Fall 2005
Volume II, Issue 3

Inside this issue:
  • Quicklists: helpful collection development lists on reference materials for every grade.
  • Off the Shelf: The Old African with illustrator Jerry Pinkney.
  • Shelf Elf: ipage® "How-to" guides.
  • Delving into the Shelves: a regular feature that includes reviews of favorite books ranging from elementary to high school.
  • The Reference Preference: a handpicked reference resource selected by Ingram's William Taylor, MLS, EdD.

Helpful Hint: Click the highlighted words for title detail information including publication date, publisher and price. If you have ipage®, open that now for the ultimate in convenience.
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Quicklists
When you need collection development help fast, try the Ingram Quicklists. This month’s lists include the following for Grades K-3, 3-6, 5-9, and 9-12:
  • Atlases
  • Dictionaries
  • Thesauri
  • General Reference
Shelf Elf: ipage® How-To Guides
Ingram has developed a series of handy "How-To" guides that provide step-by-step instructions and helpful tips on several ipage features and functions located on the right side of the ipage homepage. Find out where to access these guides and discover handy links in this issue of Shelf Elf.
Shelftalkers
What's all the buzz about? Fly on over to the Ingram booth (223) at AASL and find out how Ingram can save you time and money and provide you with quick, easy access to more than a million titles in stock. Pardon me while I wax poetic, but you'll be a sage when you use ipage for your title selection.

Print out this first page of K-12 MediaShelf and bring it by the Ingram booth to find out about the buzz and receive your free “A library is...” T-shirt featuring quotes from favorite children's and young adult authors including Avi, Mary Pope Osborne, and a dozen more.

Meet the authors! Come meet Newbery Award winner Avi who will be signing teacher's editions of Crispin: The Cross of Lead (Saturday October 8 at 11:00 am to 11:45). Register to win a collection of reference materials from Greenwood publishing. Win and be the buzz at Ingram!
Off the Shelf: Jerry Pinkney and The Old African
Read the interview. Once again Julius Lester and Jerry Pinkney have teamed together to bring to life an astonishing legend of slavery and ultimate freedom. Find out how to win a visit from Jerry Pinkney for your school and library!
Reference Preference—selected by William Taylor, MLS, EdD
Encyclopedia of World Geography (3 volumes)
Facts on File, $250

A comprehensive study of geography includes physical surveys, resources, and climate research. This resource covers these topics as well as the pioneers in geography and cartography, regions and boundaries, and tools and vocabulary. Over 100 scholars and experts contributed to over 750 entries. Maps and photographs finish the extensive coverage, from the Amazon Rainforest to the Yucatan Peninsula, and a complete world atlas adds a wonderful value to this needed resource. I recommend this reference title to all high school libraries.
Delving into the Shelves
Quilt of States
Written by Adrienne Yorinks and 50 Librarians from Across the Nation, illustrated by Adrienne Yorinks
National Geographic

As challenging as it is to do a book about the United States in an entirely new way, Adrienne Yorinks and her team of author-librarians have done just that in Quilt of States. The substance of each state's entry is the story of how it achieved statehood, what hurdles it had to surmount, and how the victory of being admitted to the union was won. The librarian contributors include several well-known library professionals, including Jeanette Larson (Texas), Wendy Woodfill (Minnesota), Starr Latronica (New York), and former ALA president Ann Symons (Alaska). Yorinks' state quilts include each state's flower plus appropriate symbols (potatoes for Idaho, elk for Colorado, Elvis for Tennessee) that can provide excellent fodder for discussion. The book is organized by admission date, and a helpful resource at the end provides all those facts needed for reports, including the state slogan or nickname and the state bird. Adrienne Yorinks explains her approach to quilt art in a helpful “Note from the Author/Illustrator” at the end. Recommended for grades 2-5.

More from the shelves:
  • The Beautiful Butterfly Book
  • Crazy Horse's Vision
  • Harry Houdini: A Magical Life
  • Nacho and Lolita
  • Slow Days and Fast Friends
  • Waves: From Surfing to Tsunamis
  • Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt's Remarkable Life
  • Lazarillo de Tormes: A Kaplan Spanish-Language Vocabulary-Building Novel
  • Lincoln's Last Night: Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth and the Last 36 Hours Before the Assassination
  • The Organized Teacher


A library is...
"a journey into the imagination."--Jerry Pinkney