Education+Week+2015+Agenda

=Session Outline=


 * Series Title:** Lifelong Reading, sponsored by the BYU Humanities Centertoc


 * Session Title:** By Small & Simple Things: The Transformative Power of Children’s Literature for Adults


 * Presenter:** Cherice Montgomery, Assistant Professor of Spanish Pedagogy, BYU


 * Session Description:** Storytelling is a uniquely human activity with the capacity to touch the spirit and transform the soul. In this interactive session, participants will examine why stories captivate us, how they connect us, and the ways in which they challenge us to change. We will then explore concrete examples of how illustrated children’s literature can help address concerns common to adult life (including death, depression, forgiveness, personal and professional identity, relationships, and self-esteem). The session will conclude with a discussion of criteria for evaluating the quality and transformative potential of children’s books by international authors (annotated list provided).


 * 1) Why are stories so captivating?**


 * Every human has a story
 * Stories connect us to others and to the world, and invite our participation in “the human conversation”
 * Our participation in “the human conversation” changes how we see ourselves, our circumstances, and what we believe is possible


 * 2) How can high quality children’s books help adults to address concerns common to adult life?**

//". . . the selection of a material or activity is also the selection of an array of forces that will influence how [we] will be challenged to think…" ([|Elliot Eisner, 2002, p. 13]).//


 * Many children’s books are written for a dual audience (children & adults)
 * Like the parables the Savior used for teaching, high quality children’s literature has rich layers of meaning embedded within it (i.e., cultural heritage, political ideologies, social norms and behaviors, and spiritual truths) ([|Matthew 13:34])
 * Many illustrated children’s books offer profound insights into the challenges of adult life such as death, depression, forgiveness, personal and professional identity, relationships, and self-esteem


 * 3) What criteria can we use to discern/select “the best books?”**

//“Nothing touches the soul but leaves its impress, and thus, little by little, we are fashioned into the image of all we have seen and heard, known and meditated; and if we learn to live with all that is fairest and purest and best, the love of it all will, in the end, become our very life.” Granville Klesier as quoted by Elder David B. Haight//


 * We become what we consume. ([|D&C 88:118]; [|Philippians 4:8]; [|Articles of Faith 1:13])
 * The most powerful stories are aesthetically, culturally, conceptually, and linguistically rich. They are also cognitively challenging; emotionally engaging; socially satisfying; and spiritually strengthening (Cherice Montgomery).
 * High quality children’s books develop our understanding of profound truths in accessible ways ([|Alma 37:6]) that expand our perspective, reframe our current concerns, challenge us to change, and provide us with the energy and resources we need for personal transformation.

=Agenda for the Presentation=

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=Children's Book Lists=

- A yearly award given for the "children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States"

- A list of English-language children's book awards from countries like Australia, England, and New Zealand, as well as the U.S.

- Searchable database

- Publishes yearly reading lists based on children's choices, teachers' choices, and young people's choices

- An organization devoted to "exploring world literature and children's literature in translation"



- A list of picture books in a variety of languages from countries around the world, selected by librarians

- Publishes a list of outstanding international books each year

=Children's Literature Online=

=Handout=



=Local Authors & Illustrators=







**Music**


 * //Songs About Stories//**

Alice's Theme - Danny Elfman Almost There - Michael W. Smith (Featuring Amy Grant) Depende - Jarabe de Palo Return to Pooh Corner - Kenny Loggins Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young Tell Me the Stories of Jesus - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Fairy Tale Song - DeDe Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield We're All Mad - Natasha Bedingfield What Are Words - Chris Medina Words - Hawk Nelson Write Your Story - Francesca Battistelli

//**Songs About Change, Faith, Hope, & Perseverance**//

Change the World - Eric Clapton Firework - Katy Perry Give Me Your Eyes - Brandon Heath I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Let the Music Play - Chris August Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) - Hillsong United Overcomer - Mandisa Stand - Rascal Flatts The Face of Christ - Chris Rice Waiting on the World to Change - John Mayer Walk on the Water - Britt Nicole What Faith Can Do - Kutless You Are Loved (Don't Give Up) - Josh Groban

= Quotes =

//"If you stuff yourself full of poems, essays, plays, stories, novels, films, comic strips, magazines, music, you automatically explode every morning like Old Faithful. I have never had a dry spell in my life, mainly because I feed myself well, to the point of bursting. I wake early and hear my morning voices leaping around in my head like jumping beans. I get out of bed to trap them before they escape“// //Ray Bradbury//

//". . . the selection of a material or activity is also the selection of an array of forces that will influence how [we] will be challenged to think…" ([|Elliot Eisner, 2002, p. 13]).//

//“Nothing touches the soul but leaves its impress, and thus, little by little, we are fashioned into the image of all we have seen and heard, known and meditated; and if we learn to live with all that is fairest and purest and best, the love of it all will, in the end, become our very life.” Granville Klesier as quoted by Elder David B. Haight//

//“Good children’s literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child.” Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe//







BK & Stussi, Erich. (2013, October 24). At any given moment, you have the power to say, “This is not how my story will end.” //Flickr.// Retrieved August 20, 2015, from https://www.flickr.com/photos/pictoquotes/10448651626/ Used under a Creative Commons Attribution, Share Alike License.

BK & Goehring, David. (2014, August 15). Susan statham your life is your story. Write well. Edit often. //Flickr.// Retrieved August 20, 2015, from https://www.flickr.com/photos/pictoquotes/14737883097/ Used under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-commercial License.

=Readings= = =

=Scriptures=

[|2 Nephi 9:28-29] - "When they are learned, they think they are wise" [|Matthew 13:34] - Parables [|D&C 88:118] - "Seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom...seek learning, even by study and also by faith" [|Philippians 4:8] - "Whatsoever things are true...think on these things" [|Articles of Faith 1:13] - "If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things" [|Alma 37:6] - "By small and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise"

**Story Creation Tech Tools**

- Very simple, easy-to-use interface allows you to upload or draw images, add text, record your voice, then play and even embed your story


 * [|El partido de fútbol] (Spanish with drawings)
 * [|Enhörningen och den magiska regnbågen]
 * [|La belgique] (French with sound effects and one photo)
 * [|La familia Rose] (Spanish with photos - class recording in background)
 * [|La leyenda de el armadillo] (Spanish with photos - no sound)
 * [|La viva de animales] (Simple Spanish with photos - no sound)
 * [|Les vacances en Holland] (French with culturally authentic photos and a native speaker)
 * [|Mi persona favorita] (Spanish with photos)
 * [|Sagan om det lilla hjärtat]

- Read myths and legends, or create your own in multiple languages using these cool tools. Does require registration.

- Electronic template for creating stories--allows linking to social media

- Select illustrations from real children's picture book illustrators, then use them to illustrate your own, original stories. Diacritical marks must be cut and pasted in (via Word, for example)
 * [[image:click2collaborate/StorybirdLogo.gif link="http://storybird.com/"]] ||
 * Storybird ||


 * French Examples
 * German Examples
 * Italian Examples
 * Spanish Examples

- Create and illustrate stories, save them, embed them, and share them. Student-created stories can be viewed in other languages such as French, Polish, and Spanish by clicking on the library link.

=Videos from the Presentation=

[|Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg] - Set to music while child hands show how the pop-up flaps operate media type="custom" key="27769753"

[|Celia Commercial Book Trailer] media type="custom" key="27769733"

[|Frederick by Leo Lionni] media type="custom" key="27769795"

[|Giraffes Can't Dance (Animated by Scholastic)]

[|Giraffes Can't Dance] - With turn the page signals media type="custom" key="27769693"

[|I Hate Picture Books Book Trailer by Timothy Young] media type="custom" key="27769595"

If You Love to Read (Rolling in the Deep Parody) - [|Watch on Viewpure] media type="custom" key="27767975"

[|Little Zen Monkey Climbing (19 months old) via Rachel Lee Farmer] - Used to introduce books about perseverance media type="custom" key="27769757"

[|Matt & Lily Auclair, Dallas Dance Exhibition 2013] - Used with the book //Giraffes Can't Dance// media type="custom" key="27769619"

[|Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reverso Poems by Marilyn Singer] - A snippet media type="custom" key="27769799"

[|Only One You by Linda Kranz] media type="custom" key="27769669"

Reading (Happy Song) - [|Watch on ViewPure] media type="custom" key="27767985"

[|Robert Royston & Melissa Rutz West Coast Swing Grand Nationals 2009] - Used with the book //Giraffes Can't Dance// media type="custom" key="27769611"

[|Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty] (Also, see this [|brief 37-second clip] in which the author herself reads the final punch line from the book) media type="custom" key="27769775"

[|Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon] media type="custom" key="27769681"

[|Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon] (Version with music, but illustrations and sound are not as clear as in the previous one) media type="custom" key="27769679"

[|Starry Night (Interactive Animation)]- Used with //In the Garden with Van Gogh// media type="custom" key="27769781"

[|Stop & Hear the Music: Stradivarius Violinist Joshua Bell - DC Metro] - Used with the book //The Man with the Violin//

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[|Stories Convey Culture] media type="custom" key="27767933" - Less than 3% of all children's books produced in the world are translated into English. That makes it difficult for us as Americans to step outside of our own "boxes."

[|Stereotypes Flatten Experience] - Tell about a time when someone "flattened your experience" by viewing or interpreting you through the lens of a stereotype. media type="custom" key="27768745"

[|Tell Me About Your Day Today] - Not the best reading--the language is much more beautiful, but this does let you hear the whole book media type="custom" key="27769785"

[|The Dot by Peter Reynolds] media type="custom" key="27769697"

[|The Empty Pot by Demi] - An audio version of the book media type="custom" key="27769743"

[|The Fall of Freddie the Leaf] - A beautiful, abstract reinterpretation of the picture book media type="custom" key="27769725"

[|The Matchbox Diary Book Trailer] - Beautiful example of a well-designed book trailer media type="custom" key="27769735"

[|The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires] (Stop Motion Video made by students from illustrations in the book) media type="custom" key="27769745"

[|The Noisy Paintbox Book Trailer] - Don't be fooled by the fact that it begins in black and white! media type="custom" key="27769701"

[|The Three Questions based on a story by Leo Tolstoy, Written & Illustrated by Jon J. Muth] media type="custom" key="27769801"

[|We Must Engage with Multiple Stories to Obtain a Complete Picture] media type="custom" key="27769493"

[|Weeds Find a Way Book Trailer] media type="custom" key="27769767"

[|Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge] media type="custom" key="27769789"

The Danger: When a Single Story Becomes the Only Story

[|The Danger of a Single Story: Chimamandie Achidie (Full TED Talk)]

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[|Dare to Wonder] media type="custom" key="27767923"

[|You Are Special - Intro.] media type="custom" key="27768441"

[|You Are Special - Punchinello Meets Eli, the Woodcarver] media type="custom" key="27768447"