Winners!
A Closer Look at the Year's 100 Best Books
for Children, Grades K-6
April 29, April 30, May 1 or May 2, 2008 (New Jersey)
QUICK LINK — Order the Winners Handbook (2006) now!
Winners Workshop 2008
Judy Freeman’s wildly popular idea-packed full-day workshop, sponsored by her publisher Libraries Unlimited, is presented every spring in north, central, and south New Jersey. For more than 20 years,
Judy’s WINNERS! conference has offered innovative and practical
ways to use the best of the year’s children’s books for curricular connections,
thematic tie-ins, resource-based learning, and just plain
fun. It’s a field day for K-6 teachers, school and public librarians,
library aides, reading specialists, curriculum coordinators, administrators,
parents, and other children’s literature-lovers.
JUDY FREEMAN (http://www.JudyReadsBooks.com) is a well-known speaker, consultant, and writer on all aspects of children’s literature, storytelling, booktalking, and school librarianship. She is a visiting lecturer in the School of Information and Library Science at Pratt Institute in New York City, where she teaches courses in children’s literature and storytelling. A former school librarian, she gives conferences, workshops, speeches, and performances throughout the U.S. and the world for teachers, librarians, parents, and children, and is a national seminar presenter for BER (Bureau of Education and Research). Judy’s wildly popular Winners! Conference, held every spring in New Jersey and sponsored by Libraries Unlimited, just celebrated its 22nd anniversary. Judy served as a member of the Newbery Committee to select the Newbery Award book for the year 2000, and was recently elected to the 2008 Sibert Informational Book Award Committee.
Judy Freeman’s long-awaited all-new book Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3: A Read-Aloud Guide (Libraries Unlimited) and its popular companions More Books Kids Will Sit Still For (1995) and Books Kids Will Sit Still For (1990) are indispensable, comprehensive resources for libraries and literature-based classrooms. Judy’s book Hi Ho Librario! Songs, Chants, and Stories to Keep Kids Humming is accompanied by her lively CD full of her favorite fun book-related songs to sing with children (Rock Hill Press, 1997; 610-667-2375; ssocha@rockhillworks.com; www.rockhillworks.com). Judy also writes the new "Wild about Books" children’s book review column for School Library Media Activities Monthly (800-225-5800 ext. 4488; http://www.schoollibrarymedia.com).
For the best professional day of the year, here's what you'll find at Winners!:
- Lively, concise, honest evaluations of 100+ new and exemplary children's books chosen by Judy Freeman, major professional journals, and awards committees as the year's "best".
- Demonstrations of read-alouds, booktalks, story telling, creative dramatics, Reader's Theater, poetry, songs, and a host of literature-based activities to excite kids about books.
- Practical, motivating ways to enhance students' presentation skills to get them reading with comprehension, expression, fluency, and joy.
- Scores of successful kid-tested techniques, prompts, and ideas for reading and writing to use immediately in school and library programs, booktalks, and lessons across the school curriculum.
- Samples of student work, puppets, props, and tie-ins incorporating comprehension and higher level thinking skills to extend children's response to literature.
- Irresistible new titles perfect for read-alouds, read-alones, Guided Reading, Literature Circles, and Book Clubs.
- A comprehensive WINNERS! handbook—free with your registration— with a thoroughly annotated and indexed list of the year’s best children’s books, lesson plans, teacher’s guides, stories, songs, and an Internet resource list.
- A chance to personally examine all titles discussed, plus the opportunity to buy a variety of the best new titles at our convenient conference book store.
- A day to laugh, connect, share, and celebrate literature with leading teachers, librarians, and other children's book hounds.
- Unlimited reasons to fall in love with children's literature all over again<./li>
TENTATIVE 2008 "WINNERS!" SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY
8:00-8:30 REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:30 - 10:00 a.m. LANGUAGE ARTS (Reading & Writing)
10:00 - 10:15 a.m. BREAK (& BOOK LOOK)
10:15 - 11:30 a.m. MORE LANGUAGE ARTS (Reading & Writing)
11:30 - 12:30 p.m. LUNCH (& BOOK LOOK)
12:30 - 1:45 p.m. BOOKS ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
Math / Science / Social Studies
1:45 - 2:00 p.m. BREAK (& BOOK LOOK)
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. FOLK AND FAIRY TALES: STORYTELLING
Dates, Locations, and Driving Directions
New Jersey
Choose from Four Dates and Three Locations:
Tuesday, April 29. 2008 at The Mansion, Voorhees, NJ (Directions)
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at Birchwood Manor, Whippany, NJ (Directions)
Thursday, May 1, 2008 at Pines Manor, Edison, NJ (Directions)
Friday, May 2, 2008 at Pines Manor, Edison, NJ (Directions)
Registration
Your registration fee of $179.00 includes
conference registration, continental breakfast,
lunch, an extensive conference handbook,
and a certificate of participation (5
professional development contact hours).
Judy Freeman and Libraries Unlimited are
registered New Jersey Department of
Continuing Education providers.
To register, please print out the registration form (available in PDF format or word format), and send via
MAIL or FAX to the address below.
Libraries Unlimited Professional Workshops Department
7570 Thorn Creek Lane
Tega Cay, SC 29708
Phone: 803-547-5206 or 1-800-225-5800, ext. 3504
Fax: 803-547-4387
Cell: 720-323-1070
Email: debby.laboon@lu.com
Flyer
A flyer is available in PDF format for printing.