Volume 8, Issue 1 December 2012
NewsleƩ er of the Teaching Resources CollecƟ on at Bishop Grosseteste University
warm welcome back to a bigger, Abrighter, booktas c Hullabaloo!. We’ve been away a li le longer than an cipated, but we’ve got a really good excuse: just the small ma er of building a library! We had an especially interes ng me working with the designers of our purpose-built Teaching Resources Collec on (TRC), the new home of our wonderful children’s literature collec on. If you’ve not done so already, why not pay us a visit and see what all the fuss is about?
If you’re reading this then you’re hopefully interested in children’s books. If so, why not join us at the next mee ng of our children’s literature group Book Talk? At our last mee ng we had great fun discussing the works of Anne Fine, Ruth Brown and Jackie Morris. The next mee ng will be on 15th January from 4-6pm in the Library Mee ng Room, when we’ll be discussing the novels of Michael Morpurgo and the picture books of Jeanne Willis. Hope to see you there! Happy Reading, Emma and Janice
Inside this issue...
• And The Winner Is… • BG Carnegie-Greenaway Challenge • Poetry Compe on • Building The TRC • When I Was A Nipper • Spotlight On Jackie Morris • Reading For Pleasure • Fond Farewells And The Winner Is...
hilst we were busy building our Across the The Branford Boase Wnew library there were quite a pond, the Book Award went to few book prizes and medals awarded. American Library Annabel Pitcher for We don’t have the space to list them Associa on’s My Sister Lives on the all so instead we selected a few that CaldecoƩ Medal Mantelpiece (Indigo, we thought deserved special men on. was awarded to £6.99), the story of A full list of all the prizes awarded in Chris Rashka for a young boy trying 2011-12 is available in the Teaching A Ball for Daisy to bring his family Resources sec on of our website at (Random House, closer together a er a ©Indigo 2011. By permission of Orion Children’s Books.
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Loving Spirit by Linda Chapman, 2010. Cover design by Tim Collins by permission of the publishers. Reproduced by permission of Penguin Books Ltd. ©Michael O’Mara Books Limited 2010; All Rights Reserved. The English 4-11 Book Awards went to Jon Klassen for I Want My Hat Back More recently, this year’s Roald Dahl
Cover Illustra on © 2011 Jim Kay From A MONSTER CALLS wri en by Patrick Ness, from an (Walker Books, £6.99 - we love the front Funny Prize was awarded to Jamie original idea by Siobhan Dowd, illustrated by Jim Kay Reproduced by permission of Walker Books Ltd, London SE11 5HJ, www.walker.co.uk cover!) and to Lane Smith for It’s A Book Thomson for his book Dark Lord: (Macmillan Children’s, £5.99). Teenage Years (Orchard, £5.99), with Illustrated by Jim Kay, Ness based A the 6 and under category being won by Monster Calls on an idea by the late Rebecca Pa erson’s My Big ShouƟ ng novelist Siobhan Dowd, herself a Day (Jonathan Cape, £5.99). (posthumous) Carnegie Medal winner in 2009. And fi nally, we wanted to be sure to An emo onal read, which has at mes squeeze in men on of the School courted controversy for its tough Library Associa on’s InformaƟ on Book subject ma er (a boy dealing with Awards. Begun just last year in 2011, his mother’s cancer), A Monster Calls these are some of the few awards not only won Ness a second Carnegie which celebrate non-fi c on books for Medal, it also won Jim Kay the CILIP children. In 2012 Mar n Jenkins’ Can Kate Greenaway Medal; the fi rst me We Save the Tiger? (Walker Books, ever that both Medals have been £6.99, beau fully illustrated by Vicky awarded to the same book. It was White) swept the board; it won not also the recipient of the NaƟ onal Book only the 7-12 category, but was named Awards Children’s Book of the Year, overall winner in the Children’s Choice the Peters’ Book of the Year, and a Red category and also the judges’ overall Copyright © 2011 Jon Klassen From I WANT MY HAT BACK by Jon Klas- sen. Reproduced by permission of Walker Books Ltd, winner. House Children’s Book Award. London SE11 5HJ, www.walker.co.uk The BG CarnegieGreenaway Challenge
oin with us in celebra ng our new library who achieved great popularity in the 1880s Jby reading some great books! Children’s and 1890s. Although launched in 1955, librarians throughout the land gather each somewhat bizarrely no award was made that year to nominate books for the pres gious year because no book was considered worthy! CILIP (Chartered Ins tute of Library and Instead the fi rst Kate Greenaway Medal was Informa on Professionals) Carnegie Medal awarded in 1956 for Edward Ardizzonne’s Tim and Kate Greenaway Medal. This year was All Alone. no diff erent and the longlist for the 2013 For many years CILIP has organised shadowing Medals was announced in November 2012. schemes in schools and libraries to encourage The Carnegie Medal was established in children to read the shortlisted tles. 1936 to recognise outstanding books for This year we’ve decided to issue a similar children and young people. The fi rst winner challenge by giving BG students and staff the was Arthur Ransome’s Pigeon Post. Sco sh opportunity to read as many of the longlisted philanthropist Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) fi nanced tles as possible and tell us what they think of them. All more than 2,800 public libraries worldwide (including tles on both longlists will be displayed together in the TRC, Lincoln’s own Central Library) having made his fortune in allowing you to borrow and read as many as your library the American steel industry. The fi rst Carnegie Library to card allows. You will then be encouraged to share your open was in his hometown of Dunfermline in 1883, and by views on special comment slips when you return them. We the me of his death half of the library authori es in the UK are also planning associated events to coincide with the included at least one Carnegie library. announcement of the shortlists in March, and the overall The Kate Greenaway Medal was established in 1955 to winners in June. recognise outstanding illustra on in books for children We hope to launch the challenge on 4 February so keep an and young people. Kate Greenaway (1846-1901) was a eye on Blackboard, Facebook and the Staff Bulle n for more dis nguished illustrator and writer of books for children details in the new year! Win A £10 Amazon Voucher hose of you who have been Hullabaloo! readers for a while will remember our ‘First Words TCompe on’, whereby you had to guess which book’s fi rst line we were quo ng. For a bit of a change, and a varia on on the theme we’ve decided to switch to the fi rst lines of poems instead. So, if you know the name of the poem below, and the poet who wrote it, email us at
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Launched to mark Homelessness Week publica on of their of Richard’s students experience use in the classroom, Janice Morris and Richard Woolley ar cle Ten of the back in 2008. plus we have copies Best: Picture Books We’ve published of all the books Valuing Children’s Diverse Families three Reading Resources in total. As men oned right here in our library! which appeared in the November 2012 well as Family DiversiƟ es there is also There are reference copies in the TRC, edi on of children’s literature magazine Disablity, and TransiƟ ons. The former as well as pdf versions available to view Books for Keeps. highlights picture books with posi ve and/or download from our website and The ar cle focuses on ten of the (100+) and suppor ve images of disability, Blackboard pages. Building Our New TRC Spotlight On.... Jackie Morris
hat a couple of years it has been! airy, and fl exible environment; areas f you’ve visited our new Teaching Resources Collec on you Author Caroline Pitcher saw WIt was back in 2010 that we fi rst for relaxa on, browsing, studying and Ican’t fail to have no ced the four large illustrated panels Jackie’s Greenpeace work and started to seriously think about what display; space to examine, compare and featuring scenes from children’s books. The two si ng side- recommended her to her publisher; we wanted our new library to look and select resources; room to accommodate by-side near the entrance (one of which can be seen on the the two have collaborated several feel like. The prospect was both exci ng group events and visits, and of course front cover) feature Jackie Morris’ take on the classic nursery mes since on tles such as The and terrifying. We’d o en discussed as much shelving as possible. Given ‘Show and Tell’ area. We are par cularly rhyme ‘Sing-A-Song-Of-Sixpence’ and are from her book The Snow Whale, Mariana and the what improvements we’d make, but our many and varied requirements we pleased with this space, which ini ally Cat and The Fiddle: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes (Frances Merchild, and Lord of the Forest. they were mostly daydreams. Or so we decided to work with a library design presented some very tricky storage Lincoln, 2011). We love the rich, vivid colours and the way Jackie has illustrated dozens of thought - when we were given the go- company to bring our ideas to life, fi nally challenges! the towers frame the image. books and has wri en a few too. ahead we suddenly had the awesome se ling upon FG Library Products, who The TRC now accommodates all of our We were delighted to hear recently She was also one of the many responsibility of making it happen! coincidentally have recently refurbished book stock as well as providing room that Jackie’s work in The Cat And The world-renowned ar sts to illustrate ©Barefoot Books 2006 What is now the Teaching Resources many of Lincolnshire’s public libraries. for expansion. Even be er, there are Fiddle has been recognised by CILIP an ar cle - ar cle 26 in Jackie’s case Collec on (TRC) was previously two The new TRC is a two large study tables to accommodate through its inclusion in the 2013 - from the Universal DeclaraƟ on of Human Rights for the separate collec ons in adjoining spaces rectangular space groups, and two computer sta ons for Kate Greenaway Medal longlist. The book We Are All Born Free, published to commemorate the – The Children’s Collec on and the of about 140 individuals. Display space was important shortlist is due to be announced on 50th anniversary of the Declara on in 2008 (and featured in Classroom Collec on. In the former square metres to us, so display shelves and panels are 19th March, so fi ngers crossed! Hullabaloo! at the me). books were ghtly packed on tall shelves with a large arranged throughout. Together with a Another of Jackie’s illustra ons is Alongside her signature style of fl owing lines and deep, and there was li le room for study, feature window new mobile book display unit these are located on a wall in the picture book rich colours Jackie’s drawings combine peacefulness and browsing, or relaxing. Resources in the at one end. It was a fl exible and a rac ve way for us to nook and portrays a boy asleep in tranquillity with a sprinkling of magic and mys cism. Animals ©Frances Lincoln Publishers 2011 Classroom felt tucked away and were immediately clear showcase materials, catch the students’ bed surrounded by his toys. It is and nature are strongly represented (Time of the Lion, The easy to miss, yet those students who that our picture a en on, and highlight the many and taken from The Barefoot Book of Classic Poems (Barefoot Seal Children, The Snow Leopard, The Ice Bear), as is faith used the space enjoyed being there. book and fairy tale various types of materials and resources Books, 2006), and accompanies a Robert Louis Stevenson and belief (Journeys Through DreamƟ me, Stories From World They liked the way it was self-contained collec ons would create the perfect we have in the TRC. poem called ‘The Land Of The Counterpane’. We love the Religions, The Greatest GiŌ ). Jackie’s latest book, I Am Cat with plenty of room to examine frame for the window and so it was We are absolutely thrilled with our new way the counterpane looks like a rolling landscape, and in (Frances Lincoln, £11.99) focuses on one of her great loves; resources, had a large table for group decided to posi on them either side. Teaching Resources Collec on, and places a rolling sea, but we especially love the way the image no prizes for guessing what that might be! Find out more work, and access to two computers. We also introduced fl exible sea ng and from the comments we overhear when communicates the power of storytelling. about Jackie at
t’s offi cial! A quick look at the Department for Educa on reported a strong associa on between reading for pleasure Iwebsite (h p:// nyurl.com/c3bp9bm) confi rms that the and children’s reading achievement. Recent Ofsted reports Government recognises the importance of reading for Excellence in English and Moving English On reiterated its pleasure. importance, and a 2011 survey by the NaƟ onal Literacy Trust A decade of research has shown that reading for pleasure revealed a posi ve correla on between children’s enjoyment benefi ts children in lots of ways. In 2002 the OrganizaƟ on for of reading and reading a ainment. For more informa on on Economic CooperaƟ on and Development (OECD) concluded reading for pleasure or the aforemen oned research, check that it is more important to a child’s educa onal achievement out
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romo ng reading for pleasure is a na onal priority Pand referred to in the dra new Primary Na onal Curriculum for English. In interna onal compara ve research children in England ranked only 26th out of 29 countries, with 42% of children saying they read for fun outside of school once or twice a month at most (NFER 2006). One way that teachers have been encouraging children to read widely from a range of diff erent genres is through the Rooted in Reading scheme which was fi rst developed by CfBT in Lincolnshire schools. This scheme of reading passports encourages children to note their responses to diff erent types of reading and gather stamps and cer fi cates as rewards and incen ves for reading widely. The reading passports collec on also includes passports for parents to complete with pre-school children, community reading passports for wai ng rooms and communal areas, and passports aimed at diff erent age groups and genres. This autumn sees the launch of the latest addi on to the rooted in reading family, a journal for teachers, teacher training students and school staff . It has been recognised that primary school teachers can have a limited knowledge of children’s authors (Cremin et al, 2008) and, as a way to help every teacher to build up a store of informa on about great children’s books and poems, Bishop Grosseteste University worked with Lincolnshire CFBT to create the Teacher’s Reading Journal. This simple li le pocket-sized book includes prompt ques ons, useful links and spaces for brief notes about children’s books read in school or found in the library. Comments from students using the reading journal this term included: “I can see a benefi t to this being a career long habit” , “The detail in it helps me when it comes to buying books” and “You are able to come back to the ones you know the children enjoyed.”
Helen Hendry Senior Lecturer, PGCE Primary Bishop Grosseteste University
References: Cremin, T., Bearne, E., Goodwin, P. and Mo ram, M. (2008) Primary Teachers As Readers. English in Educa on. 42 (1): 1-16. Twist, L., Schagen, I. and Hodgson, C. (2007) Readers and Reading: the NaƟ onal Report for England 2006 (PIRLS: Progress in Interna onal Reading Literacy Study). Slough: NFER. Fond Farewells
adly, whilst we were away the children’s literature world Born Nina Mabey in Ilford, between Slost a great many talented writers and illustrators, among 1953 and 2005 Nina Bawden penned them: over 50 books [as a child Emma was • English writer Ruth Thomas (The Runaways), 4 January par cularly fond of one called The 1927 – 25 August 2011 Peppermint Pig], many of which • American writer Florence Parry Heide (The Shrinking Of have been adapted for the screen, Treehorn), 27 February 1919 – 23 October 2011 including Carrie’s War, Circle Of • American writer Russell Hoban (The Mouse And His Deceit, and Family Money. Child), 4 February 1925 - 13 December 2011 A er a ending Somerville College, • English writer John Christopher (The Tripods trilogy), 16 Oxford, she met and married her fi rst April 1922 – 3 February 2012 husband Harry Bawden and it was • English writer Jim Riordan (Sweet Clarinet), 10 October whilst at home following the birth of www.penguin.co.uk 1936 - 11 February 2012 their two children that she tried her hand at wri ng novels. • Sco sh writer Mollie Hunter (The Stronghold), 30 June She married a second me in 1954, to BBC execu ve Austen 1922 - 31 July 2012 Kark, and her fi rst children’s novel, The Secret Passage, was • English writer Helen Nicoll (Meg And Mog), 10 October published in 1963. Her best known work, Carrie’s War (1974), 1937 – 30 September 2012 is the story of two siblings evacuated to Wales during World In addi on we lost three giants of children’s literature, War Two (just as Bawden was herself) and won the 1976 American author and illustrator Maurice Sendak (10 June Guardian Children’s FicƟ on Prize and the 1993 Phoenix Award. 1928 - 8 May 2012), New Zealand author Margaret Mahy Tragedy struck Bawden and her family on more than one ONZ (21 March 1936 – 23 July 2012), and English author Nina occasion; son Niki developed schizophrenia and commi ed Bawden CBE (19 January 1925 – 22 August 2012). suicide in 1981, and husband Austen was killed in the 2002 Po ers Bar rail disaster. Bawden herself was badly injured in Image ©Harper Publishers Collins Born in Brooklyn, New York, Maurice the crash. Three years later she wrote one fi nal book, a series Sendak illustrated over 80 books and of le ers to her late husband, en tled Dear Austen. authored over 20, including his most
famous work Where The Wild Things Margaret Mahy was born in Image ©Harper Publishers Collins Are. Said to have been inspired to be Whakatane, New Zealand, the eldest of an illustrator a er watching Disney’s fi ve children, and wrote her fi rst story Fantasia at the age of 12, Sendak spent when she was just 7 years old. Her fi rst much of the 1950s illustra ng other published work, A Lion In The Meadow, people’s work, before in 1957 wri ng appeared in 1969 and many more and illustra ng his fi rst solo book Kenny’s Window. Where followed, from fantas cal picture books the Wild Things Are was published six years later in 1963 for young readers (over 100 of them) and won the following year’s CaldecoƩ Medal. It went on to to supernatural tales for teenagers sell millions, has never been out of print, and in 2009 was (another 40 tles). adapted by Spike Jones and Dave Eggers for the big screen. For over 20 years Margaret Mahy worked as a professional Maurice Sendak’s contribu on to children’s literature was librarian (including a children’s librarian!), un l in 1980 recognised in the many prizes and awards he received, which she le to become a full- me writer. In recogni on of included the 1970 Hans ChrisƟ an Andersen Award, the 1983 her contribu on to children’s Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, and the 2003 Astrid Lindgren
Image ©Harper Publishers Collins 2007 literature she won several Memorial Prize. awards, including two Carnegie Medals (in 1982 for The HaunƟ ng and in 1984 for The Changeover) and, like Maurice Sendak, a Hans ChrisƟ an Andersen Award. She also has an award named a er her; the Margaret Mahy Award
Limited Group House e Random is awarded annually in New Sendak. Maurice by Are ings Zealand to a person who has Published by Red Fox. Red Fox. by Published made a signifi cant contribu on to children’s literature. Where the Wild Th the Wild Where Used by permission of Th permission of by Used
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