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AssociationAssociation for forLibrary Library Service Service to Children to Children 50 East Huron Street U.S. POSTAGEHANOVER, PA 50 East Huron Street PAIDPERMIT NO. 4 Chicago,Chicago, Illinois Illinois 60611 60611 HANOVER, PA ChangeChange Service Service Requested Requested PERMIT NO. 4 Music, Movement, and Early Literacy Early and Movement, Music, Music, Movement and Early Literacy Early and Movement Music, Association for Library Service to Children to Service Library for Association Lois Lowry and Her Amazing Arbuthnot Lecture Arbuthnot Amazing Her and Lowry Lois Lois Lowry and Her Amazing Arbuthnot Lecture Arbuthnot Amazing Her and Lowry Lois ALSC Newbery, Caldecott, Wilder, Belpré Speeches Belpré Wilder, Caldecott, Newbery, Newbery, Caldecott, Wilder, Belpré Speeches Belpré Wilder, Caldecott, Newbery, 2011 Awards Issue Awards 2011 2011 Awards Issue Awards 2011 & Volume 9 Number 2 Summer/Fall 2011 ISSN 1542-9806 Libraries Library Service to Children the journal of the Association for Children Table Contents● ofVolume 9, Number 2 Summer/Fall 2011 Notes 29 Music, Movement, and Early Literacy 2 Editor’s Note A Best Practices Primer for “Gotta Move!” Sharon Verbeten Hayley Elece McEwing 2 The Dog-Eared Page 36 Through Their Eyes Did Your Faves Get the Nod? The Development of Self-Concept in Young African American Children 3 Outgoing President’s Message through Board Books Looking Back—and Ahead Sandra Hughes-Hassell, Elizabeth Koehler, and Ernie J. Cox Julie Corsaro 42 Searching for She-roes 4 Incoming President’s Message A Study of Biographies of Historic Women Communicate Value Written for Children Mary Fellows Christina H. Dorr Features 50 Cut the Confusion Marketing for Self-Sufficiency Award Acceptance Speeches Rebecca Phillips 5 Newbery Medal 52 Portrait of the Reader Someone Else’s Ordinary as a Young Child Clare Vanderpool Assisting the New Reader Loretta Caravette 9 Caldecott Medal An Old Man, an Elephant, and a Lack of Confidence Departments Erin E. Stead 19 Call for Referees 12 Pura Belpré Author Award All People Are Connected 58 Children and Technology Pam Muñoz Ryan Into a Digital World A Q&A about Digital Picture Books 14 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Travis Jonker Remembering Grandma Eric Velasquez 60 ALSC News 63 Index to Advertisers 16 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award 64 The Last Word Portrait of a Young Boy . Kevin Roth and His Dreams Come True Tomie dePaola 20 The May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Unleaving: The Staying Power of Gold Lois Lowry Cover photo and design by Paper and Paperless, Chicago. Editor’s Note By Sharon Verbeten Summer is over, and so too is the craziness that accompanies summer reading programs. But as much as our lives are busier in the summer, it’s perhaps our most ideal opportunity to reach Editor both avid and reluctant readers. Sharon Verbeten, De Pere, Wis. Editorial Advisory Committee I don’t think I realized that as much when I was a fledgling librarian Christina M. Desai, Chair, Albuquerque, N.M. twenty years ago. I was learning the duties of a new career, navigating Timothy D. Capehart, Dayton, Ohio Robin Fogle Kurz, Pendleton, S.C. a branch that was new to me, and (believe it or not) still dealing with Celia Perez, Chicago, Ill. Jean M. Stevenson, Duluth, Minn. the limitations of a card catalog! Carol Hopkins, Puyallup, Wash. Lisa Taylor, Lavallette, N.J. Mary Fellows, ALSC President, Ex Officio, Albany, N.Y. When I returned to the career last year, I felt more prepared to make Sharon Verbeten, Editor, Ex Officio, De Pere, Wis. a difference in children’s lives. Not only had I become a mother, and Executive Director therefore intimately in tune with the needs of a young child, but I also Aimee Strittmatter had more technology, resources, and mentors available. Managing Editor Laura Schulte-Cooper Website Use this post–summer time to reassess how your summer reading www.ala.org/alsc program affected your audience, as well as you. 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For other photocopying, reprint- ing, or translating, address requests to the ALA Office of Rights and Permissions. 2 Summer/Fall 2011 • Children and Libraries Forty-Third Annual Arbuthnot Honor Lecture featuring the brilliant Lois Lowry and hosted by the impressive St. Louis County Library. Looking ahead, I knew I was about to receive an update regarding the ever- growing participation in the crucial fam- ily literacy initiative El día de los niños, El día de los libros—with its broadened mandate in this, its festive quince year.