Blog posts in "Read to Me"

Idaho at the National Book Festival

Teresa.Lipus — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:26:23 -0600

The 2009 National Book Festival was held on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Marj Hooper and Pam Bradshaw from the Idaho Commission for Libraries represented Idaho in the Pavilion of the States, promoting reading, sharing information about Idaho literacy and library programs, and answering questions about Idaho writers and libraries. They created additional teaching moments when they challenged school children who visited the booth to locate Idaho on the map.

Pam and Marj traveled with Mudgy Moose and Millie Mouse, creations of author Susan Nipp and illustrator Charles Reasoner and part of a library fund-raising and public art project in Coeur d’Alene. Mudgy & Millie like to play hide and seek, but they remained at the Idaho booth in the Pavilion of the States for the entire festival, meeting and greeting the many children who stopped by to learn about this and other Idaho books.

Other featured pavilions at the festival were dedicated to book genres ranging from history to mysteries, as well as books for families and young people. And favorite authors were on hand for book signing.

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama served as Honorary Chairs of the ninth annual festival, which was sponsored by the Library of Congress. The Institute of Museum and Library Services sponsored the National Book Festival’s Pavilion of the States for the eight year, and Marj and Pam’s travels were sponsored through a grant from COSLA (Chief Officers of State Library Agencies). See more about the National Book Festival at www.loc.gov/bookfest.

Get The Scoop!

staci.shaw — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:12:49 -0600

The new issue of ICFL's free youth services e-newsletter is on-line now. In this issue: Summer reading news and resources, funding opportunities, award-winning books, current and upcoming events, and more!
The Scoop, May 8, 2009

Get free books for your Idaho Family Reading Week event!

Stephanie Bailey-White — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:58:54 -0600

The Read to Me program has paperback copies of How I Became a Pirate, by Melinda Long for Idaho public libraries who are planning events during Idaho Family Reading Week, November 16 – 22, 2008. Just complete the form by October 29th and we’ll send you books to give to families. Quantities are limited (probably to about 90 per library depending on how many responses we get) and will be sent by November 5th. If you don’t get enough to give to every family who attends your event, we suggest doing a door prize drawing throughout the event until they are gone. It’s also a good way to capture names and information about who attended your event from the door prize registration slips. Complete the short form at http://libraries.idaho.gov/content/free-books-idaho-family-reading-week to get your books.

School libraries: We want to hear from you too and have 40 hardback copies of 1001 Pirate Things to Spot, by Rob Lloyd Jones, illustrated by Teri Gower and Michelle Lawrence to give to the first 40 school libraries that complete the brief form at http://libraries.idaho.gov/content/free-hardcover-book-elementary-school... .

The school librarian/teacher partnership

staci.shaw — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:19:31 -0600

In the School Zone section of the Oct. 10 issue of The Scoop, we talk about the importance and benefits of collaboration. We'd love to hear your personal stories of successes and challenges. This is also a great opportunity to practice blogging for those of you taking the Splat 101! course...!

Banned Book Week: September 28 - October 4

staci.shaw — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:53:30 -0600

As I was preparing a list of banned/challenged books for the September 26th ediition of The Scoop, I ran across an interesting statistic. In the ALA publication, "Books Challenged or Banned in 2007 - 2008" Robert Doyle states, "Surveys indicate approximately 85 percent of the challenges to library materials receive no media attention and remain unreported." It left me curious- Are there children's and young adult books not on this list that have been recently challenged in Idaho school and public libraries?

Registration now open for August 1 Read to Me training

Stephanie Bailey-White — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:56:23 -0600

Read to Me is sponsoring a training session August 1, 2008 for library staff who will be participating in the Read to Me First Book program and the new Every Child Ready to Read Project. If your library is interested in participating in these two Read to Me outreach opportunities, please register online by July 11 at www.eventbrite.com/event/108719182. We do have limited seating. The Read to Me program is able to reimburse you for your travel expenses and we’ve reserved a block of rooms at the hotel. We can accommodate up to two or three people from your library. Participants are responsible for making their own travel arrangements (see travel handout for details) and will be reimbursed at the state rate.

Saroj Ghoting, a nationally-known presenter and early literacy expert, will be the primary presenter for the Every Child Ready to Read portion of the day. We'll be spending time practicing with the scripts developed for these workshops. Check out the agenda here.

Here are a few more notes about the training: You are welcome to attend the First Book orientation at 9 a.m. even if you are not participating in that program. If you’ve already participated in First Books and won’t be taking part in the 2008-2009 program, you may plan to arrive at the workshop at 10 a.m.

First Book participants: You are welcome to attend the Every Child Ready to Read portion of workshop even if you are not participating in that program. Just let us know so we can count you in our lunch order.

In order to qualify for the free materials, we’re asking participating libraries to host two six week workshops. We’d also like an estimate of how many families you think you’ll reach at your first workshop series, along with the approximate date you plan to start. Please e-mail that information to stephanie.bailey-white@libraries.idaho.gov .

We can’t announce recipients of the First Book awards for 2008-2009 or the Read to Me mini-grant recipients until after June 16th. We will hold spots open for all First Book and grant recipients. Libraries are welcome to participate in the Every Child Ready to Read Program even if they aren’t doing a grant program.

If you have questions about the training, please contact Stephanie or Peggy (1-800-458-3271 or 334-2150 in the Boise calling area).