California Readers Announces the three 2012 California Collections

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 11, 2011

Each year a California Readers' committee reviews over 500 books, all written or illustrated by California authors and artists. Each of the three committees representing teachers and library staff from California elementary, middle, and high schools select 100 fiction and nonfiction books that they believe will create balanced school library collections and support classroom curriculums. The books are judged for general excellence in their genre and their appeal to children and young adults.

Said Candy Dardarian, Chairman of the Elementary California Collections Committee for California Readers, "My colleagues and I are proud of the distinguished new 2012 California Collections. The announcement of the list each year encourages publishers nationwide to publish talented California authors and artists and inspires young readers to support local talent. These collections play a vital role in stimulating the reading, writing, speaking, and illustrating skills of young Californians.

Karla Forbes, President of California Readers, explained, "These three collections of books should be the first purchase of books for school libraries in all of California's schools. They should be a high priority purchase for all school libraries in the United States. When these collections are used in implementing the Ed Pert Award, students become intimately familiar with local authors and encourage these talented writers and artists to come to our schools and work directly with the kids."

The other members of the 2012 California Collections committee have many years of teaching and library experience: Laura Graff, a teacher librarian at Sun Valley High School, chairs the High School Committee; Fran Oberman a retired English teacher who spent 38 years working in high schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District and currently oversees new teachers for the California State University of Northridge, chairs the Middle School Committee; and Candy Dardarian, a retired teacher from Harding Elementary School, chairs the Elementary School Committee.

These 77 books, all published within the past 12 months, are new to the California Collections lists:

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New Book on Leadership Engages Readers with Storytelling Format

Southern Pines, NC (PRWEB) July 1, 2008

'Edge! A Leadership Story,' the latest book from executive coach and author Bea Fields, takes an innovative approach to educating and enlightening today's leaders. The book combines the storytelling appeal of a novel with the educational approach of non-fiction. Fields is widely recognized as a pioneer in the leadership coaching industry, but found she needed to take a new approach to putting the subject she was most passionate about into words.

"Part of what I do is turn reality on its head," says executive coach Bea Fields. "I need to shake people up and get them to start asking questions -- and ultimately challenge them to set higher standards for themselves, their businesses and their lives. How could I translate that energy and passion into book form?"

To write the book, Fields teamed with award-winning film director and producer Corey Blake, 'Chairman of the Dream' of Writers of the Round Table, and Eva Silva Travers, writer and actress. With the help of another coach and actor, Roger DeWitt, the group worked out the dialogue and created three-dimensional characters and a page-turning story that both entertains and educates.

Bestselling author Michael Gerber of the E-Myth series, wrote the foreword for 'Edge!' The entrepreneurial guru says, "In 'Edge,' our coach is someone I wish I knew when I needed one. She's direct, has a sureness about her, asks questions I knew I should answer, and in the end achieves what she set out to do."

The book has been endorsed by Michael Port, author of 'Book Yourself Solid,' Andy Wibbels, author of 'Blogwild!' and NBC Universal Executive, Sophie Mokhtari, author of the new novel 'China Girl: A Daughter's Journey.'

For more information, visit http://Edge-Book.com.

About Bea Fields

Bea Fields is the President of Bea Fields Companies, Inc., a full service leadership coaching, consulting and training firm in Southern Pines, NC, which serves over 1,000 clients worldwide. She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation and holds a B.S. Degree from the University of Alabama and a certificate degree in leadership coaching from Georgetown University. Fields also authored 'Millennial Leaders: Success Stories from Generation Y's Most Brilliant Leaders' (Writers of the Round Table Press, 2008).

Contact:

Bea Fields

(910) 692-6118

bea @ beafields.com

http://Edge-Book.com

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