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| California Readers Announces 2013 Book Collections for School Libraries Posted: 19 Jan 2013 04:00 PM PST Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) November 13, 2012 Each year a California Readers’ committee reviews more than 500 books, all written or illustrated by California authors and artists. Each of three sub-committees, representing teachers and library staff from California elementary, middle, and high schools, select 100 fiction and nonfiction books that they believe will create balanced school library collections and support classroom curricula. The books are judged for general excellence in their genre and their appeal to children and young adults.
Said Candy Dardarian, chairman of the California Collections Committee for California Readers, “My colleagues and I are proud of the distinguished new California Collections. The announcement of the list each year encourages publishers nationwide to publish talented California authors and artists and inspires young readers to support local talent. These collections play a vital role in stimulating the reading, writing, speaking, and illustrating skills of young Californians.”
Karla Forbes, President of California Readers, explained,”These three collections of books should be the first purchase of books for school libraries in all of California’s schools. they should be high priority purchase for all school libraries in the United States.”
Members of the 2013 California Collections Committee have many years of teaching and library experience. Laura Graff, a retired teacher librarian from Sun Valley High School, chairs the High School Committee; Fran Oberman, a retired English teacher who spent 30 years working in secondary schools in Los Angeles and who currently supervises student teachers for California State University at Northridge, chairs the Middle School Committee; and Candy Dardarian, a retired teacher from Harding Elementary School, chairs the Elementary School Committee.
The following 40 books, all published within the past 12 months, are new to the California Collections lists.
From Abrams Publishing:
From Adams Media:
Amulet:
Candlewick Press:
Charlesbridge Publishing:
Chronicle:
Clarion:
Delacorte:
Graphia:
Harcourt:
Harcourt Children’s Books:
Houghton:
Holiday House:
Holt:
Kingfisher:
Lerner:
Marshall Cavendish:
Penguin:
Putnam:
Reference Point:
Scholastic:
Simon:
Simon Pulse:
Sleeping Bear Press:
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky:
Tanglewood:
Viking:
Whitman:
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| NJPAC Expands Free Summer Concerts Posted: 19 Jan 2013 07:39 AM PST
This summer, NJPAC is busier than ever, kicking off with the previously announced hit NBC alternative series “America’s Got Talent” broadcasting live two nights a week beginning July 2. With the nations spotlight on the Center, NJPAC offers more free events all week long, including the new concert series Friday Night Live and a star-laden lineup for the Newark summer tradition Sounds of the City. Both summer concert series are free and open to the public and feature musical genres that give audiences a taste of whats coming to the Arts Centers mainstage in the new season.
NJPACs Friday Night Live, a new series of four Friday night concerts (July 6, July 20, Aug. 3 and Aug. 17), features funk royalty The Family Stone with founding members Jerry Martini, Cynthia Robinson and Greg Errico, and the greatest horn band ever, Blood, Sweat & Tears, as well as two nights co-presented with TEMPO Networks, featuring some of the hottest names in Caribbean music, including New Jersey-born reggae songstress Alaine and roots reggae singer Luciano. Through Friday Night Live, NJPAC is able to offer additional free concerts to thousands in the community and the surrounding metro-area, further activating the Downtown Arts District.
Sounds of the City, NJPACs free, outdoor concert series, has been expanded and reimagined as a community event that gives attendees a taste of what they can expect to see on NJPACs mainstage in the upcoming season. With reggae, Latin music, hip hop, soul and R&B on the bill, Thursday evenings (5-10pm) at NJPAC between July 5 and August 30, 2012 will showcase some of the hottest artists in various genres each week in Theater Square. The always-popular Rhythm Revue Dance Party with Felix Hernandez jumpstarts Newarks favorite festival on July 5, complete with a dance floor and all the grooves that listeners to Hernandez popular weekly radio show know and love. On July 12, The Wailers, the legendary reggae band that backed Bob Marley, headlines an evening of Jamaican sounds along with the return to NJPAC of Brooklyn-based soul reggae group Judah Tribe. Latin and Caribbean sounds are featured all summer long, with performances by Latin Jazz legend Ray Mantilla Space Station (July 19), Afro-Cuban producer/pianist Larry Harlow and the Latin Legends Band featuring Luisito Rosario, Alfredo de le Fe and Emo Luciano with special guests Bobby Sanabria and others (Aug 23), as well as two Sounds of the City nights co-sponsored with TEMPO Networks, the Pan-Caribbean media and entertainment company, featuring Kevin Lyttle, Kerwin Du Bois and others. Also on the bill for the series are two nights of hip hop, headlined by industry pioneers Big Daddy Kane (Aug 2) and Rakim (Aug 16). The R&B/neo-soul husband and wife group Kindred the Family Soul (Aug 9) brings its smooth songs and celebration of family and love to the Theater Square as well. Each Sounds of the City concert features one or more bands and an extended DJ set from 8-10pm to keep the party going. Featured DJs include Rich Medina, DJ Rey-Mo, Selector Kay Gee, Tony Touch, and DJ Spinna, among others.
For the most up-to-date performance information on the two series, patrons may visit the NJPAC Web site at http://www.njpac.org/summer.
Sounds of the City and Friday night Live are sponsored by Chase, Berkeley College, Richmond County Foundation, BD, Verizon Wireless, Remy, Heineken, Newark Downtown District, New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Discover Jersey Arts. WBGO Jazz88.3 FM is a media partner for the July 5 and 19 concerts. TEMPO Networks co-presents four nights.
NJPACs Sounds of the City (SOC) & Friday Night Live (FNL) Concert Calendar
Thursday, July 5, 2012 (SOC)
Friday, July 6, 2012 (FNL)
Thursday, July 12, 2012 (SOC)
Thursday, July 19, 2012 (SOC)
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