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Category Archives: Children’s book awards
The Day Between Big Days
Yesterday was a big day. The Saturday of ALA Midwinter is when the youth award groups make their decisions. After a year of reading/viewing/listening to submissions, it is time to make a final choice. Some committees (the ones with fewer … Continue reading
Hey, carrot toes! Please reissue Soup for Supper!
To tell you the truth, I had a little bit of a wild group at storytime today. One of the two new boys was the kind that my dear friend Jan would recognize. She always told the story about … Continue reading
All awards are not equal
I worry sometimes about the proliferation of book awards, particularly the ones that enable a publisher to slap a shiny seal on the front of a book. There are the longstanding, very meaningful awards like the Newbery and the Caldecott. … Continue reading
Overwhelmed
I have a topic that I’ll bet every single person who reads this will relate to: I am overwhelmed. It’s the time of year when the library/book world is buzzing with speculationg. Who will win the Newbery? The Caldecott? The … Continue reading
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ALA wrap-up so far
So much for my good intentions of blogging my way through the conference. It seems that you can attend conference events or you can sit in your hotel room and blog about them. High point so far has been the … Continue reading
Trust the Process
Last week, I had the chance to use the 2011 Caldecott Winner, A Sick Day for Amos McGee, with my storytime group for ages 4-Kindergarten and with my story group for grades K-3. It proved to me once again that … Continue reading
Biting my tongue
So far there’s only one drawback to being on the Geisel Award Committee. Mostly, it is great. You get to intensively study a particular area of children’s literature for a year, and how children interract with it. Fun stuff for … Continue reading
ALA part 1: I paid for an ARC!
I couldn’t decide what to write about first, but hearing my son’s laughter coming from his room decided the question for me–I have to write about the first time I have ever paid for an Advanced Reader Copy. Technically, I … Continue reading
I'm thrilled and I'm mad–this year's ALA awards
I couldn’t be more thrilled by the Newbery Committee’s picks, esp. giving the top honor to the wonderful Laura Amy Schlitz’s unconventional book Good Masters, Sweet Ladies: Voices from a Medieval Village. I thought her book A Drowned Maiden’s Tale … Continue reading
Will Hugo Cabret lead to a new book award?
After a vigorous discussion of Brian Selznick’s The Invention of Hugo Cabret at NSLS this morning, I came away with the strong feeling that we are on the verge of a change. As most of you know, Hugo Cabret is … Continue reading
