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By Janet Ingraham Dwyer, Youth Services Library Consultant
Choose to Read Ohio (CTRO) is a statewide reading initiative encouraging Ohioans to “Read together – Read Ohio – Read for life.” CTRO spotlights Ohio authors and promotes reading across Ohio. CTRO is for everybody. Use it in your preschool storytimes and in your outreach to nursing facilities, on campus and in K-12 classrooms, with book discussion groups and with entire cities.
The debut 2009-10 CTRO booklist featured 15 titles by Ohio authors including Margaret Peterson Haddix, Jaime Adoff, Toni Morrison, and Sharon M. Draper. A new CTRO booklist with 20 titles was announced at the 2010 Ohioana Book Festival. Some of the authors represented are Will To support your programs, each CTRO book features a free downloadable toolkit packed with ideas and resources, including author biography, discussion questions, activities, book jacket and author photos, and links to entertaining and educational resources such as author interviews, audio and video clips, and suggestions for real or virtual field trips. Toolkits for all the 2009-10 and 2011-12 books are available at http://oh.webjunction.org/ohctrointro.
Some program ideas:
Starting with the 2011-12 booklist, every CTRO toolkit includes author contact information when available. A visit with an author or illustrator is among the most enriching experiences a library or school can offer. If resources are short, create capacity by partnering among public, school, and academic libraries, or with other community partners such as a recreation center, bookstore, or civic organization. Also consider visiting with an author online by voice, video, and/or chat. Online visits can be less costly because the author does not need to travel. Online visits also support the development of 21st century skills in communication and technology. CTRO certificates of participation are available for any library, class, book discussion group, homeschooling organization, or other group which has done a CTRO project or program. Contact jdwyer@library.ohio.gov to inquire.
The Choose to Read Ohio 2011-12 booklist Age/grade level categories are suggested. Some titles are appropriate for readers in different grades or different reading levels. Some are appropriate for all ages. Books for Adults Jennifer Chiaverini, The Lost Quilter P. L. Gaus, Blood of the Prodigal: An Amish-Country Mystery David Giffels, All the Way Home: Building a Family in a Falling-Down House Karen Harper, Mistress Shakespeare Robert Olmstead, Coal Black Horse
Books for Teens (Middle & High School) Angela Johnson, Sweet, Hereafter Lisa Klein, Two Girls of Gettysburg Amjed Qamar, Beneath My Mother’s Feet Jeff Smith, Bone #1: Out from Boneville Mildred Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Books for Tweens (Intermediate/Upper Elementary; ages 9-12) Tony Abbott, Firegirl Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting Virginia Hamilton, The People Could Fly (Leo and Diane Dillon, illustrators) J. Patrick Lewis, The Brothers' War: Civil War Voices in Verse Marilyn Nelson, Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Story of the Greatest All-Girl Swing Band in the World (Jerry Pinkney, illustrator)
Books for Children (Early Childhood and Preschool –Primary; ages 0-8) Dan Andreasen, The Giant of Seville: A "Tall" Tale Based on a True Story Denise Fleming, The First Day of Winter Will Hillenbrand (illus.), Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep! (Maureen Wright, author) Loren Long, Otis Marcia Schonberg, B is for Buckeye: An Ohio Alphabet (Bruce Langton, illustrator)
The Choose to Read Ohio 2009-10 booklist Age/grade level categories are suggested. Some titles are appropriate for readers in different grades or different reading levels. Some are appropriate for all ages.
Books for Adults Ann Hagedorn, Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad Toni Morrison, A Mercy Dan Chaon, You Remind Me of Me Lee Martin, Riverof Heaven Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Annotated Uncle Tom’s Cabin, edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Hollis Robbins
Books for Teens (Middle and High School) Jaime Adoff, The Death of Jayson Porter Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons Sharon M. Draper, Copper Sun Chris Crutcher, Deadline Jacqueline Woodson, After Tupac & D Foster
Books for Children (Early Childhood – 6th Grade) Louise Borden, The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey Andrea Cheng, Where the Steps Were Robert McCloskey, Make Wayfor Ducklings Margaret Peterson Haddix, Found Shelley Pearsall, Trouble Don’t Last Check out the resources at http://oh.webjunction.org/ohctrointro! Please contact library consultant Janet Ingraham Dwyer at jdwyer@library.ohio.gov with any questions or with feedback about your CTRO programs. |
Hillenbrand, Denise Fleming, Virginia Hamilton, Angela Johnson, J. Patrick Lewis, and Jennifer Chiaverini. New CTRO booklists will be announced biennially, but readers are encouraged to read and share any current or past CTRO books at any time.
