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Saturday, November 05, 2005

Caldecott Committee

A few weeks ago I received notification that I had been appointed to the 2007 Caldecott Award Committee. What a thrill! And what fun we will have.
Serving on this committee with me are 14 other bibliophiles including the esteemed chair -- Janice Del Negro
2007 CALDECOTT CHAIR
  • Janice Del Negro, Dominican University, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, River Forest, Ill.

2007 CALDECOTT COMMITTEE
  • Shawn Brommer, South Central Library System, Madison, Wis.

  • Linda Ernst, King County Library System, Bellevue, Wash.

  • Mary Fellows, Upper Hudson Library System, Albany, N.Y.

  • Saroj Ghoting, Early Childhood Literacy Consultant, Riner, VA

  • Patricia Gonzales, Los Angeles Public Library

  • Richard Kerper, Millersville (Pa.) University

  • Mary Jane Wiseman, The Catholic University of America, School of Library & Information Science, Washington, D.C.

  • Ann Symons Middle School/High School Librarian Anglo-American School of Moscow, Beregovaya 1, Moscow, Russia

  • Elizabeth Poe, Journal of Children's Literature (NCTE) and former editor of SIGNAL Journal (IRA)

  • Caroline S. Parr, Youth Services Coordinator, Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Fredericksburg, VA 22401

  • Carolyn S. Brodie,Professor,Kent State University School of Library and Information Science, Kent, OH

  • Julie Cummings

  • Dorothy J. Evans, Librarian, Chicago Public Library

AND ME
  • Sharron L. McElmeel, author and editor; and director of McBookwords


Let the fun begin!

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