2001 Update
The Recommended Literature: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (2001) was prepared by a team composed of library media teachers employed in schools and public libraries, teachers of children in kindergarten through grade twelve, curriculum planners, administrators, and parents. Below is a list of all team members.
[Note: The names and affiliations of the individuals listed here were current at the time of publishing this document in 2001.]
CDE Steering Committee
Beth Breneman, Consultant, Reading/Language
Arts Leadership Office
Barbara Jeffus, School Library Consultant, Curriculum
Frameworks Office
Charlotte Keuscher-Barkman, Consultant, Awards
Unit
Diane Levin, Consultant, Office of the Chief
Deputy Superintendent, Accountability and Administration
Debby Lott, Consultant, Reading/Language Arts
Leadership Office
Martha Rowland, School Library Consultant, Curriculum
Frameworks Office
Maxine Wheeler, Analyst, Mathematics and Science
Leadership Office
Working Committee
Virginia Carrizo, Faculty Associate Teacher
Education, Claremont Graduate University
Chela Cortez, Library Media Teacher, Baldwin
Park High School, Baldwin Park Unified School District
Imogene Engebretsen, Library Media Teacher, Peter
Johansen High School, Modesto City High School District
Susan Erickson, Youth Services Coordinator, San
Bernardino County Library
Sara Exposito, Director of Educational Services,
California Association for Bilingual Education
Francisca Goldsmith, Senior Librarian for Teen
Services, Berkeley Public Library
Carol Jago, Director, California Reading and
Literature Project, University of California, Los Angeles; High
School English Teacher, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica-Malibu
Unified School District
Linda Jewett, Coordinator, Library Services,
Sacramento City Unified School District
Carole LeCren, Teacher, La Jolla Senior High
School, San Diego City Unified School District
Milly Lee, Author and Retired Librarian
Joan Macon, Instructor, California State University,
Long Beach
Claudette McLinn, Supervisor, Library Services,
Nonpublic Schools, Los Angeles Unified School District
Gail Munnecke, Teacher, Brightwood Elementary
School, Alhambra City Elementary School District|
Monique Ockeloen, Teacher, J. Wilbur Fair Junior
High School, Franklin-McKinley Elementary School District
Martha Rowland, School Library Consultant, California
Department of Education
Barbara Schubert, Reading Recovery Trainer, San
Jose
Armin Schulz, Professor - College of Education,
California State University, Stanislaus
Sharlene Scott, Library Media Teacher, Rose Avenue
Elementary, Modesto City Elementary School District; K-6 Library
Media Program Coordinator, California School Library Association
Alana Switzer, Reading Recovery Teacher, Harriette
Kirschen Elementary School, Modesto City Elementary School District
Linda Toren, Associate Director K-3 Reading Results,
Teacher on Special Assignment to California Reading and Literature
Project
Laurie Weckesser, English Teacher, Silver Creek
High School, East Side Union High School District
CDE Coordinator: Debby
Lott, Consultant, Reading/Language Arts Leadership Office
Sub-Committees for Languages Other Than English
Chinese
Jeff Chan, Asian American Studies, San Francisco
State University
Irene Dea Collier, TACT Curriculum Chair and
Presidio Middle School, San Francisco Unified School District
Lorraine Dong, Asian American Studies, San Francisco
State University
Fan Fang, Teacher, Lincoln High School, San Francisco
Unified School District
Milly Lee, Author and Retired Librarian
Roger Tom, Board Liaison Office, San Francisco
Unified School District
Filipino
Cecile Del Rosario, University of California,
Berkeley
Rosita G. Galang, Department of International
and Multicultural Education, School of Education, University of
San Francisco
Pamela Davis, former Manager, Mathematics and
Science Leadership Office
Leo Paz, Philippine Studies Department, City
College of San Francisco
Hmong
Jean Moua, Student and Family Service Center,
Merced City Elementary School District
Martha Rowland, School Library Consultant, California
Department of Education
Tzeng Saechao, Student and Family Service Center,
Merced City Elementary School District
Lue Vang, Sacramento City Unified School District
Doua Vu, Office of Multilingual/Multicultural
Education, Fresno School District
Ia Xiong, Program Manager, Scandinavian Middle
School, Fresno Unified School District
Spanish
Susan Erickson, Youth Services Coordinator,
San Bernardino County Library
Sara Exposito, Director of Educational Services,
California Association of Bilingual Education
Clara Kohen, Children's Books Author and Translator
Benjamin Mireles, General Manager, Fondo de Cultura
Economica USA
Guadalupe Sanchez, National City Public Library
Isabel Schon, Barahona Center for the Study of
Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents, California State
University, San Marcos
Vietnamese
Nguyet Dinh, Administrator of Language Minority,
East Side Union High School District
Viet Le, Retired Principal at Sacramento City
Unified School District, Chapman University
Milly Lee, Author and Retired Librarian
Kim Anh Vu, Administrator on Special Assignment,
Educational Service Division, Oak Grove School District
CDE Coordinator: Debby
Lott, Consultant, Reading/Language Arts Leadership Office
Special appreciation is extended to the following individuals for their contributions:
Aileen Kuo, Librarian, San Francisco Public
Library, Fisher Children's Center
Judy Lewis, Director of State and Federal Programs,
Folsom-Cordova Unified School District
Doroteo Ng, Eastwind Books and Arts, Inc.
Maywan Shen Krach, Shen's Books
Robert Skapura, Retired Librarian
Other CDE staff members who contributed to this document are:
Tim Beckwith, Manager, Technology Services
Division
Pamela Davis, Former Manager, Mathematics and
Science
Leadership Office
Terry Delgado, Consultant, Language Policy and
Leadership Office
Fred Dobb, Consultant, Standards and Assessment
Division
Dave Dolson, Consultant, Language Policy and
Leadership Office
Terry Emmett, Manager, Reading/Language Arts
Leadership Office
Joyce Evans, Analyst, Reading/Language Arts Leadership
Office
Jennifer Galas, Former Graduate Student Assistant,
Mathematics and Science Leadership Office
Sonia Hernandez, Former Deputy Superintendent,
Curriculum and Instructional Resources Branch
Sterling Hickox, Analyst, Technology Services
Division
Daniel Holt, Consultant, Specialized Programs
Division
Terry Janicki, Manager, Mathematics and Science
Leadership Office
Grace Massey Holt, Consultant, Policy and Programs
Coordination Unit
Kevin Matsuo , Director, Technology Services
Division
Dan Pfiefer, Analyst, Technology Services Division
William W. Vasey, Director, Professional Development
and Curriculum Support Division
Judy White, Analyst, Educational Support and
Networks Division
2004 Update
The 2004 update of the Recommended Literature: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve was prepared by a team composed of library media teachers employed in schools and public libraries, teachers of children in kindergarten through grade twelve, curriculum planners, administrators, and parents. Below is a list of all team members.
[Note: The names and affiliations of the individuals listed here were current at the time of publishing this document in 2005.]
CDE Steering Committee
Beth Breneman, Consultant, Reading/Language
Arts Leadership Office
Terry Emmett, Administrator, Reading/Language
Arts Leadership Office
Barbara Jeffus, School Library Consultant, Curriculum
Frameworks Office
Phil Lafontaine, Administrator, Mathematics and
Science Leadership Office
Diane Levin, Consultant, Office of the Chief
Deputy Superintendent, Accountability and Administration
Debby Lott, Consultant, Reading/Language Arts
Leadership Office
Martha Rowland, School Library Consultant, Curriculum
Frameworks Office
Patricia Webb, Consultant, Reading/Language Arts
Leadership Office
Maxine Wheeler, Analyst, Mathematics and Science
Leadership Office
Working Committee
Kathy Allen, Educational Consultant K-8
Jeff Carr, Teacher/Librarian, Oak Ridge High
School
Loretta Cudney, Retired
Imogene Engebretsen, Library Media Teacher, Modesto
City Schools
Francisca Goldsmith, Collection Management and
Promotion, Berkeley Public Library
Linda Jewett, Retired, School Library Consultant
Cynthia MacDonald, Youth Services Manager, Fresno
County Public Library
Claudette McLinn, ESEA Title V Library Services,
Nonpublic Schools, Los Angeles Unified School District
Susan Pennell, Manager, Library Media Services,
Madera County Office of Education
Ann Pentecost, Children's Selection Specialist,
Stockton-San Joaquin County Library
Nancy Reich, Coordinating Field Librarian, Library
and Information Services, Los Angeles Unified School District
Jane Ritter, District Librarian, Mill Valley
School District
Paula Roach, Teacher - Third Grade, Orange Unified
School District
Barbara Troisi, Retired Librarian
Laurie Weckesser, English Teacher, Silver Creek
High School
Kelley Worman, Young Adult Coordinator, Fresno
County Public Library
Cora Wright, Librarian/CSWH Children's Literature
Instructor, Retired School Librarian
Vivian Yee, Children's Collection Development
Librarian, Oakland Public Library
Special appreciation is extended to the following individuals for their contributions:
Martha Rowland, Coordinator of School Libraries,
Sacramento City Unified School District
Lilia Sanchez, Consultant, Language Policy and
Leadership Office
Robert Skapura, Retired Librarian
