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2017 Judge: Lulu Delacre
Lulu Delacre was born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. She studied art at L’Ecole Supérieure d’Arts Graphiques in Paris, France, and released her first title, Arroz con Leche (Scholastic) in 1989. Since then, she has written and illustrated many titles for children and young adults, striving to create quality literature incorporating her own life experiences […]
2017 Judge: James Dashner
James Dashner is the author of many books, including the Maze Runner series, and the Mortality Doctrine series, some of them read by people. When he dies, he wants to be buried in between Stephen King and Charles Dickens. Books are his everything, and judging a battle over books has been the ultimate goal of […]
Fantasy BoB Commences & Pairing Reveal
From Roxanne: In the past few years, some of our (Monica’s and my) students participated as Kid Commentators and shared with all BoB followers their exhilaration when the Judges agreed with them and their bitter disappointment when they found a particular decision out of sync with their love for one title over the other. These young […]
Personal Favorites We Had To Leave Out
We start discussing possible contenders in July, but begin reading much earlier. In fact we’ve already got some ideas for next year’s battle. In the fall, things rev up and our gdoc fills up with individual nominees and each of our comments on them. As three passionate individuals we feel strongly about our favorites […]
YMA/BOB Crossover!
(This is penned by Battle Commander third, Jonathan Hunt.) Nine of our sixteen BOB finalists made off one some kind of recognition at Monday’s ALA Youth Media Awards Announcements, including I’m pleased to note the Newbery Medal (which we often manage to omit entirely–not this year!) Here’s a rundown of how BOB books fared– ANNA […]
The 2017 Contenders
Here they are! Let us know what you think in the comments. ANNA AND THE SWALLOW MAN by Gavriel Savit FREEDOM IN CONGO SQUARE by Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie FREEDOM OVER ME by Ashley Bryan GHOST by Jason Reynolds THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON by Kelly Barnhill THE […]
Just a Few More Days Until the Contenders Will Be Revealed.
Watch this space next Wednesday, January 18th. We’ve got some you would expect, but some outliers too! So continue to guess here —we’ve got YA, MG, and PBs, for the first time!
The 2017 Battle of the Kids’ Books Guess-the -Contender Game is On!
… We will be revealing the contenders on Wednesday, January 18th, 2017! Any guesses as to what they may be?
The Closing Match: The Marvels vs Gone Crazy in Alabama vs Nimona
On this last day of March, let's find out which book becomes the 2016 SLJ Battle of the Kids' Books winner! We hope you have enjoyed this wild ride with us.
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