Category Archives: Book Awards: Newbery/Caldecott

IMWAYR: August! A Little Summer Left

t’s Monday! What are you Reading? is a weekly blog hop hosted by Kellee and Ricki of Unleashing Readers. The original IMWAYR, with an adult literature focus, was started by Sheila at Book Journeys and is now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. Head over to Unleashing Readers to join the link-up and share your reading! It’s August! I cannot believeContinue reading “IMWAYR: August! A Little Summer Left”

IMWAYR: Pura Belpré Honors

It’s Monday! What are you Reading? is a weekly blog hop hosted by Kellee and Ricki of Unleashing Readers. The original IMWAYR, with an adult literature focus, was started by Sheila at Book Journeys and is now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. Head over to Unleashing Readers to join the link up and share your reads from this week! WhatContinue reading “IMWAYR: Pura Belpré Honors”

IMWAYR: Congratulations to the #alayma Winners!

I think it’s part luck that I chose Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri to read this week, because today the book won the Michael L. Printz Award! I spent most of the day reviewing the complete list of ALA’s Youth Media Awards and celebrating as each book was named during the live webcast.Continue reading “IMWAYR: Congratulations to the #alayma Winners!”

Youth Media Awards – I Was WRONG!

Full disclosure: I’m usually wrong about these book awards. I pore over the criteria, talk to students and friends, read all the predictions, and still…I don’t chose the medal winners. Today, I was WRONG, and that’s fine with me. I am so happy for Jerry Craft, Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson, and all the other winnersContinue reading “Youth Media Awards – I Was WRONG!”

Youth Media Awards Announcements Are TOMORROW!

I am excited to see what the committees chose for the Youth Media Awards medals this year. From the http://www.ala.org website: The 2020 Youth Media Award announcements will take place on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, at 8 a.m. ET from the Pennsylvania Convention Center, in Philadelphia. Fans can follow the action live at http://ala.unikron.com , @AmericanLibraryAssociation or by following #ALAyma20 .Continue reading “Youth Media Awards Announcements Are TOMORROW!”