<div dir="ltr">



















<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">The
Oregon Library Association’s Children’s Services Division is sponsoring a brand
new workshop in order to help you develop evaluation skills and understanding
about what makes nonfiction for youth excellent. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">We
are very lucky to be joined this year by author, <b>Marc Aronson</b>! Aronson
will be doing a special afternoon session for workshop participants, but can be
attended independent of the workshop.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Aronson
won the first Sibert Award in 2001 with his book <b><i>Sir Walter Ralegh and
the Quest for El Dorado</i>. </b>He is the leader in the field in writing
fantastic nonfiction books for youth of all ages.  <i>Sugar Changed the
World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science</i>;  <i>Master
of Deceit: J. Edgar Hoover and America in the Age of Lies</i>; and <i>If Stones
Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge</i> are just a few of his
books that have really raised the bar on great nonfiction </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">storytelling that truly inspires readership in youth</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">. Not only does he
publish great books for kids, his column with <i>School Library Journal,</i> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><a href="http://www.slj.com/category/opinion/consider-the-source/"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Consider the Source</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> shows librarians the
possibilities of nonfiction in their libraries, and he is the expert resource
in helping libraries navigate the Common Core standards. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">With
the amount of great nonfiction being published for youth, and the push in
schools to use more information texts in curriculum, has there ever been a
better time to explore our passion and evaluation skills for great nonfiction?</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Without
further ado, please allow me to introduce:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:red">2014 Children’s Services Division Mock Sibert Workshop</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black">Saturday
December 13</span></b><b>^{<span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">th</span>}</b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black">9:00 am –
3:30 pm</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:black">Wilsonville
Library, Wilsonville, OR</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=form_178040">Click here to register:</a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=form_152517"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow;text-decoration:none"> </span></a></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">The
2015 CSD Mock Sibert Workshop follows up on the long-standing CSD tradition of
offering high quality Mock workshops.  This time around, we will be
presenting a look at one of the newer ALA Youth Awards:  The</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/geiselaward"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;text-decoration:none"> </span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Robert F. Sibert Medal is a book award of the
Association for Library Services to Children, a division of the American
Library Association. It is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s)
of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in
English during the preceding year. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Join
your friends and colleagues from around Oregon for a day of fun and learning!</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">The
morning will include:</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>

<ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial">An
     overview of the experience of serving on the ALA Sibert Committee and how
     to judge nonfiction using the Sibert Award criteria </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial">Breaking
     into discussion groups for a lively discussion of a selection of
     nonfiction titles published in 2014. Each group will pick a winner and
     honor titles.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial">Reconvening
     as a large group for more lively discussion to crown the 2015 CSD Mock
     Sibert Medalist.</span></li></ol>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Then enjoy an inspiring and enlightening
afternoon in conversation with one of the leaders in the field in both the
publication and use of nonfiction for youth.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Registration Deadline is Sunday, December 7th, 2014</span></i></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Cost for workshop is $15 (includes lunch), afternoon session free
to CSD members $10 for nonmembers.</span></i></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">This
year’s discussion titles are:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Albee, Sarah. <i>Bugged:
How Insects Changed History</i></span></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Bryant, Jen. <i>The
Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus</i></span></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Fleming, Candace. <i>The
Family Romanov; Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia</i></span></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Kanefield, Teri. <i>The
Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil
Rights Movement</i></span></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Rosenstock, Barbara. <i>The
Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art </i></span></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Rusch, Elizabeth. <i>The
Next Wave: The Quest to Harness the Power of the Oceans</i></span></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Sheinkin, Steve. <i>The
Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights</i></span></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Stewart, Melissa. <i>Feathers:
Not Just for Flying</i></span></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Tonatiuh, Duncan. <i>Separate
Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation</i> </span></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black"><span style>·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">       </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Woodson, Jacqueline. <i>Brown
Girl Dreaming</i></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Feel
free to contact me with any questions you might have. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Best
wishes, and I hope to see you on December 13!!!</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Danielle
Jones</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><a href="mailto:daniellej@multco.us"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204)">daniellej@multco.us</span></a></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">503.988.4598</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>





<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Danielle Jones<br><div dir="ltr"><font size="1"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">YALSA's 2015 Alex Award Administrative Assistant<br></span></font></div><div><font size="1"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Oregon Library Association Children's Services Division CSLP Chair <br>Oregon Young Adult Network </span></font><font size="1"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Secretary<br></span></font></div><div><font size="1"><span style="font-family:times new roman,serif">work email <a href="mailto:daniellej@multco.us" target="_blank">daniellej@multco.us</a><br></span></font></div></div>
</div>