CYA: An Oklahoma Librarian’s Sharehouse

CYA Presents…
•    Dark Teen Lit for You & Me
•    Best YA Books for 2011 (So Far)
•    Bleached T’s
•    SPLC Free Bully Video
•    Get Henna’d
•    Teen’s Top Ten
•    Learning Labs Grant
•    Summer Reading at The Toy and Action Figure Museum

CYA Podcast
The CYA: Children & YA Book Review Podcast discussed I Am J by Cris Beam. Our topic was the Wall Street Journal article on the dangers of dark teen lit. Guess what side we’re on. Take a listen as we go through the articles and declare war on them and the author: http://yalitlovers.oklibshare.org/2011/06/i-am-j-or-aint-nuthin-but-a-j-thing/.

Best Books of 2011 (so far)
I’m re-sending this in case you missed it in the last email. Attached is a list of titles YALSA-BK contributors listed as a few of the best of 2011 read this year. You will find a few titles that were released late last year on the list, but definitely worthy.  You can use the list for a display. You can post the list in the teen area indicating which books your library owns and which teens can interlibrary loan.

Bleached T’s
Also attached is a how-to on Bleached T-Shirts Instructions for a teen program.

Free Bullying Video
The Southern Poverty Law Center is offering this for free!
Bullied: A Student, a School and a Case That Made History
•    Level:
•    Grades 6 to 8
•    Grades 9 to 12

Bullied is a documentary film that chronicles one student’s ordeal at the hands of anti-gay bullies and offers an inspiring message of hope to those fighting harassment today. It can become a cornerstone of anti-bullying efforts in middle and high schools.
•    A 40-minute documentary film (DVD), with closed captioning and with Spanish subtitles
•    A two-part viewer’s guide with standards-aligned lesson plans and activities for use in staff development
Order it here: http://www.tolerance.org/bullied

Henna
The Henna Page, http://www.hennapage.com, has been a great source for information when I’ve done henna programs in the past. The shopping portion of their site is http://mehandi.com/. (Thanks Karl, TCCL, for posting on YALSA-BK)

YALSA Teens Top Ten
There are 25 nominees for this year’s Teens’ Top Ten list. YALSA, through a generous donation from Dollar General, is giving away 10 sets of the nominees to libraries in need. Individual library branches within a larger system are welcome to apply. Applications are due Aug. 1, 2011. Recipients will be announced the week of Sept. 12th, 2011.  To learn more about the Teens’ Top Ten, visit www.ala.org/teenstopten. Visit YALSA’s homepage at www.ala.org/yalsa to learn more and to download the application. In order to be eligible for the books, applicants must be YALSA members and their library must be within 20 miles of a Dollar General Store.  To find out if your library meets that criteria, visit http://tinyurl.com/3mkq5xu.

Don’t forget to encourage your teens to read the nominees throughout the summer so they can go online and vote for their favorites beginning Aug. 15th.  Thanks for all that you do to get more teens reading!

YALSA Grant
Learning Labs in Libraries & Museums
from the Institute of Museum & Library Services and the MacArthur Foundation

These grants (up to $100,000) will support the planning and designing of up to 30 Learning Labs in libraries and museums throughout the country. The Labs are intended to engage middle- and high-school youth in mentor-led, interest-based, youth-centered, collaborative learning using digital and traditional media. Grantees will be required to participate, in-person and online, in a community of practice that will provide technical assistance, networking, and cross-project learning. Projects are expected to provide prototypes for the field and be based on current research about digital media and youth learning. There will be two project deadlines for this grant program: the first is Aug. 15, 2011, and the second deadline is planned for spring 2012.  For additional information, visit http://www.imls.gov/about/macarthur.shtm.
For information about an existing Learning Lab that has already been funded and implemented through this effort, access this .pdf document:
http://ccsr.uchicago.edu/downloads/6899youmedia_final_2011.pdf

Summer Reading with The Toy & Action Figure Museum

The TOY & ACTION FIGURE MUSEUM
Pauls Valley, Oklahoma

Art and reading go hand in hand at the Toy & Action Figure Museum. Join us for the museum’s Summer Arts & Reading Program cosponsored by the Nora Sparks Warren Public Library and the Toy & Action Figure Museum.

Every Wednesday morning from 11am to 12 noon through the month of July and the first two weeks of August, representatives from the library and authors will be reading from selected books and artists will be on hand for special art projects related to that day’s readings.

• July 6 – Author Una Belle Townsend  and her Puppet, Grady, reading their book“Grady’s in the Silo” and Cow Puppet Making to follow.
• July 13 – Artist and Storyteller, Mary Francis demonstrates and teaches Chinese Calligraphy with her story of a Very Clever Horse. Children learn 15 Chinese characters during this one-hour session.
• July 20 – Librarian reads the book“Dogs.” Afterwards, Artist and Curator Kevin Stark teaches  an Art Lesson on Drawing Dogs
• July 27 – Librarian reads the book “Bugs.”  Museum staff and volunteers assist children in sculpting and creating Clay Bugs.
• August 4 – Mr. Puppet (ventriloquists, puppeteer, humorist and educator) performs his comical routine for children age 3 – 9.
• August 10 – Librarian reads “I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello” book while museum staff and volunteers assist children in creating their own musical instruments.

The focused age group is children ages 3 to 9, but all children (and adults) are welcome. Children 9 and under are free with a paid adult from 10am to 11am each day of the reading/arts program.

Plan a visit to the Toy & Action Figure Museum to see the newest displays on Green Lantern, Cars 2, The Mighty Thor and an exhibit on how action figures are designed. Also, check out the NEWLY REMODELED Play and Dress Up Area! It’s a superhero’s secret headquarters! There are also lots of new toys in the famous “Bedroom Diorama” as well as new items available in the gift shop and some cool newly designed museum logo merchandise! Come see what’s new at the museum!

The museum is open Memorial Day to Labor Day – Monday – Thursday 10 – 5, Friday and Saturday 10 – 7 and Sunday 1 – 5. Admission is $6 per person plus tax with group rates, senior and military discounts available. Please call 405 238 6300 or email lisa@actionfiguremuseum.com.

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Summer Reading
By now, the majority of libraries are well into their summer reading program. I hope things are going well. Reports are starting to come with libraries getting a few more kids than expected. Good news! Let me know if you need more materials as soon as you can. In my office I have an abundance of bookmarks and that’s about it. Reading logs, certificates and stickers will have to be ordered from Upstart/Highsmith. Let me know before you run out if you need more and I’ll get the order in right away. Upstart has plenty of these items in stock, so shipping shouldn’t take long.

Planet Earth on You Tube – Metafilter
http://www.metafilter.com/101281/The-Definitive-Look-at-the-Diversity-of-Our-Planet

The breathtaking TV series is now available in its entirety on YouTube.  Here are the links.  (Neat New Stuff I Found This Week, http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html, [Copyright, Marylaine Block, 1999-2011, 3/11/11]

National Geographic Travel and Cultures
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/

Travel tips, blogs, photos, contests and much more.

2011-12 WrestleMania Reading Challenge
YALSA and WWE are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2011-2012 WrestleMania Reading Challenge!  Sign up by July 31, and teens at your library could win a trip to WrestleMania XXVIII in Miami next April – and you could win $2,000 for your library!

Libraries and educators who register will receive promotional packs with large posters, mini posters, and other materials to help you promote the challenge in late August.  Libraries with multiple branches can register once and request the number of promotional packs they need to distribute to all branches.

Participation in the challenge is open to those in grades 5-12 in all 50 U.S. States and the District of Columbia, as well as all legal residents of Canada excluding Quebec.  Teens and tweens who wish to compete for tickets and a trip to WrestleMania 28 in Miami, Florida, will complete and submit a special project during Teen Read Week, Oct. 16-22, 2011.

Twenty-one finalists will be chosen in January 2012 and will win transportation, hotel, tickets and spending money to attend WrestleMania 28 in Miami.  Their sponsoring library will win $2,000.  Finalists will compete in the WrestleMania Reading Challenge Championships, where they can win ringside tickets to WrestleMania 28 and other prizes.  Registration is open now through July 31 at www.ala.org/wrestlemania.

Oklahoma Teen Read Month 2011
Speaking of YALSA’s Teen Read Week, Oklahoma’s Teen Read Month is already in the planning. I have contacted a well-known local artist to do the artwork that corresponds with the theme “Picture It” which is a focus on graphic novels. We are also writing the lesson plans that will be on the ODL and Newspapers in Education website and in the NIE paper that is delivered to schools across the state. We would love to include your contribution of an activity, reading list, or program, just send your ideas. We also have bigger and better prizes this year. Once we have all of our sponsors nailed down I will let you know. The prizes are really, really good this year. You are going to like them.

Grant Opportunity from Build-A-Bear
Build-A-Bear Workshop provides direct support for children in literacy and education programs, such as summer reading programs, early childhood education programs and literacy programs for children with special needs.  The grants are made possible through the sale of Turner the Owl, a special furry friend available in all Build-A-Bear Workshop stores.  With the sale of each Turner the Owl, $.50 cents is donated to First Book and $.50 cents is donated through the Build-A-Bear Workshop Bear Hugs Foundation to other literacy programs throughout the United States and Canada.  Grant requests reviewed on a rolling basis through October 2011.  For more information go to:  http://www.buildabear.com/shopping/contents/content.jsp?catId=400002&id=700010.

Think B4 You Speak with Grant Hill
If you watched any of the NBA games (so proud of our OKC Thunder on how far they made it this year) you would have seen the new PSA to stop gay slurs with Grant Hill. This is Hill’s contribution to the cause that it’s not okay to say something that puts down another group, no matter who they are. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nasp3euSqjM

Virtual Author Visits
Random House has a list of authors available for in-person and virtual visits. Only the authors listed in bold are available for virtual visits. http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/list.html. If you scroll to the bottom there are authors that will visit teachers and adults only which would be great for a in-service opening speaker or conference session or panel speaker. Go here for the request form and how to set up a virtual visit, http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/appear.html.

YSC Reads
I’ve been busy, busy reading the past few weeks. Mainly I’ve been getting ready for my first face-to-face committee meeting in at ALA in New Orleans. I have a couple of books left to read in order to be ready to discuss them.

I’ve also been reading for the local Young Adult Literature Lovers group I attend. We just finished Terry Pratchett’s I Shall Wear Midnight the final book in the Tiffany Aching series. We all thought he wrapped up the series very nicely.

Finally, I’m reading for the CYA Podcast. We recorded Red Glove by Holly Black, second book in The Curseworkers series, and Cloaked by Alex Flinn. Next is I Am J by Cris Beam, Delirium by Lauren Oliver and six children’s books selected by Cathie Sue & Jenny. You can listen via you computer, download onto your computer and listen or move to any handheld MP3 device, or download through iTunes.

My oldest daughter and I participated in the 48 hour book challenge this year presented by Mother Reader. The rules are to read as many books as you can in 48 hours allowing sleep and life. My own rules were no TV or video games. I did allow for going outside to play and listening to music while reading. I really enjoyed the challenge. I only read 4 books, though. Divergent was 460 pages, which reading it within a 24 hour period was fast for me. On the last day, too much life got in the way of the my reading and I could only squeeze in 4 hours instead of the 8 I had planned. I’m looking forward to doing this again next year and with shorter books.

Does your reading need its own kick start? There are always book challenges just for librarians. Start your own Book-a-Day Challenge which is reading a book a day. I saw a tweet by a school librarian who is doing this over the summer now that all the books have been returned to the library including the ones most in demand.

How many books can you read over summer?

-A Few Books I’ve Read

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi – a well-written dystopian world

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys – WW2 from the untold Lithuania story

Department 19 by Will Hill – hunting killer, ripping, tearing, psychotic vampires – whee!

Red Glove by Holly Black – magic and mobsters a lethal combination

Mine! By Shutta Crum – when everyone starts claiming and reclaiming what’s theirs

We Love Our School by Judy Sierra – a Rebus story about friends and what they do at school

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Oklahoma Department of Libraries and the national Collaborative Summer Reading Program want to encourage you to develop your video skills, have fun and use your library all summer long. We created this contest for teens to create videos for teens.

Create a video promoting Summer Reading at the Library and you could win $250!

Just a short Public Service Announcement, using the theme “You Are Here” could make you the Oklahoma “You Are Here” Teen Video Challenge Winner.

One winner can be selected from each state and CSLP member affiliate. Teens across America could see your video.

Download the entry form

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The Oklahoma Department of Libraries Office of Library Development Youth Services Consultant awarded grants for libraries. These grants are designed to continue professional education and development for librarians serving youth, to invite popular authors and illustrators to public libraries and to build home book collections through the library.

Thank you to the librarians for submitting proposals to achieve these goals for Oklahoma librarians and youth.

Professional Youth Services Speaker Grant

3 proposals awarded $5,000 each – $15,000 total

• John F. Henderson Public Library (EODLS) – Sue Ann Ghormely – $5,000
• Pioneer Library System – Jenny Stenis – $5,000
• Watonga Public Library – Brenda Stein – $5,000

Author/Illustrator for Youth Visit Grant

4 proposals awarded $5,000 each – $20,000 total

• Alva Public Library – Sandra Ott-Hamilton – $5,000
• Miami Public Library – Marcia Johnson – $5,000
• Chickasaw Regional (Public) Library System – Lynn McIntosh – $5,000
• Western Plains Library System – Michael Hull – $5,000

Homepalooza Grant

2 proposals awarded $2,000 each – $4,000 total

• Thomas-Wilhite Memorial Library (Perkins) – Melissa Redekopp – $2,000
• Grandfield Public Library – Vicki Whittington – $2,000

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Attendance is busting out libraries all over the state! Shelves have been emptied and kids are reading, reading, reading. Libraries across the state were decorated to the hilt with water art and crafts.

This is all great and wonderful. But, where does that leave Oklahoma’s awesomely dedicated and intrepid librarians? Exhausted. Tired. And, getting just a little bit cranky. It’s almost over and soon you can come and talk it all out at Share Fair this fall.

Share Fair will be September 17, 2010 at the Midwest City Library in Midwest City, OK.

Bring pictures of your library!

Bring your examples of the crafts and decorations that you made!

Show off what your library did for the youth in your community!

Bringing and showing what you did lets other librarians learn new craft activities, share ideas and builds a community of support. Join me, won’t you?

Share Fair
September 17th, 2010
Midwest City Library, Midwest City, OK

9:30 am – 4:00 pm

Register for the workshop, http://watersf10.eventbrite.com/.

This is a free workshop offered and sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and funded by the Institute for Libraries and Museums. CEU’s will be available.

See You Soon!

Adrienne Butler
Youth Services Consultant
Oklahoma Department of Libraries
200 Northeast 18th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73105-3298
abutler@oltn.odl.state.ok.us
405.522.3323

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Make a Splash--READ!

I am inviting you to join Mad Science Derick Brock, http://www.madscience.org/locations/okc/, and me at the Water Summer Reading Workshops this coming spring. Derick will demonstrate science fun and its connection to the Water Summer Reading Program. He has an exciting and spectacular day planned just for you.

The free workshops are a full day with continuing education credits. Both children and teen librarians are welcomed to stay the entire day. If that is not possible, please feel free to split the day between staff members.

Register online for the workshop on SurveyMonkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/X8GT2H9.

Make Waves at Your Library

The workshop’s dates and locations:

•    February 24th, 9:30 – 4:00 Hardesty Library, Connor’s Cove (Tulsa City County Library System)
•    February 25th, 10:00 – 4:30 Hobart Library
•    February 26th, 9:30 – 4:00 Woodward Public Library
•    March 2nd, 9:30 – 4:00 Ada Public Library
•    March 5th, 10:00 – 4:30 Hartshorne Public Library
•    March 10, 9:30 – 4:00 Stillwater Public Library

See you there!

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As your summer reading starts to wind down, it’s time to start sharing! Share Fair will be Friday, October 2 at the Belle Isle Library in Oklahoma City. It is a free one day gathering for both children and teen librarians.

Sign in will start at 9:00, the meeting will begin at 9:30 and last until 4:00. Lunch is on your own, but snacks will be provided.

If you want to share pictures, or displays, etc let me know soon so arrangements can be made.

This year’s Share Fair will truly focus on the sharing of information. I brought back information from the ALA Conference this July. If you attended a conference, workshop or meeting and would like to share let me know. I will get with you and work out the details.

Register for Share Fair: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=oOiJSz8H9gLTBXkz7bZpPA_3d_3d

Things to Remember:

*Belle Isle Library, Friday, October 2. Sign in at 9:30, Workshop is 10:00 to 4:00.

Belle Isle Library
5501 N Villa Ave
Oklahoma City, OK 73112-7100
(405) 843-9601

*Contact me if you want to share pictures, displays, etc.

*Contact me if you attended other meetings or workshops that focus on services to children and teens and would like to share what you learned.

See you soon!

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Friday, October 2, 2009 at the Belle Isle Library in Oklahoma City is Share Fair.

Upcoming Summer Reading Programs themes and slogans are:

• 2010 Water – children “Make a Splash–READ!; teen “Make Waves at Your Library“; adult “Water Your Mind“.
• 2011 World Culture/Travel – children “One World, Many Stories“; teen “You Are Here“; adult “Novel Destinations“
• 2012 Night – slogans will be announced spring 2010

Presenters and Performers are already filling out their information for the upcoming years. Keep checking the CYA:Wiki for the latest additions.

2010 Manuals will be ordered at the end of June and hopefully available for pickup by Share Fair, October 2.

If your library is interested in hosting a Summer Reading Workshop next spring contact me.

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Yay! Summer Reading has started around the state. Don’t forget to send library program pictures to me. I’ll put them online for all to see!

Enjoy your summer and I’ll see you in the fall.

Share Fair is Friday, October 2, 2009 at the Belle Isle Library in Oklahoma City. Come one, come all!

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2009 Music and the Arts Spring Workshops Agenda’s

Below are the agenda’s for the workshops. For this year, both children and young adult will meet together all day, with the exception of the Tulsa workshop.

Oklahoma Department of Libraries Agenda

9:00 Registration
9:30 Dana Helms
12:30 Lunch on Your Own
1:30 Kelley Riha
2:45 Adrienne Butler
4:00 Workshop Conclusion

Martin Regional (Tulsa City County) Agenda

9:00 Registration for Young Adult Librarians
9:30 Monty Harper
10:45 Adrienne Butler
12:00 Lunch on Your Own
1:00 Registration for Children Librarians
1:30 Monty Harper
2:45 Adrienne Butler
4:00 Workshop Conclusion

Perry Public Library, Jim Lucas Memorial Library (Checotah), Alva Public Library, Ardmore Public Library, and Hobart Public Library

9:00 Registration
9:30 Monty Harper
12:30 Lunch on Your Own
1:30 Adrienne Butler
4:00 Workshop Conclusion

Workshop Dates and Locations

Feb 27 – Oklahoma Department of Libraries

March 3 – Martin Regional Library, Tulsa City County (Teen librarians in the morning; Children librarians in the afternoon)

March 5 – Perry Public Library

March 6 – Jim Lucas Memorial Library (Checotah)

March 9 – Alva Public Library

March 12 – Ardmore Public Library

March 13 – Hobart Public Library

Register on SurveyMonkey

The ODL workshop will have Dana Helms, The Upside-Down Artist, and Kelley Riha, Community Information Coordinator for the Metropolitan Library System. Kelley will demonstrating improvisation and working with kids. Seating at ODL is limited to 60 people.

Joining me on the road is Monty Harper. He will preview his songs and talk about the importance of incorporating music into everyone’s life.

So, come, sit back and relax and enjoy the show!

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