The ballots are being cast across the state to pick the 2010 NYSRA Charlotte Award winners. We’d like to post here kids’ views on their favorites. With adult permission, we can post your drawings, writings, or media files about the Charlotte nominated books. For more information contact Liz at lyanoff@nycap.rr.com.
Entries from September 2009
September 27, 2009
Scholastic Book Orders
Check your Scholastic Book Orders. NYSRA Charlotte Award nominated books Lawn Boy and Hunger Games were seen in recent book order forms and perhaps more of our titles will be on there soon.
Happy Reading!
Liz
September 22, 2009
Great Children’s Read in NYC
The New York Times “Great Children’s Read” is a “Sunday of free fun for book-loving families”. Charlotte watchers will note that the NYSRA Charlotte Award nominated book When Dinosaurs Came with Everything is one of the “favorite read-aloud” stories being celebrated. For more information visit the main site at
http://www.nytimes.whsites.net/greatread/
To see the other read-alouds featured for [...]
September 21, 2009
NYSRA Charlotte Award nominated author to speak at Oswego Council
Check out the NYSRA calendar
http://www.nysreading.org/calendar/index.html
to learn more about a September 28 talk at the Oswego Council by John Farrell, author of the nominated book The Stargazer’s Alphabet.
Charlotte committee members are visiting the Oswego Council on October 20 as well! All this and more can be found on the NYSRA calendar.
Liz
September 8, 2009
Video interview with Deborah Hopkinson
I was looking for something on “Reading Rockets” today and found a new (to me at least) interview with Deborah Hopkinson, author of the NYSRA Charlotte award nominated book Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek. Check it out at
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/hopkinson
Liz
