Awards
Today we introduce two books — one poetry collection, one book about writing poetry, both excellent additions to high school or public library teen collections. And a third to mention. One of the events I attended at ALA Midwinter last month was the RUSA Book & Media Awards, which includes many wonderful lists. (My favorite [...]
Like any award show, there will always be a range of reactions to winners announced, and to those who didn’t make the cut. The American Library Association’s 2014 Youth Media Awards, revealed on January 27 during the organization’s Midwinter meeting in Philadelphia, are no exception. Librarians shared with SLJ–on video–their thoughts about the award committees’ choices.
Starting in 2016, Youth Media Youth Awards committee members won't be able to review or blog about titles eligible for that year’s awards.
Before Kate DiCamillo’s Flora & Ulysses and Brian Floca's Locomotive won the Newbery and Caldecott Medals, respectively, they had won admiration from SLJ reviewers, as did many more Youth Media Award-winning and honor books. Read some of our reviews here.
The results are in. Four Honor books were recently selected by American Library Association. With great kid appeal for students in grades two to nine, these books also meet classroom learning standards. Check out the following booktalks and resources for these acclaimed titles.
Chronicle is giving SLJTeen readers the first shot at getting galleys of these April releases: Beth Kephart's Going Over and Juliet T. Lamana's Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere.
Junior Library Guild has called it: of the Youth Media Award winner and honor books, 35 were JLG selections.
Congrats to Eleanor & Park, which has been named a 2014 Michael L. Printz Honor Book for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, and Charm & Strange, which has been named the 2014 winner of the William C. Morris Award. NOTE: This content was sponsored and contributed by Macmillan.
While ALA’s Youth Media Awards took the spotlight on Monday morning, several other children’s book awards were recently announced, including the Orbis Pictus, Asian/Pacific American works, American Indian Youth Literature, Amelia Bloomer Project for feminist books, and the Rainbow Project focusing on LGBT titles.
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