tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59803235525703275922024-03-13T17:29:13.048-04:00Gazzettaa bit of news… quelques nouvelles…Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-63227495595578965512023-01-24T13:06:00.004-05:002023-01-24T13:06:58.753-05:00Batchelder Award 2022<p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">The ALA Awards will be announced at the end of the January. Since moving to France in 2019, I have taken a break from my blog but before the new awards are announced, I’d like to mention the 2022 Batchelder Winner.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #393939; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The Batchelder Award is given to the most outstanding children’s book originating in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States.</span></p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #393939; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The 2022 prize was awarded to <b>Temple Alley Summer</b>, written by <span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">Sachiko Kashiwaba and illustrated by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">Miho Satake. It was translated from the Japanese by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">Avery Fischer Udagawa (a fellow SCBWI member) and published by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">Restless Books, “an international publisher for a world in motion.”</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"> </span></span></p><p style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #393939; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZlSVBSSVbJm4rEEZsXtU6vEKgChat5iQu8G1krEQZ0A2-rpzbZIG7gQRchV30hDf48YnI3BGNQGotgz9HCA1pyBcxAEPqSmVEpAArZW8x4yFFjRHBBAmShA5cLmIOaE-gGkVSxXxECU51R0g6dC6hB-SZzmlIFkF3TWVm2Pd1wG7XrmzJHbylGhRuw/s1503/Batcheler_2022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1503" data-original-width="1000" height="433" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZlSVBSSVbJm4rEEZsXtU6vEKgChat5iQu8G1krEQZ0A2-rpzbZIG7gQRchV30hDf48YnI3BGNQGotgz9HCA1pyBcxAEPqSmVEpAArZW8x4yFFjRHBBAmShA5cLmIOaE-gGkVSxXxECU51R0g6dC6hB-SZzmlIFkF3TWVm2Pd1wG7XrmzJHbylGhRuw/w288-h433/Batcheler_2022.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><p></p><div><p style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #393939; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Originally published in Japanese in 2011 as “Kimyōji Yokochō no Natsu,” the book tells the story of Kazu, who days before the beginning of summer vacation discovers a ghostly figure in a white kimono slipping out of his home. Kazu is driven to discover the secret of the sudden appearance of a new classmate who looks remarkably like this ghostly entity. </span></p></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I love that this story has found its way to young American readers. </span></div><div><br /></div>Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-73781842838409365312018-03-27T12:30:00.000-04:002018-03-27T12:35:13.401-04:002018 ALA Batchelder Award<br />
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Bravo to Delacorte Press for this year's ALA Mildred L. Batchelder awarded for <i>The Murderer's Ape,</i> written and illustrated by Jakob Wegelius, translated from the Swedish by Peter Graves.<br />
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It's the story of a sea captain wrongly convicted of murder. The twist is that a gorilla named Sally Jones – who can read, write, and understand humans – is the one who embarks on a lengthy adventure to clear the captain's name. After all, they do work together. Sally writes on a typewriter, narrating the story of the journal she kept from Portugal to India and back again.<br />
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<b>2018 Honor Books :</b><br />
Charlesbridge for <i>Malala: Activist for Girls' Education</i>, written by Raphaële Frier, illustrated by Aurélia Fronty, and translated from the French by Julie Cormier.<br />
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Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, for <i>When a Wolf Is Hungry</i>, written by Christine Naumann-Villemin, illustrated by Kris di Giacomo, translated from the French by EBYR.<br />
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Elsewhere Editions for <i>You Can't Be Too Careful</i>, written and illustrated by Roger Mello, translated from the Portuguese by Daniel Hahn.<br />
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<br />Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-70452901887428821732017-01-26T10:39:00.001-05:002017-01-26T10:45:36.217-05:00A Children's Picture Book About Death Wins Batchelder Award<div style="color: #303030; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">
“Cry, Heart, But Never Break” is the 2017 winner for American Library Association Mildred L. Batchelder Award*. Originally published in Danish in 2001 as “Græd blot hjerte,” the book was written by Glenn Ringtved, illustrated by Charolotte Pardi. It was <b>translated</b> into English by <a href="http://www.robertmoulthrop.com/cry-heart-but-never-break/" target="_blank">Robert Moulthrop</a> and published by <a href="http://www.enchantedlionbooks.com/" target="_blank">Enchanted Lion Books</a>.</div>
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Translation of books into English for the American market is always an arduous adventure, the United States traditionally being slow to bring world literature to readers here, so the courage of those who made this happen should not be overlooked. Read translator Robert Moulthrop's narrative of <a href="http://www.robertmoulthrop.com/opening-windows-how-a-danish-childrens-book-about-death-comes-to-be-published-in-the-u-s/" target="_blank">"How a Danish book for children about death comes to be published in the U.S."</a></div>
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Bravo to Glenn Ringtved for his story.</div>
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Bravo to Charlotte Pardi for her illustrations.</div>
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Bravo to Robert Moulthrop for his wonderful translation.</div>
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Bravo to Claudia Bedrick of Enchanted Lion Books for having the vision and the courage to publish it!</div>
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Congratulations to all involved. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*The <strong>Mildred L. Batchelder Award</strong> goes to an outstanding children’s book originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, and subsequently <b>translated</b> into English for publication in the United States. </span></div>
Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-83157638633813615162015-12-15T13:14:00.004-05:002015-12-15T18:12:51.489-05:00Retour à Montreuil !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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C'est avec un énorme plaisir que je suis retournée au Salon de Littérature et de Presse Jeunesse à Montreuil cette année. Cela faisait cinq ans que je n'y avais pas mis les pieds. En quittant le salon lundi soir dernier, je me suis dit : Ce n'est pas tous les cinq ans qu'il faut y aller, c'est bien tous les ans, tellement les rencontres que j'ai pu faire étaient riches et satisfaisantes. Ce qui avait suscité ma venue, c'était l'invitation à la fête de l'anniversaire des dix ans des Éditions Talents Hauts, une maison d'édition qui ne cesse d'innover et de grandir et pour laquelle j'ai une affection toute particulière. Mais les occupations et les obligations quotidiennes de ce côté de l'Atlantique me faisaient hésiter. C'est après les attentats du 13 novembre que je me suis enfin décidée à y aller, car j'avais tout simplement envie de retrouver tous ceux et celles que j'aime là-bas, de me sentir à leurs côtés, solidaire. À partir de ce moment-là, aucun raisonnement ne pouvait m'empêcher de partir. Et j'en reviens ravie.<br />
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Beaucoup de belles découvertes dont je ne mentionnerai qu'un échantillon :<br />
Le nouveau livre d'Elisabeth Brami et de Fred L, <i>Le Zizi des mots </i>(Talents Hauts, 2015) ;<br />
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La rencontre avec Sylvie Deshors, auteure hors-pari, dont j'ai lu le livre <i>L'école du tonnerre </i>(Rue du monde, 2015) dans l'avion de retour ;<br />
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Sébastien Pelon, illustrateur et graphiste qui m'a dédicacé un livre alors qu'il avait fini de signer, <i>Le loup et l'agneau </i>(Père Castor, 2015) :<br />
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Sans parler de François Place dont j'ai longtemps admiré le travail et qui m'a signé <i>La fille des batailles</i> (Casterman, 2007) :<br />
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Et il y avait aussi des retrouvailles avec d'autres auteurs et des illustrateurs dont une de mes préférées : Sylvie Serprix, saon dernier ouvrage, <i>Phototoutou</i> (La Palissade, 2015) est un délice…<br />
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…ainsi que la toujours tonique et étonnante Susie Morgenstern dont le dernier ouvrage autobiographique est une merveille : <i>Jacques a dit</i> (Bayard, 2015).<br />
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Et aussi, la rencontre avec l'équipe de Mijade Éditions pour qui je travaille depuis 2012 comme traductrice d'albums, du français vers l'anglais, pour les aider à se préparer pour les foires de Bologne et de Francfort. C'était une vraie joie de voir plein de livres que j'avais traduits - en vrai - alors que jusque-là, je ne les avais vu qu'en pdf sur mon écran d'ordinateur. En exemple, le pétillant <i>Charlie</i>, de Quentin Gréban (Mijade, 2015) :<br />
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Il y aurait encore plein de choses à dire (par exemple, comme Paris est toujours là, belle, fière, et digne malgré l'énorme traumatise vécu à peine 15 jours avant le salon) mais j'ai du pain sur la planche, re-motivée pour continuer à écrire en français malgré mon isolement géographique. Alors, au boulot. Merci à tous ceux et celles que j'ai rencontrés et qui m'ont inspirés.<br />
Aller à Montreuil ? Quelle bonne idée : j'en reviens pleine d'espoir.<br />
<br />Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-33470110383157067622015-06-17T16:49:00.000-04:002016-09-26T11:40:55.143-04:00L'Hermione est arrivée !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Quel plaisir de pouvoir enfin monter à bord l'Hermione, hier, dans le port d'Annapolis. Déjà, j'avais vu la belle frigate quelques jours plus tôt à Alexandria, en Virginie, où j'ai rencontré Francis Latreille, photographe et membre fondateur, ainsi qu'Alexis Renault-Sablonière, descendant direct du Marquis de La Fayette, tous deux membres de l'équipage de l'Hermione. Mais ce n'est qu'après un weekend passé en présence d'historiens venus à Mount Vernon des quatre coins du monde pour étudier la participation française et européenne en faveur de l'indépendance américaine que je me suis rendue dans la capitale du Maryland où l'Hermione devait faire escale. Là, grâce à Stephen McLeod de Mount Vernon, j'ai pu avoir accès pour une visite, et malgré la grosse chaleur, ce fut une journée splendide. J'ai été particulièrement émue lors du dépôt de gerbe au monument aux morts des soldats français à St. John's College.<br />
Quelle belle aventure, ce symbole de l'aide que la France a apportée à la jeune nation. C'est un beau renouvellement de l'amitié franco-américaine.... nous en avions bien besoin.<br />
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<br />Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-20355155819491359222015-04-23T10:26:00.001-04:002015-04-23T10:32:11.706-04:00International Day of the Book<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Come out this Sunday to Howard Avenue in Historic Old Town Kensington to the International Day of the Book. There will be live music, author readings, open mic, activities for children and adults, storytellers… and books galore! Local authors, book artists, publishers, booksellers, and literary groups will be present.<br />
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I'll be at the "Bonjour Mama" table with three other local DC area French-language authors, Lucas Salomon, Bernadette LeDoux-Brodsky, and Melissa Kerley. Many thanks to Jennifer Fulton for hosting us. </div>
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Hope to see you there, rain or shine!<br />
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Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-39707717061934258922015-01-09T11:07:00.005-05:002015-01-14T13:39:11.248-05:00Je suis Charlie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Liberty is at the very heart of what France and the French stand for. And that <i>liberté</i> was violently and brutally attacked on Tuesday when terrorists murdered twelve French citizens at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine whose cartoons and opinions pieces have spared no one since the early 1990s. As expressed by Sarah Diligenti-Pickup, the Executive Director of Washington DC's Alliance Française, Charlie Hebdo's cartoonists and writers do their work "because they put freedom first and foremost… Charlie Hebdo is and always will be a monument of French Culture."<br />
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Upon learning of such atrocities, one loses hope. Such acts are not only senseless but barbaric, evil, and an affront to what civilized nations and peoples hold most dear. In America, we have political cartoonists who dare to mock the injustices of this world, but to my knowledge nothing comes close to France's Charlie Hebdo: its irreverence, its daring, its scorn, its ridicule… and its bravery in the face of threats from fundamentalists and thugs.<br />
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In her letter to the members of Washington DC's <i>Alliance Française</i>, Sarah quoted (in French) an excerpt of Paul Valery's poem <i>Liberté</i>, written in 1942. I offer here my translation of that excerpt.<br />
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<i>In my schoolchild notebooks</i><br />
<i>On my desk and on trees</i><br />
<i>In the sand in the snow</i><br />
<i>I write your name</i><br />
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<i>On all the blank pages </i><br />
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<i>I write your name</i><br />
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<i>And by the power of a word</i><br />
<i>I begin my life again</i><br />
<i>I was born to know you</i><br />
<i>To name you</i><br />
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<i>Liberty.</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">from Paul Valery's poem, <i>Liberté</i>, Les Éditions de Minuit</span></div>
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This illustration gives me hope:</div>
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Those demonstrating all over the world are hopeful, too.<br />
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Finally, 87-year old Uderzo pays tribute to Charlie Hebdo.<br />
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Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-50798577709095678132014-10-20T08:54:00.001-04:002014-10-20T21:39:12.635-04:00Hervé Tullet à WashingtonC'était quand-même magique, le passage d'Hervé Tullet à Washington ! En tournée aux États-Unis organisée par sa maison d'édition américaine Chronicle Books pour promouvoir son dernier livre « Couleurs » ("Mix It Up!" en anglais), Hervé est arrivé dans un premier temps à San Francisco et Los Angeles pour ensuite traverser le territoire et atterrir à Washington. En quittant Washington, il devait finir en beauté à la Brooklyn Public Library et puis au Guggenheim Museum à Manhattan…<br />
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Ici, dans la capitale, il a d'abord régalé les enfants et leurs parents à la vénérable Bibliothèque du congrès ; plus tard, nous l'avons fêté à une soirée amicale francophone à la maison ; pour finir, son passage coup de vent washingtonien l'a fait débouler le lendemain sur l'école primaire « French International School » où il a fait peindre les enfants et les a réjoui avec la lecture de ses livres. Elodie la bibliothécaire avait tout préparé pour que les enfants aient toute liberté pour s'amuser et découvrir ce qui se passe lorsqu'ils ont un pinceau à la main, des pots de peinture devant eux, et d'énormes feuilles blanches par terre ! Hervé a également pris le temps de signer une grande quantité de livres apportés par notre librairie locale francophile, <i>Politics and Prose</i>, qui a fourni les versions anglophones et francophones de ses œuvres.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Les outils de la création artistique…</td></tr>
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Du génie ? Oui, très certainement, car ce qu'il fait réjouit le coeur de tous les enfants… qu'ils soient petits ou grands. Et puis, trois ans sur la liste New York Times best-sellers albums pour enfants : c'est pas mal.<br />
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Petit mot de la fin : Hervé était accompagné de Lara Starr de Chronicle Books, une cheftaine de l'organisation, et de Christopher Franceschelli de Handprint Books, celui qui en premier a repéré le livre d'Hervé il y a quelques années à Bologne. Christopher est également le traducteur (en anglais) de « Un livre » (Press Here) et de « Couleurs » (Mix It Up!), et c'est un travail de traduction que je trouve plus que parfait. En particulier, sa traduction en anglais des titres des livres d'Hervé capte parfaitement leur esprit dynamique et correspond à la façon des américains d'aborder la vie, car il a transformé ces titres en phrases imperatives, commandant presque à un enfant à ouvrir ce livre et à rentrer en piste ! Aucune ambiguïté possible : <i>Have Fun! </i><i>Press Here. </i><i>Mix It Up! </i><br />
Encore un coup de génie ! Bravo, Christopher !<br />
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<br />Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-21688623345073884372014-08-25T17:16:00.000-04:002014-08-26T12:04:28.383-04:00Better Late Than NeverIn the last ten years, I've heard myself say: "If I had to do it all over again, I'd be a librarian." What could be more exciting than to work in that sacred space that holds forth, to anyone who wants to explore them, worlds of knowledge and possibility. As a long-time English teacher to elementary school children, and more recently a French-to-English translator and published children's author, I have a natural affinity to the world of words and books, but I've come to this love of librairies too late. Wondering recently, what with my sheer joy at just being in a library and spending hours pulling books off the shelf and wishing I had time to read them all and through them discover the world, why I did not pursue the idea of being a librarian earlier in my life, I've remembered moments and places that could have steered me in that direction but were somehow lost in the flow of life.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Gov. Jimmie Davis inspecting BookMobile, 1962<br />
Used with permission, State Library of Louisiana</td></tr>
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My first memory of loving a library was the "BookMobile" that parked close to my childhood home on Donna Drive in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. At the Broadmoor Shopping Center parking lot, right next to Andrews' Rexall Drugstore, my brother and sisters and I, along with a gaggle of kids from the neighborhood, would line up, impatient to enter the itinerant bus laden with treasures where space inside was limited. We would file in the back door of the long bus, browse the narrow aisle lined with two packed shelves for a few short minutes, choose our books, scoot up to the front of the bus, and quickly check out our treasures. Then, of course, I'd hurry home to read and re-read… and wait for the BookMobile's return the following week. <i>Little Women</i>. <i>Trixie Belden</i>. <i>Nancy Drew</i>. <i>Eight Cousins</i>. <i>Five Little Peppers and How They Grew</i>. These are a few of the titles that come to mind. Thinking of the BookMobile brings back blissful memories.<br />
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Surprisingly, I have no memory of a library in my elementary school or junior high school, although I feel sure there must have been one in each establishment. Even during that one year as a sophomore at Broadmoor High School, I cannot remember a school library. Strange.<br />
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It wasn't until my family moved to Houston in the summer of 1970 that I have my next memory of feeling completely at home and happy in a library. Moving to a new town and high school when one is fifteen years old was at times a distressing experience, and the quiet yet vibrant world of the the Kendall Branch of the Houston Public Library on Memorial Drive must have soothed my soul and promised that answers to all those questions and dilemmas I was facing were surely to be found somewhere in these volumes. Come to think of it, that's when I began to read biographies: I wanted to see how other people faced and overcame their specific challenges. This library seemed huge and I loved browsing through its aisles, then settling into a desk while waiting my mother to finish her errands before picking me up. The official list of "Books to Read Before College" at the front counter caught my eye; this small piece of paper introduced me to a list of wonderful classics and intrigued me, and I started on a quest of reading them all (still working on that).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Troy H. Middleton Library, LSU, Baton Rouge</td></tr>
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After two years in Houston, I returned to Baton Rouge for four years as a college student at LSU. During that long period, I frequently used the LSU library, but it was mainly for studying for exams, or writing term papers. Getting anything done in my dorm room was almost impossible, and the library offered a haven where I could find silence and think. On the other hand, there was little time just to enjoy the library, or to browse in the aisles in search of the unexpected: those professors kept us busy with a great deal of required reading!<br />
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Regarding the decades-long period since my college years, I have been lucky. The beautiful and well-stocked library in Lannion (housed in the 17th century Ursuline Convent) kept me happy for eighteen years. After those years in France, the District of Columbia Public Library system has provided me with hours and hours of pleasure and learning these last nineteen years. DCPL is fabulous, vibrant, modern, and a true public service to the residents of DC. My neighborhood library is the Mount Pleasant Branch on Lamont Street. Recently renovated, it is a heavenly place to spend time. The children's section is a very special spot, with murals, painted in the 1930s by Aurelius Battaglia, depicting a fantastical world where the animals take over the circus.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DC Public Library, Mt. Pleasant Branch, Lamont Street</td></tr>
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Since children's literature and books for young readers have become more important to me due to my teaching and writing, the library is playing an even larger part in my life. If there is one thing I want to impart to my students and to my readers, it's a love of reading at a very young age. My somewhat late-bloomer passion of reading and libraries lay dormant for too long, and those lost years can never be recouped. The six-, seven-, eight-, and nine-year old students I teach (and from whom I learn tremendous lessons) are philosophers: they ask the hard questions and they tell the truth. And so, I tell the truth right back to them: "If you want to be happy in life, you must love your library, love your librarian, be a reader, and a very curious one at that. The earlier the better."<br />
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Next up: <b>The Little Libraries That Could</b>… a few thoughts, notes, and pictures about small libraries (and their wonderful librarians) I visited in Maine and how they persevere in the face of tremendous odds.<br />
<br />Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-87778519468260487952014-03-18T17:25:00.002-04:002014-03-18T20:18:21.666-04:00Vive la francophonie à Washington, DC ! (Et vive le jazz, aussi !)Aujourd'hui, j'ai eu le grand plaisir d'intervenir dans une classe de l'école « Capitol Hill Montessori ».<br />
Accueillie très gentiment par Madame Anna Hylton et par ses élèves de 9 et 10 ans, j'ai passé plus d'une heure à échanger avec ces jeunes sur plusieurs sujets autour de mon livre bilingue « Jazz Band » :<br />
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<li>Comment êtes-vous devenue auteure publiée ?</li>
<li>Comment nait une histoire ? </li>
<li>D'où vous viennent les idées pour une histoire ? </li>
<li>C'est quoi, être bilingue ? </li>
<li>C'est chouette, d'être bilingue ! </li>
<li>Pourquoi écrire sur le jazz ? </li>
<li>Jouez-vous du jazz ?</li>
<li>Combien de versions de Jazz Band avez-vous dû écrire avant que ce soit la bonne ? (19 !)</li>
<li>Qui vous corrige ? </li>
<li>Est-ce mieux de se faire publier par une maison d'édition ?</li>
<li>Comment choisir les noms de vos personnages ? </li>
<li>Vos personnages sont-ils basés sur des personnes que vous connaissez ? </li>
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Bien que ces jeunes n'avaient pas encore lu le livre que je leur ai présenté, ils m'ont promis, en quittant la salle, de le lire sans tarder car ils avaient très envie d'en savoir plus sur l'histoire de Margot et de Lily, et je leur avais bien mis l'eau à la bouche. De plus, ils voulaient en savoir plus sur un phénomène culturel de chez nous : le jazz. Certains avaient entendu parler de Louis Armstrong et de Miles Davis… mais de là connaitre Art Blakey ou Bud Powell ou Jacky Terrasson, voilà autre chose. Ces jeunes-là ne sont pas encore francophones… mais avec l'aide et l'enthousiasme de leur professeure, Madame Hylton, cela ne saurait tarder. Elle semble avoir le don de transmettre la passion du bilinguisme : en somme, quand nous connaissons bien, à fond, deux (voire trois ou quatre) langues et cultures, nous sommes plus ouverts sur le monde, on pourrait presque dire que cela nous aide à être des ambassadeurs de paix dans le monde. À la fin, je leur ai projeté une présentation PowerPoint dans laquelle on peut entendre plusieurs morceaux de jazz clé et qui jouent un rôle dans le livre et dans le parcours de Margot, dans son cheminement d'une jeune pianiste de classique absolument récalcitrante à faire du jazz, jusqu'au moment où elle…. bon, je ne vais quand même pas raconter toute l'histoire. Si ce n'est pas déjà fait, lisez-la ! Il faut savoir que le premier chapitre est en français, le deuxième en anglais, et cela continue comme ça, en alternant, jusqu'au 17e chapitre….<br />
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Merci aux Services Culturels de l'Ambassade de France à Washington (et en particulier à Madame Céline Jobé) qui ont sponsorisé cet événement dans le cadre du mois de la francophonie, fournissant gracieusement une vingtaine d'exemplaires de « Jazz Band » pour la classe de français à l'école Capitol Hill.<br />
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<br />Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-67414501454795333792013-09-29T12:58:00.001-04:002013-09-30T07:28:05.923-04:00Le chapeau de MitterandQuelle belle journée que vendredi dernier. Une journée parfaite, même, car j'ai pu me donner entièrement à mon activité d'auteure, sans interruption, sans être dérangée : deux heures de traduction en tout début de matinée, et ensuite, un marathon d'écriture, non-stop, jusque 17h45 ! J'ai enfin senti que le manuscrit sur lequel je travaille de façon intermittente depuis bientôt deux ans, celui d'un petit garçon tunisien qui s'obstine à suivre son propre destin, prenait forme, et surtout fin ! Être coupée sans cesse dans son élan d'écrivain n'est pas bon, et c'est ce qui s'était passé avec cette histoire. Il était temps d'en finir.<br />
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Pour en venir maintenant au sujet de ce billet : « Le chapeau de Mitterand ». Cette journée parfaite a culminé par une soirée tout à fait délicieuse… je me suis rendu à l'Alliance française pour écouter Antoine Laurain présenter son livre (grâce à une co-production de l'AF et notre librairie indépendante locale <i>Politics & Prose</i>) aux francophones et aux francophiles de la capitale. Félicitations d'abord à l'auteur et aux éditions Flammarion (c'est moi qui ai posé la question s'il leur a fallu longtemps pour trouver son manuscrit génial), mais aussi à Gallic Books qui le publient en version anglaise et dont le titre est <i>The President's Hat</i>. En Angleterre, les statistiques sur la traduction ne sont pas aussi désastreuses que celles ici aux US, car il faut savoir que seulement environ trois pour-cent des livres que nous trouvons dans les bibliothèques ou les libraires aux États-Unis sont des livres traduits d'une autre langue ! Donc, bravo aussi à Gallic Books…<br />
L'histoire, telle que M. Laurain nous l'a décrite ? Un homme dîne seul dans une belle brasserie parisienne lorsque s'installe soudain à la table d'à côté le Président de la république, François Mitterand qui, en partant, oublie son chapeau. Mr. Tout-le-monde (qui ne s'appelle pas comme ça dans le livre) le remarque mais décide de ne rien dire et de garder le chapeau. Il est loin de penser que, grâce à cet objet, sa vie va se transformer.<br />
C'est une belle fable, un conte, avec des éléments presque magiques, mais l'histoire est bien ancrée dans la réalité des années 80 pendant la période du règne de ce président dont le mandat a duré 14 ans !<br />
Antoine Laurain nous a charmés.<br />
Aujourd'hui, dimanche, je prendrai le temps de lire son livre. Je m'attends à être à nouveau charmée.<br />
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<br />Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-46496264262140992762013-09-15T18:20:00.001-04:002013-09-16T07:50:41.209-04:00The Jacky Terrasson Trio in DCJacky Terrasson, jazz pianist <i>extraordinaire</i>, came to Washington, DC, this weekend for a two-night gig at Bohemian Caverns. A friend and I sat mesmerized and enraptured on Friday night while he and his trio played two unbelievable sets, and when we left sometime after midnight, we were as happy and satisfied as though we had just eaten a seven-course meal! The next morning, I sent an email to 50 friends in DC, telling them that if they were looking for an evening of unbridled joy and amazement, they'd better get themselves down to U Street to hear this absolutely innovative and multi-talented French-American phenomenon who, along with dreamy double bassist Ben Williams (who hails from DC) and genius drummer Justin Faulkner, two young talents who complete the trio, would knock their socks off.<br />
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How shall I describe this music and this moment? Words like muscular, percussive, joyful, invigorating, funny, tender, powerful, surprising, lively, delicate and innovative all come to mind. And Jacky is playful, and if I may say so, often times teases his audience. I don't know the names of all the tunes, but here's what I recognized. From Billie Holiday's <i>Lover Man</i> to Charlie Chaplin's <i>Smile</i>, from <i>My Funny Valentine</i> to what I think was a re-working of the <i>Mission Impossible</i> theme mixed in with some licks from Dave Brubeck's <i>Take Five</i>, from a deliciously funkadelic rendition of Cole Porter's<i> Love For Sale</i> to a wonderfully sensual <i>Besame Mucho,</i> from the familiar <i>Harry Potter</i> theme intertwined with Michael Jackson's <i>Beat It</i> to a version of <i>Caravan</i> preceded by a long riff by the bassist in a minor key with mid-eastern overtones that somehow had traces of <i>Chameleon</i> woven in - all four sets totally seduced the audiences! And there was that ending (don't know the name-if someone does, let me know!) that had the audience snapping their fingers with the help of the fab drummer in a kind of gospel-like <i>Amen! </i>to the whole evening.<br />
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On Saturday night, I went back (!), and fortunately, other friends and family showed up. After the performance, my son (who plays jazz piano) made the following comment: <i>Ça plairait à Monk…</i>" (Monk would be happy). When I asked why, he said that Monk was all about the humor in jazz. These three musicians seem to be in a state of bliss when they play, exuding joy as they collaborate and make art. I told all three of them after the performance that their art makes the world a happier place, and that we counted on them to keep it up. <i>Bravo!</i><br />
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Here's hoping that the Jacky Terrasson Trio will be back in Washington before long!<br />
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<i>Pour la petite histoire : Jacky paraît dans « Jazz Band » et joue un rôle important dans le cheminement de Margot, jeune pianiste française, atterrie à New York.</i><br />
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<i>===</i>Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-49252008183443729912013-07-15T15:46:00.002-04:002013-07-16T11:02:48.816-04:00Jarrett J. Krosoczka (pronounced CROSS-OSKAH… just in case you were wondering)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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DC Public Library Mount Pleasant Branch and Politics & Prose invited children's author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka to meet with children and adults to present his new chapter book "The Platypus Police Squad: The Frog Who Croaked." The event was fun as well as inspirational: an art major and lover of comics is earning a living doing what he loves to do, i.e., telling stories with words and pictures. With already twenty books to his name (ten picture books, nine graphic novels, and now his new "Platypus" series), Jarrett J. is going strong. I loved hearing him talk about his graphic novel series "Lunch Lady" and I laughed out loud when he spoke of how, when revisiting his elementary school as an adult, he began to imagine how a lunch lady (or any adult at school) might possibly have a life outside the school - something he couldn't have fathomed as a child. As a teacher in an elementary school, I get that all the time. When I see students somewhere, whether it be a museum, the farmer's market, BestBuy, or just anywhere outside the classroom walls: "Mrs. Paul!" they exclaim, as if it would be impossible for me to be anywhere else but permanently ensconced at the front of the class at the school they attend! And I loved the way JJK talked to the kids. No funny voice, no cute-sy language. No, he spoke n-o-r-m-a-l-l-y. I admit that I feel real discomfort at the way <i>some</i> adults speak to children, as it their intellect were not quite in tact. JJK was so real with them. And he connected with them, instantly. He knows their world because he remembers it from when he was a kid.<br />
Thanks to DCPL, P&P, and of course, to Jarrett J. for a fun, witty, and informative encounter. His books will definitely be on my classroom library shelf come fall.<br />
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<br />Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-80117590547125604962013-05-22T20:24:00.001-04:002013-05-22T20:41:18.534-04:00drôle d'oiseau… (a funny little bird)<div style="text-align: center;">
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What I love even more is that this little French-language picture book was written by an American. Yes, by a Minnesota native who lives in Strasbourg, France. And what's even more fabulous is that the English language rights were bought by an American publisher.<br />
Rights to picture books are bought and sold at Bologna but usually an Italian picture book turns out to be written by an Italian, a French picture book by someone whose native language is French, and a Russian one by an author whose mother tongue is Russian.<br />
Yay! Bravo! to Jennifer Yerkes!<br />
Yay! Bravo! to éditions MeMo!<br />
And big Yay! and big Bravo! to Sourcebooks and publisher Dominique Raccah who brought it to the attention of acquisitions editor Steve Geck! Do those two realize how very daring they are? I can only assume that they know how very few foreign language books are translated into English for American readers? Here's to courage and bravery and daring!<br />
I have yet to have a picture book published but I am working on several, both in French and English. I would love to have a picture book I've written in French be published in France, and then, <i>à la Jennifer Yerkes</i>, have an American editor fall in love with it, and publish it in the States. Being a bilingual author is such a great state of bliss. I am an American whose native language is English, and yet, my passion is to find the words in French, to write in French. I have written my first two published works in French, edited by <i>Éditions Talents Hauts</i>. If only Formula One were as popular in the US as baseball is, the strong-girl story of Axelle who wants to be a race-car driver in <i>Combinaison gagnante</i> could excite an editor here, and be translated into English!<br />
In the meantime, I find the tale of <i>a funny little bird</i> to be highly inspirational. Congratulations to Jennifer, to MeMo, and to Sourcebooks.<br />
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Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-80543470190932651652013-03-29T18:31:00.002-04:002013-03-31T17:01:36.681-04:00Être bilingue, c'est génial…Mardi et jeudi dernier, j'ai eu l'occasion, que dis-je, le plaisir de présenter mon livre « Jazz Band » à quatre classes d'élèves de CM2 à l'école primaire d'un lycée français aux États-Unis. Ces enfants étaient tout simplement formidables. J'avais commencé par leur raconter un peu mon histoire personnelle de bilinguisme, et ensuite, je leur ai demandé de me parler de la leur. À la base, ils sont tous, sans exception, bilingues. Tous parlent, comprennent, lisent, écrivent, rigolent, rient, se fâchent, apprennent, travaillent, grandissent, évoluent et vivent en français et en anglais. Certains le font dans d'autres langues aussi. Je leur ai dit la grande chance qu'ils avaient. Qu'il serait possible pour eux, dès leur plus jeune âge, de comprendre l'autre, puisqu'eux-mêmes, ils comprennent que tout n'est pas contenu dans une langue, une culture, une histoire, une façon de penser ou d'être ! De futurs ouvriers de paix dans le monde ? Nous pouvons l'espérer.<br />
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Bon, ils ont été quand-même très intéressés par l'histoire fictive de Margot, jeune parisienne de 15 ans, à qui ses parents annoncent : « Nous déménageons, chérie, nous changeons de continent ». Les jeunes que j'avais devant moi comprenaient car beaucoup avaient fait cette expérience eux-mêmes. Ils connaissaient déjà très bien Margot, mon héroïne fictive. Un autre aspect vraiment chouette de cette rencontre était le plaisir que j'ai lu sur leurs visages lorsque, pour clore ces rencontres, chacune d'environ 50 minutes, je leur ai fait écouter une douzaine de morceaux de jazz mentionnés au cours de l'histoire de Margot. Pour certains, c'était la première fois qu'ils entendaient la musique de Louis Armstrong, Art Blakey, McCoy Tyner, Miles Davis, Jacky Terrasson… Ils ne connaissaient pas, mais, mais, mais : ils ont aimé, voire, ils ont adoré !!<br />
Chaque groupe a posé énormément de questions dont les deux suivantes : À quand la suite de l'histoire de Margot, de Lily et de Ethan ? Et aussi, quand sortira le film ? Je leur ai dit que la réponse à la première question dépendait de moi, et celle à la deuxième, eh bien, j'en parlerai à l'éditeur, ce « grand chef » (car je leur ai expliqué les différentes étapes de la création, la fabrication, et la sortie d'un livre) des Éditions Talents Hauts !!<br />
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Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-56421583833826822432012-12-31T10:35:00.000-05:002012-12-31T10:59:19.003-05:00« Un livre » or "Press Here"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left;">Wanting to write one last post before 2012 is just a memory, I felt like I had too little time to come up with something clever or interesting. So leave it to my dear friend Louise Borden to introduce me to the most marvelous children's book… and to hand me the subject of my ultimate post for the year. French author and illustrator Hervé Tullet has created a playful picture book entitled « Un Livre » using… simple dots in primary colors. Originally published in France in 2010 by </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left;">Bayard Jeunesse </i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left;">then translated into English by Christopher Franceschelli and published in the United States by <i>Chronicle Books</i> in 2011, this innocent looking book gives the most simple commands—touch, press, turn, blow, shake, clap, tap—and the reader is thus engaged in joyous activity of the most basic kind, that of letting his or her imagination run wild with endless possibilities. Just watch the joy in the book trailer on </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj81KC-Gm64" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left;" target="_blank">YouTube</a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left;">:</span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I love this book! For kids of all ages, this delightful creation is a great way to end the year, and to start a new one. Albert Einstein, after all, once famously said, "Logic will get you from A to Z. Imagination will get you everywhere."</span></div>
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Wow! Seventy-five kids from Washington International School and fifteen students from the Sheridan School came out this morning to Politics and Prose to hear me speak (in French) about my new book, Jazz Band! They were attentive. They asked great questions. They were fun. What a delightful audience and what a pleasure to see them. <i>Merci à toutes et à tous d'être venus.</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Avec les jeunes lecteurs et lectrices, c'est tellement sympa.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Merci à Politics and Prose, la librairie la plus branchée de Washington</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">C'est grâce à Kerri, responsable de la section jeunesse francophone</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Une amie et consœur, Louise Borden, auteure extraordinaire</td></tr>
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<br />Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-25073788641421753612012-09-16T17:23:00.000-04:002012-10-03T17:07:16.627-04:00DCPL Mount Pleasant Library We are so very lucky. After two years of renovation, the gorgeous, wonderful, state-of-the-art, historic District of Columbia Public Library Mount Pleasant Branch has re-opened. Mayor Gray was there to cut the ribbon, the drummers were there to create the rhythm, the children were there to enjoy the unbelievable upstairs children's section (with the original murals by Aurelius Battaglia), the council members were there to applaud the efforts, the librarians were there to do their thing—help people find information, check out books, and expand their knowledge and connect through the use of the library. As a resident of the neighborhood, a reader, a teacher, and a children's book writer, I feel very fortunate to have this institution just a few short blocks from my home. It will be my weekly destination (and on foot, to boot!). Hooray for libraries!! Hooray for DCPL!! Hooray for Mount Pleasant.<br />
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<br />Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-76283856477267024852012-06-14T00:28:00.001-04:002012-06-18T21:48:12.712-04:00« Jazz Band » est là !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Jazz Band</i> sort aujourd'hui ! Publié aux Éditions Talents Hauts et illustré par Grégoire Vallancien, mon deuxième livre jeunesse fait partie de la collection bilingue <i>DUAL</i>. Avec le premier chapitre en français, le deuxième en anglais, le lecteur, pour connaître la suite de l'histoire, doit passer… de l'une à l'autre langue.</div>
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<i>Jazz Band</i> raconte l'histoire de Margot, jeune pianiste de classique qui doit quitter Paris pour aller vivre à New York avec sa famille. D'abord réticente, elle intègre le jazz band de son collège américain et c'est là que l'aventure commence. Elle rencontre une jeune batteuse enthousiaste, un beau contrebassiste silencieux, un pianiste de jazz renommé français qui habite Manhattan, et… un jazzman légendaire qui lui laissera un souvenir inoubliable. </div>
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<i>Jazz Band</i>, my second children's book, is being released today in France by Éditions Talents Hauts. Written both in French and in English, the book is part of a bilingual collection called <i>DUAL</i>—readers begin the novel in French, but to find out what happens next, they switch to English.<br />
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<i>Jazz Band</i> tells the story of Margot, a young classical pianist who is far from enthusiastic when she learns that her family is leaving Paris for New York. But she joins the jazz band in her new American school, meets a lively girl drummer, a handsome but silent double bassist, a famous French-American pianist who lives in Manhattan, and… a legendary jazzman who has more than one surprise up his sleeve.Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-69863693827070394832012-04-02T17:17:00.008-04:002012-04-04T07:09:12.303-04:00Salon du livre jeunesse d'Eaubonne 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5SRCnCPZKKNV9xY9tWHZUsKI3yckSiLejKlCC08jSQ39oUoyHAMeB9DFr-BaIixQewuXTUd01mxxFJu2Lb-456JAwHUD4crwwYb1EtAieF54eCkvd-Ds4FsFLG_sIk9KrMe6s-kfzx4n/s1600/DSCN4550.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5SRCnCPZKKNV9xY9tWHZUsKI3yckSiLejKlCC08jSQ39oUoyHAMeB9DFr-BaIixQewuXTUd01mxxFJu2Lb-456JAwHUD4crwwYb1EtAieF54eCkvd-Ds4FsFLG_sIk9KrMe6s-kfzx4n/s320/DSCN4550.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Avec Jade et Guillaume, fans de <i>Combinaison gagnante</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>J'ai éprouvé un immense plaisir à me trouver à Eaubonne samedi dernier où les Eaubonnais m'ont réservé un accueil particulièrement chaleureux : j'y étais invitée pour recevoir le Prix « Coup de Pouce » décerné à des auteurs ou des illustrateurs pour un premier ou deuxième ouvrage jeunesse. Mon livre <i>Combinaison gagnante</i> a remporté le prix dans la catégorie CE2/CM1. Pour ce salon qui a lieu tous les ans depuis 29 ans (!), toute une ville se mobilise autour de la lecture, de l'écriture, des livres, et de la belle illustration jeunesse : la médiathèque intercommunale, les élèves de la GS jusqu'en classe de cinquième, les professeurs des écoles, les parents, les services culturels de la mairie, les libraires, les éditeurs, sans parler de l'Institut Charles Perrault qui est, lui aussi, partenaire dans cette grande aventure. Nous, les auteurs et les illustrateurs, nous avons été impressionnés par le dynamisme, le dévouement, et le travail de tous ceux et celles qui œuvrent pour que ce salon remporte, lui aussi, un franc succès. Bravo !<br />
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Ouah ! J'en suis tout émue. Vraiment, je suis ravie de savoir que des enfants de huit et neuf ans ont choisi mon livre parmi d'autres comme celui qu'ils préfèrent.<br />
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Je me dépêche pour voir si je peux me rendre au salon…<br />
À suivre…<br />
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(For those who don't read French, I just won my first literary award!)<br />
…Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-14355764959010833712012-01-26T14:14:00.004-05:002012-01-27T17:29:32.487-05:00Hooray for "Soldier Bear"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyZuOoGsdb4apiCb9JGXYvdwnwZgarHI4ju8y6RhHicseIHZm7LZx6bdDZxJQ5pUS3rXy_gfyEhqHHt6kqM7ryrcsEXaByGTHmVtqxu3cfcHm_KxIUwUW7pp0MuR_hfE488U0hUeED-IFa/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-01-26+at+2.04.52+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyZuOoGsdb4apiCb9JGXYvdwnwZgarHI4ju8y6RhHicseIHZm7LZx6bdDZxJQ5pUS3rXy_gfyEhqHHt6kqM7ryrcsEXaByGTHmVtqxu3cfcHm_KxIUwUW7pp0MuR_hfE488U0hUeED-IFa/s320/Screen+shot+2012-01-26+at+2.04.52+PM.png" width="204" /></a></div>With the annual announcement of the American Library Association's Newbery and Caldecott prizes, January is always an exciting month for anyone interested in children's literature, and even more so for those of us who write, illustrate, translate, edit, publish, or have any connection with this vibrant field of literature. But what many people don't know is that the ALA awards <i>other</i> prizes each year as well. One of them is the Mildred L. Batchelder Award. Yesterday, I was thrilled to learn that Laura Watkinson's translation of "Soldier Bear,"written by Bibi Dumon Tak, illustrated by Philip Hopman, translated by Laura from the Dutch, and published in the United States by Eerdmans' Books for Young Readers has been awarded the 2012 ALA Batchelder award for translation of an outstanding children's work from a foreign language. Only the very best translators receive this award, and Laura is more than deserving: the story is beautifully and seamlessly rendered in English. When I read it last December, after happening upon it at the Eerdmans' booth at the NCTE conference in Chicago, I was both moved and delighted. BRAVO, Laura! And Bravo as well to Eerdmans' Books for taking a chance on a story from outside our sometimes very insular American borders!<br />
+Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-57307624849627798972012-01-05T16:22:00.008-05:002012-01-27T18:24:25.752-05:00Erica Silverman's visitShe came.<br />
She read.<br />
She conquered.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Children's author Erica Silverman recently visited our school. Erica's books, from "Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa" to "The Halloween House," from "Liberty's Voice: Emma Lazarus" to "Big Pumpkin," are well known and loved by the children at Rochambeau. The CE1 students were particularly lucky to have two hours with the author at the library where Madame Domenge graciously welcomed us. During the first hour, Erica explained how, after growing up in New York in an apartment and never owning a horse, she was able to imagine the latest story in the "Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa" series: "Spring Babies." She talked abou ther love of the library, mwhat fun it is to do reserach about subjects she knows very little about, and how reading (and writing) books allow us to travel to faraway places and enjoy some "make-believe." After an eye-opening Question + Answer, Mrs. Paul's and Mrs. Ermler's students performed a Readers' Theatre of "Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa," which Ms. Silverman thoroughly enjoyed and applauded. She was especially thrilled when she got her "<i>surprise</i>!": The students sang Cocoa's lullaby… in French.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After the recess break, during which students from all grades crowded around Erica for a quick chat, it was back to the library for her presentation of the story behind "Big Pumpkin." She explained that as a child, her grandmother would take her to the most wonderful place in the world: the New York Public Library, where there was an entire room just for children's books. Erica's love of books as a child, and in particular, her of of an old Russian folktale called "The Turnip" were an inspiration for "Big Pumpkin." After playfully reading the book all together (<i>…and that pumpkin just <b>sat</b>!</i>), there was again time for a Q+A, followed by another surprise: Jules, a student from Ms. Dorit's ESL class, read "La Nuit de Halloween," in French, to Erica, who doesn't speak more than a few words of <i>la langue de Molière</i>. When the bells rang at the end of the school day, we all wondered how the time had passed by so quickly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">+</div>Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-84786161466016331142011-11-03T15:51:00.003-04:002011-11-03T16:27:05.152-04:00Eagerly Awaiting Erica's Visit<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmo4KKVjy89i8q0EQKpAM2F1hP5_E_HER8FQPMpxsjko6Ig5KeAuweDeO8Tc8qBJX9Na3ANhxJ1oN3MHoqtblc4JrAm3YnJdX5_jNn2WUDlIzXUi3jYBlNvCh1whFGudIkWpzBPjJ_f5d/s1600/CKC1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkmo4KKVjy89i8q0EQKpAM2F1hP5_E_HER8FQPMpxsjko6Ig5KeAuweDeO8Tc8qBJX9Na3ANhxJ1oN3MHoqtblc4JrAm3YnJdX5_jNn2WUDlIzXUi3jYBlNvCh1whFGudIkWpzBPjJ_f5d/s320/CKC1.jpg" width="232" /></a><br />
My second graders at the French International School are eagerly awaiting the visit of author Erica Silverman. They adore Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa, those two sparky and tender friends. They've come up with questions for the author, they've prepared a Readers Theatre performance for the author, and they will all wear bandanas on the day of her visit to show how we psyched we are, and how we'd all like to live on a ranch. They will even sing a French version of Cocoa's Lullaby!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our school librarian, Elodie Domenge, has prepared a display to make Erica feel at home. We can't wait! Yee-haw!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Jane Singleton Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06910295240083593995noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5980323552570327592.post-1611117599400540762011-10-16T12:15:00.009-04:002011-10-28T17:13:50.521-04:00Children Love Poetry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXmWEhMnH5STVc88sj1sUX-Z-Uy8ELwlA13HIlLzQMcBbObejMFWjE4bHV49xdIOwoLbpD_lXtqj85PEnTaEh1EGiglm-nlKqqwxZsszfnQVsZkS1sWSfMvNH4pFBeVoms0G3bX43VBf5/s1600/DSCN4073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXmWEhMnH5STVc88sj1sUX-Z-Uy8ELwlA13HIlLzQMcBbObejMFWjE4bHV49xdIOwoLbpD_lXtqj85PEnTaEh1EGiglm-nlKqqwxZsszfnQVsZkS1sWSfMvNH4pFBeVoms0G3bX43VBf5/s320/DSCN4073.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
The first graders I teach at the French International School in Washington, DC, love poetry. Every year, I am thrilled to see that no matter what anybody says about memorizing poetry, kids lap it up! And they adore the freedom of expression that it gives them once a poem is learned by heart.<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Last week, these 6-year olds joyfully and raucously recited Dorothy Aldis's poem "Everybody Says." It goes like this:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Everybody Says</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i>by Dorothy Aldis</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Everybody says</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I look just like my mother</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Everybody says</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I'm the image of Aunt Bee</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Everybody says</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">my nose is like my father's</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">But I want to look like ME!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<i>Dorothy Aldis (1896-1966) was a children's literature author and poet. </i><br />
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