIGHT THIEF<br />
<br />
<a href="http://amyreedfiction.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Amy Reed</span></span></a> -
author of DAMAGED<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.nicolemaggi.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Nicole Maggi</span></span></a>
- author of WINTER FALLS<br />
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<a href="http://elissasussman.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Elissa Sussman</span></span></a>
- author of STRAY<br />
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<a href="http://www.dianarennbooks.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Diana
Renn</span></span></a> - author of LATITUDE ZERO<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.joellecharbonneau.com/hope-through-stories/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Melissa Kantor</span></span></a> - author of
MAYBE ONE DAY **<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.robynschneider.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Robyn
Schneider</span></span></a> - author of THE BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING **<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.jackiemorsekessler.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Jackie
Morse Kessler</span></span></a> - author of LOSS **<br />
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<a href="http://www.tmgoeglein.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">T M Geoglein</span></span></a>
- author of COLD FURY trilogy **<br />
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<a href="http://www.meganmiranda.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Megan
Miranda</span></span></a> - author of HYSTERIA **<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.authorelainewolf.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Elaine
Wolf</span></span></a> - author of CAMP **<br />
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<a href="http://www.kmwalton.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">K.M. Walton</span></span></a>
- author of CRACKED **<br />
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** books with asterisks donated by an amazing literary publicist - <a href="http://about.me/amydelrosso" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Amy Del Rosso</span></span></a><br />
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<a href="http://paulanthonyshortt.blogspot.ie/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Paul
Anthony Shortt</span></span></a> - author of THE MEMORY WARS trilogy<br />
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<a href="http://martinaboone.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Martina A. Boone</span></span></a>
- author of COMPULSION<br />
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<a href="http://www.stringerville.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Jay
Stringer</span></span></a> - author of The EOIN MILLER trilogy<br />
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<a href="http://www.annettelaing.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Annette
Laing</span></span></a> - author of The SNIPESVILLE CHRONICLES<br />
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<a href="http://scottbly.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Scott Bly</span></span></a> -
author of SMASHER<br />
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<a href="http://www.kathrynburak.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Kathryn
Burak</span></span></a> - author of EMILY'S DRESS<br />
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<a href="http://lisamcmann.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Lisa McMann</span></span></a>
- author of the UNWANTED series<br />
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<a href="http://www.sharonmentyka.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Sharon
Mentyka</span></span></a> - author of B IN THE WORLD<br />
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<a href="http://www.thomaspluck.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Thomas
Pluck</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 8.5pt;"> </span>– author of BLADE OF
DISHONOR<br />
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<a href="http://www.seanbeaudoin.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Sean
Beaudoin</span></span></a> - author of WISE YOUNG FOOLS<br />
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<a href="http://www.gregpincus.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Greg Pincus</span></span></a>
- author of THE 14 FIBS OF GREGORY K.<br />
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<a href="http://www.davidphaight.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">David
P. Haight</span></span></a> - author of ME AND MRS. JONES<br />
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<a href="http://tanitasdavis.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Tanita S. David</span></span></a>
- author of A LA CARTE<br />
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<a href="http://gabrieladenisefrank.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Gabriela
Denise Frank</span></span></a> - author of CIVITAVERITAS - AN ITALIAN FELLOWSHIP
JOURNEY<br />
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<a href="http://www.suewhitmer.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Sue Whitmer</span></span></a>
- author of COLLECTING DREAMS<br />
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<a href="http://http/www.habbenink.com/102683/4844035/pigment/its-never-too-late-to-be-nice-childrens-book"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">David
Habben</span></span></a> - illustrator of IT's NEVER TO LATE TO BE NICE<br />
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<a href="http://www.crucialskills.com/author/kerry-patterson/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Kerry Paterson</span></span></a> - author of
IT'S NEVER TO LATE TO BE NICE<br />
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<a href="http://www.susannastratford.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Susanna
Stratford</span></span></a> - author of MAMA YOGA<br />
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<a href="http://www.gregstolze.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Greg Stolze</span></span></a>
- author of SINNER<br />
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<a href="http://katebassettbooks.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Kate
Bassett</span></span></a> - author of WORDS AND THEIR MEANINGS<br />
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<a href="http://adambertocci.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Adam Bertocci</span></span></a>
- author of TWO GENTLEMEN OF LEBOWSKI<br />
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<a href="http://www.agodon.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Kelli Russell Agodon</span></span></a>
- author of HOURGLASS MUSEUM<br />
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<a href="http://www.carriejonesbooks.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Carrie
Jones</span></span></a> - author of the NEED Series<br />
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<a href="http://www.authormaryting.com/#%21mary-bio/c66t" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Mary
Ting</span></span></a> - author of The CROSSROADS SAGA<br />
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<a href="http://www.pattyblount.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Patt Blount</span></span></a>
- author of SOME BOYS<br />
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<a href="http://www.jodycasella.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Jody Casella</span></span></a>
- author of THIN SPACE<br />
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<a href="http://www.marissaburt.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Marissa Burt</span></span></a>
- author of STORYBOUND<br />
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<a href="http://www.bethfehlbaumbooks.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Beth
Fehlbaum</span></span></a> - author of BIG FAT DISASTER<br />
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<a href="http://www.rachelcaine.com/"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Rachel Caine</span></span></a>
- author of MORGANVILLE VAMPRIES<br />
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<a href="http://www.alexandra-duncan.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Alexandra
Duncan</span></span></a> - author of SALVAGE<br />
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<a href="http://www.bethanyhegedus.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Bethany
Hegedus</span></span></a> - author of GRANDFATHER GANDHI<br />
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<a href="http://www.maurenegoo.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Maurene Goo</span></span></a>
- author of SINCE YOU ASKED<br />
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<a href="http://www.joellecharbonneau.com/hope-through-stories/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Andrew Smith</span></span></a> - author of THE
MARBURY LENS **<br />
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<a href="http://www.robinbenway.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Robin Benway</span></span></a>
- author of ALSO KNOWN AS **<br />
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<a href="http://www.yelenablackbooks.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Yelena
Black</span></span></a> - author of DANCE OF SHADOWS **<br />
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<a href="http://katiecotugno.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Katie Cotugno</span></span></a>
- author of HOW TO LOVE **<br />
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Sandra McLeod Humphrey - author of HOT ISSUES COOL CHOICES **<br />
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Roni O'Connell - author of FLOAT **<br />
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<a href="http://annmariefrohoff.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Ann Marie Frohoff</span></span></a>
- Author of FEVER PITCH **<br />
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<a href="http://www.jacquelinewest.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Jacqueline
Wes</span></span></a><a href="http://www.joellecharbonneau.com/hope-through-stories/"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">t</span></span></a>
- author of THE BOOKS OF ELSEWHERE<br />
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<a href="http://www.kmwalton.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Kate Walton</span></span></a>
- author of CRACKED AND EMPTY<br />
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<a href="http://www.kimbakerbooks.com/KCB/Home.html" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Kim
Baker</span></span></a> - author of PICKLE<br />
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<a href="http://www.joynhensley.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Joy N. Hensley</span></span></a>
- author of RITES OF PASSAGE<br />
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<a href="http://www.sarahnoffke.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Sarah Noffke</span></span></a>
- author of the LUCIDITES series<br />
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<a href="http://juliemurphywrites.com/books/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Julie
Murphy</span></span></a> - author of SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY<br />
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<a href="http://schrisshirley.com/Home.html" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">S.
Chris Shirley</span></span></a> - author of PLAYING BY THE BOOK<br />
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<a href="http://www.ericasilverman.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Erica
Silverman</span></span></a> - author of COWGIRL KATE<br />
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<a href="http://sydney%20m.%20cooper/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Sydney
M. Cooper</span></span></a> - author of THE FORSAKEN LANDS series<br />
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<a href="http://www.mindyhardwick.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Mindy
Hardwick</span></span></a> - author of WEAVING MAGIC<br />
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<a href="http://www.keenreaders.org/david-patneaude" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">David
Patneaude</span></span></a> - author of SOMEONE WAS WATCHING<br />
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<a href="http://www.timshoemakersmashedtomatoes.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Tim
Shoemaker</span></span></a> - author of CODE OF SILENCE series<br />
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<a href="http://penpalnovel.virb.com/remarkable-real-life-pen-pals" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Francesca Forrest</span></span></a> - author of
PEN PAL<br />
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<a href="http://www.bolthy.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Jeremy Zimmerman</span></span></a>
- author of KENSEI<br />
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<a href="http://www.janetleecarey.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Janet
Lee Carey</span></span></a> - author of DRAGONSWOOD<br />
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<a href="http://www.katherinepryor.com/" target="_blank"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;"><span style="color: blue;">Katherine
Pryor</span></span></a> - author of SYLVIA'S SPINACH <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thank you, Joelle, for this special edition post! And thank you in advance to
all the authors, librarians, and Library Lions readers for sending your goodwill
and support to Ferguson Municipal Public Library giving Hope Through Stories.<br />
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Note to Librarians: If you’re a Youth Librarian
working in a school or public library we’d love to hear about you and your
library. Contact Janet at </span><a href="mailto:jlcarey@hotmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">jlcarey@hotmail.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
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and public libraries across the U.S. Author and librarian aide, <strong><a href="http://www.kayleenr.com/">KayleenReusser</a></strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> is </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">back to roar for her middle school library. Welcome Kayleen. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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had written several non-fiction children’s books when I began my career there.
I had also worked in a college library at the Circulation Desk. Neither job qualified
me to work in a middle school library. I had never purchased a book nor had I
been the go-to person for research or done cataloging. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Through the patience of
students and staff I now can help students not only find books on every subject
in our library, I have purchased hundreds of items that I then added to the
library system through Follett’s easy<br />
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also found it a benefit to write children’s books while working with students. With the 450 students at my school I’ve learned that their favorite types of books are Guinness Books of World Records & Ripley’s Believe It or Not. I’ve also learned that kids like to read scary books.<br />
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teachers have asked me to talk to students about what it means to be an author. I tell them I can’t think of anything better for me than to write books. “Read to Succeed,” I tell them. “You must know how to read to see your dreams come true.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">If I could offer librarians a piece of advice it is to personally read as many children’s books in your collection as possible. I read at least 50 books a year (often on Playaways while walking) to acquaint myself with genres, authors, titles. I don't always read award-winning titles or even new books. I like to read the older ones I remember from my childhood which I missed reading. This includes Nancy Drew and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. They’re still popular in my library and have such appeal. Currently, I’m challenging students to read Newbery books and it’s been a success with dozens of students participating!<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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a student find a book to read and get excited about is one of the<br />
highlights of my days in the library. I try to write books that will<br />
educate, challenge and interest students. What is your goal as a<br />
librarian?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thank
you, Kayleen Reusser for the Library Roar!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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to Librarians: If you’re a Youth Librarian working in a school or public
library we’d love to hear about you and your library. Contact Janet at </span><a href="mailto:jlcarey@hotmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">jlcarey@hotmail.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
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Janet at </span><a href="mailto:jlcarey@hotmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">jlcarey@hotmail.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
for an interview slot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Janet Lee Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097883379365834554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796938815792047445.post-60268660865288106632014-11-03T12:31:00.000-08:002014-11-04T12:30:22.247-08:00DAWN R. ROARS!<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Welcome to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Library
Lions</b> interviews Raising a Roar for libraries and the outstanding librarians
serving youth in schools and public libraries across the U.S. Please Roar
for today’s guest, Dawn Rutherford! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Hi!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m Dawn
Rutherford, the Teen Services Coordinator for Sno-Isle Libraries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We are an awesome library system just a bit
North of Seattle with 22 locations spread over two counties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been working here for seven years, and
before that I worked at King County and also Chicago Public.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My job is to oversee all things teen at a
system-wide level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This includes our
great </span><a href="http://www.sno-isle.org/teens/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;"><strong>teen website</strong></span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">,
events like Teen Read and Teen Tech Months, trainings for staff, spearheading
proposals for shared programming kits and equipment, and generally supporting
my Teen Contacts at each location to do the best they can for serving
teens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year has been an exciting
one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are currently working on a GenYZ
project with the consultant </span><a href="http://www.orangeboyinc.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;"><strong>OrangeBoy
Inc</strong>.</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
to craft better strategies and services for 13-29 year olds. And we just
finalized our brand new Teen Service Purpose Statement which will not only focus and
strengthen our services to teens (which we define as 12-18), but expands it to
better serve tweens (9-12) and young adults (19-20).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Outside of the wonderful work I get to do for
Sno-Isle, I’m also active in <a href="http://www.ala.org/yalsa/">YALSA</a>, and have worn many hats for them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My favorites were co-planning an amazing Get
Graphic @ Your Library graphic novel pre-conference (where I got to meet and
introduce Neil Gaiman), chairing the first Great Graphic Novel for Teens
committee, serving on the Margaret A. Edwards award committee that honored
Francescia Lia Block, and now I’m chairing this year’s Odyssey Award committee.</span><br />
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Skinny: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What do you love most about your
work? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My stock answer used to be “working with the teens”,
but the sad fact is that I’ve reached a point in my career where to best
utilize my experience and abilities to serve teens, I don’t actually get to
interact with them all that often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m
hoping to change this over the next year by implementing a brand new system of
teen councils at our libraries, with representatives that will serve on a
virtual council that works directly with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But even if I don’t get the face time with them much anymore, I love
that I get to constantly work creatively to connect teens with libraries and
all they have to offer…especially books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I served on Spokane Public Library’s Young Adult Advisory Committee
(YAAC) back in the 80s under the late great Christy Tyson, and I still cherish
the connections I was able to make with library staff and other book loving
teens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank goodness for Facebook…not
only do I still connect with some librarians and other YAAC members through
that, but I’m now friends with former teens who were dear to me at previous
jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More than anything I love the
connections I make with individuals: be it teens, library staff, authors,
fellow YALSA members…and if we can share a good book, all the better!<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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Mighty Librarian Roar!<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Human
civilization exists largely in information our species has created and shares
together to make stories of how the world should be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Storing this information externally (outside
our brains) gives us tremendous room for growth and possibility, but it also
sets up potential for loss and disconnection if that information is not
accessible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Libraries have grown beyond
a physical place where information is stored, into a gateway to the world. Library
staff don’t just help you find the right book, but help set you on the journey
to the place you want to be, and the person you are aspiring to become.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And all of this happens because communities
believe individual should have this sort of access and assistance, which to me
is a very hopeful and beautiful thing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I was very fortunate early in my days at Sno-Isle to have made a connection
Shannon Hale before she hit it big, and was asked by her publisher if I could
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I worked extra hard to plan a fun even that would be enjoyable for both
the authors and the audience, because I love both of these author’s work and
wanted to share my excitement with everyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When they showed up, it turned out all three of us were wearing
practically the same outfit…black cardigans, dresses, and black boots.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
had so much fun…I still feel lucky to have gotten to know them before they both
got huge :D<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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probably Book Buddies and last summer’s pilot of the </span><a href="http://www.sno-isle.org/scavenganza/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">Sno-Isle Super Summer
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Book Buddies is a program where teens mentor struggling readers in 2<sup>nd</sup>-4<sup>th</sup> grade over the summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a wonderful
intergenerational program and not only helps kids enjoy reading more and get
comfortable doing it, but it is really great for the teens, too!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Scavengana is a two month long online
scavenger hunt where teams of teens were given missions each day of the summer,
and competed against each other by making videos, writing book reviews, and
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I really hope
to do it again next year, but with some simplifications and tweaks to make it
easier to run and participate in!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
one of the most satisfying projects I’ve worked on in a long time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We left everything up on the </span><a href="http://www.sno-isle.org/scavenganza/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">website</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">,
and here are some </span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/snoisleteens/sets/72157648689808088/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">photo
highlights</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> of the teams entries.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></div>
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Roar: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Let’s hear from the kids!</i> <br /><br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">To me the best indicators of passion for our
libraries are some of the entries for contests our teens have made for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My personal favorite is Emily B.’s submission
from our 2012 art contest (</span><a href="http://www.sno-isle.org/teens/art-contest-winners/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.sno-isle.org/teens/art-contest-winners/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">), a </span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/125405144@N02/14282200068"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: blue;">Harry Potter themed synchronized swim</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> that two sisters made for our Scavenganza
last summer, and </span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/124765558@N04/14557296139"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="color: blue;">this infomercial</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"> by another Scavenganza team, Dragon
Army.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That our fans are willing to create
such wonderful things for our library community is super exciting to me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Andrew K. - Mill Creek: “One thing I really
like about the Sno Isle teen section, on the website at least, is that it feels
like you can contribute to it, i.e. the reviews, which you seem to be the main
moderator for! I also enjoy that there are lists by subject matter added and
edited once in awhile, and when I was first especially looking for new books
before I started using GoodReads, those lists were extremely helpful! I still
check back on them once in awhile if some are updated.”<br />
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Sophie K. - Arlington: "The founders of our nation believed in
self-education-the idea that every single individual ought to learn by reading
books and studying the thoughts and ideas of those who have come before them.
Can you imagine our nation without libraries where you can accomplish this
goal? I know of no better place than a library to explore ideas, rethink your
philosophies, entertain different thoughts, and change your mind. Just one
person can change the world-and just one library can change a person."</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Author!
Author!</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><br />
For me, the perfect author visit is one where the readers are super jazzed and
have all read the book and have tons of questions for the author.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then the author responds to teens with
total respect, humor, and grace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of
my favorites have included the one I mentioned with Shannon Hale and Libba Bray
at the Mountlake Terrace library, when we had Scott Westerfeld at the Edmonds
library, a Skype interview Adam Rex did with the teens of the Mukilteo Library,
and great guest visits at two different Teen-Adult Book groups I’ve co-run with
school libraries:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ben Michaelson at
Tillicum Middle School, and Kendare Blake at Brier-Terrace Middle school.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thanks
again for the terrific interview, Dawn!<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><u>Note to Librarians</u>: If you’re a Youth Librarian
working in a school or public library we’d love to hear about you and your
library. Contact Janet at </span><a href="mailto:jlcarey@hotmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">jlcarey@hotmail.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
for an interview slot. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The calendar for 2015 is currently wide open </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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If you’re </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">interested in Roaring for Libraries on this blog, c</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ontact
Janet at </span><a href="mailto:jlcarey@hotmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">jlcarey@hotmail.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
for an interview slot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Janet Lee Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097883379365834554noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796938815792047445.post-63204449624837326712014-09-21T10:57:00.000-07:002014-09-21T10:59:12.998-07:00ROAR FOR BANNED BOOKS WEEK<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Library
Lions</b> <strong>Roars</strong> for <a href="http://ala%20website/"><strong>BANNED BOOKSWEEK</strong></a><strong> </strong>one of our favorite posts of the year!<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Banned Book Week was started 32 years ago to celebrate
the freedom to read after more and more books were being challenged in
libraries and schools. According to the American Librarian Association, over
11,000 books have been challenged since 1982. Over 200 of them happened in
2013! You can learn more about Banned Book Week on the <a href="http://www.ala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek"><span style="color: blue;">ALA website.</span></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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do a banned book display each year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
favorite displays are the ones I did in 2011 when library patrons wrote about
their favorite banned books and the 2012 display that took up a whole shelving
unit. I love being able to showcase these banned and challenged books. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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lists and pamphlets as well as bookmarks and buttons for library customers to
take home. We’ve had essay contests where readers write about their favorite
challenged or banned books and win copies of banned books. When I visit the
middle schools to talk about books in the fall I often bring along books that
have been challenged from other parts of the country and have the students
guess why they might be banned or challenged.</span><br />
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Banned Books you would like to highlight? <br />
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of my favorite banned and challenged books include <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Persepolis</i></b> by Marjane
Satrapi, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Shine </i></b>and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">TTYL</i></b> by Lauren Myracle, and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">13
Reasons Why</i></b> by Jay Asher. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And my
absolute favorite banned/ challenged book is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Hunger Games</i></b> by Suzanne
Collins. Most teens are amazed to hear that it has been taken out of some
schools and libraries! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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can Library Lions blog readers do for Banned Books Week? <br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Readers
can celebrate their freedom to read by reading one or two banned or challenged
books during Banned Book Week. Bonus points for reading these all year long,
not just in September and for sharing these titles with their friends and
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that you can tweet about the banned books you’re reading. Use the hashtag
#bannedbooksweek. And if you want to do a temporary profile pick change as I
did below, go to this site <a href="http://twb.ly/DCGWGT94"><strong>Support Banned Books Week</strong></a> <span lang="EN" style="color: #292f33; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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LAST BIG ROAR <br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The
best way to support libraries is to use them! Check out books and DVDs and CDs,
use the databases to find information, and attend as many library programs and
events as your schedule allows. By doing these, you are showing us that you
think libraries are important. There are many ways to give back to your
library. Consider becoming a volunteer or join the library board or Friend’s
Group. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Teens can join the library’s Teen
Advisory Board and help make decisions about future library programs and
purchases. <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>You can also donate books to the library for
the Friends of Library Book Sale. The money from these sales supports library
programs and special events! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">About
our Guest Post librarian, Danielle Dreger-Babbitt <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I’ve been a teen librarian
for over 10 years and have worked in libraries in Massachusetts and Washington.
I’ve been an Adult/ Teen Librarian at the Mill Creek Library for over 5 ½
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Association) for the last decade and have served on committees including
Outreach to Teens With Special Needs, The Schneider Family Book Award, and most
recently The Alex Awards, for which I was the 2014 committee chair.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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to read YA and MG fiction and cooking memoirs/ cookbooks. I own two cats and
two badly behaved (but adorable) dogs. I also love to travel and recently
visited Uruguay, Brazil, and Argentina.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Link:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://snoisleteens.tumblr.com/">Sno-Isle Teen Blog</a></b> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thanks again for the terrific Banned Books post, Danielle!</span><br />
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in a school or public library we’d love to hear about you and your library.
Contact Janet at <a href="mailto:jlcarey@hotmail.com"><span style="color: blue;">jlcarey@hotmail.com</span></a>
for an interview slot. The calendar for 2015 is currently wide open </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Libraries on this blog, contact Janet at <a href="mailto:jlcarey@hotmail.com"><span style="color: blue;">jlcarey@hotmail.com</span></a>
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Janet Lee Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097883379365834554noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796938815792047445.post-24890581769247245812014-09-10T12:28:00.000-07:002014-09-10T16:05:08.741-07:00AUTHOR JUSTINA CHEN ROARS FOR LIBRARIES<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today we're thrilled to welcome acclaimed author
<strong><a href="http://justinachen.com/">Justina Chen</a></strong> to Library Lions. Check out her newest book and hear her Roar! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Justina Chen is an award-winning
novelist for young adults whose most recent book, <u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Blind-Spot-Boys-Justina-Chen/dp/0316102539/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0"><span style="color: red;"><em>A Blind Spot for Boys</em></span></a></u>,
is a Booklist Top Romance for Teens. </span><a href="http://justinachen.com/books/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">North
of Beautiful</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> was named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus and Barnes &
Noble. Her other novels include <u><em>Return to Me</em></u>, </span><a href="http://justinachen.com/books/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Girl Overboard</em></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u>,</u> and </span><a href="http://justinachen.com/books/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Nothing but the Truth (and a few white
lies)</em></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>,</em> which won the Asian Pacific American Award for Literature. Additionally,
she co-founded </span><a href="http://www.readergirlz.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">readergirlz</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">,
a literacy and social media project for teens, which won the National Book
Foundation’s Prize for Innovations in Reading. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa
from Stanford University where she was given the Dean’s Award for Service. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When she isn’t reading or
writing, Justina can be found hiking with her daughter (who’d rather be
shopping) or Skyping with her son who now lives in Abu Dhabi.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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add this novel to their shelves.” –VOYA<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shana Wilde has always had a
blind spot for boys. Can she trust the one who’s right in front of her?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shana is
officially on a Boy Moratorium. After a devastating breakup, she decides it’s
time to end the plague of Mr. Wrongs and devote herself to her true passion:
photography.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enter
Quattro, the undeniably intriguing lacrosse player who slams into Shana one
morning in Seattle. Sparks don’t just fly; they ignite—and so does Shana’s
interest. But just as she’s about to rethink her ban on boys, she receives
crushing news: Her dad is going blind.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shana
and her parents vow to make the most of the time her father has left to see, so
they plan a photo safari to Machu Picchu. But even as Shana travels away from
Quattro, she can’t get him out of her mind.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love and
loss, humor and heartbreak collide in this new novel from acclaimed author
Justina Chen (<em>North of Beautiful</em>). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">About writing the book</b><br />Of all
my novels, <em>A Blind Spot for Boys</em> was the most fun to write. Machu Picchu, a
bedbug sniffing dog, a girl who puts herself on a Boy Moratorium? Those were
such fun elements and balanced some of the more serious themes in the book.
Seeing your blind spots clearly—the blind spots we have for our mistakes
(especially the ones we keep making over and over and over again). The blind
spots we have for people. The blind spots we have for our past. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Teachers and Librarians check
out the free </span><a href="http://media.hdp.hbgusa.com/titles/assets/reading_group_guide/9780316102537/EG_9780316102537.pdf"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Educator’s Guide</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Library Love When You Were a Cub</b><br />My
second home when I was growing up was the Cupertino Public Library. I would
spend hours and hours in the library, browsing books first in their children’s
section when I was in elementary school, then in the adult section as I grew up
to be a teen. The few YA books at that time were housed in slender rounders on
the second floor that I would check every visit in hopes that a new book had
been written for girls my age. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This
deeply ingrained memory of wanting stories that reflected me propelled one of
the literacy projects readergirlz spearheaded, </span><a href="http://www.readergirlz.com/tbd.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Operation Teen Book Drop</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Operation TBD)For a number of years, we partnered with </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/yalsa/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Young Adult Library ServicesAssociation</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(YALSA), publishers, Children’s Hospitals and
libraries to get 30,000 YA novels into the hands of teens around the country. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">More Library Love</b><br />Celebrating
librarians and teachers who work so hard to match books to teens drove Janet
Lee Carey, Dia Calhoun, Lorie Ann Grover, and I to create readergirlz.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Readergirlz
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same mission to nurture librarians has led me to commit to create small happy
hour gatherings</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for librarians and teachers so we could celebrate the launch of
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Blind Spot for Boys</i> together with
Lorie Ann Grover’s new novel, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hit-Lorie-Ann-Grover/dp/0310729505/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0">Hit</a></i>.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’d like
to give a personal shout out to Michelle Lane for organizing a fantastic
Northwest book festival. Through </span><a href="http://www.cavalcadeofauthors.org/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Cavalcade of Authors</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> thousands of teens have been able to
meet with their favorite authors because of her, her vision, and her team of
literacy-minded volunteers.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are
so blessed in the greater Seattle area to have truly great librarians who are
providing amazing thought leadership on what it means to be a library and
provide youth services. Their programming is cutting-edge and
community-building. So a special shout out to Jackie Parker Robinson, Rachel McDonald
and Darcy Brixey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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greatest joys as an author are my visits to middle and high schools where I get
to spend time with remarkable students, teachers, and librarians. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With Hanna
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of
the most memorable visits was to Charlotte Country Day School in North
Carolina. Megan Fink is a truly wonderful librarian who worked with media
specialists to sponsor a multicultural day where I had the privilege of being
the keynote speaker. The school district bused in a couple of hundred of
students to Charlotte Country Day so they could hear me. On display outside the
auditorium was a student’s senior art project: a pair of wings crafted from
maps and inspired by my novel, <em>North of Beautiful</em>. I was beyond touched that my
words could catalyze a young woman to create art</span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let’s link<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<a href="http://justinachen.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JustinaChen.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Facebook:
</span><a href="http://facebook.com/AuthorJustinaChen"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">facebook.com/AuthorJustinaChen</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Twitter:
@JustinaYChen <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank
you Justina for sharing your books and your Library Love with us!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love
Libraries? Give a Roar in “Comments” below.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Note to
Librarians: If you’re a Youth Librarian working in a school or public library
we’d love to hear about you and your library. Contact Janet at </span><a href="mailto:jlcarey@hotmail.com"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">jlcarey@hotmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for an interview
slot. The calendar for 2015 is currently wide open <span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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If you’re interested in Roaring for Libraries on this blog, contact Janet at </span><a href="mailto:jlcarey@hotmail.com"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">jlcarey@hotmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for an interview
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Janet Lee Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097883379365834554noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796938815792047445.post-78515578495194258382014-08-02T15:35:00.000-07:002014-08-02T15:35:52.607-07:00KAYLEEN REUSSER ROARS FOR LIBRARIES
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Welcome to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Library
Lions</b> interviews. Author and Librarian <a href="http://www.kayleenr.com/"><strong>Kayleen Reusser</strong></a><strong> </strong>has </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">stopped by this month to share her children’s books and her Library Love
with us. Take it away Kayleen! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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11 non-fiction children’s books with traditional publishers (Mitchell Lane and
Purple Toad Publishing). </span></div>
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Library Lions again in the future to share about my work at the Bluffton Middle
School library. I love to help students find books to love!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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In an effort to encourage students to get excited about reading I’ve put snakes
on my head to the mortification of my 3 adult children! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Many students like
Greek mythology because of Rick Riordan’s <strong>The Lightning Thief</strong>. I capitalized on
that concept and sewed rubber snakes to a ball cap, donned a long, flowing gown
and presented myself as Medusa! I didn't write about her, but she was the only
one – and the weirdest one!) – I could think of to capture their attention!
This type of program works especially well with Grades 1-3. Grade 4 students
seem to think it’s hokey but they listened well as I spoke. I’ve presented it
to nearly a dozen schools, hoping students will realize how fun reading can be!
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Check <strong><a href="http://kayreusser.wordpress.com/speaking/">here</a> </strong>for more about school visits and speaking appearances<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span></div>
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Love When You Were a Cub</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
Growing up, I went to the library every week and checked out 3-5 books which I
couldn't wait to read. My mother was a teacher and she taught us to appreciate
books. I read every chance I got even upside down in a chair! (Don't ask me
why—I don't know!) That habit of visiting libraries and valuing their content
is still with me today!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Library Love (An Author’s View)<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Even
though much research material is available online, I still use library
materials when writing a book. This was especially true when I was researching
my 3 Greek gods books – <strong>Hades, Hephaestus, Hermes</strong>—I had to use original
sources—Iliad, etc. They were available as classic sources from Google Books,
but I checked out all of these from the library and had to cite them. Heavy
books!<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Funding
for libraries, especially school libraries, is currently under threat. As an
author, what are your thoughts about that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When book funds are decreased, it’s easy to
complain. It happened to me so I know. I tried to re-arrange books differently
so it might look to students like we had ‘new books’. This worked out well as I
created new collections of mysteries, biographies, etc. Creativity is our best
weapon!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Roar For Fellow Librarians</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
Melissa Thompson is the elementary school librarian at Bluffton Elementary
School, the one elementary school in my corporation (we have one elementary,
middle, high school). I was surprised when she showed me the display she had
made of my books at her school! After I spoke to that school’s students, so
many asked her for my books that she decided to put them together on a book
shelf. Today, BES students recognize me in the community and ask me about my
books. I appreciate Melissa’s support!</span></div>
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Lion’s Roar: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ONE LAST BIG ROAR <br />
It is fun to mesh my talents as an author with my job as a school librarian. It
seems like a losing battle competing against technology. My biggest challenge
is convincing students video games will never help them achieve goals in life.
They need to READ to SUCCEED! (Medusa’s tag line)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Blog: <a href="http://www.kayleenr.com/">http://www.KayleenR.com</a> <o:p></o:p></div>
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Website: <a href="http://www.kayleenr.com/">http://www.KayleenR.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Note to Librarians: If you’re a Youth Librarian
working in a school or public library we’d love to hear about you and your
library. Contact Janet at </span><a href="mailto:jlcarey@hotmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">jlcarey@hotmail.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
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Janet Lee Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097883379365834554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796938815792047445.post-84258704076151109972014-07-01T11:00:00.000-07:002014-07-01T11:31:43.632-07:00AUTHOR, GINGER WADSWORTH ROARS FOR LIBRARIES<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Happy July! Author <a href="http://www.gingerwadsworth.com/"><strong>Ginger Wadsworth</strong></a><strong> </strong>has agreed to swing by to<strong> </strong></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">share her books and her Library Love with us here on Library Lions. Take it away Ginger. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hello! My name is Ginger Wadsworth, and my newest book
is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><strong>Yosemite’s Songster: One Coyote’s
Story</strong></i>, illustrated by Dan San Souci and published by the Yosemite
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Writers of America. Dan and I are teaming up for the second title in the
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author, I am a </span><span style="color: #131313; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">sister, wife, mother, grandmother, cousin, aunt, and a
friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My favorite things to do: read,
walk, body surf, enjoy nature, garden with California native plants, bird
watch, go to the library, travel, hang out with family and friends, collect
information, cook, and did I mention I like to read?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I live in Northern California with my
husband, Bill, our three dogs (Oreo, Scout and Willa), our chickens (Egg-O-Land
Farm), and rooms full of books . . . too many to count!</span></div>
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I remember walking along the low brick wall edging the building, up the steps,
and inside to the children’s room on the left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Tall stacks invited me to search for the perfect titles, usually about
horses or dogs. We always lugged home armfuls of books. Every night, my father
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door, I scurried beneath my 4-poster bed with my flashlight, pillow, and a book
to read. And I wonder why I’ve been wearing glasses since the fourth grade. </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Library Love</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />I write nonfiction for young readers, so I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">always</i> begin my research at my local
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Google is great, but there is nothing better than
perusing a real book. I usually start by reading the back matter, where a
treasure trove of information waits . . . where/how the author did research,
the individuals that he/she contacted, and a bibliography of titles for further
reading. I’ve traveled around the United States to do research in libraries in
Yosemite National Park, the Beinecke Library at Yale University, the Bancroft Library
at the University of California/Berkeley, Herbert Hoover’s Presidential
Library, and many more. Each spot is different, and I feel so lucky to “work”
in one of these amazing edifices.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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for libraries, especially school libraries, is currently under threat. As an
author, what are your thoughts about that? <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<span style="color: #131313; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">“When I read about the way in which
library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that the door is closing
and that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.” ― </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16667.Isaac_Asimov"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Isaac Asimov</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This quote pretty sums up my feelings!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only way I know how to help is to suggest
that you join your local Friends of the Library group. I did, and now I’m
actually a board member. There is a smorgasbord of ways to volunteer from
sorting donating books to working at a monthly Friends book sale. I’ve written
the Friend’s newsletter and found speakers for various programs. For the past
twenty years, I’ve also run and helped judge our Friend’s creative writing
contest for local high school students. I currently participate in the <strong><a href="http://www.ireadprogram.org/">Paws toRead</a></strong> program. Along the way I’ve met some totally dedicated library folks and our universal
goal is to serve our library, i.e. our readers and our community, and to make
sure the building is open, staff is in place, and a plethora of books, etc. is
ready!<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Lion’s Pride of Programs</strong></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />With Lin Look from the Orinda (California) Library,
I helped start the first Paws to Read in our county. Now there are programs in
many other local libraries. Elementary schools are also initiating similar
afterschool reading sessions. Children in grades K-5 sign up to read out loud
to a trained therapy dog. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Children get to practice their reading and hang out
with a dog. It’s a win-win situation for everyone, and it’s actually part of a
national program called R.E.A.D.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With my
golden retriever, Willa, I have been doing this for eight years. We visit three
public libraries and two afterschool programs. Willa can’t wait to prance into
the library in her yellow vest that denotes that she is working. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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rescue foundation. I hand out Willa’s business card to each reader. Many children
have read to her; she even has her own little fan club!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My goal as a writer is to put books—any good books—in
the hands of children. And to have them be able to read!! What could be more
perfect than at the library with a trained, gentle therapy dog lounging beside a
young reader!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="color: #131313; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">“Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading,
to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">― </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3503.Maya_Angelou"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Maya Angelou</span></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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I’m going to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ROAR</b> for Lin Look,
Youth Services at Orinda Library, part of the Contra Costa County, California
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elementary schools, helping her introduce the countywide, summer reading
program and prizes our many libraries are offering young readers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won’t go into all the details of what she
does, but as you can probably imagine, she wears multiple hats as she works
with toddlers on up!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to cross that threshold, that magic threshold into a library, we change their
lives forever, for the better." Barack Obama (Keynote Address, ALA
Conference, 2005).</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">"A good library will never be
too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off
the shelves and staying up late reading them." - Lemony Snicket</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love this quote in so many ways because this
describes how I feel about my community library AND about my library in my
home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or should I say my home, which is
actually a library.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You get the picture
. . . books everywhere!! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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working in a school or public library we’d love to hear about you and your
library. Contact Janet at </span><a href="mailto:jlcarey@hotmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">jlcarey@hotmail.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
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Janet Lee Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097883379365834554noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796938815792047445.post-56978965679956518622014-05-28T10:48:00.000-07:002014-05-28T10:51:52.781-07:00AUTHOR AIMEE REID SHARES LIBRARY LOVE<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Welcome to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Library
Lions</b> interviews. Author <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.aimeereidbooks.com/">Aimee Reid</a></b> is
stopping by LL this month to share her <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>books and her
Library Love. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Aimee is a mom, children's author, former teacher,
avid reader, and library lover. Her book, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mama's Day with Little Gray</i></b> is
published by Random House Children's Books. Aimee's next book, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Welcome
to the World</i></b>, will release from the Nancy Paulsen imprint of Penguin
Random House. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Love When I was a Cub</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thanks to the wonderful Beginners Books series from
Random House and regular storytimes at home, I was reading when I entered
Kindergarten. My teacher discovered this about me when she noticed me squatting
by the classroom shelves, turning pages and moving my lips. She asked me to
read the books to her, which I did. At first, she thought I had memorized them.
Gradually, she realized that I had read all of the books in our classroom
library. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My teacher called home and arranged to take me to
the bigger school library so that I could pick out more books to read. Wow! I
clearly remember looking up, up, up at the tall shelves filled with books of
every size and description. "How many books can I take out?" I shyly
asked. "As many as you like, dear," was the answer. I'll always be
grateful to that teacher for noticing my appetite for books and feeding it.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Library Love <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">From the moment my first book sold, I knew that I
wanted to have my book launch in a library. I wanted to throw a party to which
everyone was welcome. I wanted to celebrate all that is good about connecting
children with books. And my wonderful local library system said yes! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We had a wonderful time! Friends new and old enjoyed
music from a local children's musician. We read and made crafts and sang and
rejoiced. So many people came to enjoy the fun that we couldn't all fit in the
room at once! No matter— we ran two programs so everyone could be included.
This spirit of offering welcome to all is a key reason why I love
libraries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Libraries are equalizers. As a former teacher, I
have at times been keenly aware of the disparity between the high level of
resources--computers, books, and enrichment opportunities--available to some
students from their homes versus the restricted supports available to others. I
was proud to be a part of a public education system that offered learning for
all regardless of socio-economic status. I can tell you this: books and access
to knowledge are essential. We need to make certain that all students can readily
find the resources they need to thrive. What better way to do this than to keep
school libraries healthy and pay librarians to be the expert guides our
children need? I am proud to roar out my support for libraries. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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enjoyed taking my children to story times when they were younger. Now that I am
a children's author, I love visiting libraries. My visits are highly
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like elephants and chanted elephant poems. We got creative with elephant crafts
and tried on elephant tattoos. The children (and the adults) loved meeting Mama
Gray and Little Gray in the form of my wonderful Folkmanis puppets. Finally, we
read my story together. What a rich time of connecting to story and to one
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Janet Lee Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097883379365834554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796938815792047445.post-32218553972089608252014-04-15T17:12:00.000-07:002014-04-15T17:12:14.639-07:00MAUREEN MCQUERRY LIBRARY LOVEWelcome to Library Lions interviews. Author <a href="http://www.maureenmcquerry.com/">Maureen McQuerry</a> has stopped by to share her newest book and her Library Love. Take it away Maureen!<br />
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I write YA and MG novels that have a mythical bent. If someone were to ask me what my books have in common, I might say this: they end up wandering into the mythic woods. Even though the times and settings and premises are very different, there’s always a touch of magical realism
For many years I taught high and middle school and worked closely with librarians who spend their days championing reading. And I’ve discovered that there’s a library in each of my books! I didn’t plan that out and it took a reader to point it out to me! <br />
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The Peculiars features Mr. Beasley’s amazing library in Zephyr house based on the real library of <strong><a href="http://www.openculture.com/2010/05/the_walker_library_of_human_imagination.html%20">J.S. Walker</a></strong> <br />
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In <strong>Beyond the Door</strong>, one of the main characters Julian, is a mild mannered librarian by day but something quite different in another guise (no spoilers here!) My current WIP progress features the awesome Seattle library as the future headquarters for the Intelligence community. Libraries must run very deep in my subconscious.<br />
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<strong>Library Love When You Were a Cub</strong>
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Libraries were places of refuge for me. I loved the smell when I walked in the door. I loved the quiet. I loved the fact that I could leave with an armload of books and live in different places through different characters until my books were overdue. And they always were. But there was one special librarian who always greeted me with a smile and waived the fee. He loved to talk to me about what I was reading.
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The librarians I know and visit with today work hard to spread the love of reading to all students. One of my favorite author events is Cavalcade of Authors. Librarian Michelle Lane organizes an event that allows 1,000 students to spend the day with 16 authors and attend outstanding workshops. <br />
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<strong>A Lion’s Pride of Programs</strong> <br />
I visit schools where libraries are the heart of the school, place students go to connect with books and with each other, to talk about ideas, and explore subjects that interest them. Reduced funding for libraries means limiting students’ chances to imagine, explore, learn and connect. <br />
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Recently I asked several groups of middle school students how they choose the next book they want to read. The most common answer? My librarian. <br />
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School librarians know the latest titles but more importantly, they know their students and can make recommendations on based on a student’s interest. Often school librarians are the ones who alert teachers about my books and invite me to come and share.
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Students are my favorite audience. They ask the best questions. One of my favorite activities with students is taking an idea and then extending it by asking what if just like authors do. I offer workshops on creating conflict and tension, and story structure and character arcs.
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<strong>Hooray for ALA!</strong> <br />
ALA 2013 in Anaheim was a chance to meet hundreds of librarians face to face, sign books and thanks them for what they do for authors, teachers and students.
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Website: <a href="http://www.maureenmcquerry.com/">www.maureenmcquerry.com</a> <br />
Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/maureen.mcquerry">https://www.facebook.com/maureen.mcquerry</a>
Twitter:@maureenmcquerry
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Thank you, Maureen, for your terrific interview!
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Janet Lee Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097883379365834554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796938815792047445.post-68538586656654702562014-03-29T17:00:00.001-07:002014-03-29T17:00:54.346-07:00SCHOOL LIBRARIANS SHINE!<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Welcome to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Library
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am one of three librarians at The Overlake School in Redmond, Washington. We
are a 5th-12<sup>th</sup> grade coed independent school and all 520 students
share the library, which has 20,000 print volumes, 1,300 eBooks, 40 databases, 17
camcorders and still cameras, 75 print magazines, and 56 computers. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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use LibGuides software to organize the Library website. The library is heavily
used all day long; we average 472 student visits a day, and frequently we have
upwards of 100 students using our space at one time!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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focus mainly on the middle school and have a 6<sup>th</sup> grade homeroom.
Except for an eight-session orientation class for the 5<sup>th</sup> grade,
academic classes are flexibly scheduled. We work closely with teachers and
students on research assignments, putting together collections of print and
electronic resources for projects and teaching research skills. We are also particularly
proud of introducing NoodleTools citation software across all grades. In
addition, we run a vibrant extracurricular middle school program, with a large
fiction section, booktalks, contests, clubs, and a literary magazine. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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love working with the students, whether it be helping them find resources for a
project, helping them choose a great book to read, or laughing at their entry
in the annual Bad Writing Contest. I love surrounding them with an atmosphere
of learning and literature, where it’s not only okay to enjoy research,
reading, and writing, but it’s also fun! And of course, I get to read the books
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also enjoy going to conferences with other school librarians and learning what
they do in their libraries, and talking about all the new developments,
technologies, programs, books, issues, etc. that affect all our libraries. The
community of independent school librarians is an energetic and collaborative
one; you can always find someone to help you with any issue, whether it’s
figuring out what book a student is looking for (“It was blue, and had a girl
in Paris with a magic elevator or something…”), or getting opinions on the
latest method for delivering eBooks to students and faculty. We call our AISL
(Association of Independent School Librarians) and ISS (Independent Schools
Section of the American Library Association) listservs our “collective brain,”
and often consult them.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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part of the Overlake School community is also a huge benefit of my job. I am so
fortunate to work in a beautiful, tree-filled setting, with intelligent and
thoughtful students and faculty. I love walking around campus and recognizing
everyone I meet, attending school concerts and plays, and participating in programs
like field trips, grade-level retreats, and Project Week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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write and illustrate a picture book in a week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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love the opportunities to get to know students and staff outside the library,
and to feel fully integrated into the community.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></b><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">School libraries are a vital and underappreciated
link in a student’s education. As the universe of information continues to grow
exponentially, the need for the ability to find, comprehend, and credit high-quality,
relevant information will also grow. Librarians and library programs exist to
help students and teachers master these skills, and learn how to adapt and
apply them even when schooldays lie far behind them. School libraries also
strive to imbue students with a love of books and reading, which studies have
shown not only aid in academic achievement, but offer lifelong benefits as
well. Libraries celebrate information and stories in whatever form they occur,
and offer the navigation tools necessary to take full advantage of them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We
have so many middle school contests and activities it’s hard to choose! We do a
Bad Writing contest, a literary character smackdown, <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Story
in a Tweet, Food Haiku, Book Spine Poetry, the Green/Gold Readathon, Author
Visits and more. Something special for 2012-14 is my chairing the Top Shelf
Fiction for Middle School committee for VOYA library magazine, with which
Overlake students help out by reading and commenting on books nominated for the
list. Several of their comments will make the final list published in the
magazine.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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thing of which we are particularly proud is that we use the credit we earn from
books sold at the Bookfair to purchase books for our sister schools in Cambodia
and Uruguay. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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groups from Overlake travel to these schools every year, alternating between
the countries, and take the books to build libraries in the schools. It’s a
real point of pride for the Library that we can do something to support the
school’s efforts to make the world a better place for the students in Cambodia
and Uruguay.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The Overlake library Is a great
place to read or do homework and if you don't have any homework it provides a
fun place to hang out with friends.” –Michael, 6<sup>th</sup> grade<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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best place at Overlake. I mean, it’s got hundreds of books in all
subjects, from fantasy to science-fiction, and its store of non-fiction books
is amazing. Besides that, it has tons of computers that you can play
games on and do homework, and is home to the school counselors who are probably
the nicest people on campus, and the learning recourses office, home to
Fernando the guinea pig, who is quite sweet. Altogether, the library is a
great place for homework and relaxing.” –Anna, 6<sup>th</sup> grade<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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another world, breathing in adventure, danger, romance galore!! It's an amazing
expedition across the universe, sitting in your own hands.” –Elizabeth, 6<sup>th</sup>
grade<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“In
the library you can get homework help, socialize with friends, read from an
grandiose selection of books, and play computer games. The library is filled
with amazing books, but what makes the library great is the three magnificent
librarians that can help you find anything from Ancient Egypt to modern day
mathematics.” –Alan, 5<sup>th</sup> grade<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“I
thought there was no escape from reality—books proved me wrong.” –Nina, 8<sup>th</sup>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So
many funny things happen here it’s hard to choose! There was the time we looked
up at our clerestory windows (at least 15 feet up), and saw a ninja stealing
along the roofline—we later learned that students were making a video. Then
there was the time I heard guitar playing outside and went out to find a
student playing the guitar—also on the roof! Another student smuggled an amp
into a study room under the mistaken impression that the room was soundproof.
It wasn’t. Then there was the girl who had come up with an elaborate scheme to
invite a boy to Tolo, which involved the librarians playing along. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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of the most entertaining events occurs on the Roman holiday of Lupercalia, when
Latin students wrap themselves in (sometimes flowered) sheet togas, and run
through the buildings whacking people with leather belts to encourage fertility.
Nothing brings a middle schooler out of his shell like free license to whap
(lightly) an upper schooler with a belt while shouting at the top of his lungs
in the library! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">However,
I have to say that the funniest occurrence was the time the seniors decided to
create the world’s tiniest flash dance club in our 10’ x 12’ group study room.
The strobe light, music, blacked-out windows, packed bodies gyrating . . .
librarians arrived on the run just as the smoke machine activated the
fire alarms, sending the whole school scrambling into an emergency fire drill
in the pouring rain.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are hot this year? Why? <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">House
of Hades</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">
by Rick Riordan. Riordan is, hands down, the most popular writer for middle
schoolers these days. His books have an irresistible combination of action,
adventure, fantasy, humor, suspense, mystery, and a large cast of characters
who each have their own unique personality and issues, so that readers really
care about what happens to them. The books also have roots in worlds already
familiar to students—the modern world, and classic mythology—which also helps
readers connect with the books. Few authors have Riordan’s ability to combine
humor and seriousness with the right balance: J.K. Rowling, Jonathan Stroud,
Brandon Mull, Angie Sage, and John Stephens are some others who get it right.
As to why this particular book is popular, it’s the most recent entry in
Riordan’s series about Percy Jackson and his friends, and the most recent book
is always in demand!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Allegiant</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> by Veronica
Roth. Our bookfair took place on the same day that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Allegiant</i> was released, and I had girls panting at the door before
school started, waiting to get their hands on the third volume of this
astronomically popular YA-level dystopia. The series started with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Divergent</i>, about to be released as a
movie, and continued with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Insurgent</i>.
Dystopias, while having peaked last year, are still immensely popular with
teens. The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Divergent</i> series combines
sympathetic characters with action, adventure, danger, and of course, teens
having to survive their world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Wonder</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> by R.J.
Palacio. This award-winning story of Auggie, born with severe facial
deformities and attending school for the first time in fifth grade, has been
gaining popularity year by year as it strikes a chord with students, parents,
and teachers alike. While few students have Auggie’s particular difficulties,
almost all have experienced the unkindness of others at school, the betrayal of
friends, and the need for family support. Parents and faculty love the book for
how it illustrates the need to look beyond the visual and the need for
kindness, and Auggie’s story often finds a place in classroom curricula and
bedtime reading. From the number of students who have let me know how much they
loved the book and how much they learned from it, I know it’s been a great
addition to middle school fiction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Author! Author!</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Describe the perfect author visit from a
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This
year we invited Janet Lee Carey and Kenneth Oppel to our school. We will have Neal
Shusterman visit next spring. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I
think the key to a great author visit is choosing the right author for the
visit. You need someone who is both a great writer for middle schoolers—humor,
fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and action adventure are the most popular
genres—and a great presenter both in small classes and large auditoriums. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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communication, attention to detail, and punctuality is also key on both ends.
We want to make sure we know beforehand what technology the author needs, to
have the schedule set, and to have the myriad other details well in hand to
avoid that last minute panic!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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greatest success has been with authors who can hold students’ attention,
particularly when speaking to the whole middle school. It takes lots of energy
and humor, and a polished presentation that also feels natural. Students love
to be included in the presentation in some way, whether as volunteers for
something or just having their questions answered. Most of our successful
presentations have also included the author telling about themselves as middle
schoolers (with embarrassing photos), and how that younger self connects to
their current self as a writer. It’s also important to talk about the books, to
get students excited about them, particularly as we always have books available
for purchase and signing. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Overall,
it’s important to have an author who enjoys presenting to and interacting with
students, respects them as readers and people, and answers their questions
seriously. We have been extremely lucky to have had wonderful author visits,
and anticipate many more in the future!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">ONE LAST ROAR <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">One
aspect of the Library program that particularly excites us is how teachers and
students currently utilize our databases and eBooks. Some teachers, especially
in the history and science departments, are moving away from traditional text
books and now use the databases and eBooks to fill in. Our roar is that the
Library had those resources in place so that when the teachers and students
needed them, we had the sources readily available. As an example, our ABC-Clio <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ancient World History</i> database racked up
19,850 searches this fall; an increase from 7,717 last fall. It thrills
us to see teachers and students adopting and utilizing our resources. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />An anticipatory roar is that the Library is moving
closer to becoming a true Learning Commons, with more flexible spaces for
students and teachers to spread out and work on projects, and an
ever-increasing collection of resources. As the school moves towards BYOD (Bring
Your Own Device), we hope that losing our banks of student computers will add
to our flexible space. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thank you, Rebecca for your terrific interview!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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working in a school or public library we’d love to hear about you and your
library. Contact Janet at </span><a href="mailto:jlcarey@hotmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">jlcarey@hotmail.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
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Janet Lee Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097883379365834554noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796938815792047445.post-35655477872171937802014-02-28T10:54:00.001-08:002014-02-28T14:00:32.863-08:00AUTHOR ELSA MARSTON ROARS<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Welcome to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Library
Lions</b> interviews Raising a Roar for libraries and the outstanding librarians
serving youth in schools and public libraries across the U.S. Please Roar
today’s guest, Author <strong><a href="http://www.elsamarston.com/">Elsa Marston</a></strong> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m a New Englander who lives in Indiana and writes
(mostly) about the Middle East, ancient and modern.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">That’s because my husband was Lebanese—we met as
students at the American University of Beirut—and we had many opportunities to
live in Lebanon, Egypt, and Tunisia because of his work as a professor at
Indiana University. And also because I’ve always been fascinated by that part
of the world, and like to share my interest with young people today—and I love
research, which can lead to quite amazing adventures. My three sons are grown
now; I have two grandchildren (Savannah, pushing 21 years and a nursing student,
and Kahlil, pushing 21 months and a darling).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I love theatre, tennis, art, music, archaeology, progressive causes, and
cats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Latest book <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.elsamarston.com/the_compassionate_warrior___abd_el_kader_of_algeria__117652.htm">The Compassionate Warrior: Abd El-Kader of Algeria</a>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">One of the few historical biographies written for
teenagers about outstanding Muslims whose faith was an essential framework for their
actions. See <a href="http://www.wisdomtalespress.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.wisdomtalespress.com</span></a>
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for suggestions and guidelines for using
the book in educational settings. More Elsa Marston's Books and Travel <a href="http://www.elsamarston.com/">Here<o:p></o:p></a> (below Elsa living on a houseboat on the Nile)</span><br />
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recent years most of my library visits have been overseas in the Middle East. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In Egypt, for instance, I took part in adult group
discussions about children’s literature--in a library, of course.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Lebanon the young children sat on the
school library floor to listen.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In Palestine the teenagers sat primly in a circle,
asking their questions--and politely phrasing their objections--through a
translator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Which can be a little
tricky…..) <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong>A Roar for Libraries Around the World</strong></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I was told that virtually every town and village in
Palestine has a library. It’ll probably be pretty small and the contents of the
shelves sparse; but it’s there, ready to serve as a public gathering place to encourage
reading for the whole community.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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L</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ibrary
Love When You Were A Cub<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The library in the Massachusetts town where I grew
up was a comfortable old brick house shaded by tall maple trees and set back
from the busy street, like a haven.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children’s
librarian was an attractive woman with black hair, who always smiled. She even
smiled when my twin sister threw up all over a new book by Munro Leaf.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(I think most librarians these days do
smile, but that was not always the case in the past.)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Newton Centre’s little old-fashioned library had an
almost magical aura for me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all,
that was where I first encountered, thanks to the smiling librarian, the
flying-carpet magic of the wonderful by E. Nesbit books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Library Love<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My
writers’ critique group, the Bloomington Children’s Authors, has been meeting
in our public library since 1987 (yes!).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When I was thinking of starting a group and asked my friend Dorothy Haas
for advice, she told me <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not </i>to meet
in members’ homes:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we would spend too
much time serving coffee and tea, lemonade and Perrier, cookies and cakes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So the public library has served us very
well indeed for all these years, and its meeting rooms have helped toward the
birthing of many good books by some well known authors—Elaine Marie Alphin,
Pamela Service, Marilyn Anderson, even me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sometimes we get pretty noisy (how can we help it, when Keiko Kasza
brings in her latest picture book dummy with its hilarious sketches of willful
wolves and befuddled bears?)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But no one
ever shushes us;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>they just tactfully
suggest that we keep our critiquing down to a dull roar, if possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What I also like about our public library is that it
serves such a wide range of people in the community, including people who often
would not be able to spend time in a place where they can be safe, quiet, warm
in winter and cool in summer, and aware—I hope—of a much wider world around
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Roar: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Funding
for libraries, especially school libraries, is currently under threat. As an
author, what are your thoughts about that? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">To paraphrase an oft-quoted remark about the cost of
education vs. the cost of ignorance:<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">If we think libraries are expensive, would we rather
pay for the results of our young people having to hunker down at home with
nothing to do—or getting into trouble somewhere?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Would we rather try to keep our democracy
afloat with little or no public access to books and newspapers?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or strengthen our society and civilization
without the one institution that can bring together the minds and hearts of all
citizens?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And where even <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">dogs </i>like to come and hear a story read
to them?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, I’m getting carried away
. . . but I trust my point is clear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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For Librarians</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <br />
Librarians are high on my list of the world’s most important people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may not make the world move the way
captains of industry and finance do, and I suspect they are very rarely paid
what they’re worth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But whether paid or
volunteer, they maintain the institution that is essential to any free,
democratic society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can’t imagine
civilization without libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I’ll roar for the director of the Monroe County
Public Library, the impressive Sara Laughlin; and for my friend Amal Altoma
who, in her calm, soft-spoken way, made herself not only indispensable but
wildly popular during her many years on the job. And for all the folks who keep
the library open and busy, almost always with a smile.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Link Up </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Website:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.elsamarston.com/"><span style="color: blue;">http://<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">www.elsamarston.com</b></span></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thank you, Elsa Marston, for your terrific interview.
It was particularly cheering to hear that virtually every town and village in
Palestine has a library! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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working in a school or public library we’d love to hear about you and your
library. Contact Janet at </span><a href="mailto:jlcarey@hotmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">jlcarey@hotmail.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
for an interview slot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Janet Lee Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097883379365834554noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796938815792047445.post-43141524523420908122014-02-02T11:36:00.000-08:002014-02-02T11:36:55.592-08:00BRAVO FOR TEACHER-LIBRARIANS!
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Welcome to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Library
Lions</b> interviews Raising a Roar for libraries and the outstanding librarians
serving youth in schools and public libraries across the U.S. Please Roar
today’s guest, Stuart Levy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Crutcher.) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I am the teacher-librarian at Inza R. Wood Middle
School in Wilsonville, Oregon. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I have been a teacher at Wood for the last 21 years,
and this is my 10<sup>th</sup> year as the librarian. According to my computer,
as of the time of this writing, we have had close to 150,000 checkouts during
that time. Wow!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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students in the school, plus all of the staff. It’s a great feeling to connect
someone with just the exact resource that they need – especially when they
didn’t even realize that what they needed existed! Libraries can be amazing
places. I also love reading young adult literature. There are some incredible
authors out there, and the books nowadays are so much better than the ones that
were written back when I was in middle school. I love the fact that buying
books is part of my job.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A
Mighty Roar!<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Libraries
are the great levelers in our democratic society. In a library, everyone is
truly equal in a library. Regardless of how many books people have at home,
everyone has access to all of the books within the library catalog. For free!
It’s truly an amazing concept that I think people take for granted. And, not
only do they have access to the “stuff” for free, but they have access to
people who can help them get the “stuff”, explain the “stuff”, and train them
how to use the “stuff”, all for free. Libraries are not just repositories of
information; they are the keys that unlock the doors for all of our citizens.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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always find it amusing when students ask if they can “rent” a book. I ask them
how much they are willing to pay, and this puzzled look appears on their face.
I tell them that they can rent from Redbox, but our materials they get to
borrow for free.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Lion’s Pride of Programs <u><br />
</u></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">There
are tons of great non-fiction for students to just read. It’s amazing to me
that students completely overlook some really interesting non-fiction books
that I buy – except, of course, for the sports, biographies, and Ripley’s
books. When I purposefully give some of those books to students, they eat them
up. But, when they are on their own, they typically don’t pull books from those
sections.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I want to plug the importance of having
teacher-librarians in schools. Our numbers have dwindled over the years. There
are about half the number of teacher-librarians in Oregon from about 20 years
ago, and the number of schools, and students, have increased. Some people,
outside of the system, think that all you need is someone to check in and check
out books. But, anyone who has actually been in a school with
teacher-librarians knows that we do a heck of a lot more. We actually are
teachers, and we understand students. We understand instruction, curriculum,
and assessment. We work with all of the people involved in the community to
create a place where everyone feels safe and supported, and we provide the
resources that allow everyone – everyone – to succeed in what they need to do.
School libraries are magical places, and I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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“Libraries are the awesomest place on earth. Even though you are supposed to be
quiet, you can have lots of fun.” Abigail, 8<sup>th</sup> grade.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“They are a place full of wonder and thought.”
Willow, 8<sup>th</sup> grade<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />“It’s a place where you can escape reality.” Emily,
8<sup>th</sup> grade<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Why?</i></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Divergent</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
series by Veronica Roth: very hot! I think it’s because it’s an Oregon Reader’s
Choice Award, plus the movie is coming out (and, it’s a very engaging book).<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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also very popular, probably because it’s well written and a very compelling
story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Maze Runner</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
by Dashner continues to be very popular in our school. The author visited about
3 years ago, and, ever since, it’s stayed as one of our top checkouts.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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The best author visits I have had are the ones when the author truly connects
with the students. Sometimes that is done by simply talking about when they
were young, or even from reading from one of their books. But, it’s the simple
act of talking “with” the students instead of “to” the students. I have also
have had some authors who are willing to not only speak to the large student
body but also to do writing sessions with smaller groups of interested
students. That has been very powerful for that group.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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working in a school or public library we’d love to hear about you and your
library. Contact Janet at </span><a href="mailto:jlcarey@hotmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">jlcarey@hotmail.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
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Janet Lee Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097883379365834554noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796938815792047445.post-82783326053237633692014-01-10T15:54:00.000-08:002014-01-10T15:54:23.622-08:00ROAR IN THE NEW YEAR
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Happy 2014! We're roaring in our fifth year here at Library Lions! Special thanks to everyone of you who have participated on our blog over the past four years. Your interviews showcasing the innovative youth programs in school and public libraries have inspired us all. We can't wait to hear from more librarians this year. Thanks also to the many authors who have stopped by to share their Library Love with us since we launched LL in 2010. And now let's hear from our January Librarian, Shannon Wallace! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Hello! I’m Shannon Wallace, upper school librarian
at Lakeside School in Seattle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Pigott Memorial Library at Lakeside is a
three-story bustling hub of student activity. Do not be fooled by these photos
of our empty library.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During a study
period, we often have 200 students at once!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Lakeside is known for its innovative teaching
strategies and the library is no exception.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The December 2013/January 2014 issue of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Learning and Leading with Technology </i>showcased how librarians
Heather Hersey and Sue Belcher revamped library orientation at Lakeside. Read
all about it in the article <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.learningandleading-digital.com/learning_leading/dec_jan_2013-14#pg1">Flip Your Library</a></b> on page 22.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I just started at Lakeside in October, but I’ve been
working with teens in high school and public libraries in Seattle and across
Canada since 2005.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Over the years I’ve visited libraries in 10
countries (see my photos on <strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shannonrae/sets/317753/">Flickr</a></strong>) <br />and </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I keep building on my collection of library cards.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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literary character. Here I am as Tintin with a tiny Boba Fett on Free Comic
Book Day, 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And I’ve kept in touch with 33 of my former teen
volunteers, many of whom have now graduated from university!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Skinny: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What do you love most about your work? </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Talking to teenagers is the best part of my
job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In sharing a conversation with a teen, I can trade
recommendations for favorite books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
can help make research less frustrating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I can provide someone with a resource that solves a personal
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can be a friendly and helpful
adult who encourages a nerdy interest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
can provide a student with a meaningful volunteer experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can find out about a new video game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The students at Lakeside are full of energy
and enthusiasm, with new and creative ways to look at the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can learn just as much from them as they
can from me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mighty Roar for Libraries!<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I
hope people will never stop being curious about the past, the present, and the
future, and that the library will always be an invaluable commons for
information and imagination to fuel that curiosity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At Lakeside, the library can also promise a
quiet place to escape, a high tech haven, a think tank for group work, a cozy
spot to a retreat from the dreary Northwest winters, and a spirited game of
Bughouse chess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sometimes
when you turn around, the Eye of Sauron is watching you. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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Lion’s Pride of Programs<u><br />
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library display maker extraordinaire, Julie Johnson, is currently asking
students to think about the way they eat. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Our Think Tank allows students to work in a large
group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whiteboard paint on the back wall
means graffiti is productive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Recently students learned to solder and made
flashing LED robot pins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">They used conductive paint to create artistic
greeting cards that light up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also have
a 3-D printer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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to see what creative projects students attempt next.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Managing schoolwork can be stressful, so sometimes
the best programs are scholarly ones!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
Fall, Heather, Sue, Janelle and I met every grade 11 student in one-on-one
research conferences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These meetings
gave invaluable advice to students about the search process, databases, and how
to survive a research paper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are so
lucky to have school wide support in providing individualized instruction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students become better researchers when they
get to know their own personal librarian.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Roar <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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at Lakeside Library:<br />
<br />“When I come into the library I get in the mindset that I will be efficient and
the vibe helps me get all my work done.” (11<sup>th</sup> grade student)<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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“I have 200 books on my To Read list and I’m in the middle of 15 books at the
moment.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Boy:
“Well you should put all of John Green’s books at the top of the list because
they’re the best.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Only at
Lakeside is chess this intense.” (10<sup>th</sup> grade student) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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Brag <br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Divergent </i>series by Veronica Roth has
been quite popular this year. We’re all excited for the upcoming film and
hoping it will be as exciting as The Hunger Games.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I
Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I think the whole world is captivated by this young
girl’s story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lakeside students want to
make a difference, and we are all inspired by Malala’s strength, bravery, and
determination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And
the Mountains Echoed</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> by Khaled Hosseini<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I like reading because you get to experience life
from other peoples’ perspectives, some you might never even think about.
Reading books also allows one to practice empathy. I’ve found that I’ve become
much more empathetic now that I’ve read plenty of books. I like reading because
it’s something you can always do, and you’ll never run out of books. I like
experiencing fantasy and adventure, mystery and loss, things I might not
otherwise get to experience.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-- Grade
10 student reading <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">And the Mountains
Echoed</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Last Roar <br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Lakeside’s
mascot is the lion, so we roar a lot around here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Working at Lakeside has reminded me that the
most valuable resource in any library is the librarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just ask!<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong><a href="https://pogo.lakesideschool.org/library/">Lakeside School Blog</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong><a href="http://www.lakesideschool.org/podium/default.aspx?t=122223&rc=0">Lakeside Library Website</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thank you, Shannon for the terrific interview sharing
your Lakeside School Library with us!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Love Libraries? Give a Roar in “Comments” below.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Note to Librarians: If you’re a Youth Librarian
working in a school or public library we’d love to hear about you and your
library. Contact Janet at </span><a href="mailto:jlcarey@hotmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #0563c1;">jlcarey@hotmail.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
for an interview slot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Janet Lee Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097883379365834554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796938815792047445.post-90678537225393048632013-12-08T12:05:00.000-08:002013-12-10T15:06:25.575-08:00NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST SHARES LIBRARY LOVEWelcome to Library Lions interviews. Author, <strong><a href="http://www.debbydahledwardson.com/">Debby Dahl Edwardson</a></strong>, has joined us today to Roar for Libraries! <br />
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Debby is the author of <a href="http://www.debbydahledwardson.com/my_name_is_not_easy_107683.htm"><strong> My Name is Not Easy</strong> </a>Marshall Cavendish/Amazon 2011, A National Book Award Finalist. (Click <strong><a href="http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2011_ypl_edwardson.html#.UqIr9GRiJws">HERE</a></strong> to hear Debby reading from the book at the National Book Awards)<br />
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We'll explore more of Debby's books below. First let's hear her Roar for Libraries! <br />
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<strong>Library Love When You Were A Cub</strong>
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One of my earliest memories is a vivid memory of standing before a tall wall filled with books. I didn’t know how to read but I understood, even then, that books contained codes, keys to stories and invitations to wonderful journeys. Oh how I longed to crack those codes and accept those invitations! As I grew older, I discovered that books were indeed passports to new worlds and I savored the experience of getting lost within the covers of a book. <br />
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The smell of a library was like an exotic tonic to me.
Today, when I sign books for young readers, I often write, “Read the world!” <br />
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<strong>More Library Love</strong>
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I often wish I had chosen to be a librarian because libraries feel like home to me and, in fact, many of my writer friends are librarians. When I visited my daughters at Dartmouth a few years ago and walked into Sanborn Library, with its deep easy chairs, sheltered spaces and green vistas (with afternoon tea!) I thought for sure I had died and gone to heaven. In my theology, heaven looks a lot like a good library.
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I guess you could say that libraries are at the metaphorical center of my world; a visual representation of my place in the world. I live in a very remote area of the country—Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost community on the North American continent. We are far from the publishing centers of the world but we do have a good library and I’ve have had the privilege, over the last 35 years, of watching this library grow from a one room collection of books in the front of a Bingo hall to a spacious and beautiful facility overlooking the stunning tundra of the high arctic.<br />
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<strong><a href="http://www.tuzzy.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1">Tuzzy Library</a></strong> is now a consortium library serving a region the size of Minnesota. I always feel a sense of homecoming when I walk into this library.
The walls of my home look like libraries too!
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<strong>Author’s Roar</strong>
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Funding for libraries, especially school libraries, is currently under threat. As an author, what are your thoughts about that? <br />
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Oh dear. Don’t get me started. I tend to get rabid on this subject. I have testified at the state level about library funding, <strong><a href="http://wordsfromthetop.blogspot.com/2011/09/end-of-american-dream.html">blogged</a></strong> about it and ranted about it at the local level as president of the school board. <br />
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Libraries are the foundation of education. With commercialized reading programs that turn reading into something akin to a health check up involving testing and probing and the prescriptions, it should be no surprise to any of us to learn that we are turning out fewer and fewer students who read for the sheer joy of reading and are able to engage in the critical thinking a good book engenders. Why can’t people understand that there is only one prescription for turning children into readers and lifelong learners? It’s an old one but it still works. <br />
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All it takes to turn a child into a reader is one good book. And all it takes to connect children to books is one good library and one good librarian. Every school should have this as a bare minimum because every child deserves it. It is the promise of public education and the fact that we are moving further and further away from this promise should be a call for national concern. If we are not willing to fund libraries, we will get what we pay for—or fail to pay for.
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<strong>A Lion’s Pride of Programs</strong> <br />
I write from a remote and marginalized culture, the Inupiat (Inuit) culture of northern Alaska. My first two novels, Blessing’s Bead and My Name is Not Easy, were historical novels set within this cultural context. I happen to believe that the history of Native American peoples should be taught in every school in the country. Maybe teachers don’t teach it because they never learned it themselves and it is hard to find books that portray it in ways that are accurate and authentic. I hope that my books help fill in this gap in some small way. I have appeared in libraries from Hanover, New Hampshire
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(Hatsy MacGraw, writer and librarian at Bernice A Ray School in Hanover, New Hampshire),
to Ketchican, Alaska and I am forever grateful to the librarians who read, blog about and book talk my books for the benefit of both students and their teachers. And I thank those who have hosted my visits. I know it makes a huge difference when students get to meet a “real” live author. It makes books come alive for them, I think, and it validates their own writing, as well. <br />
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Librarian Erin Hollingsworth and Poet Joan Naviyuk Kane. <br />
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I’d like to give a special shout out to Alaskan librarians who have put two of my three books on Alaska’s Battle of the Books list. We Alaskan children’s writers are not a huge group and I love knowing that our books are celebrated in Alaskan schools. I always say that books are both mirrors and windows. The window that opens the world of reading for a young child must also be the mirror where that child first sees his or her own reflection between the covers of a book. <br />
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Marginalized cultures and communities often have few books that serve as mirrors for young readers and reading rates reflect this. I am glad to see that my books, thanks to the help of librarians, are reaching these readers. And I am glad to see, as well, that my books are opening the world up a bit wider for readers everywhere, again thanks to librarians.
I recently spoke at the Pacific Northwest Library Association convention. I was grateful for the opportunity to talk about one of my passions—multicultural literature and the growing multiracial/multicultural face of this country. During this talk, I showed the cover of my book, <strong><a href="http://www.debbydahledwardson.com/blessing_s_bead_89220.htm">Blessing’s Bead</a></strong>. <br />
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Blessing’s Bead is the story of an Inupiaq girl but the cover features a photo of a girl who does not look the way we expect an Inupiaq girl to look. Some people thought that perhaps the cover of this book was “white washed” by the publisher. In fact--as I told the audience at PNLA--this girl is Inupiaq. She is my own daughter and is part Inupiaq and part white.
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To me, her photo is reflective of the new multiracial face of America. I was heartened by all the people who came up after my talk to share their diverse multiracial and multicultural heritages, heritages which we are just beginning to see, in increasing numbers, reflected in books. My thanks to those librarians who celebrate these books. <br />
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In closing, I have one parting memory from my time at the National Book Award ceremony in New York City where I was honored as a finalist for the National Book Award for my book <strong>My Name is Not Easy</strong>.
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What an honor it was sit at Cipriani’s that November evening surrounded my many of my own writing heroes and mentors—people like John Ashbery, whose poetry was one of the beacons along the long and sometimes dark road of my writing apprenticeship. My heart was filled with gratitude at the fact that I had been invited to sit at the table with such a distinguished audience, to watch a writer like Ashbery accept the 2011 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. In introducing Ashbery, Ann Lauterbach mentioned the “Occupy Wall Street” demonstration, which was happening right across the street from where we sat. “We are occupying Wall Street,” she announced and everyone cheered.
May libraries, books and book people continue to occupy our hearts and minds!
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<strong>Let’s Link Up</strong> <br />
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Blog: <a href="http://wordsfromthetop.blogspot.com/">http://wordsfromthetop.blogspot.com/</a>
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Website: <a href="http://www.debbydahledwardson.com/">http://www.debbydahledwardson.com/</a> <br />
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Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/debby.edwardson">https://www.facebook.com/debby.edwardson</a> <br />
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Link to the reading at the NBA: <a href="http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2011_ypl_edwardson.html#.UqIr9GRiJws">http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2011_ypl_edwardson.html#.UqIr9GRiJws</a>
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Link to the My Name is Not Easy trailer: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcsxHUgdymQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcsxHUgdymQ</a> <br />
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Link to my school district:
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Thank you, Debby, for your terrific interview! It was an honor to have you here on Library Lions.
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public libraries across the U.S. Please Roar today’s guest Library Media
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to Africa</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> program. A year ago, I had the opportunity to meet Angela Maiers
and hear her speak passionately about how students can matter and we are all
born to make an impact in this world. Then last September I read <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Dot</i> by Peter Reynolds and
participated in International Dot Day. My students talked about what they could
do to make their mark on the world. I shared my dream to send books I had found
to some children in Africa who had few reading materials. A group of students
said they wanted to help with my dream and our project began.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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1,000 books to four partner schools, each grade level also learned about a
different aspect of Africa and created a research e-Book and video linked with
an activity with our art teacher. Here’s an example of one of the </span><a href="http://bit.ly/10qGCtQ"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri;">first grade projects</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> we made. The 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
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started to come to a complete circle when our project was included as one of
the student quests on Angela Maier’s Choose2Matter website. This past summer I also
had the chance to meet Peter Reynolds, and for me, it was a very special
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When the school
year ended last June, our students knew first hand that they could make a
difference in the life of a child. When school began again this year, the
question “Are we sending books to Africa again?” was the first I heard. “Yes!”
Now we have a new crew of 35 students who want to organize and make sure that
we continue this work.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hot off the Press. Great
News about the Books to Africa program! <br />
</b>I just found out that I was selected as one of the 250 Microsoft Expert
Educators for my Books to Africa project. I know I'm the only librarian going from the US. Here's a
<strong><a href="http://dailyedventures.com/index.php/2013/11/07/announcing-the-2014-expert-educators-and-mentor-schools/">blog entry</a></strong> about it.<br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Janet: What an honor Julie. We’re thrilled for you!<br />
We would love to do a Special Edition about your trip here on LL. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> I would
love your visitors to know about the <a href="http://bellbulldogreaders.edublogs.org/">Bulldog Reader’s Blog</a> where I share ideas
about books, library lessons and technology. </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Information about
Books to Africa project including all of the projects we completed last year
and the work we are doing this year in on a separate <strong><a href="http://bookstoafrica.edublogs.org/">blog</a></strong>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Finally, I love connecting
with other librarians and educators on Twitter where I’m known as @mrs_hembree <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thank you Janet for
giving librarians a chance to roar about the importance of reading and
libraries!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thank you, Julie
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we’d love to hear about you and your library. Contact Janet at </span><a href="mailto:jlcarey@hotmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri;">jlcarey@hotmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> for an interview
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Janet Lee Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097883379365834554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796938815792047445.post-76131603130823526162013-11-01T14:31:00.000-07:002013-11-01T16:44:37.229-07:00LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALISTS ROAR!<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Welcome to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Library Lions</b> interviews Raising a Roar
for libraries and the outstanding librarians serving youth in schools and
public libraries across the U.S. Please Roar today’s guest Library Media
Specialist, Julie Hembree! This is the first of two posts with Julie Hembree.
Welcome Julie!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m the Library
Media Specialist at Bell Elementary in Kirkland, Washington, which is located
in the suburbs of Seattle. This is my 9<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> year as a librarian after
many years as a classroom teacher. We are a K-5 school with about 340 students.
After being in the midst of a two year construction period, our old school was
torn down in<span style="color: red;"> </span>the summer and our new school
opened in September. <span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The library is on
the second floor with huge windows where we can view the playground and trees
that surround the property. We have reading posters all over our walls
celebrating reading, lots of fun cubes and couches to sit on and great display
areas to showcase books. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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to the library every week for 30 minutes in grades K-2 and every other week for
60 minutes in grades 3-5. We are also open during all of the recesses for kids
to come to find books, read, research, play board games or do homework. It’s a
busy place and there’s always a hum of voices in the background. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What I love about
my work is that I get paid to be a reading and technology cheerleader! I
believe that my job is to sell the importance of reading and research. To do
that I try to merchandize the “reading product” in fun and engaging ways. I try
to make sure my students understand that they are part of a global reading
community by taking part in larger activities such as International Dot Day or World
Read Aloud Day. We have bright book displays that draw students into the
library from the busy hallways.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">My students and I
love to make book trailers to showcase new or well-loved books in our library. I
have found that this type of visual advertising really connects with kids. As
soon as the trailer is over, the arguments begin about who gets the book first!
Using technology makes my job as a reading advocate so much easier because I am
talking the language of today’s digital learners. The students also find making
trailers a fun and engaging way to share books they love with other students. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our trailers are
hosted on our </span><a href="http://bellbulldogreaders.edublogs.org/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri;">Bulldog ReaderBlog</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> where anyone can view them. I also have a great time showing other
librarians and teachers at conferences the process to make their own trailers. We
are all connected and the more we share with one another, the more it
positively impacts our students.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why are libraries important<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Libraries are vital
in schools because they are nurturing the imagineers of our future. Libraries
are the place where anyone can freely come to seek information, become
engrossed in a book or daydream about what could be. In an age where classroom
lessons are becoming increasingly prescripted, the library is one of the few
places where creativity has a home. Everyone is trying to find the way to
obtain test scores that match or exceed the students in Asia and Finland. In
that pursuit of test scores, creativity and innovation is shoved to the side.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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and innovation are the hallmarks of our country. Innovators are developed in
libraries where a student can lose themselves in a book or research the
background for ideas that are important to them. When we lose libraries, we
lose a piece of our future.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Once a year we
have a favorite character day. Everyone, students and staff included, is
encouraged to dress up as a favorite book character. I have dressed as Little
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the week before the event there is a
reading buzz around the school as kids and staff have conversations about who
they will choose and how they will dress up as that character. I never reveal
who I will be ahead of time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
hysterical to overhear whispered conversations as kids speculate what character
I will choose for the year. One year, I thought I had kept my ideas firmly to
myself. Yet, on Favorite Character Day, I found that I had lots of company when
I arrived as Fancy Nancy! Twenty girls also came dressed in their finest Fancy
Nancy clothes. It’s too bad that Jane O’Connor wasn’t here to see all that
glitz and glamor!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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fabulous opportunities to meet a variety of authors. This fall I was part of
Kirby Larson’s book launch for <strong>Duke</strong> at Third Place Books.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A few years ago
Matt Holm came to our school and entertained all of us with his <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Babymouse</b> stories and drawings. The
kids talked about him for weeks afterwards. The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Babymouse </b>books are still some of the most popular books in the
library.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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author assemblies, and author Skype visits. However, we had the perfect author
visit nearly two years ago when Katherine Applegate came to our school. This
was a year before she won the Newbery Award. A student had given me a copy of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
One and Only Ivan</i></b>, insisting that I read it right away. I took it home
and fell in love with Ivan that night. I made a book trailer for Ivan and put
it on YouTube. Somehow Katherine Applegate saw it and wrote to me sharing how
much she enjoyed the trailer and asking if she could visit our school the next
time she was in Seattle. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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wonder from beginning to end. She shared her story in a dynamic slideshow about
how she developed the Ivan story with photos that were both age appropriate and
engaging. She had lunch with a group of students and talked with them,
answering their questions about her life as an author. She signed books and
allowed students to have their picture taken with her. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We tried our best
to treat her like a rockstar and she captivated us with her stories and love
for her work. It was a magical day. This year we are looking forward to some
graphic and mystery fun when Jarrett Krosoczka, author of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lunch Lady </b>and<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> Platypus Police Squad </b>series visits in February!<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’d like to make
a big roar to all the librarians and teachers who come early and stay late to
make sure that kids have what they need to be successful. They not only work
hard to make a difference for the students in their classrooms and libraries,
but they also share their ideas with others. It’s through collaboration that we
can learn from one another and strengthen how we teach.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Blog: I would
love your visitors to know about the Bulldog Reader’s Blog where I share ideas
about books, library lessons and technology. Here is the URL: </span><a href="http://bellbulldogreaders.edublogs.org/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri;">http://bellbulldogreaders.edublogs.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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connecting with other librarians and educators on Twitter where I’m known as
@mrs_hembree <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thank you Janet for
giving librarians a chance to roar about the importance of reading and
libraries!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Love Libraries?
Give a Roar in “Comments” below.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Librarians: If you’re a Youth Librarian working in a school or public library
we’d love to hear about you and your library. Contact Janet at </span><a href="mailto:jlcarey@hotmail.com"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri;">jlcarey@hotmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> for an interview
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Janet Lee Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097883379365834554noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796938815792047445.post-19262493392273880462013-10-16T16:38:00.000-07:002013-10-17T10:37:42.944-07:00AUTHOR JIM WHITING ROARS FOR LIBRARIES<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Welcome to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Library
Lions</b> interviews Raising a Roar for libraries and the outstanding librarians
serving youth in schools and public libraries across the U.S. Author, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.jimwhiting.com/">Jim Whiting</a></b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br />joins </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">us today to Roar
for Libraries from an Author’s perspective. Welcome, Jim! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">First
what’s your Roar for Libraries?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
admire librarians for their dedication to their jobs and the amount of work
they do for wages that are nowhere near commensurate with their contributions
to society.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Skinny:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Thanks for the first Roar. I know you have more
below, but before we go there, can you tell us something about yourself and
your work? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I
tend to view myself as the Harold Stassen, Dennis Kucinich, or Ron Paul (depending
on your age) of kids writing—someone definitely out of the mainstream but who
hangs in with a dogged persistence. Which is to say, I write nonfiction for
young people, almost all of it on a work-for-hire basis. Definitely not the
glory side of the business. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
previous lifetimes, I published <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Northwest
Runner</i> magazine for 17 years, advised a high school newspaper, wrote the
first piece of original fiction in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Runner’s
World</i> magazine, generated a lot of stuff for America Online in the days
when AOL was relevant, served as sports editor a couple of times for our local
newspaper, cranked out hundreds of freelance articles for newspapers and
magazines, even journeyed to Antarctica where I was the official photographer
for the Antarctica Marathon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(I thought I'd pop in the cover of your history of Antarctic Exploration book here Jim)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, in addition to writing and editing (which was
actually how I broke into KidLit), I coach middle school running on Bainbridge.
What was originally a fall competitive team has spun off into several additional
programs that span all four seasons.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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got into kids writing after being fired from a dot.com company (which soon
afterward followed me into oblivion). I’ve always wanted to thank the guy who
axed me. If I hadn’t lost my job at that exact moment in time, I wouldn’t have
spotted the advertisement from a small kid’s nonfiction house that was looking
for a freelance editor. I responded, they sent me a book about Tiger Woods
(back in the days when he was famous only for golf), and liked my work. That
led to more editing work, and eventually to authoring. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Charles Schulz</b> was my inaugural effort. Since then, I’ve written
about 180 books (and definitely still counting), with topics ranging from
(A)ntarctica to Z(ionism). At the moment I’m working on books about Islam and
European soccer, with editing projects that include Asian countries, scifi,
fantasy, and a chapter book about ants and an obnoxious cousin. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Find many more of Jim's books<strong> <a href="http://jimwhiting.com/?page_id=522">here </a></strong></span></div>
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Love When You Were A Cub:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Because
our public library was right across the street from my elementary school, we often
took mini-field trips there. I loved to browse through the stacks, always
finding treasures that I would take to the reading tables and read happily
until it was time to go back to school.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am blessed to live in an area served by the Kitsap
Regional Library, which encompasses eight branches in addition to my home
library on Bainbridge Island. Because I write nonfiction, I am continually
doing research. While I scour the Internet, I grew up without it and my first
loyalty is to books. Our system almost always seems to have plenty of materials
on whatever subject I happen to be writing about. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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sometimes this reading suggests topics. And it’s not uncommon for me to read
something, then be given an assignment months or even years later on the same subject
so I have a running start on the research. And even if that doesn’t happen,
whatever reading I do – whether fiction or nonfiction – keeps my mind active
and supple. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Roar:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Funding
for libraries, especially school libraries, is currently under threat. As an
author, what are your thoughts about that? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m
appalled, on several levels. First, as mentioned above, since I am so dependent
on KRL for research, funding cuts threaten my livelihood by reducing the amount
of research materials that may be available on a given topic.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Second,
it’s well-documented that this country is continually falling behind in
educational achievements. Shrinking library budgets mean cutbacks in hours that
libraries are open and therefore available for patrons, as well as reductions
in the ability of libraries to maintain their inventory and keep it up to date.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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I sometimes hear people say, “Well, I don’t use the library. Let the users pay
for it.” I’m sure that people like that don’t have any problem with having the
streets they use maintained by taxpayers. Even though I will never use those
streets, I don’t have issues with my taxes going to projects like that. It
helps to maintain a strong and vibrant infrastructure. There’s also a strong
likelihood that people with that mindset are the same ones who say things like “I
don’t want the government messing with my Medicare” or who call Barack Obama or
George W. Bush “Nazis.” Anyone who reads my Holocaust book (or anyone else’s)
would realize how absurd the comparison is. While such people aren’t likely to
patronize a library, it’s vital to have libraries available in the event that
they do. They might actually learn something. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lion’s Pride of Programs: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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I spend most of my workdays in front of a computer with impending deadlines
spurring me on, it’s easy to forget that there are real flesh and blood readers
out there. It’s a huge boost to stand in front of a classroom or an assembly
with several hundred kids and bask in their warmth and affection. It’s also fun
to go into classrooms and interact with smaller groups. I will always remember
two second grade girls who hugged each other when I read a couple of selections
from a series of scary stories. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hooray for ALA! </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Equipped with my resume, list of published titles, copies of reviews, etc., I’ve attended several ALA conventions, and hooked up with publishers who otherwise would have been closed to me. Nothing like a personal chat with editors and publishers to help sell them on the idea of throwing work my way. For the cost of day passes and a couple of nights in hotel rooms, I can trace about a third of my output to contacts I made at those conventions. Too bad that my stock portfolio doesn’t have the same return on investment. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Note to Librarians: If you’re a Youth Librarian
working in a school or public library we’d love to hear about you and your
library. Contact Janet at </span><a href="mailto:jlcarey@hotmail.com"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">jlcarey@hotmail.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
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Janet Lee Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097883379365834554noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796938815792047445.post-85645028425201986022013-09-23T11:21:00.001-07:002013-09-23T11:21:05.144-07:00<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Welcome to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Library
Lions</b> special edition <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/">Banned BooksWeek</a> ! </b>One of our favorite posts of the year!<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <a href="http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/</span></a>
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been working in teen services for 15 years and am proud to say I’m the last of
the original hires when The Seattle Public Library began Young Adult Services
in 1998.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were seven of us hired to
begin this service division, and the rest have moved into other areas of
library service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was the teen booklist
coordinator for a decade or so, and I’ve been an editor and writer for our teen
blog, <strong><a href="http://pushtotalk.spl.org/">Push To Talk</a></strong>, since we began in 2007.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Banned
Books Week is probably my favorite library-oriented celebration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I try to read something that’s been banned or
challenged every year around the big week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I like picking up things that were challenged years ago, even if I
usually cannot see what the fuss is about; the perspective time gives us
illuminates the transitory nature of values, beliefs, and mores, things we
usually think of as eternal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last year,
I read Kate Chopin’s proto-feminist classic, The Awakening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What seemed to be the issue was her
independent mind, her willingness to leave her family behind to pursue her own
desires.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She’s a selfish woman in many
respects, but her rebellion against her society’s strictures still holds a
charge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year, I’m rereading Allen
Ginsberg’s long poem, Howl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I recently
watched the film adaption with James Franco as Ginsberg, and really liked how
it opened up the poem with a dramatic version of the obscenity trial and
animations in conjunction with long sections of the poem.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My
branch, an old Carnegie library, does not serve displays well, and I’ve often
let it slide, at least in my teen area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This year, though, my teen volunteer Lexie and I put together a sort of
Top Ten Banned Teen Books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We display
each of the books face forward along with a short annotation, a list of the
reasons why it’s been banned or challenged, and a six-word summary for readers
who just can’t wait any longer to get their hands on the book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m also including the other displays we did
this year for adult and children’s materials.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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about Banned Books Week and Intellectual Freedom Issues? <br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For
many years, I worked with our local theatre group, <strong><a href="http://book-it.org/">Book-It Theatre</a></strong>,
to bring one of their Danger! Books programs to the middle school I work
with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They would perform a section out
of three challenged books (line by line, including the little parts like “he
said, she said”), full of drama and gestures and even funny voices, if the
piece required it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The students were
always hooked on these performances, and then we’d have a short discussion
afterwards beginning with a reading of the First Amendment and then moving into
the reasons these books were challenged and how it was always a complex issue,
because of people’s different values.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Seattle
Public Library has a podcast of one of these performances, from 2009, here: <strong><a href="http://book-it.org/">PODCAST<o:p></o:p></a></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I
also write for our teen blog, Push To Talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Last year, I created a series of posts that featured a different teen
title each day of Banned Books Week. <strong><a href="http://blog.spl.org/yablog/category/censorship/">Push To Talk Banned Books<o:p></o:p></a></strong></span><br />
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and teens have to say about banned books<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[This
part is from Lexie, my teen volunteer, 15 years old.]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Libraries
are an essential part of our culture because they grant everyone access to
books and media that are expensive or unavailable otherwise. Libraries form a
community and encourage others to read. They are a vital support for those who
wish to learn and a resource for all ages. Books can be anything you’re looking
for, or something completely unexpected. They can be friends, teachers, a
hiding place, or a way to express who you are. Books open a gate to other
cultures, build a path to other worlds, take you back to your roots, and then
lead you home, a slightly different person. I believe that books are a
necessary way to explore the limits of imagination.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When
a book is banned, it doesn’t protect people from bad ideas, it locks the door
to a separate story. People shouldn’t be able to define “good” and “evil” for
everyone else*. It’s your own job to establish your morals and values, and
everyone has to do this themselves. Forcing your own on someone else is like
taking away their opportunity to be their own person. People should be free to
warn others and discourage them from reading certain books, because that’s free
speech, and some may heed that. But they should be free to form their own
opinions, whether they agree or not.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">*This
leads on to ethics, agreed-on morals, and global consensus. I will leave my
rant about this untyped and simply thought.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Any Banned Books you would like to
highlight? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even though I’m a teen
librarian and I live in the same town as Sherman Alexie, I’d like to highlight
Dav Pilkey’s series that starts with Captain Underpants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This series has done
more to promote a love of reading among a certain age group than any other book
or series I can think of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Little kids –
boys and girls – just love a book that uses words like “fart” and
“poopypants.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their parents will often
roll their eyes just a bit, but if I ever meet a really young, reluctant reader
with a frustrated parent, I direct the family to Captain Underpants, who
consistently saves the day.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What can Library Lions blog readers
do for Banned Books Week? <br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Pick
up a title that’s been challenged, especially in your community, and read
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Read it with no expectations of
liking it or disliking it, wanting to protect it or wanting to ban it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s OK.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just enjoy it for what the author intended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like the older titles for perspective, as I
said, but the current targets need support too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Library Lion’s Roar: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ONE
LAST BIG ROAR <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong><a href="http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/ifaction">IFACTION</a>
</strong>listserv.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I get the daily digest of news
headlines in my email.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The moderators
categorize the news into different sections, highlighting all the different
ways our access to information, knowledge, discussion, and the workings of our
government and media are supported or stifled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even if you don’t read all the articles, a scan of the headlines gives
you a good idea of what’s going on in the world and who wants to control what
information you can access.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thanks
again for the terrific Banned Books Week interview, Wally, and thanks also to
Lexie for her contribution!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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invite LL readers to click on the website for <strong><a href="http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/">Banned Books Week</a></strong> and check out
all the events going on across the US week. Facebook, Tweet #BannedBooksWeek, and spread the word!</span></div>
Janet Lee Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097883379365834554noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796938815792047445.post-20258407160206482072013-06-13T17:31:00.000-07:002013-06-13T17:34:15.514-07:00BRILLIANT BLOGGER JEAN BOOK NERD SHARES LIBRARY LOVE<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Welcome to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Library
Lions</b> interviews Raising a Roar for libraries and the outstanding
librarians across the U.S. Please Roar today’s guest, Jean Vallesteros. Jean,
creator of the amazing book blog, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.jeanbooknerd.com/">JeanBookNerd</a></b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(definitely one of the hottest book blogs out there), is here to share her <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">book love and library love with us</b>!
Welcome Jean! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tell
us how your blog got started:</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Having many fond childhood
memories at my local library, reading has always been an important part of my upbringing
and had carried over towards my adult life. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In early summer of 2011, I decided to open up a blog just
to share my thoughts and ideas about the books that I was reading. Unbeknownst
to me, there was a huge community of book lovers on the Internet. It was great!
Being able to discuss the books that I had been reading with others, I really
didn’t know what to expect but it turned out for the best. Also getting the
chance to meet new people along the way and develop some great friendships.<o:p></o:p>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I was reading <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tiger’s Curse</i> </b>by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.tigerscursebook.com/">Colleen Houck</a></b> and I instantly
fell in love with the series. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">This is when I began to wonder how amazing it would be to
get to know the author and receive answers to my questions about her work
first-hand from the creator. In an effort to reach out to Mrs. Houck, a reply
came back to me almost instantly! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">She was extremely humble and easy to talk to, making the
conversation (not to mention my first effort in speaking directly with an
acclaimed author) much more comfortable. From there on the wheels kept turning
and I realized that this communication between myself and a well known author
could be a great event to share with my growing number of followers.
Furthermore, I would like thank Colleen Houck and Katie of Sterling Publishing
for donating items for my giveaway and for giving me the opportunity to share
it with everyone. It is because of them that my blog is the way it is now.
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sharing my passion with others is
very rewarding. My blog has allowed me to share my love of reading at a global
scale with people who are just as passionate as me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jean with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://djmachalebooks.com/books/pendragon">D.J. MacHale</a></b> author of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pendragon</i> </b>series <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">On my blog, followers can find
fun, exciting, and interesting author interviews and insights on the latest
book titles. You can join in on the discussions and participate in exciting
giveaways. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jean with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.dillonscott.com/">Michael Scott</a></b>, author of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The</i></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Alchemyst</i></b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.jeanbooknerd.com/">JeanBookNerd</a> </b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">is an interactive blog that promotes the importance of reading
and the invaluable rewards that only reading can bring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jean with <a href="http://www.melissa-marr.com/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Melissa Marr</b> </a>author of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wicked Lovely</i> </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Janet:
</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I
love visiting your site, Jean. It’s definitely one of my favorites. I always
find more great books to read and authors to follow. Your generous site makes
the book community come alive.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Library
Love When You Were a Cub </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The library was a huge part of my
childhood. It allowed my imagination to explore an assortment of amazing places
and introduced me to many interesting characters. The library became like a
second home to me and my permanent home every summer.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #070707; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">I remember the
excitement that would overcome me whenever I stepped into the library. I spent most
of my younger days sitting in the aisles and easily getting lost in the
stories, the adventures, the characters and the settings that came bursting
from within the pages and pulling me into them, allowing me to
journey through my own imagination. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #070707; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At some point, I
had also discovered comic books as an alternative form of literature and became
an avid subscriber to Marvel, Archie, DC, Disney and many more. It became an
amazing form of entertainment for my growing mind and an outlet for my
creativity as a youth. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #070707; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Even now as I have
matured into an adult, I still find appreciation in all styles of storytelling
including but not limited to stories of horror, suspense, drama, mystery,
action and romance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">I have always appreciated the
positive contributions the library has had on my childhood. With nieces,
nephews and young children in my life, I use the library as another venue for
them to pick up invaluable education and life skills. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Blogger’s
Roar: </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Funding
for libraries, especially school libraries, is currently under threat. As a
book blogger, what are your thoughts about that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Many people don’t know the other
services libraries provide. One service that is beneficial to our youth is that
they offer free tutoring. Hiring private tutors is costly but this free service
allows for everyone to get help and imprint a positive impact on students’
academic performances.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Thank you, Jean for your terrific interview!</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Note to Librarians: If you’re a Youth Librarian
working in a school or public library we’d love to hear about you and your
library. Contact Janet at </span><a href="mailto:jlcarey@hotmail.com"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;">jlcarey@hotmail.com</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">
for an interview slot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span>Janet Lee Careyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097883379365834554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796938815792047445.post-37108947981652754362013-05-31T15:40:00.002-07:002013-06-03T11:37:37.150-07:00THREE CHEERS FOR CAVALCADE!<span style="font-family: inherit;">
Welcome to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Library
Lions</b> interviews Raising a Roar for libraries and the outstanding librarians
across the U.S. Today we’re celebrating <strong><a href="http://www.cavalcadeofauthors.org/">Cavalcade of Authors</a></strong> Part 2 with Jeff Burlingame's article recently featured in the magazine The Medium. </span><br />
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Jeff Burlingame (showing his prized Cavalcade tee shirt) is the NAACP Image Award-winning author of
more than 20 nonfiction books for both teens and adults. He also was one of
Cavalcade’s featured authors this year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p> </o:p>Take nearly 1,000 middle school and high school students
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">bus them to a community college in
southeastern Washington on a Friday morning in March and let them spend the day
listening to, learning from — and occasionally crying over meeting — 16 prominent
YA authors from across the United States. What you get, according to Pura Belpré-winning Texas author
Guadalupe Garcia McCall, “is a buzzing, lively hive where both students and
authors can meet to discuss the most important of interests: reading good
books.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">(Guadalupe Garcia McCall and student)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The lively hive has a name, Cavalcade of Authors, and it’s an
annual event founded in 2008 by second-generation school librarian Michelle
Lane. A librarian at Enterprise Middle School in Richland, Lane came up with
the idea for Cavalcade of Authors the previous fall while attending the annual Pacific
Northwest Writers Conference in Portland, Ore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">(Michele Lane)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">“</span></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="13dfa2ba1e6f1ae1__MailEndCompose"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black;">I was listening
to science-fiction author Tim Zahn talk about how he would much rather discuss and
teach writing at a visit than talk about himself,” Lane said. “He went on
to mention the Teen Book Festival in Rochester, N.Y., where the librarians
brought authors together to talk to kids about their books. I thought, ‘I could
do that at my school!’”</span> </span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-bookmark: 13dfa2ba1e6f1ae1__MailEndCompose;">Lane
said she spent her entire 220-mile drive home from Portland refining her plan.
Six months later, seven authors and 70 students gathered at Enterprise for the
inaugural Cavalcade of Authors. </span>As news spread, more schools and authors
jumped on board and the event eventually had to be moved across the Tri-Cities
to Columbia Basin Community College.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Signing up to attend Cavalcade of Authors does not entitle
students to a Monopoly-like get-out-of-school-free card. In fact, attending
actually creates <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">more</i> homework. To
qualify for Cavalcade, each student must have read at least one book from each
of four of that year’s featured authors. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;">(Front Row Left to Right: Michelle Lane (Director), D.J. MacHale, Jeff Burlingame, Holly Cupala, Suzanne Selfors, Maureen McQuerry, Lisa McMann, Veronica Rossi, Brandon Dorman, and Kelly Milner Halls. Back Row: Jonathan Maberry, Gregg Olsen, Jonathan Auxier, Trent Reedy, Chris Crutcher, and Brandon Mull. <span style="color: black;">Guad</span>alupe Garcia McCall not pictured)<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Students who read at least eight books were given a T-shirt
to wear to the event. The sea of teens wearing shirts adorned with the motto
“Read for Life” filling the school’s auditorium at the end of the 2013 event,
held March 1, proved that students went above and beyond the qualification
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As if a free T-shirt was not enough, students were given
extra incentive to read more in 2013. Doing so entered their name in a drawing
for one of two NOOK Simple Touch Readers, both donated by the local Barnes
& Noble. The store also hosted a well-attended book signing featuring all
16 authors the night before the main event, and donated 10 percent of each
Cavalcade-related book sold back to the cause. </span></div>
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The chain bookseller was hardly the only company to contribute
to Cavalcade. Local businesses donated food, gave a discount on hotel rooms for
the authors, and prizes for the top three finishers in two grade-defined writing
contests for students. Grants also helped pay the bills, which included
transportation costs and honorariums for the authors, many of which donated
their time or dramatically reduced their appearance fees to contribute to the
unique event. Lane’s total budget in 2013 was roughly $25,000. Volunteers,
including Lane’s fellow librarians, teachers, community activists and even
students, staffed the event. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Although she now has more than five years invested in
Cavalcade of Authors, Lane’s primary goal remains the same as it was during her
brainstorming car ride home from Portland in <span style="color: windowtext;">2007. <span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Our goal is to create an authentic writing-conference experience for our students in grades 6-12, where writers come together to discuss their craft,”she said. “Students who still are attending Cavalcade and have been with us since we started have been introduced to 50 different authors. The sixth-graders who started this year — if they stay with us through their senior year — will have been introduced to around 100 different authors.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Check out Cavalcade <strong>Author's Hall of Fame)</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With strong local media
coverage and growing coverage from across the region, it does not appear
Cavalcade of Authors will be doing anything but expanding in the near future.
That is fine with Lane, who envisions a three-day event attended by students
from across Washington and northeastern Oregon. It could be held in various
geographic regions. A majority of those who have seen and experienced the
Tri-Cities-based Cavalcade of Authors appear to support Lane in her quest. So
do the authors who have seen firsthand the changes they can make in students’
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of Authors was the kind of event where readers and writers could share in their
love of books,” said Jonathan Maberry, a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New
York Times</i> best-selling author and a featured Cavalcade presenter in 2013. “Fast-paced,
lots of fun, and a great learning experience for everyone, including the pros
there as guests. [It was] a high-water mark for all such events.”<span style="color: windowtext;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Gregg Olsen, another <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">New
York Times</i> best-selling author and 2013 attendee agreed. “I can’t
think of a better, more impactful experience than what occurs between authors
and young readers at the Cavalcade of Authors,” Olsen said. “Small groups.
Large groups. Literary. Popular fiction. Nonfiction. Everything and everyone
comes together in a crazy, cool mix. Simply put, this is one festival that does
what so many others promise — it brings everyone face to face. I will never
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“They’re known all around the world for their books and I
actually get to go home and say I met an author,” a Chiawana High School
ninth-grader named Elena said at the end of the 2013 Cavalcade of Authors. “If
someone’s reading a book, [I can say], ‘I’ve met that author.’ That’s so cool.
This is the best day ever.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you, Jeff for your terrific article!</span></div>
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