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ALA’s 2024 Youth Media Awards
This morning, the American Library Association announced the Youth Media Awards. The most popular being the Caldecott and Newbery Awards. But, in actuality, there are over 20 award announcements this morning! Today, I’m sharing the winners and honors and a little note about what each award is for and what…
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ALA’s 2023 Youth Media Awards
This morning, the American Library Association announced the Youth Media Awards. The most popular being the Caldecott and Newbery Awards. But, in actuality, there are over 20 award announcements this morning! Today, I’m sharing the winners and honors and a little note about what each award is for and what…
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My Thoughts on the YMAs
Monday morning was an exciting day in the kid lit world. The American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards were announced! Now that I’ve had some time to reflect, I wanted to share some of my thoughts on the YMAs (for what it’s worth). If you’re looking for a complete list…
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ALA’s 2021 Youth Media Awards
This morning, the American Library Association announced the Youth Media Awards. The most popular being the Caldecott and Newbery Awards. But, in actuality, there are over 20 award announcements this morning! I’ll be talking more about these creators and titles later this week. Today, I’m sharing the winners and honors!…
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2020
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Picture Book – Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom by Teresa Robeson, illustrated by Rebecca HuangHonor – Bilal Cooks Daal by Aisha Saeed, illustrated by Anoosha Syed Middle Grade – Stargazing by Jen WangHonor – I’m OK…
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ALA Youth Media Awards 101
I’m inspired by the college campuses across the country heading back to school this week. So, I thought I’d educate my readers on a topic I love. Every year, I gush over what I like to call my Oscars, Super Bowl, [insert mega-award here], etc. the American Library Association’s (ALA)…
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ALA Youth Media Awards
Newbery Award – Hello, Universe written by Erin Entrada Kelly Caldecott Award – Wolf in the Snow illustrated and written by Matthew Cordell Coretta Scott King Author Award – Piecing Me Together written by Renée Watson Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award – Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets illustrated by Ekua…
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ALA Youth Media Awards 2016
Wow! I’m not even sure where to start. I got up extra early, skipped my gym workout and got to work by about 7:15 so I could listen to SLJ’s pre-game show before the live webcast of the Youth Media Awards at 8:00am.It was so worth it. I know everyone…
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ALA Midwinter Conference & Youth Media Awards
I’m super jealous of all my library friends who are spending a fantastic weekend in Boston at the ALA Midwinter conference. I’m going to be following the #ALAMW16 hashtag to see what’s happening and the #alaleftbehind hashtag to commiserate with other librarians stuck at home.The conference is very early this…
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Super Bowl Sunday means…
Eating homemade pizza with friends and watching the commercials and halftime show. We’ve got the Susie’s for pepperoni, cheese, white and buffalo chicken pizza and I just might make some chocolate chip cookies as well! What I’m even more excited about is that the Youth Media Awards are being announced…
