CYA: Children & Young Adults

• Hey y’all! (I’m channeling Paula Dean, right now) I’m getting ready to start the Summer Reading Workshops. I’m leaving for Ardmore today, the workshop is tomorrow and then to Checotah. I’ll be back at ODL on Friday, but not at my desk.
• Friday is Read Across America Day at the Oklahoma City Zoo. I’ll be helping ODL’s Literacy Office. Also, send a birthday card to The Cat in the Hat. Every card sent RandomHouse donates a book to First Book.
• Monday is the Stillwater workshop.
• If you haven’t already, there is still time and room to sign up. Links to the online registration form and the agenda’s are on the CYA home page.

Looking forward to meeting all you!

• I am getting ready to order free comics for the public libraries. The comics are for Free Comic Book Day on May 5, 2007. Many comic bookstore outlets want to join with libraries in promoting comic books to children and young adults.

• If you already have a supplier, please let me know. Otherwise I will use the numbers you gave for the summer reading Sonic coupons. The comic books will be provided free of cost for the libraries. I will use the numbers you gave for the Sonic coupons as to how many you get.

• Call or e-mail if you have any questions. Please let me know by this Friday. Sorry for the short notice.

• abutler AT oltn.odl.state.ok.us

If you downloaded the Children’s Workshop Agenda word document, please note the time is am not pm. That’s what I get for copying and pasting. The agenda has been corrected.

The deadline has been extended for submitting 2009 slogans for children and young adult (the theme is music and the arts) and a theme for 2010. Please send e-mail or comment below by logging in or registering. Oklahoma should be represented when it comes time to vote at the conference in April.

I need to send ideas to the Collaborative this Friday, February 16, 2007.

Print off the form.

This is from the Reforma: National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking listserv.

“Greetings from Colorful Colorado!

The Colorado State Library of the Colorado Department of Education has compiled a list of web resources pertaining to Spanish literacy for kids.  It has been publicized in Colorado, but is useful to a wider audience, hence this message to Reformistas.

“Spanish Language Resources on the Web: Children’s Literacy” can be reproduced by government agencies at no cost, with proper credit given to the Colorado State Library.  Bonnie McCune, longtime Colorado Reformista, deserves special mention for her work on this project.  ¡Muchas gracias, Bonnie!

Here’s the link for this pdf file:

http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdelib/download/pdf/SpanishLiteracyWebResourcesForKids.pdf

Permission granted to nonprofits and government agencies to reproduce at no cost; please credit us.

Lando Archibeque”