A Sneak Peek at 2021's K-12 Hot, New Titles by Deborah Salyer

This week I made two lists and checked them twice--it's Award Season! What's getting the Buzz? On Saturday, November 13, I'll be presenting hot, new books for 2021 at the CSLA Southern Workshop. There's no cost to attend! It's a great way to learn more about new books, authors, programming, and more. Support your state association and attend—and it's free!

California School Library Association - Southern Region Teacher Librarian Scholarship

Deadline: Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Purpose: Recognizing that there is a need for professional Teacher Librarians, the California School Library Association, Southern Region, offers one (1) scholarship in the amount of $1,000. The purpose is to assist those persons seeking preparation leading toward a degree or credential that will qualify the individual to work as a professional in the school library field in a school setting. Complete only one application. One winner will be selected from the eligible applications received.

Email questions to blair.carroll@gmail.com

Apply at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfi33kKJ70Wp6y2HvT6-qUBqOEys0I_IRI0KWaDifG5Oawn8A/viewform

SR: Fall Into Books with CSLA Southern Region

 

Join us for this FREE virtual event on Saturday, November 13th! Featured speakers include Deb Ford-Salyer, Allison Crotzer Kimmel, and Francisco X. Stork.

Access the digital flyer here

You can register for this special event via the hyperlink within the digital flyer, or by simply clicking on THIS link to the Google Form. The Zoom links to the author/ speaker sessions will be emailed to you.

Books to Scare Your Pants Off

My mailbox is filling with “scary book” ideas. Fear, like many things, varies from person to person. With that in mind, here are a variety of titles you might offer your students.

Use these resources for some spooky fun.

R. L. Stine celebrates his birthday on October 8.

• Listen to this Meet-the-Author Recording for Revenge of the Living Dummy with R.L. Stine to spark excitement about a creepy title.
• Access this audiobook excerpt for Fifth-Grade Zombies to hook readers and get them wanting to read more.
• View this video book trailer for The Little Shop of Monsters if you dare!

Check out the list PK-12 list of Scary and Creepy Books I made. Here are some of the titles to scare (I mean share):

CSLF Celebrates Rafael Lopez

 

 

This month CSLF is recognizing the multi-award-winning artist and children’s book illustrator Rafael López. Among Rafael’s many awards are multiple Pura Belpré Medals for Illustration in 2020 for Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln, written by Margarita Engle; in 2016 for Drum Dream Girl was also written by Engle, and in 2010 for Book Fiesta by Pat Mora. He has also received three Pura Belpré honors, two Américas Book Awards, in 2017 the Tomás Rivera Children’s Book Award and Society of Illustrators Original Art Silver Medal, and a Schneider Family Book Award in 2020 for Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You, written by Sonia Sotomayor.

We need Diverse Books! - September is Hispanic Heritage Month

"Imagine a world where all children can see themselves in the pages of a book." This is the slogan for a movement that is growing in our libraries called "We Need Diverse Books."  Because Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15th to October 15th this is a good time to do a diversity audit to see how well your collection represents your Latinx student population.

New Releases of Anticipated Titles

What happened to Peter and Pax and where are they now? What new challenges will Mia encounter at the Calavista Hotel? Where is Billy Miller? Has anyone seen the Underwear Dragon? What sacrifice will Tarisai have to make? 

These stories and more continue in new 2021 book releases. Start your wish list and find out what happens next in these titles. Check out this TeachingBooks List K-12 for more newly released titles and their resources. See resources for all 2021 Titles.