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Category Archives: Children’s book awards
Mock Newbery Discussion Dec 7
The annual Mock Newbery Discussion will be held at NSLS on Dec. 7th. Titles for discussion were selected on the basis of great reviews, great buzz in the children’s lit community, suggestions from librarians, and maybe a little bit of … Continue reading
Does the Caldecott go to male illustrators?
For a energetic discussion of whether it’s worthy of note that the Caldecott Medal very often goes to male illustrators, take a look at Roger Sutton’s blog, and take the time to read through the (now) 43 comments. It’s quite … Continue reading
Walking your feet off@your library conference
I’m writing from ALA in Washington, DC. At this point, my fingers are about the only part of me still willing to move! So far, I have: ~Seen Children’s Poet Laureate Jack Prelutsky from a few feet away–he had the … Continue reading
Age 12 going on 10 or 18, depending
The new NSLS Fast Facts survey on serving middle grade students brings up a subject I find pretty interesting. It was reassuring to see that many of the public libraries in this area treat the young adolescents as the dual-natured … Continue reading
I am NOT a censor!
Is there any librarian out there who wouldn’t say (and loudly), “I am NOT a censor!”? I encountered someone recently who claimed not to believe in censorship, and explained in the next sentence that she thought this year’s Newbery winner … Continue reading
A lot of fuss over one word
Here are the things I hate about the whole “scrotum” discussion: *It makes librarians look like idiots. From one point of view, it makes us look like twittering old-fashioned ladies who get fussed easily. From another point of view, it … Continue reading
2006 Cybils–the bloggers' award!
http://dadtalk.typepad.com/cybils/2007/02/the_2006_cybils.html#more Congratulations to the group of bloggers who have diligently read and voted on the 2006 best children’s books. They just announced (on a blog, of course) their top choices in nine categories. What a great list! I’m especially thrilled … Continue reading
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Yay! Yay! Yay! Wha???? ALA/ALSC Awards
Watching this year’s ALA/ALSC webcast (once I finally managed to get in, after multiple tries) was a strange experience. As each award category came up, my reaction was usually “Yay!” or at least “Okay!!” Loved the Sibert Committee’s choices for … Continue reading
