Book Fest 2008

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Presented by

School Library Journal

and

The New York Public Library

Celeste Bartos Forum
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
42nd Street and Fifth Avenue |
Enter through 42nd Street Door

Registration fee of $65 includes morning coffee, lunch and sherry.

BOOK FEST 2008

Audio and video of the event are now available! Video Audio

This year Book Fest at NYPL joins with School Library Journal to bring people together to share the fun of reading and talking about books for children and teens.

School Library Journal and the new Offices of Children’s Programs, Young Adult Programs and Education Outreach in the Department of Education, Programs and Exhibitions of The New York Public Library are pleased to continue this special event. To kick the morning off, Brian Jacques, master storyteller and jack-of-all-trades and author of the bestselling Redwall series, will be our keynote speaker. Brian Jacques is the author of more than 25 books for children and teens which have sold over 20 million copies worldwide. His most recent title is Doomwyte: A Tale from Redwall.

Next it will be time for you to discuss books in our small book discussion groups. Choose one of the eleven groups listed by age to the right. Each is led by a well-known children’s or young adult literature specialist in the New York City area. Make a selection and read all the books listed so you can share in the discussion.

Our afternoon panel will feature a thought provoking discussion of War and Peace in books for young people.

Walter Dean Myers has published over seventy books for children and teens. He has received many awards for his work in this field including the Coretta Scott King Award, five times. Two of his books were awarded Newbery Honors. He has been awarded the Margaret A. Edwards Award and the Virginia Hamilton Award. For one of his books, Monster, he has received the first Michael Printz Award for Young Adult literature awarded by the American Library Association. Monster and Autobiography of My Dead Brother were selected as National Book Award Finalists. His latest title is Sunrise Over Fallujah.

Growing up with war and occupation is the focus of Ibtisam Barakat's memoir, Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood. In 2007, Booklist named it one of the top ten biographies for youth, and it was listed as an American Library Association Notable. In 2008 the memoir won the International Reading Association's Best Non-Fiction Book Award for Children and Young Adults.

Jeanette Winter has written and illustrated many books for children based on true-life stories, including the highly acclaimed MAMA, The Librarian of Basra, and My Name is Georgia. The Librarian of Basra received a starred review by School Library Journal, was an ALA Notable Children’s Book, a CCBC Choice and was the winner of the Bank Street College of Education Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for Nonfiction. Her most recent title is Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa.

To keep your energy flowing, there will be morning coffee, a gourmet lunch, and a sherry hour at the day’s conclusion. Book sales and autographing by our featured presenters will add to the day’s enjoyment.

WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL JOIN US IN THE BEAUTIFUL CELESTE BARTOS FORUM ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, FOR A STIMULATING BOOK FEST 2008.

Agenda

9:30 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE Celeste Bartos Forum, Enter 42 nd Street Door

10:00 Margaret Tice & Jack Martin Assistant Directors for Children’s/Young Adult Programs The New York Public Library

Brian Kenney Editor-in-Chief, School Library Journal

Keynote Speaker: Brian Jacques  

11:15 BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP LOCATIONS

Celeste Bartos Forum
Trustees Room, 2 nd Floor
Berger Forum, 2 nd Floor
Room 207, 2 nd Floor
Mid-Manhattan 6 th Floor Conference Rooms A, B, C
South Court Auditorium

12:15 LUNCH, BOOK SALES AND AUTOGRAPHING
Celeste Bartos Forum

1:30 AFTERNOON PANEL
Sandra Payne Assistant Director for Education Outreach

War & Peace in Books for Young People
Walter Dean Myers
, author of Sunrise over Fallujah
Ibtisam Barakat, author of Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood
Jeanette Winter, author/illustrator of Wangari’s Trees of Peace

3:00 QUESTION AND ANSWER TIME

Many thanks to Penguin Group (USA) Inc., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Harcourt Children’s Books and Scholastic, Inc. imprint, for assisting with the arrangements for the author and illustrator appearances.

 

 

Online Registration is now closed.

For program information, brochures, and registration questions call: (212) 340-0906 or (212) 340-0907 or Fax (212) 340-0988.

PICTURE BOOKS I

Rachel Payne, Discussion Leader

A Life in 32 Pages: Picture Book Biographies

How I Learned Geography – Uri Shulevitz

Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau – Jennifer Berne & illus. by Éric Puybaret

Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City – Janet Schulman & illus. by Meilo So

Storyteller’s Candle/La velita de los cuentos– Lucia Gonzàlez & illus. by Lulu Delacre

Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa – Jeanette Winter

What To Do About Alice? - Barbara Kerley & illus. by Edwin Fotheringham

PICTURE BOOKS II

Karen Patricia Smith, Discussion Leader

Image, Fancy & Novel Presentations: Innovative Picture Books for Young People

Alice ’s Adventures in Wonderland: A Pop-up Adaptation – Lewis Carroll & illus. by Robert Sabuda

The Apple Pie That Papa Baked – Lauren Thompson & illus. by Jonathan Bean

First the Egg – Laura Vaccaro Seeger

The Invention of Hugo Cabret – Brian Selznick

Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity – Mo Willems Gravett

PICTURE BOOKS III

Lisa Von Drasek, Discussion Leader

Joy of Reading Aloud – Rhyme, Rhythm & Repetition

Big Bad Bunny – Franny Billingsley & art by G. Brian Karas

A Little Bit Scary – Emily Jenkins & illus. by Alexandra Boiger

Little Blue Truck – Alice Schertle & illus. by Jill McElmurry

On the Farm – David Elliot & illus. by Holly Meade

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes – Mem Fox & Helen Oxenbury

A Visitor for Bear – Bonnie Becker & illus. by Kady MacDonald Denton

MIDDLE GRADES I

Randall Enos, Discussion Leader

War – What is it good for?

The Journey that Saved Curious George – Louise Borden

On the Wings of Heroes – Richard Peck

One Thousand Tracings- Lita Judge

Rex Zero and the End of the World – Tim Wynne-Jones

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain- Peter Sis

MIDDLE GRADES II

Betsy Bird, Discussion Leader

Questing: Following Dreams in Graphic Novels

Bone: Out from Boneville (Vol. 1) – Jeff Smith

Jellaby – Kean Soo

Moomin (Vol. 1) – Tove Jansson

Mouseguard: Fall 1152 – David Petersen

Redwall: The Graphic Novel – Brian Jacques & illus. by Bret Blevins & adapted by Stuart Moore

MIDDLE GRADES III

Laura Lutz, Discussion Leader

The Gods Must Be Crazy!

It’s All Greek to Me (Time Warp Trio) – Jon Scieszka

Lightning Thief – Rick Riordan

Medusa Jones – Ross Collins

The Mighty 12: Superheroes of Greek Myth – Charles R. Smith, Jr.

Pandora Gets Jealous – Carolyn Hennesy

CROSSOVER I

Luann Toth

A World of Trouble

The Adoration of Jenna Fox – Mary E. Pearson

Evil Genius – Catherine Jinks

Gem X– Nicky Singer

Teen, Inc. – Stefan Petrucha

Trouble – Gary D. Schmidt

CROSSOVER II

Stacy Dillon

Stories of Childhood

The Dragon’s Child– Laurence Yep

The King of Mulberry Street – Donna Jo Napoli

The Red Necklace – Sally Gardner

Tasting the Sky – Ibtisam Barakat

A Thousand Never Evers – Shana Burg

YOUNG ADULT I

John Sexton, Discussion Leader

Uneasy Alliances

Fat Kid Rules the World – K. L. Going

How Ya Like Me Now - Brendan Halpin

The Goats – Brock Cole
Looking for Alaska – John Green

Stoner and Spaz – Ronald Koertge

YOUNG ADULT II

Jennifer Hubert Swan, Discussion Leader

Not Helpless: Girls Fighting Back in Graphic Novels

Amulet: The Stonekeeper – Kazu Kibuishi

Coraline, The Graphic Novel – Neil Gaiman

The Good Neighbors, Book 1: Kin – Holly Black

100 Girls – Adam Gallardo

Rapunzel’s Revenge – Shannon Hale

 

 

YOUNG ADULT III

Carlie Webber, Discussion Leader

Ripped from the Headlines

All We Know of Heaven – Jacquelyn Mitchard

Audrey, Wait! – Robin Benway

Boy Toy – Barry Lyga

Little Brother – Cory Doctorow

Sunrise Over Fallujah – Walter Dean Myers