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Harnessing Our Super Powers for the Children’s Literature Assembly: A Call to Serve

9/25/2023

 

By Ruth Lowery, Chair of CLA's Nominating Committee

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Now more than ever the work of the CLA is of utmost importance for teachers, students, librarian, parents, and all stake holders involved in expanding the landscape of children’s literature. Each year CLA elects three new candidates to serve a three-year term. This year, we have 12 amazing scholars comprising authors, teachers, and teacher educators who have accepted the nomination to be on the ballot for the 2024-2026 spots.  

The election will be held October 2 - 12, 2023 and all CLA members will have the opportunity to select their top three candidates. We look forward to welcoming the newly elected board members during the CLA Breakfast at the NCTE Convention in Columbus, OH.
 
This post serves as a brief introduction to our 12 nominees. Detailed candidate statements are available on the Elections page.

Meet the Candidates

Josh Coleman
The University of Iowa

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Josh Coleman is an Assistant Professor of English Education at the University of Iowa. His work advocates for the integration of LGBTQ+ Children’s and Youth Literature in classrooms and teacher education.

Amanda Deliman
Utah State University-Salt Lake

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Amanda Deliman is a teacher educator in Literacy Education who centers her scholarship and teaching around humanizing pedagogical practices and valuing the needs of the whole learner.


Wenyu Guo
University of South Florida

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Wenyu Guo is an Assistant Professor of Literacy Studies. She is dedicated to advancing multicultural and antiracist children’s literature for young readers. She advocates for their right to explore literature reflecting their heritage and race .

Christian M. Hines
Texas State University

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Christian Hines is an Assistant Professor of Reading and Literacy. She credits books as her safe space, which aided in formulating her identity. A former high school teacher, she strives to continually advance and advocate for equitable teaching practices that center inclusive children’s and young adult literature.


Laura Hudock
Framingham State University

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Laura Hudock, a former first and fifth grade teacher, is an Assistant Professor of Literacy. An advocate for culturally sustaining children’s literature in local P-12 classrooms, her passion for children’s literature underlies her  dedication to the field.

Liz Thackeray Nelson
Utah Valley University

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Liz Thackeray Nelson is an Assistant Professor of Literacy. She has served CLA as Membership Committee Chair and Co-Editor for the CLA Blog. She is working to devise policies and find ways to increase outreach and education to support teachers, librarians, and community leaders in fighting against censorship and ensuring children’s access to diverse texts.


Kasey Short
Charlotte Country Day School, NC

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Kasey Short is a Literacy Educator. She believes that literature is an essential component to children’s academic and social emotional development. She is committed to continuing to expand her own knowledge of current children’s literature and sharing that knowledge with educators.

Kathy G. Short
University of Arizona

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Kathy G. Short is Regents Professor of children’s literature and Director of Worlds of Words, the center of global literacies and literatures at the University of Arizona. She brings her leadership experiences with other children’s literature organizations, book award committees, and a lifetime commitment to children’s literature to further the mission of CLA.


Melissa Stewart
Children’s Book Author

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Melissa Stewart is a children’s book author. A Sibert Medal Honoree, nonfiction advocate, and past Board member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, she provides a unique perspective of how children’s literature is created, and teachers and students interactions with the literature.

Anita Stratton
Dublin City Schools, OH

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Anita Stratton, in an elementary educator for Dublin City Schools in Ohio. She is passionate about sharing children’s literature that supports multilingualism and translanguaging. Creating a classroom environment that is inclusive of all stories is at the heart of her pedagogy.


Meghan Valerio
Canfield Schools, OH

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Meghan Valerio, a former elementary teacher and reading specialist, currently serves as District Literacy Coach for Canfield Schools in Ohio. She has served CLA through Blog contributions and the Research Award Review Committee. Meghan’s research examines the interactions between the complexities of the text, the reading process, and instructional practices when teaching with children’s literature.

Saba Khan Vlach
University of Iowa

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Saba Khan Vlach is an Assistant Professor of Elementary Literacy Education. She was one of the first literacy teachers to be awarded CLA’s Bonnie Campbell Hill National Literacy Leader award. Since then, she continues to bring illustrators, publishing houses, family communities, and scholars together to advocate for rich and diverse children’s and young adult literature.

Ruth Lowery is Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Faculty Affairs in the College of Education of the University of North Texas. She is immediate past president of CLA and chair of the Nominating Committee.

Everything We Need to Know We Learned from Dr. Kiefer: A Tribute

9/12/2023

 

Barbara Zulant Kiefer 
1944 - 2023

By Bettie Parsons Barger, Lisa Pinkerton, and Erin Reilly-Sanders

What a privilege to have studied with Dr. Barbara Kiefer, our teacher and friend. People know Barbara for her work on the Caldecott Award Committees, establishing the Huck Award, co-editing NCTE’s Language Arts journal, advocating for Children’s Literature Assembly and other professional organizations, and writing Charlotte Huck’s Children’s Literature. Moreover, she taught us so much about children’s literature, making it real, and important, and human. 

To honor her, we reached out to a few of her students, colleagues, and friends, asking for contributions to this post. Using Anita Silvey’s concept in Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children’s Book: Notable Life Lessons from Notable People from All Walks of Life, contributors selected a children’s book and shared a lesson they learned with Barbara connected to that book. 

However, we know her impact far exceeds this curated collection of life lessons. We invite you to submit a comment with your own lessons learned from Dr. Kiefer. Tribute comments submitted will be compiled and added below this post at the end of October 2023. 
Children’s books can take you on a wonderful journey (and back again). 
Autumn Story / Cuento de otoño by Jill Barklem
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​​Submitted by Andrés Montañés-Lleras
My first presentation for Barbara’s class was on the Brambly Hedge series. I had read the books before (in Spanish), but she encouraged me to look deeper: to put the child’s eye at the center; to see how color, and perspective, and composition convey meaning; how images and words combine to create this wonderful world for us to enter and explore as we read. We later went together on a study trip to Britain, and it was hard not to see glimpses of Brambly Hedge as we drove across the countryside and discussed fantasy books.

I traveled all the way from Colombia to study with Barbara, and she not only guided me along the way, but also made me feel right at home.
Book cover: Autumn Story
The best poetry for children captures the emotions and experiences of childhood.
Knock at a Star: A Child’s Introduction to Poetry by X. J. Kennedy and Dorothy M. Kennedy

Submitted by Lisa Pinkerton
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As a doctoral student at The Ohio State University, I had the privilege of co-teaching the Poetry for Children course with Barbara. I gained a deep appreciation for children’s poetry. Each week, Barbara brought a stack of books to class featuring a wide range of poetry tones, topics, and themes, from serious to silly, sports to school, and seasons to science. We immersed ourselves in poetry. Barbara believed that poetry for children “should reflect the real emotions of childhood,” rather than being “coy, nostalgic, or sentimental.” (1) Many of the best children's poems feel joyful, sad, angry, or fanciful - all the emotions that real children experience. This semester, I’m teaching Poetry for Children and I’m so grateful that Barbara’s poetic sensibility has left its indelible mark on the course and on my teaching.
Book cover: Knock at a Star
(1) Kiefer, B. Z., Tyson, C. A., Barger, B. P., Patrick, L., & Reilly-Sanders, E. (2023). Charlotte Huck’s children’s literature: A brief guide (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill. p. 303
Picturebook.
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
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​Submitted by Melissa Wilson
The Merriam Webster Dictionary’s changes the spelling to picture-book.

Google puts a blue line under the word.

Word puts the dreaded red squiggle under it.

I’m not sure how Adobe Acrobat feels about its spelling. 

But I do know how Barb Kiefer felt. It was always one word—no space, no hyphen—just one word. When I asked her why she spelled the word that way, she was very clear. A picturebook has text and illustrations that amplify each other; they don’t stand alone. And then she would pull out a picturebook (my favorite example was Where the Wild Things Are) and show you how it worked. There was no space between the pictures and the book’s text.

Picturebook—now every time I get the red squiggle or blue line or spell checked, I smile and remember Barb!​
Book cover: Where the Wild Things Are
Never underestimate a picturebook - look closely and think deeply.
The Potential of Picturebooks: From Visual Literacy to Aesthetic Understanding by Barbara Z. Kiefer
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Submitted by Trish Bandré
While studying at The Ohio State University, Janet Hickman, my adviser, recommended Barbara’s book. I had always been drawn to picturebooks and was compelled to learn the “why” as well as the “what” of this unique art form. This book opened my eyes in numerous ways and gave me the words to name and describe what I had loved about picturebooks but didn’t know how to express. A few years later, Dr. Kiefer joined the faculty at OSU, and I was fortunate enough to have her on my dissertation committee. I will always be grateful for her wisdom and insight.
Book cover: The Potential of Picturebooks
Picturebooks are a string of pearls--the pearls are the illustrations and the string is the printed text.
The Wall in the Middle of the Book by Jon Agee
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​Submitted by Kathy G. Short​
One of Barb’s major contributions to the field was her book on The Potential of Picturebooks: From Visual Literacy to Aesthetic Understanding (1995). She argued that a picturebook is a unique art object in which the images and words combine in a transformative way, so the reader comes away with more than the sum of the parts. Her own love of art and background in the field of art came together with her passion for children’s books to challenge the rest of us to explore the intersection of art and picturebooks in deeper ways. She enjoyed picturebooks that used the design of the book in meaning-making as occurs in The Wall in the Middle of the Book by Jon Agee, where the gutter is an essential element of the story.​
Book cover: The Wall in the Middle of the Book
Shapes, lines, and light in illustrations tell readers something.
Shapes, Lines, and Light: My Grandfather’s American Journey by Katie Yamasaki
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​Submitted by Jongsun Wee
It’s no secret that Dr. Kiefer loved picturebooks. She had so much respect for illustrators. Dr. Kiefer emphasized the interdependence of text and pictures in our class at The Ohio State University. She guided us to pay attention to illustrations and think about why the illustrator made certain choices of colors, shapes, lines, and light. In class, we enjoyed finding information hidden in the illustrations. I am forever grateful to Dr. Kiefer for opening the door of the picturebook world to me. I will keep sharing her love of picturebooks with my students.
Book cover: Shapes, Lines, and Light
All I really need to know and see and appreciate about the art of the picturebook I learned from Barbara.
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
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Submitted by Cynthia A. Tyson
The Potential of Picturebooks: From Visual Literacy to Aesthetic Understanding, was not wisdom at the top of the museums of art mountains, but in one of my children's literature courses, was Barbara, holding open the 1942 Caldecott winner Make Way for Ducklings so gently said, “Isn’t this just beautiful? We should always explore the potential of the picturebook as an art object.” And it is still true, no matter how many books I read—when I go out into the world of children’s literature, I always open my eyes and heart wide for the aesthetic appreciation of the picture book as a work of art.
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Book cover: Make Way For Ducklings
Pay attention to the use of shape and white space to advance the story.
The Mountains of Tibet by Mordicai Gerstein

Submitted by Denise Dávila​
Prior to studying with Dr. Kiefer, I loved children’s literature. However, I was not attuned to engaging with picturebooks as aesthetic art objects in and of themselves. I remember one evening in which Barbara walked our class through each of Gerstein’s illustrations of The Mountains of Tibet, which School Library Journal describes as “a beautifully gentle look at one human being dealing with life’s choices and possibilities'' via the journey of a Tibetan woodcutter’s death and reincarnation. Because of Barbara, I came to love this book and to appreciate how illustrators’ use of shape and white space advance the story.
Book cover: The Mountains of Tibet
The picturebook is both an art form and a teaching tool.
Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, illustrated by Daniel Minter 


Submitted by Mary Ann Cappiello​
Taking “The Art of the Picturebook” with Barbara at Teachers College deepened my understanding of the picturebook as both an art form and a teaching tool. Barbara taught me how the art in a nonfiction picturebook - the lines, shapes, and colors; the art historical references; the choice of medium - all work together to convey information to the reader and elicit an emotional response within the reader. In Blue, this year’s Orbis Pictus winner, illustrator Daniel Minter uses contrasts: close-ups and panoramas, warm colors and shades of blue, varying lines and shapes. These all deepen readers’ understanding of and emotional connections to the color blue across different cultural contexts, time periods, and technologies.   ​
Book cover: Blue
Nurture every child’s inner artist.
Yasmin the Painter by Saadi Faruqi, illustrated by Hatem Aly

​Submitted by Caitlin L. Ryan
One day while I was a graduate student, a conversation with Dr. Kiefer and others turned to nurturing children’s artistic abilities. Barb was frustrated that classrooms too often limited children’s art to basic materials like pencils and crayons on small pieces of paper. She said, passionately, “You’ve got to give them measles!” We were very confused…until we realized she’d said EASELS. Now that sounded like the Barb Kiefer we knew! The momentary misunderstanding was something we laughed about for years, and its message stuck with me. Barb saw every child as an artist. She knew children could see and create in ways that could express ideas about the world and teach us as adults in the process. She’s the reason the covers of Language Arts (2) featured children’s art from 2007-2010, the reason I teach about arts-based responses to literature in my courses, and the reason my son has an easel in his playroom now.
Book cover: Yasmin the Painter
(2) Specially in volumes 84-88
​Learn from excellence in children’s literature.
Language Arts by National Council of Teachers of English

​​Submitted by Laurie Katz

Barb and I came into the Department of Teaching & Learning at the same time – 2003. I remember being at a faculty meeting before I officially started where I learned that Barb was also coming to the department. Everyone was extremely excited to have someone of her caliber as the Charlotte Huck Chair. Before I started at OSU in Integrated Teaching & Learning, I really didn’t know much about the esteemed reputation of the children’s literature faculty at the university. It wasn’t until I became one of the Language Arts co-editors with Barbara that I learned about the field of children’s literature. Her love, passion, enthusiasm, and expertise permeated throughout the group of editors. One of her roles was being in charge of the 3rd issue of each volume, which was specially geared towards children’s literature. Many of the covers of these issues and others came from Barb’s network, including the two issues above. ​
Journal Covers: Language Arts
​Art and storytelling build relationships—don’t be afraid to be bold.
Hiroshima No Pika by Maruki Toshi

​Submitted by Hilary Brewster

When I was a doctoral student in the Literature for Children and Young Adults program at The Ohio State University, I was more on the YA side than the kid lit side, having previously taught high school English. However, our program luckily required us to take various children’s literature courses with Dr. Barbara Kiefer. In one of them, she shared with us the heartbreaking and exquisite picturebook Hiroshima No Pika, an account of the nuclear annihilation of the titular city. Not your “typical” children’s book, to be sure. With this lesson and others, Dr. Kiefer taught us that it is not only recommended, but necessary, to integrate potentially troubling literature into classrooms of all levels in order to have conversations about empathy, community, and, subsequently, vulnerability. I have shared this book with my upper-level college students who often cite it as one they, too, remember years later.
Book cover: Hiroshima No Pika
Nonfiction can be as compelling as fiction.
Adventurous Women: Eight True Stories About Women Who Made a Difference  by Penny Colman

Submitted by Evelyn Freeman

Barbara and I shared a commitment to increasing the awareness and appreciation of quality nonfiction for children. In February 2006, Barbara organized a symposium at OSU on nonfiction, which featured the author Penny Colman. Penny autographed this book for me at the symposium and wrote a long inscription that referred to my advocacy for nonfiction.  Barbara was so knowledgeable about all genres of children’s literature. I will miss her and our wonderful discussions about books.​
Book Cover: Adventurous Women
​There is power in connecting books with readers.
El Deafo by Cece Bell

Submitted by Sara Kersten-Parrish

Behind her ubiquitous rolling cart laden with books, I would frequently see Barb grab a title, thrust it at someone and say, “I know you’ll love this.” She took great value in knowing what her students would like to read. Barbara handed El Deafo to me, looked me in the eye, and said, “This book is important for you.” And, it was. When reading El Deafo, I felt seen for the very first time as someone who is deaf like the protagonist and author. Barbara saw me and saw the connection a book could bring.
Book cover: El Deafo
Book sharer.
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The Ask and the Answer from the Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness

Submitted by Michele D. Castleman
Dr. Kiefer was the queen of sharing books. When I first met her on a visit to OSU, I was amazed by how filled her office was with books. Throughout my time in the program, Dr. Kiefer hooked me on multiple authors and series, of which the Chaos Walking series stands out the most in my memory. When the second book came out in Great Britain, Dr. Kiefer ordered a copy from abroad so she could read The Ask and the Answer as soon as possible. She happily shared her beautiful, British hardcover with a long line of students one-by-one. As a teacher, I have worked to embody Dr. Kiefer’s spirit of creating excitement over young adult and children’s literature. My office is overrun with books. I joke with my colleagues that someday I will die happy under a pile of my fallen books. But, more importantly, I have followed her example and happily share personal copies of my own books with students.​
Book cover: The Ask and The Answer
Enjoy going to faraway places. 
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney

Submitted by Ann Neely
I first met Barbara Kiefer when we were both participating in a children’s literature conference in Glasgow, Scotland. Like Miss Rumphius on one of her many trips, I knew I had made a friend I’d never forget. We had lovely conversations over a glass of wine at the end of each day… some about children’s literature, of course, others about life as a professor and life in general. And, like Miss Rumphius, Barbara brought beauty to our world!
Book cover: Miss Rumphius
Pay attention to the roots of fantasy - they connect us.
The Grey King by Susan Cooper

Submitted by Bettie Parsons Barger
Prior to studying fantasy with Dr. Kiefer, I often overlooked the details that connected past to present. She taught me that the setting is actually a character in fantasy; the time spent developing the storyworld mattered immensely. I could feel the damp, cool air as I walked beside Will Stanton in the dense fog of the Welsh mountains, adding to my suspense. That was one of the biggest joys of learning from Barbara; she broadened my perspective and understanding. Her insights pushed me to think deeply about children's literature in new ways. She challenged me to explore genres and topics I normally avoided and to consider the types of readers who might enjoy them. Her love of this genre, of children’s literature, has deepened my love of the field too.
Book cover: The Grey King
Work hard to share books.
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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

Submitted by Pat Scharer
Barbara’s work sharing books was truly a model for us all. She taught classes, worked with individual teachers, wrote books, conducted research and, most of all, shared her love of books. Her office overflowed with books, but if you’d ask her about one–chances are she could find it right away and discuss it with you. She didn’t have an easy road and overcame many challenges, but she knew it was worth it because the impact of books on lives is immense.
Book cover: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Look closely: Share what you wonder and what you learn.
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Wonder Walkers by Micha Archer

Submitted by Erika Thulin Dawes
Deepening my passion for picturebooks, Barbara gave me new lenses for viewing them, prompting me to see and experience so much more. Curious at her core, Barbara brought a spirit of inquiry to each book. She modeled how to go beyond, connecting with authors and asking questions about their composing and illustrating processes. Barbara provided new perspectives on the potential of children’s books across the curriculum and insights on how to get to know a wide range of young readers to build engaged communities. Learning with Barbara meant Wonder Walking through the world of books. I’m so grateful for the journey.​
Book cover: Wonder Walkers
Children’s books are books that have the child’s eye at the center.
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Koala Lou by Mem Fox, illustrated by Pamela Lofts

Submitted by Erin Reilly-Sanders
One of the first activities I remember from a Barbara Kiefer-style children’s literature class compared Koala Lou by Mem Fox (illustrations by Pamela Lofts) with Love You Forever by Robert Munsch (illustrations by Sheila McGraw). The viewpoint of a small koala trying to win her mother’s love through athletic prowess starkly contrasted to a parent’s (occasionally creepy) expressions of love as their child grows up, demonstrating that not all books read or marketed to children are written through their perspective. Above all, Barbara stressed the importance of adults “getting” children’s literature and the perspective that will best speak to its intended audience. Today, her quick discernment echoes in my mind as I read and share great books that have the child’s eye at the center.

Barbara, we Do love you! We always have, and we always will.
Book cover: Koala Lou
Bettie Parsons Barger is an Associate Professor at Winthrop University and has been a CLA Member for 10+ years.

Lisa Pinkerton is an Associate Clinical Professor at The Ohio State University. Her current roles with CLA include serving as a Board Member and as an Expert Class Co-Chair.

Erin Reilly-Sanders is an architect at Schooley Caldwell Associates and an independent scholar with a doctorate in children's literature from The Ohio State University.

Additional Tribute Comments

Valerie Bang-Jensen
Barbara delighted in conversations about books beyond her classroom. She would send home copies of new books to my daughters for their opinions, created an “Advanced Seminar in Children’s Literature” specifically to continue discussions begun in our first seminar, and would sponsor “Books for Breakfast,” where we would all talk about favorite books while savoring foods they inspired. I remember how generous she was in considering our opinions about books. When she returned from chairing the deliberations of the Caldecott committee, she showed up in my office, displayed five books on my desk, and invited me to give my opinion about which was the winner, and which the Honor recipients. She cherished her experience on the committee and the discussions it engendered which led to an award for Joseph Had A Little Overcoat (Taback).

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