Black History Month starts today. I’ve been setting aside books in the review collection. When you visit ODL, you are welcome to browse through them. Here is a list of the books.

Freedman, Russell. “Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.” 2006. Holiday House, 0823420310.

Glaser, Jason. “Jackie Robinson: Gran Pionero Del Beisbol.” 2007. Capstone Press, 0736866027.

Grimes, Nikki. “Thanks a Million.” 2006. Greenwillow Books, 0688172938.

Grimes, Nikki. “Welcome, Precious.” 2006. Orchard Books, 043955702X.

Gutman, Dan. “Satch & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure.” 2006. HarperCollinsPublishers, Amistad, 0060594926.

Marsalis, Wynton. “Jazz A B Z: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits.” 2005. Candlewick, 0763621358.

Salas, Laura Purdie. “Phillis Wheatley: Colonial American Poet.” 2006. Capstone Press, 0736854355.

Savage, Jeff. “Muhammad Ali: The Greatest.” 2007. Capstone Press, 0736864229.

Schmidt, Gary D. “Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy.” 2004. Yearling, 0553494953.

Schotter, Roni and S. Saelig Gallagher. “Mama, I’ll Give You the World.” 2006. Schwartz & Wade Books, 0375936122.

Shore, Diane Z. and Jessica Alexander. “This is the Dream.” 2006. HarperCollins, 006055519X

Summers, Barbara, ed. “Open the Unusual Door: True Life Stories of Challenge, Adventure, and Success by Black Americans.” 2005. Graphia, 0618585311.

Thomas, Joyce Carol, adapted. “Six Fools.” 2006. HarperCollins Publishers, 0060006471.

Thomas, Joyce Carol, adapted. “Three Witches.” 2006. HarperCollins Publishers, 0060006501.

Van Allsburg, Chris. “Probuditi!” 2006. Houghton Mifflin Company, 0618755020.

Wade, Mary Dodson. “Condoleezza Rice: Being the Best.” 2003. Millbrook Press, 0761326197.

Weatherford, Carole Boston. “Dear Mr. Rosenwald.” 2006. Scholastic Press, 0439495229.

Weatherly, Myra. “Benjamin Banneker: American Scientific Pioneer“. 2006. Compass Point Books, 0756515793.

The e-mail for the online summer reading manual has been sent. Activities, online games, letters and forms are still being uploaded to the site. Links to this blog, the forums and the performer’s wiki are listed.
Take a look.

Some of you have been asking about the this year’s summer reading materials. ODL is providing the following for libraries who submitted their information:

• Reading Logs
• Reading Certificates
• Stickers (four to a strip, four different images)
• Trading Cards (16 cards for each person, images are the famous Oklahoman’s as a child on one side and as an adult on the opposite side with a brief bio)
• Postcards (4 cards, 5 images in a collage)
• Children’s Poster by artist Kandy Radzinsky
• Teen Poster by John Bounds
• Teen sign-up giveaway (a water bottle with the slogan and character on it)

If you don’t remember the totals you quoted to ODL, let me know and I can send them to you.

abutler AT oltn.odl.state.ok.us