Red Hot CHILIS News
A Publication of CHILIS, the Children's Librarians of New Hampshire
Spring/Summer 2006
In
this Issue:
Calendar
/ Conferences
/ Executive Board
/ From The Editor
Book Awards
/ Library Happenings
News You Can Use
/ Newsletters Online
/ Summer Reading
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Calendar
CHILIS Board: September 15
at
9:00 a.m. at the Local Government Center in Concord.
YALS: October 26 9:30 a.m. for coffee, 10:00 a.m. meeting at the Dunbarton
Public Library.
CHILIS Fall Conference: October 19 in Rindge.
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Summer
Reading
Southern New Hampshire
Children's Librarians might be interested in the New England Pirate
Museum located in Salem, MA. Where it is stated as a New
England
museum, and about 1 hour and 15 minutes away I felt comfortable asking
for a summer reading program donation. I wrote an e-mail with the
same information I would put in a typed donation request - explaining
our summer reading program with prizes as incentives, the theme, and
the impact this program has on our young readers. Then I asked if they
would be willing to donate. I went on-line to their website www.piratemuseum.com, clicked
on their contact e-mail and asked if they would donate tickets.
Within a week I received a complimentary pass for (4) to their museums
(along with the Pirate Museum they also have a Witch Dungeon Museum and
a Witch History Museum). Good luck. Wendy Rowe,
Children's/YA Librarian, Barrington Public Library
Would you like an
opportunity to share ideas and questions about this year's Summer
Reading Program (or any other topic)--without having to travel to meetings? Now, you
can! Ann Hoey has set up a discussion
forum on WebJunction called
"Treasure Reading." You can join this discussion at your
convenience and ask questions, respond to others and get some ideas
about summer
reading. Here's how it works: Go to: http://nh.webjunction.org/
In the top right hand corner you will see words that say "select a
WebJunction community." In the drop down box below, select New
Hampshire and go the WebJunction NH page.. At this point, if you
have not registered, please do so now. Be sure that you choose
WebJunction NH as your affliate as you go through the registration
process. There is no cost to register. If you have
registered, please sign in now. On the WebJunction NH page, you
will see a bright Treasure Reading graphic and a link to the Treasure
Reading discussion. Click on the Treasure Reading link and this
will take you to a set of discussion topics. Click on the
topic--Treasure Reading 2006. You will see postings.
You can hit reply and post a message if you would like. Try
it! If you have any problems, let Ann know and she will try to
help you. There are already several good suggestions already
posted. You can also choose to "watch" the topic, which will
generate an email to you any day that there are new postings.
There are several other topics of interest on the site as well.
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News
You
Can Use
You can now find a
directory of NH Children's Authors
and Illustrators who do library and
school programs on the CHILIS website at
http://www.chilisnh.org/directory.html.
The information comes
directly from the authors and illustrators themselves and includes a
program description, target audience and fee information.
Congratulations to
Chris Tarrio and her family on
the birth of her granddaughter,
Athena-Marie Tarrio Staley, born March 8. Chris is taking time
off to help care for Nena, and we welcome Sheila Vanderhorst as the new
children's librarian in Jaffrey.
Check with the
Derry Public Library for their
"I Love Reading" silicone
bracelets. These were designed by the Teen Library Council as a
fund raiser. At $2.00 each, they make great prizes and
gifts. The white bracelets have debossed lettering, with a
heart in place of "love". The letters can be colored in if you
choose. For further information or to purchase bracelets, just
call Derry Public Library at (603) 432-6140.
If you received a
Kids, Books, and the Arts grant
this year, please don't forget to send
your evaluation in after your program. Also, remember that the
KBATA checks are addressed to your library's Trustees at your library
address, so your library will need to issue a check for the
performer. If you have any questions, please contact Ann Hoey at
the State Library. Also, don't forget to do a final confirmation
a week or so before your event, to help prevent last minute glitches or
'no shows'.
Did your summer reading include a
book that you love and want to share with other NH readers? Please
visit the NH Center for the Book "Granite
State Readers Recommend"
webpage at http://www.state.nh.us/nhsl/bookcenter/programs/gs_recommend.html
and let us know about it. Some of the recommended titles have
been included in Book Notes - The NH Center for the Book newsletter.
All the suggestions will be included on the webpage. To date,
there haven't been many children's or young adult titles recommended,
so let's get going!
The Harvard Family Research Project
has developed a "Family Involvement
Storybook Corner" to promote family involvement in literacy education
and family-school-community partnerships. Check out the resources
they've gathered at http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/resources/storybook/index.html
The ALSC International Relations
Committee has worked long and hard on
a series of bibliographies called "Growing Up Around the World: Books
as Passports to Global Understanding for Children in the United
States." Through "Growing Up Around the World," the committee
hopes to make books that accurately depict contemporary life in other
countries more widely available to American children. The project
includes bibliographies representing five regions: Africa; the
Americas; Asia and the Middle East; Australia and New Zealand; and
Europe. All five book lists are available on the ALSC Web site
at: http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alscresources/booklists/GrowingUpAroundWorld.htm
Anchor Books is sponsoring the O.
Henry Short Story Competition for
Young Writers. The competition is for writers between the
ages of
14 and 22. The contest runs from May 15, 2006 to
September 22, 2006. Top Prizes include $100.00 cash and online
publication. Stories must not exceed 1,000 words. Please visit: www.ohenryprizestories.com
for more information! Best of luck to all your fabulous young
writers!
The Children's Librarian's Coop
met Friday, June 16 at the Plaistow Public Library to discuss summer
reading programs, and other things we have issues or concerns
about. The group usually meets on the 3rd Friday of each month at
9:30 a.m. Contact Deb Hoadley for more information about the
group.
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Executive
Board
The next CHILIS
board meeting
will
be September 15, 9:00 a.m., at the Local Government Center building in
Concord. (Behind Home Depot, near the Steeplegate Mall) A By-laws
committee met in August to review the by-laws and recommended
changes needed to update them. All potential changes have been sent
to all members along with the October conference registration. Changes will be discussed
and voted on during the business meeting portion of the conference.
At the PLA Conference in Boston, CHILIS
purchased THREE Die Cut Machines,
as well as a few die sets. These are being placed around the
state. Check the WebJunction Forum for detail on where they
will be availble. Any CHILIS member
can contact the hosting library to set up a time to use the
machine...just remember to bring your own paper or craft foam!
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Conferences
The CHILIS Fall Conferencewill
be
held on October 19, 2006 in Rindge. Registration forms have been
sent on the van to all members and libraries. They are also
available on the CHILIS website.
Since the CHILIS Fall '05 conference,
we have continued to look into the copyright issues of adapting books
into puppet shows. It is apparent that one must contact the
publisher for permission, even if the performance is educational (for
use in a library/school - not a paid performance).
For those who attended the CHILIS
Spring Conference, we had forgotten to thank Fred Reidy of Puppet World
for his generous donation to the raffle. Fred sent all of the
puppets and two of the treasure chests to the conference. If you
would like to purchase any of these items, you can contact Fred via his
website at http://puppetworld.net/aboutus/aboutus.htm.
Thanks also to Gail Drucker for all of her hard work in putting
together this conference. Pictures from the conference are
available here.
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Book
Awards
We have a winner
for the first ever Flume: NH Teen
Readers' Choice Award! Dan Brown's
The Da Vinci Code received the
most votes from NH teens around the
state. Jodi Picoult's My
Sister's Keeper and Mark Haddon's The
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time placed second and
third
in the vote tally. Thank you to the 34 schools and public
libraries that participated. The 13 nominees for the 2007
Flume Award are now available at the following link:
http://www.nashualibrary.org/YALS/documents/FlumeAward2007Nominees_000.pdf
The annotated brochure, along with other promotional materials, will be
ready at a later date . We hope you will join us in promoting
this new book award among students in grades 9-12. Happy Reading!
Skippyjon
Jones by Judy Schachner
received 4,982 of the 13,936 votes cast for the 2005 Ladybug Picture Book Award
making it the winner. Congratulations to Judy Schachner and
Dutton Children's Books for producing such a great book!
Voting for the 2005 Ladybug Picture Book Award occurred during
Children's Book Week in November. Children from pre-school through the
3rd grade were eligible to vote, and more than 100 New Hampshire
preschools, elementary schools and public libraries participated in the
voting. You can view the list of nominated titles for the 2006
Award at http://www.state.nh.us/nhsl/bookcenter/programs/ladybug.html.
Voting will take place during Children's Book Week in November. Ballots
will be available on the website in June 2006. Ladybug stickers are
currently available for sale and an order form can be printed from the
website. Thank you to the members of the Ladybug committee for
all of their hard work and for selecting ten great picture books!
Voting for the 2006 Isinglass Teen
Read was extended until May 31, and the winner is One of Those Hideous Books Where the
Mother Dies by Sonya Sones. It was VERY close this year
and every vote counted! We had 17 communities vote with 952 total
votes. I'd love to see this number double or triple next year as
we become a recognized statewide award with backing from CHILIS.
If anyone is interested in reading and becoming one of our selectors
for the list, please let me know. We always welcome new
blood! Most meetings are held in the seacoast area in the late
afternoons but we also welcome those who wish to read and send feedback
via e-mail on a regular basis. The new list of nominees
can be found at . Bookmarks are available at $6.00 per pack of
100. Contact Amy Inglis to order: blibrary@metrocast.net or
visit www.barringtonlibrary.com
The Great Stone Face winner
for 2006 was announced at the NHEMA Conference...and the winner is The
Legend of Spud Murphy by . Total votes = 7940. Last year we
had 6124 votes. That's a 22.9% increase!! Your votes are
very important!! Thank you to all who
participate!
Nancy Keene is adding the GSF nominees to her daily podcasts.
Since she only does one booktalk a day, it will take 25 days to get it
done. To listen to the podcasts on the computer, go to http://www.nancykeane.com/rss.html
and click on the one you want to listen to. To subscribe to the
daily podcast, start up itunes, click on "Advanced" at the top,
"Subscribe to Podcast" and when it asked for the URL, type in
http://www.nancykeane.com/rss.xml.
The Cochecho Award is
currently sponsored by the Dover Public Library and is selected by 3rd
and 4th graders. The nominees for
the 2007 award can be found at http://www.dover.lib.nh.us/Childrens'Room/childrenpages/Cochecho.htm.
A listing of ALA award winners and information on the New Hampshire
Awards can be found here.
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Library
Happenings
The
Richards Free Library hosted Newport
children’s author John Lunn for
the launch of his latest novel THE
AQUANAUTS in December.
Lorreen Keating,
North Hampton Public Library,
recently had a super program with
author/illustrator Laura Rankin. Her new book "Rabbit
Ears" is very cute and got a very good review in Booklist. She
also has a beautiful book coming out in June about her childhood pets
(a dog and a duck). The kids loved the program and we got
to keep the three pages of pictures the kids made up as a story.
Her fee is $250 plus travel beyond 20 miles. She's a wonderful
artist and storyteller and also works part time as a librarian in
Maine! Her contact info: Laura Rankin, phone and fax
207-363-7608, York Harbor, ME, Lauraran@aol.com
Kathy Tracy,
Tracy Memorial Library, New London,
reports that they have a therapy
dog who has been coming in for several months, once a week, after
school. Daisy is an absolute sweetheart and the children love
her. We picked a place out of the main stream and the time for
each child is just for them. We encourage other children not to
hang right over the area so that the reader will feel more comfortable
reading, which of course, is part of the idea. The owner is very
good with the kids as well. We have decided to continue the
visits this summer, but switch to mornings when there is more activity
here and not have a sign-up, just do it very informally. The
children read to Daisy for different reasons, but it's been just great
and fairly low "maintenance" for me.
You're all invited! The dedication for our new Moultonborough Public Library
addition will be at 10am on Wednesday, July 12th. There will be
speeches (short, we hope) and cake and strawberry punch. We'd
love to see all our fellow librarians who have helped us so much over
the years. Nancy McCue, Moultonborough PL, mpublibrary@adelphia.net
DURHAM
PUBLIC
LIBRARY News
A Child
Identification and Safety Session with Durham Police Department was
held during the February vacation. Children had the opportunity
to meet a police officer and be fingerprinted. Parents received a
Child Safety and Identification Packet. The Durham, Lee and
Madbury Public Libraries hosted a February vacation concert by Steve
Blunt. A Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Workshop was
held for children in kindergarten through fifth grade to learn the art
of creative writing.
A Stick Puppet
Workshop was held in March, followed by a Marionette Puppet Workshop
series in April. Andrea Benton, a student in the UNH Dept. of
Theater worked with kids ages five and older to design and create their
own puppets. In conjunction with UNH Education Department's
Seacoast Reads program, DPL offered a Reading Buddy program February
through early May. The Chess Knights meet twice a month through
June. Tales for Tails: Read to a Dog! Reading to a Delta
Society trained therapy dog allows a child to practice reading skills
without judgement and criticism and allows him to associate reading as
a pleasant and special activity. The Book Eaters, a middle school
book group facilitated by Ruth Wharton-McDonald meet once a month on
Wednesday afternoons at 2:45. They have recently discussed Alosha
by Christopher Pike, Blood Trail by Nancy Springer, and Uglies by Scott
Westerfeld.
April vacation
programs included a Scrap Booking Workshop for Kids. Furry
Friends! found Paula Parisi, Humane Education Coordinator at the New
Hampshire SPCA, and her 'assistant" Nellie, a long-haired Chihuahua,
explaining how the NHSPCA helps homeless animals to find new forever
homes. A flannel board story about an abandoned dog named Sam was
followed by Nellie demonstrating all the tricks she knows! They
also talked about proper pet care and kindness towards animals.
Cinderella And Other Tales was presented by Roaring Duck Puppets at
Oyster River High School. Nancy Sander is a professional
puppeteer and has been delighting audiences with her performances
throughout New England for over twenty years. She adapts
classical tales into zany skits and designs and creates her own
fanciful puppets and stages. This event was provided for through
a grant by Jane Kaufmann and was sponsored by the Durham, Lee and
Madbury Public Libraries. Future playwrites had the opportunity
to work together to write a one act play and perform a reader’s theater
version of it. The workshop was facilitated by Christopher
Crossen-Sills, a senior UNH Theater Education major.
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From
the Editor
The
newsletter will soon have a new editor! Kathy Marciniak of
Hillsboro will be taking over the newsletter. For now, you can
continue to send the news to
Chilisnews@aol.com. You can also email any pictures you'd like to
share!
The
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web-only newsletter. If you have absolutely no Internet
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you
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Chilis-l
listserv. If you don't wish to subscribe to the CHILIS list, you can
request
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Chilisnews@aol.com
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Red Hot
CHILIS News
Nancy Lang, Editor
c/o Dunbarton Public Library
1004 School Street
Dunbarton, NH 03046
A Publication of CHILIS, The Children's Librarians of New Hampshire
A Section of the New Hampshire Library Association
Posted 8 September,
2006.
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