As librarians from all over the country gather this weekend in Seattle for the American Library Association Mid-Winter Conference I can’t help but think to myself, golly gee I hope The One and Only Ivan wins the Newbery Medal. If it doesn’t win, I’ll be sad. If it doesn’t win or honor, I will be mad.
I keep telling myself to keep things in perspective and think about what is important this weekend. When I think about things that way I feel a lot less stressed about Ivan and the Newbery. Instead, I think about 1000s of librarians talking about books. I start to think about the passionate educators honing their craft and doing whatever it takes to find that perfect book for each and every child that walks through the doors of their library.
I feel much better now.
I’ll leave you with a couple of videos that you might find fun or silly as we head into a weekend celebrating librarians.
I’m super excited that the 2014 Newbery Committee is haning out for the first time. My kids made a video for them last school year.
Holly Mueller
January 25, 2013 at 1:49 pm
Colby Sharp, you are crazy. And fun. I’m totally showing “Call Me Maybe” to my class in about 10 minutes.
Holly Mueller
January 25, 2013 at 2:08 pm
After showing them the video (they were impressed that you knew all the words), one girl said, “Is that what teachers do when the kids leave?” Ha.
buistbunch
January 25, 2013 at 10:40 pm
Agreed, although I’m also pulling for Palacio’s Wonder. Either one will be fine with me. My class read both of these this year, the former as part of the Global Read Aloud. Today we started a writing project involving Newbery. Ultimately they will craft an argument for or against a current winner or honor book (or a boom that wasn’t nominated). They will have a variety of authentic audience from which to choose. Here’s how they got their feet wet today. https://www.evernote.com/shard/s102/sh/c1b184a9-3138-4c63-b12b-d1e93dd6414f/1842b6f42e6946cbb3731c4cb5e3777f
teamrowlands
January 27, 2013 at 3:00 pm
Yes!!! Another teacher who LOVES kid-lit enough to make a video like this!!! So great!!! Love the video and all the books you danced around! Keep up your enthusiasm….it’s contagious!