[aisle] Next Caudill Chat: 12/3, 7pm: Wendelin Van Drannen's Wild Bird

Mon Dec 2 14:42:21 CST 2019

Yes, it is correct that all of our Caudill Chats, including the one
with Wendelin Van Drannen, are intended as a way for tweens and adults to
"meet" the author rather than serve as a place of criticism/critique.

The Rebecca Caudill Award is a children's choice award, so the first "step"
for a book to be on the list is for the book to be nominated by our young
readers. Our Nominations Committee considers titles submitted and works
together to select 100 titles to move forward based on popularity (number
of nominations), reviews, and personal knowledge of the books, all while
using Caudill evaluation instruments as a guide. Next, there are more than
70 evaluators who volunteer to each read ten books over the summer and use
an evaluation rubric to score them. The top 50 scoring books are then read
by those same 70+ evaluators and each is discussed at length at our yearly
evaluation meeting. Each book is voted on, and 20 make it to our list of
nominees. Equity, diversity, and inclusion are frequent topics of
discussion throughout this process. Finally, it is the children across our
state who read the nominees and vote for the winner from among them, as it
is their award to give. Our last winner was *Ghost* by Jason Reynolds.

For a registered school or library to participate in the voting process, we
ask that at least 12 of the 20 titles are offered, so those uncomfortable
with a title may choose not to purchase or promote it. Adults using the
list as a reference are always encouraged to bring their own ideas,
lessons, and teachable moments to each book they share with young people,
just as they do with all books in their collections or classrooms. We are
always looking for volunteers interested in joining our team and encourage
interested people to visit our website for more information.

 The Caudill Board of Directors is currently in the process of
reviewing/revising our evaluation rubrics and creating a resource bank for
our evaluators that will give them tools to help them with the nomination,
discussion and selection process. Equity, diversity, and inclusion are most
definitely being addressed throughout this endeavor.

Michelle Glatt
President, RBYRBA Board of Directors

On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 3:48 PM Elisa Gall via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Thanks for bringing this up, Amanda.
>
> I am surprised this book is on the list at all, especially given the known
> critiques from renowned scholars who specialize in critical race theory &
> youth literature (for one such evaluation, check out this review from Dr.
> Debbie Reese
> <https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2018/12/not-recommended-wild-bird-by-wendelin.html>).
> I read this planned author chat as a celebration of this text without
> critique, which is just so disappointing.
>
> Are there steps being taken by the Caudill committee to ensure quality,
> accurate, and affirming representation for all of our state's readers? Is
> that not part of the criteria? If so, what metrics are being used to
> evaluate texts for this annual reading list, and why is equity being
> ignored? I'd appreciate any input from committee members.
>
> -Elisa
>
>   --
> Elisa Gall
> elisamcclain at gmail.com
> she/her/hers
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 2:39 PM Amanda Crowley via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> I hope the discussion of this book will consider the extremely troubled
>> history of “wilderness therapy camps”. That industry has very little
>> oversight and while some of the camps are fine, at others children are
>> victimized by staff members (and just like Wren, when they tell adults
>> they’re being abused, they’re ignored). Dozens of children have died at
>> these camps, and many more have been injured or traumatized.
>>
>> I’ve been really, really cautious about how I talk about this book with
>> my students. I don’t want them to walk away from it thinking that if they
>> mess up or misbehave, their parents will have them abducted in the middle
>> of the night and that’s somehow okay. They have enough to worry about.
>>
>> —
>> Ms. Amanda Crowley (she/her)
>> Library Media Specialist
>> Maple Library Media Center
>> <https://sites.google.com/district30.org/maplelmc/>
>>
>> Maple School
>> Northbrook | Glenview School District 30
>> 2370 Shermer Road, Northbrook, Illinois 60062
>> 847-400-8949
>>
>> "A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness,
>> leading out into the expanding universe."
>> --Madeleine L'Engle
>>
>> On Nov 26, 2019, at 2:04 PM, MICHELLE GLATT via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>> Please join us and/or send questions from your students.
>>
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>>
>> --
>> Michelle Glatt
>> Librarian
>> Chiddix and Evans Junior High Schools
>> Bloomington-Normal, IL
>> glattml at myunit5.org
>> 309-336-6545
>>
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Bloomington-Normal, IL
glattml at myunit5.org
309-336-6545

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