1. Class #6, December 19  Book discussion from last week  Jane Yolen presentation  Lolly on poetry and verse novels  Locomotion book discussion Break  Odds and ends, Q&A  What’s next?  Evaluations

3. Jane Yolen presentation Arika Cohen Ruth Michael Laura Sitkin

4. Poetry  More poets and books  Horn Book poetry issue  Verse novels  Poetry and history

5. Jacqueline Woodson  b. 1963 in Columbus OH  Lives in Brooklyn  First book (Last Summer with Maizon) published in 1990  Themes include family, loss, and identity  Many awards

6. Jacqueline Woodson resources Author website http://www.jacquelinewoodson.com/ NYPL online chat http://summerreading.nypl.org/read2003/chats/woodson.cfm Lit circle guide for Locomotion http://teacher.scholastic.com/clubs/pdfs/locomotion_t.pdf Interview and discussion questions (scroll down): http://us.penguingroup.com/static/rguides/us/jacqueline_woodson.html

7. Book discussion  Talk about your bibliographies  Discuss Locomotion  What worked best? (Characterization, poetry, plot, themes…)  What grade would you use this with? How?

8. Break

9. Odds and Ends  Writing and getting published  Magazines  My five favorite books  Author visits  Communicating with authors  Q&A—free for all on any topic

10. Writing and getting published  SCBWI  Writing group for feedback  Agent?  Literary Market Place  Writers’ Market 2007  Read Publishers Weekly (online)  Be patient!

11. Writing programs VT College http://www.tui.edu/programs/masters_mfa wc.asp Simmons MFA http://www.simmons.edu/gradstudies/libera l-arts/academics/childrens- literature/writing.shtml

12. Listservs Child_Lit https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/c hild_lit Yalsa-bk http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/yalsa-bk

13. Magazines for adolescents Cricket Magazine Group ( http://www.cricketmag.com/ )  Cricket (9-14)  Cicada (14 & up)  Dig (archaeology, 9-14)  Cobblestone (history, 9-14)  Muse (science, history, arts, 10 & up)  Faces (world cultures, 9-14)  Calliope (world history, 9-14)  Odyssey (science, 10-15)

14. Favorite books 1.Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt 2.Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 3.Eva by Peter Dickenson 4.Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins 5.Feed by M. T. Anderson

15. Favorite books (as adolescent) 1.Anne of Green Gables 2.A Wrinkle in Time (and anything by Madeleine L'Engle) 3.Mysteries (Nancy Drew, Sherlock Holmes) 4.The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (and anything by C. S. Lewis) 5.The Long Winter (and all Little House books)

16. Author discoveries 1.Virginia Hamilton 2.Cynthia Voigt 3.Randall Jarrell 4.Katherine Paterson 5.Lois Lowry 6.Bruce Brooks 7.Walter Dean Myers

17. Author visits Random House advice (very good) http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/eve ntkit.pdf Planning details http://childrensbooks.about.com/library/howto/htsch eduleauthor.htm Authors collaborative http://www.visitingauthors.com/helpful_articles.html

18. Communicating with authors  E-mail from author’s site read info on site first  US Mail via publisher Include postage paid envelope for response  Be considerate

19. More questions? (General Q&A)

20. Where to go from here

21. Thanks Please keep in touch!