Irma S. and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature =
has been presented annually since 1973 by Bank Street College of Education.=
The Award goes to an outstanding book for young children--a book in which =
text and illustrations are inseparable, each enhancing and enlarging on =
the other to produce a singular whole.
The Award is unusual in that children are the final judges of the winning =
book. The process is as follows: From the many children's books published =
each year, an adult group of writers, librarians and educators choose =
approximately twenty books that they consider the best candidates for the =
Award. These books are then sent (in four sets) to the four 8-9s and 9-10s =
classrooms at the Bank Street School for Children. Over the course of five =
weeks the children read and discuss all of the books before selecting four =
finalists. These four--called the Irma S. and James H. Black Honor =
Books--are placed in classrooms or libraries in several different schools, =
in New York and elsewhere. The children in these classrooms read, examine, =
discuss, and re-read the books over a four week period, before they select =
the winning book. Over 1,000 children vote in the final round.
Last year's winner was The Raft written and illustrated by Jim LaMarche. =
HarperCollins. The threee honor books were Basho and the Fox written by =
Tim Myers, illustrated by Oki S. Han. Marshall Cavendish. Click, Clack, =
Moo Cows That Type written by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin. =
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers.Mammalabilia written and =
illustrated by Douglas Florian. Harcourt.=20
This year due to requests from LM Netters for information about our =
picture book study, I am announcing the finalists to LM Netters so that if =
they would like to participate in the picture books study they can. The =
final votes are cast by first and second graders.
This year's finalists are
Three Pigs by Wiesner, Clarion=20
And the dish ran away with the spoon by Stevens, Harcourt
Milo's Hat Trick, Agee, Hyperion
A Fine Fine School, Creech, Harper
We ask that the teachers in our school and the cooperating schools spend =
at least four weeks with the four finalists. The books are to be =
available to children to enjoy leisurely, they are read aloud a number of =
times in large groups and small groups. Librarians and teachers plan and =
implement reading response activities such as interviewing the characters, =
making trading cards with the characters and places, drawing maps, =
retelling the tales,readers theater etc. Teachers and librarians lead =
discusions on what makes an excellent picture book. Some of the questions =
we ask are...Do the words go with the story? Do the pictures express ideas =
as well as the words. Do you look forward to what comes next? Were there =
any surprises? Is this a book you would want to share with others?
If you would like to report your studens votes please e-mail
Name of school , address , name and email of librarian
number of children , number of classes partcipating, grade levels.
All votes need to be submitted by Friday April. 12th.
I will report back to LM NET the results.=20
More information is on our website
http://streetcat.bnkst.edu/html/isb.html
Lisa Von Drasek, Bank Street School For Children Pre-k-8th grade
Lisa Von Drasek, MLIS
Children's Librarian
Bank Street College of Education
610 West 112th St
NY NY 10025
lisav@bnkst.edu
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