Newbery Book Clubs for Kids and Students - Plus Winner Predictions
for 2013!
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Many
schools and libraries do Mock Newbery Awards, getting the kids to read
books that are getting "buzz" each year and then putting together
discussion groups to talk about the books they've read.
In
December or January, ballots are assembled and the students can vote on
their top favorites and see which book "won" that year's Mock Newbery
Award. Sound like fun? It is!
Here are a couple of links for more information to get started at your school:
Newbery Book Club
Eva Perry Mock Newbery
ALSC/ALA Mock Newbery
ACPL Mock Newbery and General Children's Book Site
If
you're on Goodreads, there is a forum filled with librarians, teachers
and readers, who discuss books all year long as they are published and
the pros and cons about their potential as a Newbery Medal contender.
I've
often learned about new books that I've missed, or I enjoy the
conversation about good books in these forums.It's super easy to join,
too.
Newbery 2013 Discussion Groups on Goodreads:
The Hunt Begins...
Our Mock Newbery
Predictions Contest
Recent reads to discuss
In
case you've been a bit swamped with lesson plans (who isn't?!), here
are a few of the books folks have been buzzing about all year long as
potential Newbery winners.
See if you've read them, let us know
which are your favorites for 2012, and don't forget to watch the ALA
Newbery Broadcast next Monday, January 28th.
Information about how to log in and watch it LIVE is right here: Live ALA Youth Media Awards Broadcast
 
 
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Kimberley
Griffiths Little is the recipient of the Southwest Book Award, The
Whitney Award for Best Youth Novel of 2010, and the author of the highly
acclaimed, The Healing Spell and Circle of Secrets, published by Scholastic Press. Look for her books at the Scholastic Book Fairs, as well 
as two more forthcoming novels in
2012 and 2013. She lives on a dirt road in a small town by the Rio
Grande with her husband, a robotics engineer and their three sons.
Kimberley is a favorite speaker at schools around the country,
presenting "The Creative Diary", a highly successful writing
workshop and has been a speaker at many conferences. Please
to download free Teacher's Guides and Book Club Guides.
Carolee
Dean has made numerous appearances as a guest poet/author at schools,
libraries, poetry events, and teacher/library conferences. She holds a
bachelor's degree in music therapy and a master's degree in
communicative disorders, and she has spent over a decade working in the
public schools as a  speech-language
pathologist. Her first novel, Comfort,was nominated as a Best Book for
Young Adults, was named the Best YA Novel of 2002 by the Texas Institute
of Letters, and was on the TAYSHAS (Texas Library Association) reading
list. She conducts teacher trainings on inspiring reluctant writers
including "The Secret Language of Stories" and "Random  Acts of Haiku."
To find teacher's guides, writing activities, and information about author visits, go to www.caroleedean.com.
Caroline Starr Rose spent her
childhood in the deserts of Saudi Arabia and New Mexico, camping at the
Red Sea in one and eating red chile in the other. She's taught English
and social studies to upper elementary and middle-school students in New
Mexico, Florida, Virginia, and Louisiana. Back in New
Mexico, Caroline now writes middle-grade novels and picture books full time.
UPCOMING AUTHOR EVENTS
Montgomery County Teen Book Festival
Houston, Texas
Saturday, February 2, 2013, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Author Panels and Autographing sessions
SPELLBINDERS
Carolee Dean
Kimberley Griffiths Little
WILL BE SPEAKING!
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