1. Class #2, November 18  Evaluating fiction  Lolly on today’s authors  Book discussion  Kate DiCamillo presentation  Avi presentation  Christina’s book talk  Books for browsing Break  Hilary Breed Van Dusen (~7:15 p.m.)  Preview nonfiction

2. National Book Award winner announced tomorrow night (11/19) http://www.nationalbook.org/ http://www.nationalbook.org/

3. Evaluating fiction  Useful books Lessons  Engaging books High interest Emotional response  Good books Exemplary writing Enjoyment  learning

4. Warning signs  Too many coincidences  Too much happens  Some characters are believable while others are over the top (Are they all in the same movie?)  Tone doesn’t match what is happening  Dialogue doesn’t ring true (Nothing loses a reader faster than unbelievable dialogue)

5. Classic books  “Children’s Classics” Horn Book PDF http://www.hbook.com/pdf/childrensclassics.pdf http://www.hbook.com/pdf/childrensclassics.pdf  Anita Silvey recommendations: 500 Great Books for Teens  All over the web

6. Best of the year lists  Horn Book Fanfare  BCCB Blue Ribbon  ALA Notables  ALA BBYA Links to all of these on class website

7. Siobhan Dowd  1960-2007  London, Ireland  Oxford, degree in Classics  Active in PEN (England and US)  London Eye is her second book (of four)  Siobhan Dowd Trust

8. Sherman Alexie  Born 1966 in Wellpinit, WA  Planned to be a doctor  Poetry collection published at age 23  Short stories published at age 27  Prolific writer for adults  Absolutely True Diary… is his first book for children

10. Group 1Group 2 Group 3 Vaneeta Ahuja (a) Joanna Batt Lizzie Brook Kathryn Hurley Wendy Israel (a) Hilary Lustick Aradhana Mudambi Christy Ostrowski Holly Takashima Khalilah Ummah Reed Weeden Brette Wolff Charlene Deming Michal-Ann Golay Caroline Goldstein Alicia Henriquez Eveleen Hsu Bridget Maher Alana McDonough (a) Erin Simmons Ali Stein (a) Lesley Sylvan Rose Wongsarnpigoon Megan Chamberlain Carolyn Coates Janelle Colosi Mehgan Greenberg Annie Hoffman Suzannah Holsenbeck Susan Kenien Kelton Myers Julie Rosenberg (a) Hui Xin Tan Frances Tompkins

12. Kate DiCamillo presentation Chrisy Ostrowski Lesley Sylvan Reed Weeden

13. Avi presentation Annie Hoffman Kelton Myers Erin Simmons

14. Christina’s book talk Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin

15. More recommended contemporary realism

16. BREAK

17. Hilary Breed Van Dusen editor, Candlewick Press

25. Horning’s nonfiction checklist  Accurate (acknowledgements, bibliography, glossary)  Organized  Engaging  Well written  Eye-catching presentation