Let's learn about 2 special audio visual awards: The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video and The Odyssey Award.
The Andrew Carnegie Medal, presented yearly by The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), was named in honor of 19th century American philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It honors the producer of the most outstanding video production for children. The 2011 medal goes to The Curious Garden, produced by Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly Ellard at Weston Woods Studios. The video shows how the actions of one small boy can make a lasting impact.
The Odyssey Award is an annual award given to the producer of the best audio book for children and young adults, available in English in the USA. It is jointly awarded by two divisions of the American Library Association (the Association for Library Service to Children and the Young Adult Library Services Association) and is sponsored by Booklist magazine. The 2011 award winner is The True Meaning of Smekday, produced by Listening LIbrary, narrated by Bahni Turpin, and written by Adam Rex. The 2011 honor audio books are Alchemy and Meggy Swann (author L.A. Meyer); The Knife of Never Letting Go (author Patrick Ness); Revolution (author Jennifer Donnelly); and will grayson, will grayson (authors John Green & David Levithan).
This Tuesday I will be in Kanawha at the Middle School. On Thursday, I will meet with K-Geelan and we will listen to The Twelve Days of Winter: A School Counting Book written by Deborah Lee Rose and illustrated by Carey Armstrong-Ellis. Students in 2-Glawe will experince listening to fiction books about dinosaurs on "Playaways". Playaway units contain the audio version of a book and multiple listeners can read along with their own book.
Next week I will meet with the first graders and 4-Hildman on Tuesday, and K-Jass and 2-Tangeman on Thursday.
HAPPY READING!
Mrs. T. Reiter, K-12 Teacher Librarian
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