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    National Book Award Finalists

    It’s getting close to the time of year when the “Best of the Best” lists come out for just about everything – including books!  The National Book Award just posted it’s finalists in its four areas Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature.  As per usual, I’m really only interested…

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    Cybils Nominations

    Nominate your favorite books published between October 16, 2013 and October 15, 2014 in the following categories: Young Adult Non-fiction Young Adult Speculative Fiction Young Adult Fiction Poetry Book Apps Middle Grade Fiction Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction Elementary/Middle Grade Non-fiction Fiction Picture Books Graphics Easy Reader/Short Chapter Books for the…

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    Children’s Choice Book Awards

    Kids and teens can vote for the 7th Annual Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards from March 25 through May 12th for their favorite author, illustrator, and book of the  year.  This is the only national award created where winning titles are selected by children and teens.  Vote by visiting…

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    2014 CLEL Bell Award Winner Announcement

    Yesterday, February 5, 2014 the winners of the CLEL Bell Picture Book Awards for Early Literacy were announced.  If you didn’t even know this award existed, have no fear!  CLEL stand for Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy and it’s mission is,  “All children deserve the joy of reading and the skills in…

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    2012 Cybils Shortlist

    The Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards have announced the shortlist for 2012!  Definitely take a look as these are some of the great books published during the past year.  Winners will be announced on February 14th and the judges are people who regularly submit to a blog about…