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INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY REALISTIC FICTION FOR CHILDRENFunding provided through an IMLS/LSTA grant administered by the MA Board of Library Commissioners; additional funding is provided by the Friends of the Boxford Town Libraries.
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READER’S ADVISORY RECAP
• Finding the right book for the right person at the right time.
• Helping readers find the best (most enjoyable!) reading that matches their needs, interests, and reading level.
• Connecting readers and authors/writers.
Source: Francisca Goldsmith, from Reader’s Advisory on the Web, an Infopeople Traininghttp://infopeople.org/training/past/2004/readers_adv2004/
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APPEAL FACTORS OF BOOKS
• Pacing• Characterization• Storyline• Frame• Language• Setting
Source: Saricks, Joyce and Nancy Brown. “Articulating a Book’s Appeal.” Readers’ Advisory Service in the Public Library. 2nd ed. Chicago : ALA , 1997.
Nancy Pearl, MLA
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REFERENCE INTERVIEW ESSENTIALS Discover what the reader already knows
desire for a genre? a mood? a read-alike?
Clarify what’s important to this readerstay with the known? meet the unknown?
Tune your suggestions to the patron, not to your personal biases Give direction to next place to go
shelf? booklists? Internet? alternate library?
Source: Francisca Goldsmith, from Reader’s Advisory on the Web, an Infopeople Traininghttp://infopeople.org/training/past/2004/readers_adv2004/
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REFERENCE INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES
Welcoming body language, tone, attitude
Open ended questions Suggest, don’t recommend Co-browse Don’t judge Follow up!
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ROLE PLAY!
In these scenarios, you don’t need to have specific books for an answer. Just practice asking open ended questions and having a conversation about books!
Group 1: A student comes up to you and says, “I just finished the Ramona books! Is there another series like that I can read?”
Group 2: A child comes to you and says, “How can I find all of Jack Gantos’s books?”
Group 3: A student says, “I have to do a book report on a realistic book. Can you suggest something?”
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CONTEMPORARY REALISTIC FICTION GENRE OVERVIEW
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EVALUATING REALISTIC FICTION
• Plot
• Character
• Theme
• Style
• Believability
• Consistency
• Creativity
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REALISTIC FICTION MOTIFS
1. FAMILIES 2. FRIENDS3. SCHOOL4. ISSUES
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BENCHMARK BOOK!The Lemonade WarJacqueline Davies FAMILIES
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GOING, GOING, GONE! WITH THE PAIN & THE GREAT ONE JUDY BLUME
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RUBY HOLLERSHARON CREECH
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DESSERT FIRSTHALLIE DURAND
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FIG PUDDINGRALPH FLETCHER
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MOXY MAXWELL DOES NOT LOVE WRITING THANK YOU NOTES PEGGY GIFFORD
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SAY WHAT?MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX
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EVERYTHING ON A WAFFLEPOLLY HORVATH
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RATFINKMARCIA JONES
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DELIVER US FROM NORMALKATE KLISE
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BABYPATRICIA MACLACHLAN
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SURVIVING THE APPLEWHITESSTEPHANIE TOLAN
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101 WAYS TO BUG YOUR PARENTSLEE WARDLAW
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TEN WAYS TO MAKE MY SISTER DISAPPEARNORMA FOX MAZER
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BENCHMARK BOOK!THE SMALL ADVENTURES OF POPEYE AND ELVIS BARBARA O’CONNOR
FRIENDS
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IVY AND BEANANNIE BARROWS
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THE PENDERWICKS JEANNE BIRDSALL
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EXTRA CREDITANDREW CLEMENTS
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BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIEKATE DICAMILLO
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HAPPY NEW YEAR, MALLORY LAURIE FRIEDMAN
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WHEN ZACHARY BEAVER CAME TO TOWNKIMBERLY WILLIS HOLT
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SWINDLEGORDON KORMAN
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THE BATBOYMIKE LUPICA
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ELEVENLAUREN MYRACLE
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ME AND RUPERT GOODYBARBARA O’CONNOR
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PROJECT MULBERRYLINDA SUE PARK
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CLEMENTINESARA PENNYPACKER
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HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS THOMAS ROCKWELL
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BENCHMARK BOOK!DIARY OF A WIMPY KID JEFF KINNEY SCHOOL
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RAMONA QUIMBY, AGE 8BEVERLY CLEARY
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FRINDLEANDREW CLEMENTS
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THE LANDRY NEWSANDREW CLEMENTS
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LOVE THAT DOGSHARON CREECH
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LET’S PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED BY JIM BENTON
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95 POUNDS OF HOPEANNA GAVALDA
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MISS DAISY IS CRAZY! (MY WEIRD SCHOOL #1)DAN GUTMAN
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MELONHEAD KATY KELLY
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THE VIEW FROM SATURDAYE.L. KONIGSBURG
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ALVIN HO: ALLERGIC TO GIRLS, SCHOOL, AND OTHER SCARY THINGSLENORE LOOK
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BIG NATE: IN A CLASS BY HIMSELFLINCOLN PEIRCE
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CLEMENTINE’S LETTERSARA PENNYPACKER
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SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOLLOUIS SACHAR
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LIBBY ON WEDNESDAYZILPHA KEATLY SNYDER
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BENCHMARK BOOK:JOEY PIGZA SWALLOWED THE KEY JACK GANTOS
ISSUES
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THE HEART OF A CHIEF JOSEPH BRUCHAC
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MOVING DAY (ALLIE FINKLE’S RULES FOR GIRLS) MEG CABOT
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DEAR MR. HENSHAW BEVERLY CLEARY
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THE LAST NEWSPAPER BOY IN AMERICASUE CORBETT
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AMBER BROWN IS FEELING BLUE* PAULA DANZIGER
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SUN & SPOONKEVIN HENKES
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THE DOG DAYS OF CHARLOTTE HAYESMARLANE KENNEDY
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SHILOHPHYLLIS REYNOLDS NAYLOR
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THE GREAT GILLY HOPKINSKATHERINE PATERSON
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THE HIGHER POWER OF LUCKYSUSAN PATRON
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MISSING MAYCYNTHIA RYLANT
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MANIAC MAGEEJERRY SPINELLI
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GRACIE’S GIRL ELLEN WITTLINGER
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TIP: USE MEDIA AS A PROMPT
INSTEAD OF: What authors do you like to read? What are the last 3 books you read and enjoyed? What did you like about them?
ASK: What movies do you like? What TV shows do you watch? What games do you play?
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TIP: TURN TO AWARDS
Edgar Awardhttp://theedgars.com/
Newbery Awardhttp://bit.ly/newbery