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The Best Young Adult Books of the Decade and How to Use Them in Your Program (Grades 6 - 12) is the name of a workshop sponsored by the Bureau of Education and Research. The workshop is $185 per person and will be held in Boise on October 30 and in Spokane on October 31. The flyer reads, “Designed for Secondary Teachers and Both School and Public Librarians. An exciting overview of the best young adult books published in the past ten years. A dynamic, energetic and fast-paced presentation by one of the foremost authorities in the field of teens and books. Hands-on, practical ideas and ways to use books, booktalks and reading aloud as means of reaching and motivating ALL students, regardless of ability or interest An extensive resource handbook filled with booklists by title, author, subject, and interest level of titles for use in your programs. Seminar Presented by Walter M. Mayes, Nationally Recognized Young Adult Literature Expert, Library Media Specialist and Co-Author of Best-Selling “Valerie & Walter’s Best Books for Children: A Lively, Opinionated Guide”. For more information or to register, go to http://www.ber.org/ .

October and November: E-Branch in a Box workshops around the state. E-branch in a Box is a new initiative from the Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICFL) to assist Idaho libraries in having a web presence, which is defined as having a vital website that is an extension of the library providing information about or access to library services. See http://help.lili.org/node/91 for more information.

October Events:

October is National Book Month. The National Book Foundation seeks to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America. To find out more, check  www.nationalbook.org/nbm.html

October 6-8, 2006. National Storytelling Festival. The International Storytelling Center inspires and empowers people around the world to capture and tell their stories, listen to the stories of others, and use storytelling to produce positive change. Read more about this festival at www.storytellingcenter.com/festival/festival.htm

October 15-21, 2006: Teen Read Week. The theme for Teen Read Week 2006 is Get Active @ your library®, which encourages teens to use the resources at their library to lead an active life. See http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/trw/trw2006/trw06.htm for more information.

October 16, 2006: Deadline for ordering Idaho Family Reading Week materials from the Idaho Commission for Libraries. See http://libraries.idaho.gov/curious-george.

October 16, 2006:  Dictionary Day. This birthday of Noah Webster, often called the father of the American dictionary, is a celebration of an essential educational tool. Find lesson plans and activities about the life of Noah Webster, online dictionary tools, and building dictionary skills at: www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson027.shtml 

Some additional fun things that are celebrated in the month of October are: Children’s Magazine Month, Health Literacy Month, National Cookie Month, National Go on a Field Trip Month, National Pajama Month, National Reading Group Month, National Popcorn Poppin’ Month. It seems if you combine some of these and celebrate them together you might have a great Field Trip in your Pajama’s while munchin’ on some Popcorn and Cookies with your Reading Group to celebrate National Book Month!

Author Birthdays

October 4 - Don Brown (born in 1949). Author of Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa, Across a Dark and Wild Sea, Alice Ramsey’s Grand Adventure and more. www.booksbybrown.com

October 8 - Frank Herbert (1920-1986). Science fiction author whose works include The Dragon in the Sea and Dune Messiah. http://www.dunenovels.com/bios/frank.html

October 8 - Robert Lawrence Stine (born in 1943). Known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, this novelist and writer for teens was born in Columbus, Ohio. He is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series. He is often called the Stephen King for kids. For more go to www.scholastic.com/goosebumps

October 19 – Ed Emberley (born in 1931). Over the past 40 years, Emberley has written and illustrated over 48 books and has illustrated many more books written by his wife, Barbara, or by other authors. Besides his various drawing books, Emberley is probably best known for his bold yet detailed illustrative work on the 1968 Caldecott Medal winner Drummer Hoff (written by Barbara) and for the clever Go Away, Big Green Monster!. For more go to http://www.edemberley.com/pages/main.aspx

October 24 – Barbara Robinson (born in 1927). Robinson has written many books including The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Kids all over the United States say that The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is one of their favorite books. For more go to http://www.carr.org/authco/robins.htm

October 31 – Holly Hobbie (born in 1944). Hobbie is the author of the popular Toot and Puddle children’s books and creator of the character bearing her name. In the early 1970s, Hobbie sold distinctive artwork of a cat-loving, rag dress-wearing little girl in a giant bonnet to American Greetings. This series of illustrations became immensely popular and her originally nameless character became known as ‘Holly Hobbie.’ For more go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Hobbie