Paul B. Janeczko
reading from Requiem
Thanks for visiting my website.
2012 is certainly off to a good start for Requiem:
Poems of the Terezen Ghetto. It is one of the finalists of poetry books in the running for
the Cybils, the Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary
Awards. I am delighted that Requiem has been shortlisted. Last year, I
received the same honor when The Dark Game: True
Spy Stories was a finalist
in the Nonfiction (Middle Grade & Young Adult) category.
In addition,
Requiem was selected as a Notable Book of Jewish Content for
Teens 2012 by the Association of Jewish Libraries. You can read mort about
the AJL’s
Sydney Taylor Book Awards at its site.
To be recognized by AJL for this book is indeed an honor.
I
am starting to fill my calendar with late-winter and
spring author visits, including a trip to California in May. I will be
in Bakersfield, CA, for the Kern County Young Authors’ Fair the
week of May14. I participated last year with 2 days in area schools, but
I am happy to be returning this year for a full week of school visits.
I have also booked a few days of author visits in the Bay Area. Be in
touch if you are interested in having me visit your school and work with
your kids.
I am also offering a professional development workshop that
deals with Common Core State Standards and how they can be met with/through
poetry. The workshop is based on the protocol that I developed in my Heinemann
book, Reading Poetry in the Middle Grades: 20 Poems
and Activities That Meet the Common Core Standards and Cultivate a Passion
for Poetry and
used in my summer grad class. Drop me an email if you’d like me
to send you a copy of a summary of the workshop.
I
f you would like me to
visit with your students, but your school doesn’t
have funding for a visit, you might consider a Skype visit. If you’d
like more information about that alternative visit, I have an information
sheet that I would be glad to send to you.
That’s
the story. At least for now.
