Trailee Award Winners Announced at ALA Midwinter Meeting
RSSBy Rocco Staino
Awards for the video trailers that best promote books for children and teens were handed out to six different winners Sunday night in Dallas, TX at the American Library Association's midwinter meeting. Members of the public voted online for the six award winners who were chosen from 24 finalists. Katie Davis was the winner in the author-produced category for a trailer she created for her book Little Chicken's Big Day, (S & S, 2011), which recounts the tale of a chick who wanders off and gets lost. "Book trailers raise awareness about the big power of little books to reach readers," said Davis after learning that she had won. Davis, who also illustrated the book that she co-authored with her husband Jerry Davis, thanked "all those nice little chickens (and people!) who voted" for her entry. More than 80 entries were submitted to the 2012 Trailees, said Teresa Schauer, district librarian for Pettus ISD, Pettus TX and creator of the website Book Trailers for All. From that number, four finalists in six different categories were selected to compete for the top prize in each category. Then, members of public were invited to vote for their top choice, with six videos emerging as the winners. Altogether, the public cast about 3,100 votes to decide their favorite book trailer, said Schauer. In addition to Schauer, the judges who selected 24 finalists were Daryl Grabarek, editor of SLJ's Curriculum Connections and Touch and Go; Shannon McClintock Miller, a librarian at Van Meter Community School District in Van Meter, IA; Melanie Mubarak, an elementary school librarian at Fort Bend ISD in Houston, TX; John Schumacher, a school librarian at Brook Forest Elementary School in Oak Brook, IL; and Joyce Valenza, a teacher-librarian at Springfield Township High School in Springfield Township, PA. 2012 Trailee Award Results Publisher/Author Created for Elementary Readers Little Chicken's Big Day by Katie Davis (S & S/Margaret K. McElderry Bks, 2011). Trailer created by Katie Davis. Publisher/Author Created for Secondary Readers Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (Quirk, 2011). Trailer created by Quirk Books. Student Created for Elementary Readers Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (Little, Brown, 2009). Trailer by the members of the Bookie Woogie Book Blog. Student Created for Secondary Readers Tenderness by Robert Cormier (Delacorte, 1997). Trailer by Daniel Neal, a student at Flower Mound High School in Flower Mound, Texas-Sherry Thompson, Librarian. Adult Created for Pre-K-12 Readers Incarceron by Catherine Fisher (Dial, 2010). Trailer by Amy Oelkers, an MLS student at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Educator/Librarian Created for Pre-K-12 Readers The Cabinet of Wonders by Marie Rutkoski (Farrar, 2008). Trailer by Analine Johnson, Library Media Specialist at Rodolfo C. Centeno Elementary in Laredo, TX. BTFA is the best. I've followed and used it since Teresa firrst started it. Now, I use it constantly. Teresa rocks and so does BFTA! Thanks to all of you that made it possible. Congratulations Little Chicken!!!!! Way to go, Katie. I love your trailer. So sweet, and spot on for the age group. Cluckin! * = Required information
January 22, 2012
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Little, Brown, 2009) Catherine Fisher's Incarceron (Dial, 2010) and Robert Cormier's Tenderness (Delacorte, 1997) were among the videos, or Trailees, that took top honors at School Library Journal's second annual Trailee Awards.
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