The United States is the only country to recognize the value of books and reading. The Republic of Ireland, a small island country in Europe, has established the Children's Book Ireland organization.
CBI is the national children’s books organisation of Ireland. Through their many activities and events they aim to engage young people with books, foster a greater understanding of the importance of books for young people and act as a core resource for those with an interest in books for children in Ireland.Children’s Books Ireland was founded in 1997 as a result of the merger of The Irish Children’s Book Trust (ICBT) and the Children’s Literature Association of Ireland (CLAI). Both of these orgnisations had developed during the late eighties and nineties, a time of significant progress in Ireland for publishing and writing for children. The new organisation, Children’s Books Ireland, was established. CBI has continued to grow and now has a combined Irish and international membership of approximately 1,700.
The first chapter of CBI’s story has taken place at a time of extraordinary change in Irish society. Shifting arts, education and socio-economic landscapes have formed a dramatic backdrop to our first fifteen years. Significant lifestyle changes, along with increased immigration and urbanisation, have changed how people interact with the arts and, importantly, how children interact with books. Likewise, arts policy and infrastructure development have contributed to a positive relationship between the public and the arts. As an innovative and active arts organisation, CBI will continue to ensure that children’s books and the children’s books community are valued, cherished and supported. We look forward to Children’s Books Ireland making its contribution to the future vibrancy of the arts in a multi-cultural Ireland.
Aims and Goals - CBI is committed to sharing our values with individuals and organisations. We have a number of key advocacy campaigns which, in partnership with our events and programmes, focus on our core values.
1. CBI believes that access to books is the right of every child.
2. CBI believes that books are core to the experience of childhood.
3. CBI celebrates children’s books as an art form.
4. CBI is committed to the growth and development of publishing for children in Ireland.
For information on the CBI, search their website at www.childrensbooksireland.ie.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Did You Know?
Some interesting FYI:
• One-third of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives.
• 42 percent of college graduates never read another book after college.
• 80 percent of U.S. families did not buy or read a book last year.
• 70 percent of U.S. adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years.
• 57 percent of new books are not read to completion.
Where do YOU fit in with these facts?!?
This week 2 classes celebrate book return parties! Mrs. Tenold's K-Prep & Mrs. Marwardt's Kindergarten! Woo Hoo! Way to go, kids!
READ EVERY DAY!
Mrs. T. Reiter, K-12 Teacher Librarian
• One-third of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives.
• 42 percent of college graduates never read another book after college.
• 80 percent of U.S. families did not buy or read a book last year.
• 70 percent of U.S. adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years.
• 57 percent of new books are not read to completion.
Where do YOU fit in with these facts?!?
This week 2 classes celebrate book return parties! Mrs. Tenold's K-Prep & Mrs. Marwardt's Kindergarten! Woo Hoo! Way to go, kids!
READ EVERY DAY!
Mrs. T. Reiter, K-12 Teacher Librarian
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Happy New Year!
Welcome 2012! What a time to start a new resolution - TO READ EVERY DAY! I want to encourage you to read (something) every day. Whether it's the newspaper, a cereal box, your child's school book, your e-book reader, a computer screen, or...even a book! Anything with printed text. Reading every day helps with your vocabulary and fluency. Plus you might just learn something new!
I have been working on weeding and updating the biographies in the online catalog. Did you know that many of Jacobson's biographies are Reading Counts! books?!? [A biography is a nonfiction [factual] story written about a person. An autobiography is a nonfiction story written by the person about him/herself.] The online catalog for both Jacobson and the 7-12 school can be found on the B-K Bronco website, too! Most often, you will find biographies shelved in a special section in the library.
Biographies are arranged by the book subject's last name. So if you wanted a book about Michael Jackson you would look for the call number BIO JAC or for Taylor Swift - BIO SWI. Personalities with one name (Prince William, Squanto, & Raven-Symone) look for the first 3 letters of their main name: BIO WIL, BIO SQU, & BIO RAV. NOTE: Sometimes 'B' or '92' or '921' are used instead of 'BIO' for biographies in the top line of the call number.
A book that contains numerous biographies will have the call number 920 plus the first 3 letters of the author's last name. For example, "Great Hispanic-Americans" by Nicolas Kanellos has the call number 920 KAN.
So, if you ever wanted to know about someone by reading a book about their life, check out a biography!
Happy Reading!
Mrs. Reiter
K-12 Teacher Librarian
I have been working on weeding and updating the biographies in the online catalog. Did you know that many of Jacobson's biographies are Reading Counts! books?!? [A biography is a nonfiction [factual] story written about a person. An autobiography is a nonfiction story written by the person about him/herself.] The online catalog for both Jacobson and the 7-12 school can be found on the B-K Bronco website, too! Most often, you will find biographies shelved in a special section in the library.
Biographies are arranged by the book subject's last name. So if you wanted a book about Michael Jackson you would look for the call number BIO JAC or for Taylor Swift - BIO SWI. Personalities with one name (Prince William, Squanto, & Raven-Symone) look for the first 3 letters of their main name: BIO WIL, BIO SQU, & BIO RAV. NOTE: Sometimes 'B' or '92' or '921' are used instead of 'BIO' for biographies in the top line of the call number.
A book that contains numerous biographies will have the call number 920 plus the first 3 letters of the author's last name. For example, "Great Hispanic-Americans" by Nicolas Kanellos has the call number 920 KAN.
So, if you ever wanted to know about someone by reading a book about their life, check out a biography!
Happy Reading!
Mrs. Reiter
K-12 Teacher Librarian
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