urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:litajudgeAdventures at Wilder FarmLita JudgeLita Judge2009-03-26T13:27:45Zurn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:litajudge:15188The House in the Night2009-03-26T13:26:11Z2009-03-26T13:27:45Z<p>Our 175 year old Peterborough Town Library had a fun event a few days ago to celebrate Beth Krommes, the 2009 Randolph Caldecott Medal winner. Beth is a good friend of ours and lives in Peterborough, just down the road from us. She and Lita usually drive together to our two annual southern NH children’s book events: <a title="Keene" href="http://www.keene.edu/clf/" target="_blank">The Keene Children Literature Festival</a> and the <a title="Nashua" href="http://www.nescbwi.org/2009/01/2009-new-england-scbwi-confere.php" target="_blank">SCBWI Nashua Conference</a>. (This year they’re both featured speakers at the Keene Festival.)</p>
<p><em>The House in the Night</em> is such a beautiful book—here’s our new copy with the Caldecott sticker:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-400" title="The House in the Night" src="http://wpblog.litajudge.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/beth_krommes.jpg" alt="The House in the Night" width="400" height="519" /></p>
<p>I spent most of the night talking with Beth’s husband, Dave, about software and websites and blogs. Dave designed Beth’s new <a title="Beth Krommes" href="http://www.bethkrommes.com/" target="_blank">site</a> last summer.</p>
<p><a title="Beth" href="http://www.bethkrommes.com/" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-400" title="website" src="http://wpblog.litajudge.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/bk.jpg" alt="website" width="400" height="270" /></a></p>
<p>We’re looking forward to Beth’s ALA speech—I’ve heard it may have some reference to the ice storm and 10 day power outage we experienced in Peterborough in December. Lita will be at the ALA conference this summer …</p>
<p><a title="ALA" href="http://www.ala.org/annual" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-410" title="ALA" src="http://wpblog.litajudge.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/chicago_attending.gif" alt="ALA" width="125" height="62" /></a></p>
<p>but we’re not sure if she’ll be able to attend the awards ceremony.</p>
<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://wpblog.litajudge.com/2009/03/26/the-house-in-the-night/">Adventures at Wilder Farm</a>. You can comment here or <a href="http://wpblog.litajudge.com/2009/03/26/the-house-in-the-night/#comments">there</a>.</strong></p>urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:litajudge:12777papertigers.org2008-11-20T14:20:58Z2008-11-20T14:25:20Z<p>We’ve recently discovered a <a href="http://www.papertigers.org/" target="_blank">very nicely done website</a> that is about books for young readers with a special focus on the Pacific Rim and South Asia. But this month they feature several articles on the themes of “war, peace and social justice” in relation to children’s books. And they’ve included an article written by Lita!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.papertigers.org/" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-265" style="border: 1px solid gray;" title="home_ptlogo" src="http://wpblog.litajudge.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/home_ptlogo-300x29.gif" alt="" width="300" height="29" /></a></p>
<p>In the introduction to the articles they ask, “How can we help children to cope with the divisiveness and contradictions at play in the world today? And how can we help them to feel that they have the power to change things for the better?… At no other time in recent history have these themes been more relevant or their challenges more urgent than they are now. ”</p>
<p>Here are links to the articles:</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.papertigers.org/personalViews/archiveViews/JMontie.html">Books for Thought and Action: A Taste of Jane Addams’ Legacy</a></strong><br />
by Jo Montie</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.papertigers.org/personalViews/archiveViews/KBeckwith.html">Learning That War Is Not a Game<br />
</a></strong> by Kathy Beckwith <a href="file:///Macintosh%20HD/Users/Aline/Sites/personalViews/archiveViews/Literacy_Notes.html"><strong><br />
</strong></a><strong><a href="http://www.papertigers.org/personalViews/archiveViews/LJudge.html"><br />
Finding One Thousand Tracings<br />
</a></strong>by Lita Judge (reprinted with permission)</p>
<p>… and from the PaperTiger archives: <a href="http://www.papertigers.org/personalViews/archiveViews/APereira6.html"><strong>Strengthening the Good, Stamping Out the Bad: Children’s Books & Good Causes</strong></a></p>
<p>They also have a blog <a href="http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/" target="_blank">here</a> so please take a look.</p>
<p style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 3px;"><strong>Originally published at <a href="http://wpblog.litajudge.com/2008/11/20/papertigersorg/">Adventures at Wilder Farm</a>. You can comment here or <a href="http://wpblog.litajudge.com/2008/11/20/papertigersorg/#comments">there</a>.</strong></p>