Sail Away With Books! 1 2007 Texas Reading Club Manual 2007 Texas Reading Club Manual Sail Away With Books! Written By: Barrie Alguire, Miranda Bauer, Linda Befeld, Sara Bracht, Debbie Brightwell Brown, Lucina Carpenter, Paola Ferate-Soto, WyLaina Hildreth, Shelly Lane, and Christine McNew Clip Art By: Diane Stanley and Shawn Clements Theme Songs By: Lucas Miller and Sally Meyers Craft Patterns and Illustrations By: Shawn Clements Edited By: Jeanette Larson and Christine McNew Published By: The Library Development Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Texas 2007 2 Sail Away With Books! Table Of Contents Preface 4 Something About the Artist 5 Acceptable Use of Artwork 6 Something About the Authors and Songwriters 8 Introduction 11 Theme Songs 34 Reader's Theater Scripts 38 Puppet Plays 47 Stories 57 Celebrations Programs Chapter 60 Family Program 76 Bilingual Programs Chapter 85 Toddler Programs Chapter 146 Preschool Programs Chapter 206 Elementary Programs Chapter 278 Young Adult Programs Chapter 320 Bibliography 364 3 2007 Texas Reading Club Manual Preface This manual is created for the 2007 Texas Reading Club, a program of the Library Development Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. The theme is “Sail Away with Books!” in English and “¡Navega lejos con libros!” in Spanish. The programs invite children to explore oceans, lakes, boats, voyages, water sports, pirates, and many related topics. The 2007 Texas Reading Club manual is available on CD-ROM and online at the Texas State Library web site, www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/projects/trc/2007/index.html. Children’s book illustrator, Diane Stanley, created the artwork for the 2007 Texas Reading Club. Lucas Miller created an original theme song. Youth librarians from cities large and small throughout Texas wrote the chapters for the 2007 manual. The CD-ROM and the online manual include the exquisite artwork by Diane Stanley and a musical recording of the rousing theme song by Lucas Miller. Please read about Diane Stanley, Lucas Miller, and the librarians who wrote manual chapters in the “Something about the Artist” and the “Something About the Authors and Songwriters” sections of this manual. There are many exciting elements in the 2007 Texas Reading Club manual, including: • A Celebrations Programs Chapter with ideas to begin and end Texas Reading Club festivities. • A section that features puppet plays, reader’s theater scripts, and creative drama. • A Bilingual Programs Chapter with programs for toddlers, preschoolers, and families. • Chapters with programming ideas for toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary school children. • A chapter with ideas for programming for young adults. The chapters contain many craft ideas and as you explore them, you will find many exciting ideas for planning and hosting an enjoyable and successful 2007 Texas Reading Club. Please also note the information concerning public performance of music and film in library programs and the summary of the research on the importance of summer reading that are included in the introduction. I would like to express my gratitude to the artist, the authors, and to the wonderful staff at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, especially Charlotte Craig, Marilyn Johnson, Julie Hughes, Shawn Clements, Stacey Malek, and Hai Nguyen for their dedication to bringing the Texas Reading Club to children throughout our great State, and a special thank you to the librarians who bring this program alive by offering it to children throughout Texas each year. Christine McNew Youth Services Consultant Texas State Library and Archives Commission 2007 4 Sail Away With Books! Something About the Artist, Diane Stanley Diane Stanley was born in Abilene, Texas and grew up in New York City, La Jolle, California, and Abilene. She graduated from high school in Abilene and attended Trinity University in San Antonio. Stanley’s interests were wide and varied but when she took a drawing course during her senior year, she found her passion. Discovering that she also had talent, she decided to pursue a career as a medical illustrator and earned a degree from Johns Hopkins University. Fortunately for the children’s book world, Stanley quickly abandoned medical illustration in order to illustrate children’s books. Her first book was The Farmer in the Dell, published in 1978 by Little, Brown. In 1983, after several years of illustrating other people’s stories, Stanley wrote The Conversation Club, which she also illustrated. Although Stanley is best known for her picture book biographies, she has also written or illustrated almost fifty books, including modern retellings of fairy tales. For her non-fiction biographies, Stanley and her husband, Peter Vennema, often travel to conduct research in the biographee’s native land. Peter has co-authored several biographies with Diane. Diane also illustrated The Last Princess, written by her mother, Fay Stanley. She is the recipient of the Washington Post / Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award for the body of her work. Diane has two daughters and a son. Until recently, Diane lived in Houston. She and Peter moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2003. Books written and/or illustrated by Diane Stanley include: All Wet! All Wet! by James Skofield. Goldie And the Three Bears. Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth I of England. The Last Princess by Fay Stanley. Moe the Dog In Tropical Paradise. Illustrated by Elise Primavera. Saladin: Noble Prince Of Islam. The True Adventure Of Daniel Hall. Woe is Moe. Web Sites Diane Stanley www.dianestanley.com The author’s official web site includes a detailed biography, photographs, and information about all of her books. 5 2007 Texas Reading Club Manual Acceptable Use of Artwork by Diane Stanley This year’s Texas Reading Club artist is Diane Stanley and she possesses the copyright to the artwork she created for “Sail Away with Books.” In accordance with the artist’s contract, the artwork by Diane Stanley will be inserted into the 2007 Texas Reading Club manual on CD- ROM and uploaded onto the Texas State Library’s Web site. In accordance with the artist’s contract, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission grants Texas libraries a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to reproduce all color artwork and clip art in the Texas Reading Club manual to promote their libraries and the Texas Reading Club. It may be used to create items such as crafts, t-shirts, programs, and library decorations. In addition, Texas libraries are granted permission to upload the color artwork and clip art onto their library web sites for the sole purpose of promoting the 2007 Texas Reading Club program. If a library displays the artwork on a web site, the library is obligated to clearly state that it is for use only by Texas libraries and the artwork must carry the copyright symbol with Diane Stanley listed as copyright holder. The color artwork on the certificate, poster, and bookmark may not be altered or modified in any way. Images may not be manipulated and colors may not be changed. It is, however, acceptable to use a part of the artwork for promotion. For example, an image of a specific character or a portion of the artwork may be pulled from the whole art piece and placed on a button, flyer, or other promotional item. Bookmarks, Borders, Buttons, Certificates, Reading Logs, and More! Public libraries in Texas may use the artwork to create items for use as incentives, awards, and prizes that are given to children. The artwork is the property of the artist. Please respect her work! All images must include the copyright symbol with Diane Stanley listed as copyright holder. Libraries may resize and reverse the clip art, but may not alter it. The name of the library may be added, but the art is owned by the illustrator and should not be touched up, edited, or modified without permission. Color may be added to the clip art only if the same color hues as represented in the poster, bookmark, and certificate are utilized. The artwork may only be used on items that will be sold if the proceeds are returned to the library directly or through a Friends of the Library organization, and sales are limited to Texas. Please direct questions to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, 512-463-6623. To Use Clip Art Start with your text idea. Choose the clip art that best matches your text. Scan or copy the clip art and reduce or enlarge it if needed. Place the scanned clip art in your computer document, or cut it out and paste the clip art to your hardcopy original. 6 Sail Away With Books! Add finishing touches, and print or copy your masterpiece! 7 2007 Texas Reading Club Manual Something About the Authors and Songwriters Barrie Teague Alguire Barrie Teague Alguire started telling stories at the age of three. As a teenager, she discovered the world of theater. With a degree in drama from the University of Texas at Austin and an MLS from Texas Woman's University, it is not surprising that she enjoys writing puppet plays and readers theater scripts. Barrie is Coordinator of Children's Services for the Arlington Public Library System and Supervisor of the Central Library's Children's Department. She wrote the 1999 manual, "Open a Book ... On With the Show!" and was author of several chapters of the 2005 manual, "Go Wild: Read!" Barrie was born in Texas but sailed away to many faraway places for a number of years before returning to the Lone Star State. Scotland, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Kenya are some of the places she visited. Miranda Bauer Miranda Bauer, co-author of the Celebrations Chapter, is the Youth Services Librarian at the Benbrook Public Library, where she has worked for the past five years.