National Library Week (April 13-19, 2008).

Did you know that this week is the 50th anniversary of National Library Week (April 13-19, 2008). Every year in April since 1958, communities across the country celebrate libraries of all types. Librarians, library workers, library customers and supporters are also commended for their contributions to what the nation’s libraries are today.

To celebrate the week, the National Literary Society of the Deaf presents the following five questions; each includes a possible answer. Enjoy!

1. This deaf author of Deaf Heritage: A Narrative History of Deaf America is one of the three co-authors of Through Deaf Eyes: A Photographic History of an American Community, published in 2007.
a) Douglas Bahl
b) Clifton Carbin
c) Jack R. Gannon

2. In January 2008, American Library Association announced this author the winner of the Schneider Family Book Award -- Kami and the Yaks, a fiction book for children.
a) Andrea Stenn Stryer
b) Lou Ann Walker
c) Marlee Matlin

3. This well known author was inspired by his boyhood experiences with deaf parents and friends when working on books for children.
a) Thomas Bull
b) Myron Uhlberg
c) Colin Bootman

4. The Printer, a fiction book for children by Myron Uhlberg whose deaf father was a printer, should be a valuable resource for promoting this annual event.
a) Black History Month
b) Inventor’s Day
c) Deaf History Month

5. What is the name of the book recently selected by the National Literary Society of the Deaf for its two-year reading promotional project called Deaf America Reads?
a) Only in America
b) Moments of Truth
c) Great Deaf Americans: The Second Edition

Answers
1. c. The two other co-authors are Douglas C. Baynton and Jean Lindquist Bergey.
2. a. Kami is deaf.
3. b. One of his books, Dad, Jackie, and Me received the Schneider Family Book Award in 2006.
4. c. In 19th and 20th centuries, many deaf people worked as printers; a few owned printing shops. Some were moonlighters holding the second job as printers.
5. b. Public libraries, businesses and deaf-related organizations are urged to work together to promote reading and books in their local communities.

For details, visit http://www.folda.net/lib/reading.html <http://www.folda.net/lib/reading.html>

Submitted by Alice L. Hagemeyer,
nls1907@aol.com
http://www.folda.net/

April 16, 2008


Happy Reading! :)
As always,
Ginger :)