Rebecca Stead wins the Newbery for WHEN YOU REACH ME; Jerry Pinkney, the Caldecott for THE LION & THE MOUSE; and Libba Bray, the Printz, for GOING BOVINE.For the long list of books acknowledged by the American Library Association, click here.
SLJ makes big predictions for awards
Jonathan Hunt's Heavy Medal blog on SLJ makes predictions for this year's big awards. Have your own? Comment below!
Assorted bits of good news
Joni Sensel's THE FARWALKER'S QUEST is a finalist in the middle grade fantasy category of the Cybils award (right between Laini Taylor and Neil Gaiman--what a talent sandwich).Our former member Joan Holub has an easy reader on the list: SHAMPOODLE.Justina Chen is on the list in the YA category for the oft-starred NORTH OF BEAUTIFUL.Our... Continue Reading →
Write like a man?
Here's a bracing Washington Post essay by Julianna Baggott (who writes as N.E. Body). Interesting to contemplate:The key to literary success? Be a man -- or write like one.By Julianna BaggottWednesday, December 30, 2009; A13This fall, Publishers Weekly named the top 100 books of 2009. How many female writers were in the top 10? Zero.... Continue Reading →
SLJ: best books of the year
What should you read to study the craft? Here's a good list to peruse.
NYT: 10 Best Children’s Books
Running in this Sunday's New York Times Book Review, the list comprises:* Only a Witch Can Fly, by Alison McGhee, illustrated by Taeeun Yoo (Feiwel & Friends)* Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, written and illustrated by Brian Floca (Richard Jackson/Atheneum)* The Odd Egg, written and illustrated by Emily Gravett (Simon & Schuster)* A Penguin... Continue Reading →
Top 10 Art Books for Youth
Behold that is the beauty of this cover by Jesse Joshua Watson, and then congratulate him for being on the Booklist Top 10 Art Books for Youth list. Outstanding!
Publishers Weekly’s 30 best books of 2009
Several books by our upcoming retreat speaker Cheryl Klein (and the rest of the team at Arthur A. Levine Books, including MARCELO IN THE REAL WORLD, TALES FROM OUTER SUBURBIA, and LIPS TOUCH (THREE TIMES). See the whole list.
Gender bias: interesting to ponder
Plenty of people have noticed how, when it comes to awards, a disproportionate number of them seem to go to men. The same can be true for annual "best of" lists.Here's a blog entry that shows how some orchestras--once wildly dominated by men --have changed their proverbial tune by having blind auditions in carpeted rooms... Continue Reading →
Leslie Patricelli accepts Horn Book award
Some of us were lucky enough to know Leslie when she lived in Seattle. Here, she accepts an award for HIGHER! HIGHER!(E-mail subscribers, you'll have to click through to watch the video.)