Book Awards
Alex Awardsfor the ten best adult books that appeal to teen audiences All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Tor.com) The Clockwork Dynasty by Daniel H. Wilson (Doubleday) Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire (Tor.com) Electric Arches by Eve L. Ewing (Haymarket) A Hope More Powerful Than the...
All week we've been celebrating the 2017 ALA Youth Media Award–winning authors and illustrators. Here's a cheat sheet to the winners' acceptance speeches, profiles of them by their loved ones, and more.Caldecott Medal Caldecott Medal Acceptance for Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe Profile of Javaka Steptoe by Azure Thompson Silver...
Nikki Grimes and Junko Yokota. Photo courtesy of Nikki GrimesWith the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, ALA’s Association of Library Services to Children celebrates Nikki Grimes for her lifetime contribution as a poet and novelist. From Danitra Brown to Dyamonde Daniel and more, Grimes has created characters in which diverse child...
Photo: Aaron Lemen“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” That is one of my favorite verses of scripture, largely because of the word hoped. I’ve long had a fascination with words, and the word with the deepest resonance for me is hope. The...
Alex Awardsfor the ten best adult books that appeal to teen audiences• The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst (Harper Voyager)• The Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales (Riverhead/Penguin Random House)• In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero with Michelle Burford (Holt)• Buffering:...
All week we've been celebrating the 2016 ALA Youth Media Award–winning authors and illustrators. Here are the winners' acceptance speeches and profiles; stay tuned for more next week!Newbery Medal: Matt de la Peña's Newbery acceptance speech for Last Stop on Market Street Profile of Matt de la Peña by Jennifer...
Jerry Pinkney, winner of the 2016 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award and the 2016 Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. Photo: Robyn Pforr Ryan.The power of story takes on new and exciting meaning when applied to the work of Jerry Pinkney. His choice of tales, his selection of words,...
Jerry with his sisters Claudia and Hellen. Photo courtesy of Jerry Pinkney.When I was notified about the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, I was struck once again with the revelation that drawing changed the trajectory of my life. More than that, actually — drawing changed me.I was born in 1939, smack...
By Caitlyn DlouhyIn a recent interview, Ashley Bryan was asked to name a favorite time in his life. Without a pause, he smiled his dazzling smile and exclaimed, “Right now!” At that particular Right Now, Ashley was sitting on a hard plastic chair in a closet-sized studio, portrait lights surely...
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