WORDLESS BOOKS: Plus an Interview with Three-Time Caldecott Winner David Wiesner Appeal of Fairy Tales Library Outreach Via Book Bike
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Children the journal of the Association for Library Service to Children Libraries & Volume 14 Number 2 Summer 2016 ISSN 1542-9806 WORDLESS BOOKS: Plus an Interview with Three-Time Caldecott Winner David Wiesner Appeal of Fairy Tales Library Outreach via Book Bike Table Contents● ofVolume 14, Number 2 Summer 2016 Peer-Reviewed Article Notes Departments 2 Editor’s Note 36 Everyday Advocacy Sharon Verbeten Start Anywhere: The Everyday Advocacy Challenge Features Jenna Nemec-Loise 3 Text Optional 37 Index to Advertisers Visual Storytelling with Wordless Picturebooks Jennifer Gibson 38 Research RoundUp Digital Media and Young Children 8 Shifting Gears . It’s How We Roll Betsy Diamant-Cohen and Annette Y. Goldsmith Minnesota’s Award-Winning BookBike Heather Acerro 40 The Last Word J. Elizabeth Mills, Kathleen Campana, and Saroj Ghoting 13 Encouraging Educational Diversity Depictions of Homeschoolers in Middle- Grade Fiction Amy Seto Forrester 19 Helping Hands Author’s Memory Concreted in Picturebook Sharon Verbeten 21 Why Storytelling Matters Unveiling the Literacy Benefits of Storytelling Denise E. Agosto 27 Perennially Popular The Appeal of Classic Fairy Tales for Children ON THE COVER: Libraries nationwide are getting in on the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program in a big Pauline Dewan way; on our cover are photos from Chicago Public Library, Horicon (WI) Public Library, Henry Waldinger Public Library in Valley Stream, New York, and Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library in Plainview, New York. 32 Tail Waggin’ Tutors A Doggone Fun Way to Read! Ann Siejka 34 A Virtual Vertical File How Librarians Utilize Pinterest Kate Eckert Editor’s Note Read HOW Many Books? By Sharon Verbeten The library where I work, Brown County Library in Green Bay, WI, came to the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program just Editor Sharon Verbeten, De Pere, Wisconsin a few years ago. I remember introducing it to some storytime parents in the beginning and having them exclaim, “They have Editorial Advisory Committee Heather Beverley, Chair, Hainesville, Illinois to read HOW many books?” Becki Bishop, Bassett, Virginia Sarah Park Dahlen, Maple Grove, Minnesota Judy Lasco, Chardon, Ohio It was almost as if I had asked them to check out all one thou- Rick Samuelson, Henrico, Virginia Caitlin Tormey, Carmichael, California sand books that day and asked for them to be returned in a Andrew Medlar, ALSC President, Ex Officio, Chicago, Illinois Sharon Verbeten, Editor, Ex Officio, De Pere, Wisconsin week. Executive Director As librarians, we are keenly aware of the importance reading Aimee Strittmatter every day has on a child’s success—at almost every level of Managing Editor learning, but especially for early literacy. But I found that a Laura Schulte-Cooper good number of parents thought that the title of the program— Website www.ala.org/alsc and the amount of books—seemed daunting. Of course, when Circulation you break it down to the number of books divided by the num- Children and Libraries (ISSN 1542-9806) is a refereed journal published four times per year by the ber of years, etc….well, we all know the math. And we all know American Library Association (ALA), 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. It is the official publica- tion of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of ALA. Subscription that Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site [insert your child’s price: members of ALSC, $20 per year, included in membership dues; nonmembers, $50 per year in the U.S.; $60 in Canada, Mexico, and other countries. Back issues within one year of current favorite book here] will be on that list multiple times. issue, $15 each. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Children and Libraries, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Members send mailing labels or facsimile to Member Services, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Nonmember subscribers: Subscriptions, orders, changes of address, and inqui- It’s been a joy to see parents returning with our 1,000 Books ries should be sent to Children and Libraries, Customer Service—Subscriptions, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; 1-800-545-2433, press 5; fax: (312) 944-2641; e-mail: [email protected]. entry forms—and even more thrilling to see the tiny toddlers holding up the certificates and/or prizes they have won for par- Statement of Purpose Children and Libraries is the official journal of ALSC, a division of the American Library ticipating. We even hosted a Giant Early Learning Play Date this Association. The journal primarily serves as a vehicle for continuing education of librarians past winter, where we built a “throne” of discarded books; our working with children, which showcases current scholarly research and practice in library ser- vice to children. It also serves as a vehicle for communication to the ALSC membership, spot- little readers and participants could proudly ascend the throne, lighting significant activities and initiatives of the Association. (From the journal’s “Policies and book in hand—better than any scepter! Procedures” document adopted by the ALSC board, April 2004, revised, 2014.) Production Sure, the throne was symbolic and the play date was chock full ALA Production Services: Chris Keech, Tim Clifford, and Lauren Ehle. of early literacy stories, games, and events. But it was all part of Advertising what makes us so proud to be children’s librarians. Bill Spilman, Innovative Media Solutions, 320 W. Chestnut St., PO Box 399, Oneida, IL 61467; 1-877-878-3260 or (309) 483-6467; fax: (309) 483-2371; e-mail: bill@innovativemediasolutions .com. The journal accepts advertising for goods or services of interest to the library profession and librarians in service to youth in particular. It encourages advertising that informs readers and I haven’t yet personally talked with a parent whose child has provides clear communication between vendor and buyer. The journal adheres to ethical and com- hit that 1,000 books milestone, but I’ll bet they feel just as much monly accepted advertising practices and reserves the right to reject any advertisement not suited to the above purposes or not consistent with the aims and policies of ALA. Acceptance of advertis- accomplishment in helping their child achieve that level as I ing in the journal does not imply official endorsement by ALA of the products or services advertised. do as a librarian . even if they did have to read Goodnight, Manuscripts Goodnight, Construction Site fifty-two times! & Manuscripts and letters pertaining to editorial content should be sent to Sharon Verbeten, editor, 820 Spooner Ct., De Pere, WI 54115; (920) 339-2740; e-mail: [email protected]. Manuscripts will be sent out for review according to the journal’s established referee proce- dures. See www.ala.org/alsc, “Communications & Publications” for author guidelines. 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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. Copyright © 2016 American Library Association All materials in this journal subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be photocopied for the noncommercial purpose of scientific or educational advancement granted by Sections 107 and 108 of the Copyright Revision Act of 1976. For other photocopying, reprint- ing, or translating, address requests to the ALA Office of Rights and Permissions. 2 Summer 2016 • Children and Libraries Text Optional Visual Storytelling with Wordless Picturebooks JENNIFER GIBSON Wordless books by Shaun Tan, David Wiesner, and Mitsumasa Anno in SUNY Cortland’s Teaching Materials Center collection. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Gibson. ordless picturebooks are on the rise and are Literacy Use: Putting Words to the Wordless increasingly revered by readers and critics. In many W countries, including the United States, wordless While wordless picturebooks are excellent ways to introduce picturebooks have become a sub-genre unto themselves—a preschoolers to the book’s format and design and to book han- publishing trend resulting in author/illustrators who even dling and sequencing of a story,4 the wordless picturebook is no specialize in this type of book. longer just for beginning readers. While emphasizing middle- grade readers, Judith Cassady notes that any grade level can A current search on worldcat.org for juvenile books with the benefit from exposure to wordless picturebooks for the inher- Subject Heading “Stories Without Words,” yielded just over two ent creativity involved in developing one’s own interpretation thousand, with a notable increase in the latter half of the twen- of the story.5 She summarizes: tieth century leading into