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Happy Summer Everyone! I know we are all hard at work bringing Summer Reading Club to families across Maryland, but I hope you are also taking some time for yourself to enjoy the warm weather and long sunny days. This is certainly a busy time in branches across the country and it is no different for CSD. July signals the changing of the guard for CSD, and I would like to introduce this year’s officers. I am Jessica Crutchley, Storyville Coordinator at Baltimore County Public Library and the 2016-2017 CSD president. Joining me is Vice President, Conni Strittmatter, Children’s and Teen Services Coordinator at Harford County Public Library and Secretary, Jill Hutchison, Assistant Branch Manager at St. Mary’s County Library. I look forward to working with these ladies to bring relevant and engaging programming to you this upcoming year. With the start of a new CSD year, I want to extend an open invitation to you to attend any of our monthly meetings. We take time at

our meetings to plan all of the programming that CSD presents throughout the year as well as network and brainstorm together. We meet on the second Monday of the month at libraries all over the state. The schedule of locations can be found on the MLA website. We would love to have your input for future events! We do have two upcoming events this fall we want to be sure you check out! The Black Eyed Susan Tapestry (BEST) will be held on September 24th where you will have the opportunity to discuss this year’s nominees for the Black Eyed Susan award and hear children’s author, Mary Downing Hahn speak! Details and registration are now available on the MLA

website at http://www.mdlib.org/ Please save the date for Kids Are Customers, Too! This will be our 20

th year

presenting this conference and we have some fun sessions planned focusing on the arts and technology. Details are forthcoming, but be sure to pencil us in for October 20

th.

Whether we see you at a meeting or workshop or you chat with us on Face-book or Twitter, I hope to hear from all of you this year, so we can all grow and improve together! Jessica Crutchley CSD President

CSD Newsletter

(Children’s Services Division of MLA)

Summer 2016 CSD newsletter

CSD Officers

2016-2017

Jessica Crutchley President

Baltimore County Public Library

[email protected]

Conni Strittmatter Vice President

Harford County Public Library

[email protected]

Jill Hutchison Secretary

St. Mary’s County Public Library

[email protected]

Amanda Roberson Past President

Shake, Shake, Shake

(tune: Turkey in the

Straw)

I can jump like a frog,

I can stretch like a cat.

I can hop like a bunny,

I can flap like a bat.

I can wiggle like a worm,

and slither like a snake.

I can be a wet dog and

shake, shake, shake!

From Read, Rhyme and

Romp by Heather McNeil CSD committee

November 2014

Noyes Library, Kensington, Maryland

Hello from CSD!

mailto:[email protected]

Join librarians and media specialists for the 5th annual Black Eyed Susan Tapestry workshop.

The Black Eyed Susan Tapestry Workshop or BEST 2016 will feature the 2016 Black Eyed Susan nominees. The workshop is sponsored by the Childrens Services Division of the Maryland Library Association. The full day conference will be held at Carroll Community College on Saturday, September 24 from 8:45AM – 4:15 PM in Building K. The agenda consists of discussion groups from picture books to teen novels and graphic novels that have been selected for this prestigious state award. The program will also feature award winning children’s author, Mary Downing Hahn.

Mary Downing Hahn is a former children's librarian and has been writing children's books for over thirty years. She is a continuing favorite with readers. Mary's work spans a variety of genres—historical fiction, contemporary fiction, and fantasy—but she is best known for her ghost stories and mysteries. Some of her all-time favorites are Wait Till

Helen Comes, Stepping on the Cracks, The Old Willis Place and The Doll in the Garden. Took is her latest title. Titles will be available for sale and signing by Mary Downing Hahn. Payment for books sales must be by cash or check only; no credit cards. As an added treat, librarian Maureen Roberts, Collection Specialist from Baltimore County Public Library, will share her thoughts on the best new juvenile and teen titles of 2016. A buffet lunch and a continental breakfast will be available. The price of the workshop is $ 60 for Maryland Library Association members, $ 90 for nonmembers and $51 for students. This workshop offers 5 Continuing Education Credits. To register go to: www.mdlib.org/happenings/register.asp. Please indicate which groups you want to participate in. Participants will be asked to read all of the titles in 3 of the 6 grade level groups. A complete listing follows on p.3.

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Black Eyed Susan Tapestry (BEST) workshop

http://www.hmhbooks.com/features/mdh/books.html#historicalfictionhttp://www.hmhbooks.com/features/mdh/books.html#contemporaryhttp://www.hmhbooks.com/features/mdh/books.html#fantasyhttp://www.hmhbooks.com/features/mdh/books.html#ghoststorieshttp://www.hmhbooks.com/features/mdh/books.html#mysteryhttps://www.mdlib.org/happenings/register.asp

CSD Newsletter, summer2016

Black Eyed Susan Tapestry (BEST) workshop (cont’d)

Please read all the titles in 3 of the following 6 groups.

Picture Book

Hall, Michael - Red: A Crayon Story

Paschkis, Julie - Flutter & Hum: Animal Poems = Aleteo y Aumbido: Poemas de Animals

Rocco, John – Blizzard

Rockliff, Mara - Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France

Russel-Brown, Katheryn - Little Melba and Her Big Trombone

Grades 4-6

Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker - The War That Saved My Life

Draper, Sharon - Stella by Starlight

Hahn, Mary Downing - Took: A Ghost Story

Hannigan, Kate - The Detective's Assistant

Korman, Gordon – Masterminds

Graphic Novels, Grades 4-6 Nominees

Aguirre, Jorge Augusto and Rafael Rosado - Dragons Beware!

Holm, Jennifer - Sunny Side Up

Lucke, Deb - The Lunch Witch. 1

McCoola, Marika - Baba Yaga's Assistant

Yang, Gene Luen – Space Coders

Grades 6-9

Chambliss Bertman, Jennifer- Book Scavenger

Hoffman, Alice-Nightbird

Holt, K.A.-House Arrest

Lai,Thanhha-Listen, Slowly

Laurie, Victoria-When

Graphic Novels, Grades 6-9

Brown, Dan-Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

Cliff, Tony- Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant

Ruth, Greg- Lost Boy

Stevenson, Noelle-Lumberjanes 1

Towle, Ben- Oyster War

High School

Magoon, Kekla- How it Went Down

Murphy, Julie- Dumplin

Reynolds, Jason- Boy in the Black Suit

Stratton, Allan- Dogs

Toten, Teresa- Unlikely Hero of Room 13 B

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Harford County Public Library Reopens Havre de Grace branch!

News From Around the State

Among the highlights of the completely rebuilt branch, Schooner Cove, for

children ages birth to 5 and focusing on Havre de Grace’s location by the

water, includes a story-time area; a “lagoon” filled with items for its youngest

customers such as puzzles, springy rubber flooring and in-floor light boxes

for tactile exploration opportunities; and a ranger station for role play, sorting

games and puzzles and other interactive features.

Views of Schooner Cove, an early literacy area for ages 0-5 plus caregiver.

Designed by internationally recognized architect Jim Bradberry of James Bradberry

Architects and fabricated by Capitol Museum Services, Schooner Cove also features a

shipping yard with technology learning spaces where children can interact with magnets,

pulleys and other mechanisms to explore math and physics fundamentals in addition to

costume play, gear walls and reading areas large enough for a child and caregiver to

interact. Schooner Cover was sponsored by APG Federal Credit Union.

CSD Newsletter Summer 2016

Western Maryland Models Creative Children’s Programs

News from Around the State

At the Fletcher Branch of Washington County... There was an amazing turnout at the Summer Reading Kickoff on Friday, June 17th. During the four hour event, around 150 children and 100 adults came for the fun. While the staff was busy distributing festive Summer Reading Club T-Shirts and signing up families for the Summer Reading Club, a number of vendors contributed their time and resources to turn it into a party.

Rita's Italian Ice of Hagerstown provided free Italian ice, the Meritus Health booth demonstrated a program titled CATCH, the Washington County 4H Extension provided information about food and nutri-tion, a tour guide from Antietam National Battlefield generously brought toys from 1862 for children to play with, Jim Greer made balloon animals, Sneaks the Cat made a special appearance, and the Authentic Com-munity Theatre put on a performance. Much thanks goes out to these groups who helped make the event well-rounded and fun.

In addition, numerous volunteers helped make and hand out popcorn and water, offered face painting, and supervised areas of the library where children were able to play board games, video games, and outdoor games.

That wasn’t the end of the fun. On Friday, July 1st, Woolie, the mascot for the Hagerstown Suns, made a special appearance for an all-ages story time! Summer Reading Club and story time are only a few of the wonderful chil-dren’s programs offered at the Fletcher branch. Make sure to check them out!


Western Maryland Models Creative Children’s Programs—cont’d


Garrett County Kicks off Library Week, Makes Magic Happen, and Celebrates a Children’s Legend...

The Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett County celebrated National Library Week 2016 - Libraries Transform - with magic shows at all five branches. Magician Mike Rose was a big hit across the county. Funding for this exciting event was provided by the Western Maryland Regional Library. The Grantsville Branch held a second performance in the afternoon of June 25 for the north-ern end of the county. Over 100 people attended the performance at the Oakland Main Library. Photos show Mike Rose and a young participant performing at the Accident Library. The program was greatly enjoyed by all!

Additionally, every year the Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett County participates in Read Across America and celebrates Dr. Seuss' birthday. At the Kitzmiller Branch of the Ruth Enlow Library, the community celebrated with the Cat in the Hat (a.k.a. our very own Allen Dunson), the children masquerading as Thing 1 and Thing, and branch manager Diane Kisner.


Western Maryland Models Creative Children’s Programs—cont’d


Allegany County offerings… In Allegany County, the Wednesdays With Us series is on a roll during the Summer Reading Club: Every library has a program eve-ry Wednesday at 2 PM. With eight programs at each library, there are a whopping 48 programs for patrons to choose from in the sum-mer reading club! This year’s programs included several fitness-themed events including Planet Fitness, karate, yoga, and Zumba. Families also enjoyed art programs, a magician, science demon-

strations, pony rides, and a petting zoo. All of these activities are continuing through August 3rd.

The library’s LAUNCH series is designed to introduce students ages 8 and older to the important Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) concepts that will drive the 21st century. This series connects local STEM mentors with motivated young people in a program designed to promote STEM education and career paths. Allegany County Librar-ies plans to have a launch series at each of our six libraries. Launch has already taken place at the Frostburg and LaVale branches. The next Launch will be this Fall 2016 at the West-

ernport library branch. (contact Joni Reed for more information)

In addition to the other wonderful programs described, the libraries also offer free studio art classes in a series called Young Artists’ Studio. The purpose of the Young Artists’ Studio is to introduce home-schooled children ages 8-14 to various visual art techniques, including draw-ing, painting, and fabric design. Local artist Lita Havens has spearheaded the series with great success. Plans for fall art classes are already in the works.

If you can’t make one of the extra special programs, do not worry. There are plenty of regu-larly scheduled programs to take advantage of, including: Storytime, Toddler Time, Next Step Story Time, George’s Creek Art Connections, George’s Creek Lego Engineers, George’s Creek Scrapbooking, South Cumberland Lego Club (which has moved to Washington Street during the renovation of South Cumberland Library), and the Westernport Lonely Sock Club ( which takes a break in the summer). With so many fun and diverse options to choose from,

Allegany County libraries prove that they are cultural centers for their communities.

The “Guys Read” program is a partnership with Allegany County Library System, Queen Anne’s Library System, Allegany County Board of Education and Queen Anne’s County Board of Education. The program invites male community members to come into the schools to read the first few chapters of different books to 4 th grade boys (targeting reluctant readers) during lunch time so that they can see men modeling that reading is fun. It is planned that eight weeks of visits per school would take place.

The program’s objective is to demonstrate to the most reluctant readers that books can be fun. The program emphasizes fun because reading for pleasure naturally leads to im-proved reading skills, which in turn promote better assimilation of knowledge and higher read-ing comprehension scores. It also promotes the message that many men enjoy reading. Es-tablishing male readers as role models helps to counter a wide-spread stereotype that read-ing as an activity not popular with men. Lastly, it encourages the thought that libraries can be fun places to visit. The program will enable Allegany County Public Schools teachers and media specialists and Allegany County Li-brary System staff to provide services to all those targeted in this initiative.

Submitted by Katharine Ware and others from Western Maryland Regional Libraries

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Storytime with Seniors at Charlotte Hall Veterans Home

News From Around the State

Librarians Tess Goldwasser and Chris Keogler of the Charlotte Hall

branch of St. Mary’s County Library took their storytime show on the

road this summer. Storytime families gathered at the library as usual on

June 22, but rather than filing into the meeting room, they followed Ms.

Tess & Ms. Chris on a short walk down the Three Notch Trail, a public

path that runs past both the library and the Charlotte Hall Veterans

Home. There, three dozen residents and staff from the nursing home for

veterans were waiting under a pavilion, so the families and seniors could

enjoy storytime together. Ms. Tess played familiar children’s songs on

her ukulele, and even those residents with fading memories tapped and

clapped and sang along. Mike English, a resident and veteran of Vi-

etnam and the first Gulf War, volunteered to read one of the stories; his

reading of “Wow, Said the Owl” by Tim Hopgood held the children and

seniors alike in rapt attention. English and the other vets said they en-

joyed the event immensely. The activities and the visit with happy young

families “break up the day” and give them something to look forward to.

Mr. English asked the librarians to bring him another book to read to the

children at the next joint Library/Veterans Home event- a craft activity on June 29 for the children and resi-

dents to make birdhouses together. The Children and families enjoyed the adventure of the walk through

the woods, the beautiful setting at the Veterans Home, and the happy attention of the seniors. The whole

experience was such a hit that the Library and the Veterans Home plan to hold

joint events at least once a month in the future.

Veterans Home resident Mike English

reads “Wow, Said the Owl” to the sto-

rytime crowd. He enjoyed it so much,

he asked to read again the next time

the library visits.

17-month-old Zander Sims,

with his mother Lara, dances

to the music as Ms. Tess

plays her Ukulele

Tess leads everyone in

song with her Ukulele,

while Mike English claps

along

For some younger storytimers,

the walk down Three Notch Trail

was as exciting as the main

event!

Submitted by Jill Hutchison and Tess Goldwasser, St Mary’s County Public Library

This exhibition, organized by the Brandywine River Museum of Art and guest curated by H. Nichols B. Clark, will feature an exciting selection of contemporary paintings and draw-ings created by eight of the most renowned artists currently working the field: Sophie Blackall, Bryan Collier, Raúl Colón, Marla Frazee, Jon Klassen, Melissa Sweet, David Wiesner and Mo Willems. The works reveal the artists’ broad spec-trum of working methods and subject matter, as well as the ever-increasing inclusiveness in the field of children’s book illustration. Get the Picture! Contemporary Children’s Book Illustration brings the museum’s long standing commitment to the history and traditions of children’s illustration to the present day.

Support for this exhibition has been provided by Wilmington Trust and Morris and Boo Stroud.

Exhibition Information

Brandywine River Museum of

Art

1 Hoffman’s Mill Road,

Chadd’s Ford, PA

Date: July 1 to October 9

CURATOR: H. Nichols B. Clark

Get the Picture! Contemporary Children’s Book Illustration

would want to walk in the morning when you could come later in the day to learn about bats???? The next week 1 Mom and her son showed up and we enjoyed a nice walk and stopped to talk about what we saw, colors, flowers, counting, etc. Today I had 3 Moms show up with 5 kids, and again we had a nice walk and did all of those things again, plus we spontaneously stopped and learned to make clover necklaces, which nobody had done before. I ditched the snowball idea, since it was a lot of work for just 5 kids, so we had freeze pops in-stead. I think the problem with low attendance was that our branch does so many programs (today we had 4 programs, and most days we have at least 2-3 programs) that there is so much competition for people's time that it put the Walking program on the bottom of the pile,

From CCPL, Taneytown: A great idea but … (it’s happened to us all)

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My Wednesday Walkers seemed like a really great fit with this year's Summer Reading theme, but it did not go as well as I had hoped. It was a series of three programs, held each Wednesday at 9:15 AM. I planned to walk for about 45 minutes, sing songs, point out things in nature, count things, etc., depend-ing upon the ages of the partici-pants. It was for ages 3-10 with a grown up. We walked around streets near the library and onto nearby school property, where there was a paved trail through the fields. On the final week, today, I had planed to have a frozen treat surprise of snow-balls when we return from our walk.

Well....Nobody showed up the first week. It was the day after our big Summer Kick-off event and we had several other big events that week, so I wasn't too surprised. Who

especially when it was up against such cool things as magic shows, preschool science and awesome craft programs.

I thought this was a great idea to fit this summer's theme, and it may have done better in a place where there were not so many other pro-grams to compete with. As is often the case with programs with low at-tendance, the people who came had a great time, but unfortunately there weren't many who came. On the plus side, it didn't take much staff time or prep or clean-up, so it wasn't a great loss.

Thanks to Amy Schildwachter of Car-

roll County Public Library, Taneytown

branch, for sharing her great idea and

planning and how circumstances out of

her control affected it.

The Children's Services Division (CSD) of the Maryland Library Association promotes library services, storytell-ing, reading, book appreciation, librarianship with chil-dren and opportunities for professional development. If you’re interested in CSD, come and check out a meeting! August 8, 2016 - Edgewater Library, Anne Arundel CPL September 12, 2016 - Carroll CPL HQ, New Windsor

Meetings are from 10-12:30, unless otherwise noted.

If you have something you’d like for us to

include in the newsletter, contact us:

Editor: Sophia VanSchaick, HCPL

[email protected]

Rachel Wright, Cecil County PL

[email protected]

Newsletter Staff

www.mdlib.org

Do you “like” us yet? Save the Date:

Black Eyed Susan

Tapestry

(BEST) Saturday, September 24,

9am to 4:15 pm, Carroll CC,

Westminster, MD

Register at www.mdlib.org

Save the Date:

Kids Are Customers,

Too!

Thursday, October 20, 2016

8:30am-4:15pm

A Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS)- Prince George’s County Memorial Library System (PGCMLS) partnership provides all 130,000 students with virtual library cards, called Leap into New Knowledge (LINK). Students can now use their school provided student identification number to checkout library books from PGCMLS and access their resources, including but not limited to:

Computers and wi-fi

Live on-line tutoring with BrainFuse

Digital resources- downloadable music, games, and e-books

Rosetta Stone, Technology tutorials

"Ask Us Now” research help

The LINK card is available to all PGCPS students with a student identification number. No application required;

no late fees are not accrued with the LINK account.

Submitted by Rachel Zukowski, PGCMLS

Prince George’s County is Linking Literacy and Learning
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