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NEWSLETTER OF THE YOUNG ADULT & CHILDREN’S SERVICES SECTION OF BCLA

2013

Back by Popular Demand: Storytelling with Anne Andersen!

Red Cedar & Stellar 2013 Book Award Winners

Summer Reading Club Update: We’re Launched!

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Teen Reading Club Update: Zombie Apocalypse

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Letters to a New Teen Librarian First Line Booktalks Who’s on the Felt Board?

Balloons

1 Message from the Editors 2

news Back by Popular Demand: Storytelling with Anne Andersen!

3 Red Cedar & Stellar 2013 Book Award Winners 4 Summer Reading Club Update: We’re Launched!

5 Teen Reading Club Update: Zombie Apocalypse 6

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Teens Only Letters to a New Teen Librarian

By Amy Dawley 7 Vintage YAACING First Line Booktalks

By April Ens 10 Who’s on the Felt Board?

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By Jean Allan 12

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Message from the Chair

Summer e 2013 Y A A C S ( Y o u n g Adults and Children’s Services) is a section of the British Columbia Library Association.

YAACING is published 4 times per year.

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Founded in 1980, our members include librarians, teacher-librarians and other library workers interested in services to youth in British Columbia. Our purpose is to promote the exchange of ideas among library personnel who work with Children and Young Adults.

Editors April Ens and Alicia Cheng at YAACING@gmail.com Art Director Liza Capdecoume

features Celebrating the Winners of the YAACS Award: Ellen Heaney & Amy Dawley

By The YAACS Award Committee 14 Journey to Jbrary: Creating a Storytime Resource Collection

By Dana Horrocks and Lindsey Krabbenhoft 17 Preschool Storytime: Bears and Berries

By Dana Horrocks and Lindsey Krabbenhoft 18 Annotated Bibliography: Canadian Books for New Siblings

By Nadia Stennes-Spidahl 19 Annotated Bibliography: Verse Novel

By Dana Horrocks 21 Reviews 24 Call for Submissions 25

message from the chair

Hello Yaacs, Let me introduce myself to you. My name is Saara Itkonen and I’m your new Chair. Many of you are new names and faces to me, as I am quite new to BCLA land. So a little bit about myself, before we highlight all the awesome things that are happening with YAACS. I’m the Children’s Librarian at the newest branch of Vancouver Public Library – the Terry Salman Branch – and I’m also this year’s coordinator for Interlink’s Teen Reading Club. I’m excited (and, let’s be honest, a little scared) to be your new Chair but I’m also really looking forward to getting to know many of you in the year to come.

As I step into my new role as Chair for YAACS, I would like to take a moment to recognize out-going chair, Tara Williston. Thank you Tara for all your hard work over the past year. It takes a real professional to keep YAACS going while simultaneously moving halfway across our ginormous province and getting your career off the ground in a new community. You’re a superstar!

Although I wasn’t able to attend this year’s BCLA conference, what a spectacular turnout at the YAACS AGM! This was my first opportunity to see many of you from all the corners of our province and it gave me a real sense of who YAACS is. Many thanks to Tara Williston, Anna Hudson, Elizabeth Bell, Jean Allan, Liza Capdecoume, Wendy Wright, Ellen Wu, and Dana Horrocks for putting together and staffing this year’s YAACS table. We had a fun felt board, beautiful bookmarks, and we were also able to gather some fabulous ideas for YAACS to tackle in this upcoming year.

Speaking of which, what is YAACS going to be up to this year? Our first task will be figuring out how to add advertising to YAACING as a means to generate funds for our section.

This past

year we really struggled to keep things running on the small amount of income that we had. And despite the rapidly changing face of libraries, it’s still evident that Young Adult and Children’s Services are an area of growth. YAACS members have an important role to play in our library systems, and we’ll be needing funds to support your section.

So, with that in mind, until next time… And a Happy Summer (and SRC and TeenRC) to you all!

Saara Itkonen Incoming YAACS Chair

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message from the editors

This

summer YAACING celebrates the recent YAACS Award presentation at the BCLA Conference to two very worthy winners, including our very own Teens Only Columnist, Amy Dawley. You’ll find profiles of Amy and Ellen Heaney and their amazing accomplishments to Young Adult and Children’s library services in this issue.

Speaking of awards, the creation of the SRC Community Story Award was also announced at BCLA. Read all the updates in Cynthia Ford’s Summer Reading Club report. And of course, don’t miss the Teen Reading Club updates from our incoming Chair and Teen Reading Club Coordinator, Saara Itkonen! It’s going to be an exciting summer as the kids and teens go Up, Up, and Away! and Zombie Apocalypse.

Besides the usual mix of news, program ideas, and reviews in this issue, we also have Dana Horrocks and Lindsey Krabbenhoft describing their journey to Jbrary, a new useful storytime resource collection for storytime professionals.

And as graduation season draws near, don’t miss Amy Dawley’s Teens Only Column: Letters to a New Teen Librarian. Whether you’re just starting out or are already working in libraryland, Amy’s advice is everything we wish we knew when we first started working with teens.

Last but not least, a huge thank you to Liza Capdecoume for continuing to give our readers a fantastic YAACING reading experience on Issuu.

Happy reading, and have a fun-filled summer!

Alicia Cheng and April Ens YAACING Editors yaacing@gmail.com

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news Back by Popular Demand

Photo by Rachel Yaroshuk

Storytelling with Anne Andersen!

Want to brush up your storytelling skills?

Back by popular demand, YAACS is delighted to present a ten week oral storytelling course with Anne Andersen.

The course will provide: Opportunities to explore and tell a variety of story types Resources for storytellers Selection and preparation of stories Building repertoire and confidence in the presentation of stories Planning a storytelling event ** Between session work is required ** Please note that the focus of the course is on oral storytelling and not on preschool storytimes. Oral storytelling skills can be used in a wide variety of situations and are an excellent addition to any librarian’s repertoire!

When: Wednesdays, Sept 25 to Nov 27, 6:30-8:30pm.

Where: Tommy Douglas Branch, Burnaby Public Library 7311 Kingsway Ave @ Edmonds (close to Edmonds Skytrain) Cost: $100 Class size will be limited to ensure a high level of participation and individual instructor attention. You will receive a confirmation email once you are registered in the course. Participants must commit to attend all ten sessions.

The course fee must be paid in advance and is non-refundable once the course begins.

To register, please email caroline.johnson@shaw.ca, including your name, email address and phone number.

Space is limited, so sign up soon!

Special thanks to the Burnaby Public Library and staff for graciously hosting (and supporting) this course!

Caroline Johnson & Rachel Yaroshuk YAACS Continuing Education Coordinators, Lower Mainland

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news Red Cedar & Stellar 2013

Book Award Winners May 21, 2013 Vancouver, BC – Thousands of BC youth in Grades 4 – 12 across the province have chosen the 2012 Red Cedar and Stellar Award winners after months of cracking spines and flipping pages in a “read-athon” some call the American Idol of young adult literature.

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Stellar

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Due to financial limitations this past season, we have been unable to maintain current content on the Stellar Book Award website. We apologize for the confusion and we do appreciate the dedication of all the teachers, librarians, and teens that have continued

Students read at least 5 of the 12-15 shortlisted titles

to support the Stellar Book Awards.

in each category to be eligible to vote by the deadline.

The Young Readers’ Choice Awards Society of B.C.

Thanks to everyone that participated this year and

founded and administers both awards to promote

stay tuned for next season’s nominees for the Red

quality Canadian children’s literature, literacy, and

Cedar and Stellar Book Awards. Also look out for

to improve awareness of our nation’s literary talents.

new changes for both awards in the coming season: author events, reading group prizes, a blog for the

Now, after heated debate in classrooms, living rooms,

Stellar Book Award, and more.

libraries, bookstores and online forums from Victoria

ed in being more involved with the Young Readers’

to Prince Rupert and the Queen Charlottes to Revel-

Choice Awards Society of B.C., contact Noreen Ma at

stoke, the zealous readers have spoken:

nma75@shaw.ca for more information.

Noreen Ma

Red Cedar Fiction Award Winner:

Secretary, YRCA

Count Me In

by Sarah Leach (Orca, 2011) Red Cedar Information Award Winner: Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan’s Rescue from War

by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch (Pajama Press, 2011)

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If you are interest-

Image from http://kidssrc.bclibrary.ca/

Summer Reading Club Update:

We’re Launched!

BCLA Conference

What a pleasure it was during the BCLA Conference to meet SRC folks from all over the province. I was especially delighted to be able to put faces to the names on those emails!

During the Tradeshow, Randi, Andrea and I were delighted to be able to show you a preview of some of this year’s SRC materials: the posters, t-shirts, tattoos, paper airplanes, bookmarks. By the time you read this, there’s a good chance all your SRC materials will be on their way, if not already at your library.

If you had a chance to come by the SRC booth, you may have noticed a large red rocket (on loan from VPL!) which Andrea coined Inspiration Rocket. On the rocket, we asked people to post their SRC program ideas, suggestions for future SRC themes, or just why they loved SRC...one woman told us that “SRC made [her] a Librarian!”

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Earlier this year, Mari Martin and the folks at L&L created an SRC Group for us over at the Commons where we can exchange ideas and inspiration all summer long.

And at the Awards lunch, Andrea announced the creation of the SRC Community Story Award. Thanks to funding from BCLA and RBC this award will be presented annually to an individual whose story best demonstrates the impact of the SRC within their community.

So while the rocket may have gone back home to VPL, the opportunity to share ideas and stories has just begun.

What I’ve Learned So Far...

I’ve learned a great deal in these few short months as the BC SRC Coordinator. I’ve learned what big boots Els Kushner left behind and that thankfully, she’ll answer even late-night emails. (Thanks, Els!) I’ve learned how many amazingly talented and dedicated people contribute to the success of the 2013 Summer Reading Program:

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from the artist (Eliska Liska), to our incredible graphic designer (Roger Handling), our website designers (Neil Firkins and Jeanette Duguay), our novelties designer Dianna Bonder, and the SRC Committee: our outgoing (but thankfully not-going-far) chair Randi Robin, our incoming chair Andrea Brown, all of our Content Creators (Greater Victoria’s Fatima Ferreira, Richmond’s Cindy Kloos and Kate Adams, TNRD’s Susan McCowan, Surrey’s Victor Or, Fraser Valley’s Hilary Russell, ... and you – the people who meet the young readers and engage and encourage them all summer long.

We’ve heard that it takes a village to raise a child; I say it takes a province to launch the BC Summer Reading Club!

Thank you all and stay-tuned for lift-off! Y Cynthia Ford 2013 Summer Reading Club Coordinator bcsrc@bclibrary.ca

Teen Reading Club Update

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When the Teen Reading Club committee members approached their Teen Advisory Group members about ideas for this year’s TeenRC theme, the overwhelming response was “zombies”.

Graphic designer, Dale Davies, developed the zombie-hand graphics that adorn our posters, bookmarks and this year’s website. And, although the hand graphic has a little less blood than our teens had hoped for, it’s certainly gruesome to look at.

chat events this year. The master of children’s and teen horror, Darren Shan, will be chatting with our teens on July 12th, and the always paranormal Kelley Armstrong will be chatting on August 6th. Details will be available on the site but please promote, promote, promote in your home libraries! Our other big event will be the Zombie Apocalyse party on August 17th, at Vancouver Public Library’s Central Branch.

August 17th just happens to also be the date of Vancouver’s annual zombie walk, so encourage your teens to stop by the party before they trudge off with the rest of the city’s undead.

And it looks even more gruesome on our new TeenRC website. Kelowna Vincent, our web developer, has been busy putting together the TeenRC site over the past couple of months, with the soft-launch scheduled for early June.

Much like previous years there will be plenty of books to highlight, teen book reviews and forums. New this year: polls, more contests, and a “librarians” page with some resources for you to pull from. These will include the zombie trivia and makeup application demo from our Zombie Workshop held at Surrey Public Library at the beginning of May, as well as links to other helpful zombierelated resource sites.

Be sure to also check out our Twitter page and our new Instagram at (please follow us!) for all the latest TeenRC news.

Did I mention the prizes? I should probably mention the prizes. This year they include gift certificates to Chapters (handed out weekly), 2 Kobo Glos, and an iPad mini. We also have 500 dollars for books, going to the library with the most involved TeenRC teens. The Chapters certificates and Kobo Glos will be handed out for teens who submit book reviews and the iPad mini is the prize for our “What’s Your Story” contest (details on the site).

The biggest news this year is our online author/teen chats. TeenRC is pleased to be hosting 2 author

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So that’s it for now. Do you think your library is ready for the zombie apocalypse? Y (Many thanks also go to this year’s TeenRC volunteers: Nafiza Azad, Jamie McCarthy, Megan Harris, Dana Horrocks, and Stephanie Dror!)

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Saara Itkonen 2013 TeenRC Coordinator teenrccoordinator@gmail.com

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Letters to a New Librarian

Photo from January Magazine

By Amy Dawley

A few months ago I was cruising around the internet in my everlasting quest to find new ideas for programs and services and stumbled across this: letterstoayounglibrarian.blogspot.ca. The author is an academic librarian in the United States who’s been in the profession since 2003. I read, I laughed, I winced, I kinda cried.

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You will fail.

But don`t worry because everyone fails— seriously!

Fast forward to today, which as I write this is only a few days after the fantastic 2013 British Columbia Library Association conference. This year’s theme was a tonguein-cheek “Are we there yet?” and it really got me thinking. I met so many great people and wish I had the opportunity to meet more, especially students. After attending the conference I am motivated more than ever to reach out to new and young librarians, especially those wanting to specialize in teen services.

So, in the spirit of sharing and reaching out, here’s what I wish someone told me when I first started as a teen librarian: 1. You will fail. But don’t worry because everyone fails—seriously! I don’t think I’ve met a teen services person who hasn’t experienced a failure one way or another.

Whether it’s a program, a service, a project or proposal—we’ve all delivered some duds and we’ve all been there. The most important thing to keep in mind is to not let these failures bring you down.

Service to teens in libraries is all about constant trial and error and constant experimentation. I might even go out a limb and say you probably won’t succeed the first time you try something, whatever it may be. Those “ah ha!” moments are rare—in reality the successful programs and services are the ones you’ve built little by little, tweaked here and there, and delivered again and again until they’re just right.

2. Learn to say no. One of the things I love best about my job is the freedom to be creative. Almost every single day I find a new idea that I add to my “To try” list and I regularly put myself forward to join in on new projects and initiatives in my library that may not have anything to do with teen services. These are great things to be sure, but the problem of seeing so many opportunities everywhere is that you can easily get overwhelmed. I’m not going to lie—I’ve made this mistake again and again. I have trouble saying no and often take on too much. As the “to do” list gets longer, the stressful feelings increase and I get overwhelmed and *poof*, I crack.

Over the years, the key for me has been to find that teen services “sweet spot” for my community. How many programs are enough? How often do teens want to see each other? How much can I fit into my workload before I start to lose it? How many non-teen-related projects do I get involved in? Sometimes it’s hard to maintain that balance and you can’t control everything, but learning to say no and feeling good about that decision is a great start.

3. Reach out. No matter what situation you find yourself in, another librarian has probably been there too—guaranteed. No librarian is an island and trying to handle everything yourself is a road to stress and sleepless nights. Please, please reach out to others, even if it’s just to ask a simple, “Has this ever happened to you?” The fantastic thing about librarians is that

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we really love to share. Other professions might be super competitive and closely guard their secrets, but librarians will happily e-mail program proposals and anything else your little heart desires. We have an amazing group of teen librarians in this province and we need to talk with each other more—east to west, north to south, and everywhere in between.

4. Get involved. In library school it’s a relatively straight forward process to become involved. There’s student organizations, clubs, interest groups, and associations and they’re all at our fingertips at relatively affordable prices.

And then we get out of library school and land our first job and things get complicated. All of the sudden, life gets way too intense way too quickly and it’s so easy to say, “I’m too busy right now.” Those groups and associations and interest groups that you were so passionate about in library school become a distant memory.

Don’t get me wrong here—I’m not saying that you must go out right now and become a president or chair of something.

What I am saying is that we need to be professionally active. It’s so easy to fall into the rut of “If I don’t get paid for it, I’m not going to do it,” but it’s those extracurriculars that are so very important to the beauty of our profession. We

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need passionate people to speak up and demonstrate their passion for the work they do. For me, librarianship has never been about the money, it’s been about the personal and professional satisfaction I get from the “extras” I’ve put into my job.

Whether it’s reviewing books for CM or VOYA, or maintaining a blog, or tweeting library stuff, or presenting at conferences, those are the things that keep what we do so fulfilling and meaningful.

So,

my faithful colleagues, I leave you with those four points to contemplate until next time. If you are reading this and are a new or soon-to-be new librarian yourself and are looking for someone to talk to or share ideas with, I’m your gal. I would love to answer questions, help with a project, or help you figure out where to get started. Making contacts when you’re new to the profession is very, very scary, and I’m giving you a free pass here. Contact me—I’m here to help!

Do you have any advice for folks new to teen services? What do you wish someone would’ve told you when you started? Just starting out and looking to make contacts in Libraryland?

I’d love to hear from you! You can find me on the Teen Services Hangout forum on The Commons, via e-mail at adawley@lib.pg.bc.ca, or on Twitter @book_hugger. Y Amy Dawley is the Teen Librarian at the Prince George Public Library.

First Line Booktalks

By April Ens

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With school visits and Summer Reading Club programs around the corner, you might be looking for ideas to freshen up your booktalks.

VINTAGE YAACING

In our Fall 1995 issue, Sharon Steele described this super simple way to introduce some intrigue and excitement to your visits: Give the kids a tiny taste of a book in hand by reading just the first line, or ask them to guess which book a first line belongs to.

It sounds like fun. In fact, I wonder if I’ve heard some of these booktalks before, since the Fraser Valley Regional Library branch that Sharon was based at was my home library as a child.

Not every book starts with a bang, so I leave you with this mission: Send me some great first lines! I’d love to print a 2013 version of first line booktalks in the next issue of YAACING. Modern or classic titles are both welcome, as long as they’re worth talking up to today’s children or teens. You can reach me at YAACING@gmail.com.

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April Ens is a Children’s Librarian at the Vancouver Public Library.

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column Who’s on the Felt Board

Balloons Rhyme by Sarah Barchas from the album “A Quite Remarkable Snowman” Felt by Jean Allan

Balloons, Balloons that float by my head, Here’s a Balloon and it is Red! Balloons, Balloons so shiny and new, Here’s a Balloon and it is Blue!

Balloons, Balloons that reach to the light, Here’s a Balloon and it is White!

Balloons, Balloons that shiver like jello, Here’s a Balloon and it is Yellow!

Balloons, Balloons that wave up and down, Here’s a Balloon and it is Brown!

Balloons, Balloons in front and in back, Here’s a Balloon and it is Black!

Balloons, Balloons that hide in between, Here’s a Balloon and it is Green!

Balloons, Balloons that wiggle and wink, Here’s a Balloon and it is Pink!

Balloons, Balloons that float high and stop!

Here’s a Balloon and it goes POP!

Jean Allan is a Library Technician at the North Vancouver District Public Library.

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feature Celebrating the Winners of the YAACS Award Winners

Ellen Heaney & Amy Dawley By 2013 YAACS Award Committee

The Young Adult and Children’s Services (YAACS) Award was presented at the recent BCLA Luncheon on May 11, 2013. The winners of this year’s YAACS Awards are Ellen Heaney and Amy Dawley.

The nominations that we received were truly impressive and testify to the high quality of service, talent, and dedication among our colleagues in this province. The award consists of a plaque, innumerable hurrahs, and, this year, an adorable beaver fingerpuppet (the latter generously donated by Kidsbooks; sadly, the Folkmanis yak puppets were no longer available). We are honoured to recognize two such deserving and inspiring individuals.

Amy Dawley Amy accepted her award at the Awards Luncheon. Written by Past Chair Tara Williston, Christopher Kevlahan read about Amy’s commitment to Young Adult and Children’s Services and the young people in her career: In just four short years with the Prince George Public Library, Amy has made an astounding impact on services and opportunities for youth, not only at the public library, but across the city of Prince George. Her accomplishments and activities include work with the “Youth Around Prince George” committee, establishing a Library-Gay Youth Alliance, and consulting with city council on matters of youth engagement. As a regular contributor to YAACING, the newsletter of the Young Adult & Children’s Services Section of BCLA, Amy inspires youth librarians provincewide with her tell-all confessions of innovative teen programs that sometimes fizzle...but most often dazzle. YAACS is very pleased to present Amy Dawley with one of this year’s two awards for excellence in services to children and youth.

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Ellen Heaney

Photo from January Magazine

Ellen’s award was accepted by colleague Elizabeth Hunter at the Awards Luncheon.

Here are Ellen’s accomplishments and influence in the eyes of her nominator for the YAACS Award, who kindly gave us the nod to include her nomination letter.

Ellen started working at the New Westminster Public Library in December of 1974 as a Children’s Librarian.

She came to us from the Vancouver Public Library.

Throughout her career in New Westminster, she has been responsible for providing services to young people and families, and for leading our library through the many changes in attitudes about Children’s and Teen services and collections.

From the 1970’s, when only “good” books were made available to today, when Ellen manages a department that includes vampire romances, graphic novels and video games, Ellen has led us through an amazing range of changes.

Although Ellen may appear dignified and reserved, that image could not be further from the truth! At heart she is an entertainer, and throughout her career she has done Baby Times, Story Times, puppet shows, book talks and class visits in front of tens of thousands of children. Her enthusiasm, humour and spell-binding performances have made her more popular with children than you can imagine. Where ever she goes in our library or our community she is “the library lady”, and watching her perform in front of a large group is like watching Jimmy

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Buffet on stage – funny, warm, in charge, and in front of an adoring and faithful audience.

One of Ellen’s great accomplishments is the excellent quality of our Children’s and Teen collections. Ellen is a true believer that reading and exposure to quality literature can change a child’s view of the world, and improve their place in it. From the tiniest babies to teens transitioning to Adult books, Ellen ensures that our collection is full of the widest range of materials. Although Ellen recognizes the popularity of series books for children and teens, she continues to ensure that young people looking for a more adventurous or challenging read will also find that in our library.

Ellen

has been responsible for so much library outreach over the years, and she is seen as a leader in New Westminster’s very active learning and childhood development community.

For example, Ellen has put considerable energy and time into making Literacy New Westminster a very successful and community-focused organization. As a member of the Lit New West committee, Ellen is committed to promoting all forms of literacy across New Westminster, and in bringing as many partners as possible to the table.

Through Ellen’s guidance and participation, Lit New West has done excellent work, and

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the library is a guiding force in that work.

In 2006, in addition to her work as the Head of Children’s Services, Ellen also accepted a new responsibility as the library’s Deputy Chief Librarian. In this new role Ellen took on additional library-wide responsibilities, working even more closely with the library’s other service areas and staff.

Most recently, Ellen has been putting together the Children’s and Teen’s collections and program plan for our soon-to-be-opened Queensborough Branch.

This is New Westminster’s first branch library, and it’s Children and Family focus means that the collections and services for Children are critical to the branch’s success. Ellen has also served as part of the overall planning committee for the branch, and has been directly involved in making sure that the space is as family friendly as possible.

Ellen is a very down-to-earth person, and would tell you that her work is not deserving of praise or awards. While I always look to

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Ellen for guidance and good ideas, I fear that in this case I would have to disagree with her. The most significant aspect of Ellen’s career in the library profession is not the longevity of her career, but the number of lives she has changed during that time. She has changed the lives of multiple generations of young people and helped them to understand the power of the word, and to love reading as much as she does. Their lives were enriched through knowing Ellen, as our lives have been enriched by having the chance to work with her. Award winning, indeed.

Julie Spurrell Chief Librarian, New Westminster Public Library Congratulations Ellen and Amy! Y The 2013 YAACS Award Committee was comprised of Alicia Cheng, Darby Love, Janet Mumford, Joy Huebert, Julie Iannacone.

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Journey to Jbrary

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Creating a Storytime Resource Collection

By Dana Horrocks and Lindsey Krabbenhoft

Jbrary was born out of a mixture of frustration, excitement, and a willingness to take chances. After cocreator Lindsey Krabbenhoft struggled to find the tune and rhythm of song after song listed on popular preschool and children’s librarian blogs, she decided to enlist the help of a few classmates to help create Jbrary. Now Jbrary

is run by Lindsey and Dana Horrocks and includes a video library of storytime songs, rhymes, fingerplays, oral stories, and book reviews. These videos, found on our YouTube channel, provide inspiration and support for youth services professionals through the creation and dissemination of multimedia examples of songs and rhymes.

Instead of just reading the lyrics on a website, now you can hear a song sung, see the lyrics below, and get early literacy tips to share with caregivers all in one short video. We hope Jbrary will generate new ideas and build a toolbox of professional resources for children’s staff.

The goal of this project is to provide Children’s librarians with uniquely dynamic storytime content that includes videos, storytime outlines, reviews and recommendations. To achieve this goal and reach a wider audience we use a variety of social media channels. Our YouTube channel features carefully created

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playlists you can browse to optimize song and rhyme findability. On Facebook and Twitter, you will find us promoting our newest videos, retweeting excellent early literacy links, and engaging in conversations with other Children’s librarians.

Our Pinterest page features thematic storytime boards that are filled with book recommendations, flannel board ideas, craft projects, and app suggestions.

Lastly, our website includes 3 0 - m i n u t e babytime, toddler s t o r y t i m e , and preschool s t o r y t i m e thematic outlines you can print and use in your next program. We hope to connect with as many people working with children as possible through these various social media outlets.

We’re not the only ones on YouTube! Along the way we came across some great libraries who are also creating storytime resource videos.

Check them out!

• Burnaby Public Library’s Embracing Diversity • King County Library System’s Tell Me a Story • Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy Storyblocks • YAACS Web Youtube Channel Dana Horrocks and Lindsey Krabbenhoft are recent MLIS graduates and are Casual Children’s Librarians at West Vancouver Memorial Library.

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feature Preschool Storytime: Bears and Berries

By Lindsey Krabbenhoft and Dana Horrocks

More Extension Activities

Stories We Shared

Rhyme: A Little Brown Bear

Sleepyhead Bear

A little brown bear, went in search of some honey Isn't it funny, a bear wanting honey?

He sniffed at the breeze And listened for bees And wouldn't you believe it, He even climbed trees!

by Lisa Westberg Peters Felt Story:

Jamberry by Bruce Degen

Song: Bear is Sleeping Tune: Where is Thumbkin?

Where's My Teddy?

by Jez Alborough

Bear is sleeping. Bear is sleeping.

Wake him up! Wake him Up! Come and say hello, bear. Come and say hello, bear.

Time to eat, time to eat.

Black Bears (Animals in my Backyard)

by Pamela McDowell

Song: Pop Goes the Berries Tune: Pop Goes the Weasel

Oral Story: Grandfather Bear is Hungry Watch here: http://youtu.be/H4ppvQoqLqQ

All around the strawberry fields, We picked some juicy berries We brought them home and washed them off, Pop! Go the berries! (have kids jump up on “pop”)

Extension Activities Song: Bears Tune: Mary Had A Little Lamb

Other verses: blueberry, blackberry, raspberry

Grizzly bears are big and brown, Big and brown, big and brown, Grizzly bears are big and brown, And live in the woods.

Polar bears are soft and white, Soft and white, soft and white, Polar bears are soft and white, And live where it is cold.

Teddy bears are just my size, Just my size, just my size, Teddy bears are just my size, To cuddle with at night.

Song: Picked a Strawberry Tune: Clementine Picked a strawberry, picked a strawberry That was growing in the sun.

Then I washed it, and I ate it, And I picked another one.

Other verses: blueberry, blackberry, huckleberry Fingerplay: Two Little Black Bears Two little black bears sitting on a hill, One named Jack and one named Phil, Run away Jack, run away Phil.

Come back Jack, come back Phil.

Song: Dancing With Bears (Encourage children to get up and dance around)

Two little black bears digging in the snow One named Fast and one named Slow...

1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 Dancing with bears!

1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 Dancing round chairs!

1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 That’s what we’ll do.

1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 Dancing with you!

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Canadian Books for New Siblings

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By Nadia Stennes-Spidahl

Assathiany, Sylvie and Louise Pelletier. My Baby Sister. Illustrated by Philippe Béha. Toronto: James Lorimer & Company Ltd, [1985].

This board book, about a brother who is annoyed by the presence of a baby in his house, ends happily, with the brother pleased with his role as a big brother. It portrays the variety of feelings a child may be experiencing with the arrival of a baby. It is a simple, straightforward board book, meant for very young children.

Bailey, Linda. Stanley’s Little Sister. Illustrated by Bill Slavin. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2010.

A number of important people in my life have recently had babies or are currently expecting. For some of them, this is their second child. Knowing what an exciting but also challenging time it can be for a child who is accustomed to being an only child, I thought the theme of new babies in families with at least one child already would be something fun and useful to explore. These books were selected with a child between the ages of two and seven in mind, so they are all picture books, board books, or illustrated children’s books.

Although there are chapter books about new babies coming to families with older children or teens, they are not included in this bibliography.

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Even though this is a book about a dog who isn’t supposed to chase a cat, it’s also the story of adjusting to a newcomer in the household.

As Stanley tries to welcome the new cat, he ends up chasing the cat every time until he learns to be still and let her approach him first. Similarly, an energetic child may find that a new baby is often startled by their behaviour, and that the grown-ups in their lives are less tolerant of some things. It is also a fun, funny story for young readers.

Jam, Teddy. This New Baby. Illustrated by Karen Reczuch. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1988.

This beautiful book, with poetic descriptions and lovely illustrations of a sleeping baby and how his mother feels while holding him, does not make explicit reference to an older sibling in the text, although the whole family appears in illustrations at the end. It is a calming and beautiful story, and the illustrations of a peaceful farmhouse and loving family are rich. It is a story of celebration for a new child.

Johnson, Gillian. Gracie’s Baby Chub Chop. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2004.

This is another silly book from the point of view of pets, much like Stanley’s Little Sister. It is told in verse, with great illustrations accompanying. In this story, the baby is not a permanent addition to the family. The dogs, Gracie and Fabio, have incredibly humorous reactions to the baby who is visiting their humans while the baby’s parents are in Timbuktu. While the baby is visiting, he learns to walk, and the dogs are blamed for the mess. The humorous look at the trouble a newly-walking baby can bring will make children laugh as they imagine the mischief their new sibling might get up to.

Lohans, Alison. Waiting for the Sun. Illustrated by Marilyn Mets & Peter Ledwon. Calgary, AB: Red Deer Press, 2001.

Waiting for the Sun is a beautiful book about Mollie, who waits for her mother to give birth. She is very excited about becoming a big sister, and most of the book focuses on what waiting is like for her. She collects things to show the baby, but when he is born, she is a bit disappointed that he won’t be able to play yet. Nonetheless, the moment when she holds him and thinks about what they will get to do is beautiful. The text is longer, but the pictures are very realistic. It would be a great book to read to a child, though younger children may get impatient, much like Mollie does. For a child who is excited to become a big brother or sister, the book may make the wait easier.

Munsch, Robert. Alligator Baby.

Illustrated by Michael Martchenko.

Richmond Hill, ON: North Winds Press, 1997.

Alligator Baby is a hilarious story of Kristen’s incompetent parents, who keep bringing the wrong baby home from the zoo, where they accidentally went instead of the hospital. It’s not just a funny story, though: in some ways, it may help a new sibling understand that parents are often frazzled, distracted and exhausted by the arrival of a baby, and that kids may be required to help their parents more than they used to. It also reassures children that in the end, everyone will be happy.

Powell, Tina. Hi, I Am the New Baby.

Illustrated by Jenny Campbell.

Oakville, ON: Big Fat Pen Publishers, Inc, 2006.

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Tina Powell’s book, a new baby addresses their sibling. It is told in the first person, so that it appears that the baby is the one giving their older sibling instructions on how to care for a baby. It is informative, talking about what babies do (like cry) and what they don’t do, and what an older sibling might be able to do with the baby, such as holding or singing quietly with the baby. The “baby” asks questions of the older sibling throughout the book as well, such as, “What do you do when you are happy?” It is probably best suited for children between four and six. There are very few negative feelings mentioned, so it may not always apply for a child who is upset about the new baby.

Uzon, Jorge (author and illustrator).

Hello, Baby! Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2010.

Hello, Baby! is the first in a series of board books about a baby.

Illustrated with photographs, the

book speaks winningly about what a brand new baby is like. It includes an older brother, although the text is actually directed at the baby. For a young child welcoming a new baby to the home, however, it will help understand what a baby is like. von Königslöw, Andrea Wayne.

That’s My Baby? Toronto: Annick Press, 1986.

Lexi is disappointed when, after nine months of waiting, her new baby sister arrives and is not ready to play with her from the start. This is in some ways a very pedantic text, but it’s also one of the earliest Canadian children’s books to deal with adjusting to a new sibling.

Although the production values are low, the book still has a lot of helpful thoughts about what it means to be a big sister, and deals with the complex combinations of emotions very well.

Winstanley, Nicola.

Cinnamon Baby. Illustrated by Janice Nadeau.

Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2011.

This is a beautiful, sweet book. With whimsical text and illustrations, it tells the story of brand-new parents who can’t seem to find a way to make their new baby stop crying until the mother, who is a baker, bakes a loaf of cinnamon bread with the baby present and the baby finally calms down. Although this is a story about a first child, it may help children get used to the disruptiveness of a baby.

The book is especially admirable because it is honest about how difficult it is to deal with a baby who can’t or won’t stop crying, but is also honest about the continuing love the parents feel. Y Nadia Stennes-Spidahl is an MLIS student at the UBC iSchool. This article was originally written for the class LIBR 523: Canadian Literature and Other Materials for Children.

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Annotated Bibliography

Verse Novel

By Dana Horrocks

It is the purpose of this annotated bibliography to draw together ten verse novels written from a male perspective. A verse novel is a complete narrative told through a series of poems. There are variances in style from diary entries to screenplay dialogue, from narrative free verse to experimentation with more structured styles.

The books have been placed in order of age of readership from young to young adult and include three illustrated verse novels. The titles represent a wide array of male perspectives from urban black to suburban white, newly immigrated and new to school to boys living with addiction, poverty and violence. The verse novel is a perfect format to convey the complex emotions associated with these experiences without wasting breath.

The result is a collection of books which capture the unique ability of boys to approach adversity with humour and honesty.

Burleigh, Robert. Hoops.

Illustrated by Stephen T. Johnson. New York: Silver Whistle, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997.

This hardcover picture book contains a single poem illustrated across 30 pages. The poem opens and closes with “Hoops.

The game. Feel it” (p. 1, 30) a powerful invocation to the reader to not just

read the poem but to enter and experience it. The text focuses on the uniquely physical moments of basketball, drawing metaphors from the natural world. Primal references abound as the author describes “The hunger. The leap from the pack” (p. 1415). The language is rich in sound, combining some invented words with hyphen linked phrases like “two-of-you rhythm. The know-where-everyone-is without having to look” (p. 10). The author gives names to moments, and movements and in doing so reveals to the reader a secret basketball narrative, or language. The words are accompanied by full bodied pastel and ink illustrations of a group of young, male basketball players. Some of the images depict a single sneaker encased foot, while others show the host of players caught in the eternity of waiting for a shot to sink. The illustrator has accurately captured the visceral experience of playing a pick-up game which boils beneath the surface with violence, grit and male identity. Hoops won awards and recognition from the American Library Association, School Library Journal, and Publisher’s Weekly and was heralded as a truly original work when it was published for combining a poem with expressive illustrations for

an older audience.

Creech, Sharon. Love That Dog. New York: Harper Collins, 2001.

Love That Dog is an absolutely delightful example of the potential that exists in the genre of verse novels. It is written in a diary style, with one poem per page, each titled by a date beginning in September and ending in June. The character Jack has been introduced to poetry by his teacher Miss Stretchberry and at first seems unconvinced that it is something boys do, or that he is even capable.

The reader learns about the poems Miss Stretchberry is sharing in class through Jack’s reactions which he records in his poetry journal. Jack’s voice is slightly skeptical as he doubts himself and then ever-so-slowly as Jack begins to understand the different forms poetry can take his voice becomes adventurous and playful.

The reader learns about Jack’s dog Sky and his budding friendship with real life poet Walter Dean Myers through his short, honest entries. Creech has included a list of the poems “Used by Miss Stretchberry” which has works by poets like William Carlos Williams, Robert Frost, William Blake, Valerie Worth and Walter Dean Myers.

These allow the reader to follow along with Jack’s

reading. The effect of Jack responding to events which happen “off-stage” such as a comment Miss Stretchberry has made or upcoming parent-teacher interviews creates a lovely one-sided dialogue filled with humour and warmth.

Children between the ages of 6 and 12 will recognize themselves in this school based poetry exploration.

Elliott, Zetta.

Bird. Illustrated by Shadra Strickland. New York: Lee & Low Books, 2008.

This is an illustrated verse novel that spans 40 pages, with one or two poems on each fully illustrated double page. The main character, Mehkai, is a budding artist who goes by the nickname Bird, which was given to him by his Grandad. We learn about the death of Bird’s Grandad, his friendship with his Grandad’s friend Sonny, his commitment to drawing and his relationship with his brother Marcus. As Bird’s doodles fill the pages his disarmingly honest words reveal a brother who struggles with a drug addiction. The illustrations feature rich water-colour paintings which capture the urban setting and the changing relationship of two brothers. The story comes to a head when Marcus breaks into the family home to steal valuables to pay for his addiction. The poem does

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not completely reveal what has happened; instead Bird’s innocence is offset by an illustrated scene, which includes a broken piggy bank.

The concluding poems, while comforting might need to be examined by an adult before sharing with a child. After Bird states that he wishes he could have fixed Marcus, Sonny comforts him by stating “You can’t fix a broken soul” (p. 35).This perspective on addiction may need to be tempered with a deeper explanation. The kid-language and simple portrayal of addiction, family and loss makes this a suitable book to introduce these themes to children as young as 7 or 8. The first person narrative and easy to read verse format also make it accessible for struggling early teen readers.

Smith, Anita Hope.

The Way a Door Closes.

Illustrated by Shane W. Evans. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2003.

This is another example of an illustrated verse novel which tells the story of a family in turmoil. The poems are written from the perspective of thirteen year old C.J., the oldest in his family. The first few poems paint a rich family portrait as he describes a morning in his household in the poem “Golden,” his Grandmother’s fight for civil rights and his father’s Sunday afternoon ritual.

After his father loses his job C.J. describes what can be learned from “The Way a Door Closes”, and how he knows his father has left for good. C.J. documents

the ways in which his sister, brother, mother and grandmother all deal with their grief. He describes his friends’ reactions, the stigmatization he feels at school and his hope that his father will one day return. The poetry is mostly free verse in short lines; the language reflects the character’s age and is not complex but raw in his choice of metaphor and retelling of dialogue. The richly coloured paintings are present on every second or third page, which makes the characters come alive, but does not overwhelm the text. The author has included a table of contents listing all the poem titles, making this feel slightly like a collection, but when read all at once the narrative nature is revealed.

Applegate, Katherine.

Home of the Brave.

New York: Feiwel and Friends, 2007.

Home of the Brave is the story of a Sudanese boy who has flown into a cold Minneapolis winter from the refugee camp where he was separated from his mother during an attack.

He joins his aunt and cousin in their apartment, adjusts to his new school, makes friends, finds a job at a farm nearby and never gives up hope about being reunited with his mom. The story is told from Kek’s perspective in free verse poems which often span 3-4 pages. The poems are titled simply and are not “written” by the character himself, as in other verse novels. The writing is plot driven and accessible, allowing the

reader to follow the story and enjoy Applegate’s imagery along the way.

The book touches on themes of difference and the refugee experience, as well as friendship, family and transformation.

Home of the Brave would appeal to male and female readers between the ages of 9 and 13, especially those who have experience moving to a new and strange place or those interested in other countries and cultures. The verse novel format also makes it a very accessible text for struggling or reluctant readers, and students learning English as a second language would certainly relate to Kek’s experiences at school.

and hope. The poems are titled very pragmatically “God Poem” and “Roof Poem II” and ring with the character’s voice as he learns more about writing techniques and styles. Most entries in this poetry journal are simple free verse accounts of life at school and home, though some are explicit attempts at genres, letters to his parents or prayers.

Locomotion would appeal to male and female readers between the ages of 9 and 13. This is an uplifting read which touches on themes of family, friendship, loss, poverty, religion and the power of poetry in a young mind to find the meaning in it all.

Woodson, Jacqueline.

Locomotion. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2003.

Woodson, Jacqueline.

Peace, Locomotion.

New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009.

Locomotion or Lonnie Collins Motion is a budding poet whose life has already handed him a great deal to write about.

The character asserts “[t] his whole book’s a poem” (p. 1) and it is through reading his poems that his story begins to take shape.

Eleven year old Lonnie is haunted by the death of his parents in a fire four years ago. He lives with his foster mother Miss Edna, and occasionally gets to see his sister Lili who’s foster mama “didn’t want no boys.” While these circumstances seem heavy Lonnie’s infectious commitment to becoming the poet his teacher Ms. Marcus sees in him, his friendships at school and his deepening relationship with Miss Edna infuse his writing with joy

Peace, Locomotion is a sequel to Jacqueline Woodson’s verse novel Locomotion, though the change in format and older voice of Lonnie make this a fresh, standalone read. Lonnie begins the book with a poem titled “Imagine Peace,” introducing the reader again to his world and the things in it. The book changes at this point to letters which Lonnie is writing to his sister Lili. In a distinctly older voice we hear Lonnie struggle with the burden of remembrance, and his role of older brother to a sister who is growing up away from him. His letters are rich with the imagery and organic language which filled the poems in Locomotion, but are definitely longer in line

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length and organized into more traditional paragraphs.

Lonnie makes reference to his poetry, and some of it makes its way into his letters as he adjusts to a new teacher at school, having a real best friend and a budding romantic interest in LaTenya. The major shift in this book comes from Miss Edna’s two sons returning home.

One of her sons, Jenkins, returns from serving abroad and is coping with the loss of a leg and traumatic memories.

Lonnie struggles with his place in the house, and begins to think about war and its implications. This is a much older book, though readers who enjoyed Locomotion will enjoy both growing with Lonnie and the return to his familiar voice.

Koertge, Ron. Shakespeare Bats Cleanup. Cambridge: Candlewick Press, 2003.

The reader is immediately introduced to Kevin Boland and his one and only love: baseball. But the stereotyping ends here.

Kevin has just learned that he has mono, and that he cannot go to school and he certainly cannot play ball. His dad, who is a writer himself, hands him a journal, suggesting he try jotting down his thoughts.

While a reluctant poet at first Kevin quickly finds peace in putting his words down on paper, and begins challenging himself to write haiku, sonnets, pantoums and more. All this is done with a great sense of humour, as Kevin pokes fun at his new identity as

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a poet and jock, his past girlfriends, teammates and new love interest, Mira. The language is realistically adolescent but surprisingly profound as Kevin explores the loss of his mom and his changing relationship with his dad. The attempts at different poetic styles are well done, and the reader is instructed in the point of a pastoral poem, for example, as the character learns it himself. The poems themselves are “written” by the character, and he makes references back to them. But the verse also serves to relate dialogue and advance the plot. This would be an excellent introduction (or re-introduction) for readers who are bored by traditional teaching of poetry. The themes of sports, relationships, parents and loss ring true and readers aged 12-15 will relate to Kevin’s accessible verse.

Koertge, Ron. Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs. Cambridge: Candlewick Press, 2010.

The author dedicated this sequel to “all the readers of Shakespeare Bats Cleanup who wanted to know what happened next” and that is exactly what he delivers. The main character Kevin is more confident in his identity of “Shakespeare” to his baseball teammates, and continues to try his hand at more difficult poetry styles. This book does not have the same appeal as when the character was first discovering poetry, but he uses his words to explore his feelings about

his dad’s new girlfriend, his boredom with Mira and the new girl he meets at a poetry reading. As with all sequels Kevin’s world expands, and his relationships deepens, but some of the characters and themes lack the attention the author paid them in the first novel. Amy, Kevin’s new love interest and his commentary on dating comes across as fresh and authentic whereas some of the baseball narrative and discussion of poetry fall flat. The verse contains some mixed format text, including emails and instant message chats which are certainly appealing to teen audiences, but the overall structure of the verse novel seems to have been exhausted. The author has done an excellent job of creating a character that speaks both to male and female audiences and breathes life into poetry, even if the sequel did not measure up to the first.

Ellis, Ann Dee. This is What I Did:. New York: Little, Brownand Company, 2007.

Author Ann Dee Ellis has created a completely unique verse novel which features screen-play like dialogue, the inclusion of artifacts from the story and small symbolic images to separate the text instead of chapters or page-breaks. The book starts with the present day life of Logan who has recently moved to a new neighbourhood and a new school with his younger twin brothers and parents. He is being bullied at school and at

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Scouts, because the kids think they know what happened at his last school. But they don’t. This is What I Did is not an easy book to swallow, as we finally hear Logan explain what happened between his best friend Zyler, Zyler’s abusive dad and the girl Zyler and Logan both had feelings for. There are mature themes of abuse, sexual assault and bullying. Very slowly Logan begins to build new friendships at school and see a counsellor.

The verse is written in a straight-forward narrative format, with the dialogue structured like a screen play. After a line of dialogue we hear Logan’s internal thoughts in which he speaks in the first person. While this novel lacks imagery and some of the rich language present in other verse novels, the line breaks and repetition create a powerful, authentic voice. At the end of the book not all the conflicts are resolved, but there is satisfaction as Logan stands up to the Scout leader who abuses his son, and starts to become a participant in his life once again. Y Dana Horrocks is a recent MLIS graduate and is a Casual Children’s Librarians at West Vancouver Memorial Library. This article was originally written for the class LIBR 520: Survey of Literature and Other Materials for Children at the University of British Columbia.

reviews In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters Amulet Books, 2013.

Audience: Teen

Cat Winters’ In the Shadow of Blackbirds is a YA historical/Science Fiction novel about death and beyond. It’s set in San Diego in October 1918 with fresh-faced teenage boys heading off to die in the war and the Spanish Influenza killing everyone else.

Mary Shelley Black is a 16-year-old girl who’s just fled to her aunt’s home because her father’s been arrested in Portland for political crimes.

Down in San Diego, where Mary Shelley’s childhood friend (and first kiss) was a young photographer before heading off to France, she gets caught up in a world of superstition, spirit photography and death. Her scientific mind detests the frauds that surround her, until something (spoilery) happens.

What I loved most about the book was that it kept knocking my expectations off-kilter. It could have been a story about this practical skeptical girl staying steadfast in her belief in facts and waiting for her true love to come home from the war. Then I thought it was going to become a story of rebellion against her young widowed battleshipbuilding aunt who believes too much in what other people say and mourns her lost femininity. Then I was scared it was going to turn into a wide-eyed ghost story, and then I was happy to see it become a mystery. It didn’t settle into a pattern early.

Along with being a historical ghost story, it’s also somewhat apocalyptic with the flu and mutilation and death and folk-remedies hanging over everything. Plus it’s got this great anti-war activist stance running through it. The heroes in this story are all about these basic acts of decency in a world that’s sick, which is something it’s always important to read about.

Justin Unrau, Librarianaut.com

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