Volume 1, Issue 6

February 2012 U n i v e r s i t y o f K e n t u c k y S c h o o l o f L i b r a r y a n d I n f o r m a ti o n S c i e n c e

The McConnell Center for the Study of Youth Literature

McConnell 2012: Breakout Sessions Table of Contents

McConnell 2012 Breakout Sessions

Check It Out

2012 Mock ALA Youth Media Awards Results

Events Reminder

Black History Month Bibliography

Valentine’s Day Bibliography

Un-Valentine’s Day Bibliography

On the Blog/In the Center

About the Center

Our Breakout Sessions this year will

cover a wide range of topics—Be sure to

check them out while you’re with us!

Please check the final schedule for times

and locations.

“Bringing Youth Literature to Life”

presented by Ellen Jenay Hall

“School & Public Library

Collaboration” presented by Becky

Nelson & Erinn Conness

“Literature and Early Literacy”

presented by Mary Landrum &

Lowena Latiff

“Autism in Print” presented by

Becky Nelson, Melinda Caldwell &

Jill Barrows

“But Then I'd Have to Kill You:

What I Can and Cannot Tell you

about Serving on the Newbery

Committee” presented by Peter

Howard

Meet the Author with M.T. Anderson

Meet the Author with Jennifer Holm

Meet the Illustrator with Lisa

Desimini

Caldecott/Newbery Award

Presentations

Printz/Morris Award Presentations

Register for the Conference here: http://bit.ly/McConnellRegistration2012

Check It Out: My Beautiful Child by Lisa Desimini

From the breathtaking beauty of a

clear blue sky to the

wonder of touching a

fuzzy caterpillar, the

greatest riches in life

are those moments of

stillness and joy we

share with the children

we cherish. Lisa

Desimini's simple,

delicate words and

Matt Mahurin's warm, intimate

illustrations capture the closeness

between parent and child--the

kindness, patience, and love that

bring true happiness to

us all. Celebratory yet

soothing, here is a

treasure for every

parent and child to

share together.

Lisa Desimini is one of

our featured presenters

for the 2012

McConnell Conference. You can

register for the Conference here.

If you enjoy My Beautiful Child,

you might also like these titles:

Love You Forever by Robert

Munsch and Sheila McGraw

Guess How Much I Love You by

Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram

If I Could Keep You Little by

Marianne Richmond

Picture Books Evans, S. (2011). Underground.

New York: Roaring Brook Press.

Greenfield, E. (2011).

The great migration:

Journey to the north.

New York: Amistad.

Hill, L. (2010). Dave

the potter: Artist, poet,

slave. New York:

Little, Brown and

Company.

Lester, J. (1999). John

Henry. New York: Puffin.

McKissack, P. (2011). Never

forgotten. New York: Random

House Children’s Books.

Nelson, K. (2011). Heart and

soul: The story of America and

African Americans. New York:

Balzer + Bray.

Pinkney, A. (2010). Sit-in: How

four friends stood up by

sitting down. New York:

Little, Brown Books for

Young Readers.

Pinkney, A. (2000). Let it

shine! Stories of black

women freedom fighters.

San Diego, CA: Harcourt.

Poetry Grimes, N. (2003). Bronx

masquerade. New York: Speak.

Igus, Y. (2005). I see the rhythm.

San Francisco, CA: Children’s

Book Press.

Langston, H. (1995). The block:

Poems. New York: Metropolitan

Museum of Art.

Myers, W. D.

(1997).

Harlem: A

poem. New

York:

Scholastic.

Nelson, M.

(2001).

Carver: A life in poems.

Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills

Press.

Smith, H. A. (2008). Keeping the

night watch. New York: Henry

Holt and Company.

Wolff, V. E. (2006). Make

lemonade. New York: Square

Fish.

Upcoming Events February 5, 2012

Early Registration Deadline:

Time is running out to take

advantage of Early Registration

rates! Early Registration ends

February 5th. See link below for

registration.

March 23rd–24th, 2012 McConnell Conference 2012:

Celebrate great children’s

literature and meet our featured

presenters this spring! Register

here: http://bit.ly/

McConnellRegistration2012

Black History Month: Pictures and Poetry

2012 Mock ALA Youth Media Awards Results

Caldecott Mock Vote Winners

Medal Won Ton: A Cat Tale Told in

Haiku by Lee Wardlaw,

illustrated by Eugene Yelchin

Honors Peaceful Pieces: Poems and

Quilts about Peace written and

illustrated by Anna Grossnickle

Hines

Blackout written and illustrated

by John Rocco

Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in

Nature written by Joyce

Sidman, Illustrated by Beth

Krommes

Newbery Mock Vote Winners

Medal

Wonderstruck by

Brian Selznick

Honors

Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt

Inside Out and Back Again by

Thanhha Lai

Amelia Lost: The Life and

Disappearance of Amelia

Earhart by Candace Fleming

Printz Mock Vote Winners

Medals (tie)

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Chime by Franny Billingsley

Honors Hurricane Dancers: The First

Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck by

Margarita Engle

The Scorpio Races by Maggie

Stiefvater

Thanks to everyone who voted!

And here’s a link to a list of ALA’s

Youth Media Award winners:

http://ala.org/news/pr?id=9108

Teen Books for Valentine’s Day

Conford, E. (1999).

Crush: Stories by Ellen Conford.

New York: HarperCollins.

Dessen, S. (2004). This Lullaby.

New York: Speak.

Draper, S. (2001). Romiette and

Julio. New York: Simon Pulse.

Flake, S. (2004). Who am I

without him: Stories about girls

and the boys in their lives. New

York: Hyperion.

Green, J. (2012).

The fault in our

stars. New York:

Dutton.

Greenwald, L. (2011).

Sweet treats & secret crushes.

New York: Amulet Books.

Klause, A. (1997). Blood and

chocolate. New York: Laurel

Leaf.

Levithan, D.

(2005). Boy

meets boy.

New York:

Knopf.

Levithan, D. (2009). How they

met and other stories. New

York: Knopf.

LeZebnik, C. (2011). Epic fail.

New York: HarperTeen.

Smith, J. (2012). The statistical

probability of love at first sight.

New York: Poppy (Hachette

Book Group).

Teen Reads for Anti-Valentine’s

Anderson, M. (2008). Burger

wuss. Somerville MA:

Candlewick.

Barnholdt, L. (2007). Two-

way street. New York:

Simon Pulse.

Bauer, J. (2005).

Thwonk. New

York: Speak.

Brian, K. (2009).

Fake boyfriend.

New York: Simon

& Schuster.

Cohn, R. & Levithan, D. (2007).

Naomi and Ely’s no kiss list.

New York: Knopf.

Graham, R. (2008). Thou shalt

not dump the skater dude and

other commandments I have

broken. New York: Speak.

Green, J. (2008). An

abundance of

Katherines. New

York: Speak.

Handler, D.

(2011). Why we

broke up. New

York: Little, Brown

Books for Young

Readers.

Levithan, D. (2007). Marly’s

ghost. New York: Speak.

Lockhart, E. (2006). The

boyfriend list: 15 guys, 11 shrink

appointments, 4 ceramic frogs

and me, Ruby Oliver. New York:

Delacorte.

Moore, J. (2005). The anti-

valentine’s handbook. New

York: Razorbill.

http://cis.uky.edu/lis/

On the Blog and In the Center

On the Blog: ARC Read & Review 2012! We

have the following titles available

for anyone who wants to read and

review them for the McConnell

Center blog at http://

youthlitmatters.wordpress.com/

Our available titles are:

Juvenile Fiction Fake Mustache by

Tom Angleberger

Poison Most Vial

by Benedict Carey

13 Hangmen by Art

Corriveau

A Greyhound of a Girl by

Roddy Doyle

The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook

by Joanne Rocklin

Jinxed by Kurtis Scaletta,

illustrated by Eric Wight

Young Adult Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

by Jesse Andrews

Dying to Know You by Aidan

Chambers

Welcome, Caller, This is Chloe

by Shelli Coriell

The Storyteller by

Antonia Michaelis

The Peculiars by

Maureen Doyle

McQuerry

Graphic Novel Explorer: The

Mystery Boxes edited by Kazu

Kibuishi

In the Center: Join us for the McConnell Center

Reading Club where we meet and

discuss new titles for children and

young adults.

Our next discussion will be of A

Monster Calls by Patrick Ness on

Tuesday, February 21st, 5:00–6:00

pm. Check out our Facebook page

for more information:

https://www.facebook.com/

groups/164302160289842/

We also have the Youthlitmatters

Group on Facebook. Check it out

here: https://www.facebook.com/

groups/249490781731022/

About the Center

A vital gathering place for books and

ideas, the McConnell

Center is committed

to identifying

excellent literature

for children and

adolescents and to

bringing this

literature to the

attention of those

adults who have an

academic, professional, career, or

personal interest in connecting young

readers with books.

We maintain two main, non-

circulating collections:

Our Current Collection includes all

books sent to us for review by

publishers during the current year. The Permanent Collection is

several collections of books

maintained in the Center as a resource

for students and librarians. It

includes the Basic

Collection, the Award-

winning Collection

(Caldecott, Newbery, Printz,

Morris, Pura Belpré, Sibert,

and Orbis Pictus Awards),

the Kentucky Collection

(notable Kentucky authors

and books about Kentucky),

the Reference Collection, and the

Periodical Collection.

Our Spring 2012 hours are Tuesday/

Thursday 12–5pm and Monday/

Wednesday 9–2pm.

Please visit our website for more

information: http://cis.uky.edu/lis/

mcconnellcenter

Contact us!

Dr. Stephanie Reynolds stephanie.reynolds@uky.edu Rachel McGuire, GA remcguire@uky.edu

Visit us! Lucille Little Library, 3rd Floor, Room 310 N

Spring Hours: Tuesday/

Thursday 12–5pm and Mon-

day/Wednesday 9–2pm

http://cis.uky.edu/lis/