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Currently Reading: “And Tango Makes Three”

December 14, 2020February 12, 2021 Sarah Bihn

This week’s Currently Reading story is And Tango Makes Three written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, and illustrated by Henry Cole. It is a sweet, true story about two Read more

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Currently Reading: “The Wish Tree”

December 7, 2020February 19, 2021 Sarah Bihn

Currently Reading: The Wish Tree by Kyo Maclear Despite his siblings claiming there is no such thing, Charles sets out to find a wish tree. As he searches for Read more

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Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Pura Belpré Award: An Interview with F. Isabel Campoy and Alma Flor Ada
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Happy birthday today to award-winning author Marga

Happy birthday today to award-winning author Margarita Engle. Engle is the recipient of the first Newbery Honor awarded to a Latino author, a Pura Belpré Medal, the Américas Award, and many others. In 2017-2019, she served as the Young People’s Poet Laureate, and in 2019 Engle was awarded the international NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature. A few of her well-known works include “Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir,” “Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln,” and “Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music." Her writing often shows her deep appreciation and knowledge of nature, and focuses on the celebration of forgotten Cuban characters.

To learn more, please visit: http://margaritaengle.com/

To watch interviews of Margarita Engle, please visit: https://www.colorincolorado.org/videos/meet-authors/margarita-engle

So excited to announce that the iSchool at Kent St

So excited to announce that the iSchool at Kent State University was awarded a grant, Project SHIELD (Supporting Healthy Infant Early Learning and Development) from @us_imls! iSchool’s Assistant Professor, Dr. Katie Campana (Principal Investigator) and Reinberger Children’s Library Center’s Director, Michelle Baldini, MLS, (Co-Investigator) and Elaine Thomas, MSN, RN, CNE, (Co-Investigator) from the @kentnursing will explore how library practitioners and healthcare practitioners can team up to support families with infants, 0-24 months, on early brain development, learning and health for their young children. Joining the team in an advisory role is the prestigious Brain Health Research Institute at Kent State. @KSUBrainHealth
#IMLSGrant #brainhealth #libraries #youthlibraries #nursing #RCLCkentstate #earlylearning #kentnursing #iSchoolKSU #first24months

Today we celebrate the birthday of Japanese-Americ

Today we celebrate the birthday of Japanese-American writer and illustrator Allen Say. At the age of six Say knew that he wanted to be a cartoonist and when he was twelve he apprenticed himself to his favorite cartoonist Noro Shinpei. Say is the recipient of both the Caldecott Honor for “The Boy of the Three-Year Nap” and the Caldecott Medal for “Grandfather’s Journey.” Many of his works have autobiographical elements that echo his and his family’s unique experiences.

Check out this Reading Rockets interview to learn more: https://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/say

Two of the Reinberger Children's Library Center's

Two of the Reinberger Children's Library Center's recent graduate student assistants just had a feature posted on the ALSC blog 👏

Check it out!
"The Legacy of the Pura Belpré Award: Insights from Alma Flor Ada" by Kayla Hlad and Julia Stone.

➡️ https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2021/08/legacy-pura-belpre-award/

For the extended interview, plus insights from F. Isabel Campoy, stay tuned for our next blog post!

Special thanks to long-time supporters of the RCLC Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy for taking the time for an interview. 💙

#PuraBelpréAward #25yearsofbelpré #25añosdelbelpré #purabelpré

Today we wish a happy birthday to author and educa

Today we wish a happy birthday to author and educator Sharon M. Draper. Draper is the five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Literary Awards and a New York Times Bestselling author. In 2015, Draper was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime literary achievement, and was one of four authors chosen to speak at the National Book Festival Gala in Washington, D.C. Beyond being an accomplished author, Draper is also an educator and has been honored as the National Teacher of the Year and named as the Ohio Pioneer in Education by the Ohio State Department of Education. Draper has also been honored at the White House six times and her book “Copper Sun” was selected by the US State Department and the International Reading Association as the United States novel for the international reading project called Reading Across Continents.

Learn more about Draper at https://www.sharondraper.com/

Today we remember the birthday of prolific young a

Today we remember the birthday of prolific young adult author Walter Dean Myers. Over the course of his 45-year career, Myers won more awards than any other author for young adults, and wrote more than 110 books. His works span lyrical picture books, gritty novels, poetry, short stories, history, biography, and memoirs, leaving virtually no genre untouched. Myers was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement, won the Coretta Scott King Award five times, and received two Newbery Honors. In 2009 he was given the honor of delivering the May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture, a distinction reserved for an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of children’s literature. He was also the first recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award in 2000 and was a nominee for the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2010. Myers was appointed by the Library of Congress as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature and served in that role for 2012 and 2013. Myers' contributions to young adult and children’s literature has shaped many lives and will continue to do so for many more years to come.

For a complete list of his collection please visit https://walterdeanmyers.net/.

Happy birthday today to internationally recognized

Happy birthday today to internationally recognized illustrator and artist Rafael López. Among his many works, López has illustrated “Dancing Hands, How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln,” “Make Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood,” and “The Day You Begin.” His murals can be found in urban areas, children hospitals, public schools, and around the country. In 2008 and 2012, López was asked to create official posters for the Obama campaign and in 2012 he was also selected by the Library of Congress to illustrate the National Book Festival poster. He is the recipient of the 2017 Tomás Rivera Children’s Book Award, three Pura Belpré honors, and two Américas Book Awards.

Visit Lopez at: https://rafaellopez.com/

Today we remember the birthday of English author a

Today we remember the birthday of English author and illustrator, Beatrix Potter. Potter is well known for her animal-themed children’s books that include “The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” “The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin,” and “The Tale of Tom Kitten.” When publishers originally declined “The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” Potter published the story herself and the book's popularity led to its official publishing by Frederick Warne & Co. a year after Potter’s copies. In 1903, Potter designed and created the first Peter Rabbit doll herself and immediately registered it, making Peter Rabbit the world’s oldest licensed literary character. Now, more than two million Beatrix Potter books are sold across the world every year, and the stories are passed down from generation to generation.

Learn more about Beatrix Potter and Peter Rabbit: https://www.peterrabbit.com/

Thank you for joining us at the Reinberger over th

Thank you for joining us at the Reinberger over these past few weeks as we shared our favorite Arnold Adoff works and for helping us to honor his legacy of diversity and compassion. We are proud to share one last feature, “Black is Brown is Tan,” in remembrance of Arnold Adoff’s birthday today. This joyful celebration of a biracial family brings a smile to the face of all who read it and reminds readers that beyond being an author, Arnold Adoff was also a father. His words echo into the hearts of the modern day reader and emphasizes that love knows no color or race. With each word, the family is celebrated from their moments of laughter to their times of exasperation. “I'm still attempting to influence kids in one way or another, whether it is the way they view the color of skin or reality and fantasy. I hope always to be considered perhaps controversial, perhaps dangerous, to the status quo. The artist's job is not to work within the rules to be easily understood by those who attempt to become the taste-makers...All in all, I am very proud of what I have done.” ~Arnold Adoff from “Speaking of Poets: Interviews with Poets Who Write for Children and Young Adults” by Jeffrey Copeland (1993). #arnoldadoff
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In honor of Arnold Adoff, a children's poet with a

In honor of Arnold Adoff, a children's poet with a lifelong legacy of advocating for #diversebooks and spreading the love of poetry, we share another one of our favorite #authorquotes from him.

“I have incorporated the concept of time in my writing by the use of space. The millisecond that it takes the eyes to move forward is an aspect of time. Time is the music or the rhythmic force and that, I think, is a step forward in the medium.” - Arnold Adoff (from Arnold Adoff’s website: arnoldadoff.com)

#VirginaHamiltonConference #arnoldadoff #childrenspoetry

Today we remember the birthday of author E.B. Whit

Today we remember the birthday of author E.B. White. He is well-known for his numerous children's books including “Charlotte’s Web,” “Stuart Little,” and “The Trumpet of the Swan.” His books have been beloved by many readers, young and old, and teach empathy and compassion. Over the course of his career, White received the Newbery Medal, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Children’s Literature Legacy Award, and was a runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in both 1970 and 1976.

We are forever grateful at the Reinberger to Arnol

We are forever grateful at the Reinberger to Arnold Adoff for his lifelong dedication to #childrenspoetry and #diversebooks. And of course, thankful for this irresistible poetry collection on chocolate titled Chocolate Dreams (Lothrop, 1989). Arnold Adoff helped so many reimagine the world around them.

“If I can made a reader see something 'ordinary' and 'usual' in some new way…if I can make a new(ish) kind of music irritate the inner ear….if I can foster some thought: some synthesis…some balance of music and meaning: then I can take that reader beyond all preconceptions of prose and “free verse” and race and class and gender….” - Arnold Adoff

(from an Interview with Dr. Patricia Stohr-Hunt in 2009, http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/p/review-policy.html)

#ArnoldAdoff #virginiahamiltonconference #authorquotes

The Reinberger Children's Library Center has absol

The Reinberger Children's Library Center has absolutely loved looking back at Arnold Adoff's work these past few weeks. His love for #childrenspoetry leaps out of every piece and in every interview.

Today, we continue with "Flamboyan"(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988). This alluring work of poetry immerses the reader in the story of a vibrant Columbian girl whose dream of flying away comes true.

“I will always try to turn sights and sounds into words. I will always try to shape words into my singing poems.” (from Arnold Adoff’s website: arnoldadoff.com)

#diversebooks #ArnoldAdoff #virginiahamiltonconference

Today we feature Arnold Adoff’s work “All the

Today we feature Arnold Adoff’s work “All the Colors of the Race” first published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard in 1982. The poems in this book celebrate the rich identity and heritage of a young girl’s biracial family and contemplate the future she will see. It is impossible to read Arnold Adoff’s words and not think of one’s own family and to ponder how the world will be for the next generation of relatives. “I began writing for kids because I wanted to effect a change in American society. I continue in that spirit. By the time we reach adulthood, we are closed and set in our attitudes. The chances of a poet reaching us are very slim. But I can open a child’s imagination, develop his appetite for poetry, and more importantly, show him that poetry is a natural part of everyday life. We all need someone to point out that the emperor is wearing no clothes. That’s the poet’s job.” ~Arnold Adoff (from Arnold Adoff’s website, https://www.arnoldadoff.com/)
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In honor of Arnold Adoff, champion of #diversebook

In honor of Arnold Adoff, champion of #diversebooks and #childrenspoetry, we're featuring another one of his works and poignant quotes.

"Greens" was published in 1988 by Lothrop Lee & Shepard. This poetic celebration of the color green is incredibly fun with masterful and delightful spacing and rhythmic work.

“Writing a poem is making music with words and space. A fine poem combines the elements of meaning, music, and a form like a living frame that holds it together.” - Arnold Adoff (from Arnold Adoff’s website, arnoldadoff.com)

#ArnoldAdoff #VirginiaHamiltonConference

Visually, I can't imagine a better pairing with "I

Visually, I can't imagine a better pairing with "In for Winter, Out for Spring" (1991) than with this quote from the beloved poet, Arnold Adoff:

"I want a poem to sprout roses and spit bullets; this is the ideal combination, and it is a tough tightrope that takes the kind of control that comes only with years of work.” (from L.B. Hopkins’s Pass the Poetry, Please! (1998))

No one was ever more eloquent about the power poetry can yield. And no one wrote #childrenspoetry quite like Arnold Adoff did. If you've never read his original work, this collection of 26 poems written from the perspective of a young girl as the seasons change is a must stop. Musical, transportive, and a beautiful celebration of family life.

#ArnoldAdoff #virginiahamiltonconference
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The time is finally here! The official Pura Belpré Celebración will be hosted today at the #ALAAC21 by ALSC, YALSA, and REFORMA.

We hope you have enjoyed looking back at past #purabelpréaward recipients with the Reinberger Children's Library Center these last few weeks. It's been such a fun way to celebrate #PuraBelpré and the award's legacy. Our #bookreviews are still up on the blog if you're looking for recommendations for a celebratory library stop today. 📖https://reinbergerchildrensbookreviews.org/

#25YearsOfBelpré #25AñosDelBelpré

Today is F. Isabel Campoy’s Birthday! 🥳🎈

Today is F. Isabel Campoy’s Birthday! 🥳🎈

F. Isabel is an extremely prolific children’s author, translator, researcher, and educator in the field of literacy and bilingual education. We’re talking over 150 publications, including picturebooks, foltakes, biographies, poetry, and pedagogical publications.🤯

Her work has received countless accolades such as the ALA Notable Book Award, the International Latino Children’s Book Award, the Children’s Book Committee’s Best Spanish Language Picture Books of the Year, and the Junior Library Guild Premier Selection Award.

In 2017, the North American Academy of the Spanish Language created the annual award the Premio Campoy-Ada named in F. Isabel Campoy and Alma Flor Ada’s honor. The award recognizes outstanding children’s and young adult titles published in Spanish in the US.

And together, F. Isabel and Alma Flor have helped to build a permanent collection of multicultural literature here at the Reinberger. At over 1400 items, the Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy Collection of Multicultural Literature represents the authors’ lifetime of work dedicated to promoting cultural awareness, social justice, and education.

We can’t wait to crack open one of her many gems to celebrate her birthday. But where to begin!?

#diversebooks #bilingualbooks #childrensbooks #isabelcampoy

In honor of master poet and champion of #diversebo

In honor of master poet and champion of #diversebooks Arnold Adoff we are featuring his work “The Cabbages Are Chasing the Rabbits” (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985). In this work, Arnold Adoff creates a whimsical adventure of role reversal and fantasy with his lyrical repetition and unique style of text setting. His words draw the reader into each scene and encourage the imagination to soar. Like many of his works, his poetry in “The Cabbages Are Chasing The Rabbits” inspires readers to look at the world through unconventional perspectives. “My work is personal, but I mean to communicate to the youngest child. More and more, particularly in this time of whole-language and literature based curricula, I see a great many books of mine used in kindergarten and first grade when I thought the readers would be those who are nine, ten, twelve years old. That, I think, says something great about teachers who are getting into poetry, because they realize the great values that are there for shaping critical thinking.”
~Arnold Adoff from “Speaking of Poets: Interviews with Poets Who Write for Children and Young Adults” by Jeffrey Copeland (1993).
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In honor of Juneteenth being established as a fede

In honor of Juneteenth being established as a federal holiday, we celebrate Angela Johnson’s lyrical picturebook, “All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom.”

On the signing of the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, Angela Johnson said: "So many times, as a child I'd look into the sepia backgrounds of photos under thick glass of my long-gone relatives-- who were slaves. There were few if any personal celebrations of their freedom; let alone national ones. Their lives were long years of hard work even after slavery. Wonderfully, we can now all celebrate freedom."

Pictured is Angela Johnson in the Reinberger Children’s Library Center commemorating, All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom’s release.
#Juneteenth #angelajohnson #diversebooks

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