Literacy Related News and Announcements

Announcements are managed and posted by the Kentucky Reading Association. To suggest announcements email carrie.cooper@eku.edu

 

April 10, 2009

Kentucky Announces Children's Choice Awards: Congratulations to our Winners

 

The Votes are counted and the 2009 Kentucky Bluegrass Awards Winners are:

 

• Dogku by Andrew Clements and Tim Bowers, selected by K-2 readers
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, selected by 3-5 readers
• Call Me Hope by Gretchen Olson , selected by 6-8 readers
• Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, selected by 9-12

 

The Master Lists for 2009-10 and voting summary are available online at http://kentuckyreading.pbwiki.com/Bluegrass+Awards 

 

 

January 18, 2009

Charles Bracelen Flood will be at Joseph Beth Booksellers on February 5 at 7 PM to promote his new book, 1864: Lincoln at the Gates of History

 

 

 

 

 

January 17, 2009

Erza Jack Keats Mini Grants Due September 15, 2009

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1790000379/post/1430039343.html

 

The Erza Jack Keats foundation awards $500 grants to public libraries and public school libraries each year.  Read more about the grants and the get the application form at http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/programs/minigrant.html  

 

January 12, 2009

Youth Media Awards Coming Soon 

 

On January 23 in Denver Colorodo, the Youth Media Awards will be announced at the American Library Association meeting.  These awards include the Caldecott and Newbery Medal winners and Coretta Scott King Book Awards. To read more about these awards, see the press release at http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/january2009/ymaonyourcalendar.cfm 

 

January 9, 2009

Best Literature of the 2008 Selected by BCCB

 

Each year,The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books selects what they believe to be the best picks from the previous year's literature for youth. Have you inculded the hottest new titles in your school or classroom library? 

 

The PDF of the 2008 Blue Ribbon selections are available at http://bccb.lis.uiuc.edu/blue08.html 

 

 

June 20, 2008

2009 National Library Week Grant

 

The American Library Association and Scholastic are offering a $3,000 grant to a library for the best public awareness campaign. Applications are due October 17, 2008. http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2008/june2008/2009NLWgrant.cfm

May 1, 2008

 

Brian Selzick Coming to Kentucky

Brian Selznick, author of the 2008 Caldecott Award for The Invention of Hugo Cabret, will be the featured guest for the 2008 Kentucky Bluegrass Awards luncheon on Friday, September 26. The luncheon takes place at The Kentucky Reading Association Conference at Louisville's Galt Hotel. Registration is open at http://tmcshows.com/KRA/Registration/

 

 

The KBA luncheon is considered a special event and there is a $10 fee. Only registered attendees will be invited to attend. There will be a limited number of tickets sold so register for the conference todayBrian Selzick Coming to Kentucky

 

 

KRA Members Accept Leadership Positions at International Reading Association

 

Dr. Janice Almasi, Carol Lee Robertson Endowed Professor of Literacy at the University of Kentucky, has been elected to the IRA Board of Directors for the 2008-2011 term. 

 

Dr. Brenda Overturf, President of the Kentucky Reading Association and Chair of the Graduate Reading Program at University of Louisville, has been appointed to the IRA Governmental Relations Committee by incoming President, Dr. Barbara Walker.

 

April 22, 2008

 

Henkes and Appelt Visit Kentucky

 

The Blue Marble bookstore in Fort Thomas, KY will host authors Kevin Henkes on May 8 and Kathi Appelt on May 10.  Check out their website to learn more about these store events at http://www.booksite.com/texis/scripts/community?sid=5792

 

 

April 14, 2008

 

Kentucky Announces Children's Choice Awards

 

 The votes are counted and the 2008 Kentucky Bluegrass Award winners are:

 

• Good Boy, Fergus by David Shannon- selected by K-2 readers
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick- selected by 3-5 readers
• Rules by Cynthia Lord- selected by 6-8 readers
• Impulse by Ellen Hopkins- selected by 9-12 readers

 

The Voting Summary Sheet for 2008 is available here: 2008 Voting Summary.doc.

A list of Participating Schools and Libraries for 2008 is available here: 2008 Participating Schools and Libraries.doc.

The 2008-09 Master Lists are posted early due to popular demand. Check out the title lists for next year here . 

 

April 10, 2008

 

Looking for a Good Book?

 

2007 IRA Children's Choice Awards are a great resource for parents, teachers and librarians looking for great new literature for young people. Check out the newest titles at http://www.reading.org/Library/Retrieve.cfm?D=10.1598/RT.61.2.8&F=RT-61-2-CChoices.pdf

 

 

 

April 2008

 

KRA Receives Two Awards from IRA

The International Reading Association awarded the Kentucky Reading Association the 2007 Advocacy Award and the 2007-08 Award of Excellence. Congratulations to us for achieving these great honors and being recognized for our outstanding work in Kentucky!

 

 

March 6, 2008

 

Critical Issues Series: Teaching Reading & Writing and Math & Science To Students with Diverse Learning Barriers Register Online

Presented by the Kentucky Educational Collaborative for State Agency Children

Conference at Eastern Kentucky University on Friday, March 21 Accomodations

Conference in Bowling Green on Monday, March 17 Accomodations

 

 

March 5, 2008

 

Schools and Public Libraries must collectively submit KBA votes online. Please count the total number of first place votes for each title on the master lists and enter the number beside the title. Direct links to the KBA tally sheets are as follows:

 

K-2 Votes click here

3-5 Votes click here

6-8 Votes click here

9-12 Votes click here 

 

March 1, 2008

 

The Kentucky Bluegrass Awards' voting deadline is at midnight on Friday, April 4, 2008. All participating schools and libraries must submit votes online at www.kyreading.org or call 859-622-1072. Winners will be announced the week of Monday, April 14, 2008 along with the 2008-09 master lists. Stay tuned to for forthcoming news about the featured speaker at the Kentucky Bluegrass Awards Luncheon at the Kentucky Reading Association Conference on Friday, September 26 in Louisville, KY.

 

January 2008

 

The American Library Association announced their most prestigious awards for children's literature.

 

• The 2008 Caldecott Medal winner is The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic). The 2008 Honor books are Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written by Ellen Levine (Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic); First the Egg, written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Roaring Brook/Neal Porter); The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, written and illustrated by Peter Sís (Farrar/Frances Foster); and Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity, written and illustrated Mo Willems (Hyperion)
• The 2008 Newberry Medal winner is Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz (Candlewick). The 2008 Honor books are Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (Scholastic); The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt (Clarion); and Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson (Putnam).
• The 2008 Printz Award is The White Darkness, by Geraldine McCaughrean, published by HarperTempest, an imprint of HarperCollins has won the 2008 Michael L. Printz Award