GBBP 131: Kwame Alexander
This week, we turn our eye to the world of verse and talk poetry with Kwame Alexander. We chat about ‘Animal Ark,’ bending genres, and how poetry can save the world.
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Tag: Newbery Award
The ALA Recognizes Fantasy and Takes a Stand With Its Youth Media Awards!
The American Library Association announced the 2017 winners of the Newbery, Caldecott, Geisel, and many other awards for children’s and young adult books and other media this morning.
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Mock the ALA Youth Media Awards!
See if you can predict the winners of this year’s Caldecott, Geisel, or other Youth Media Awards before the American Library Association announces their picks on January 23.
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The American Library Association Announces the 2016 Youth Media Awards Winners
The American Library Association announced their Youth Media Awards Monday morning, including the Newbery, Caldecott, and more.
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Graphic Novels Get Awarded! Interview With Newbery Honoree Cece Bell
Interview with Cece Bell, writer/illustrator of El Deafo, the first graphic novel to be awarded with a Newbery Honor.
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Graphic Novels Take Newbery, Caldecott, and Printz Honors for 2015
It was a good year for twins, too.
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Stack Overflow: Awarding Rewarding Books
Hey, I’m back—in less than a month, even! Today I’ll give a brief run-through of the books I’ve read this week, plus a couple other noteworthy titles. First, though, the awards!
Continue ReadingA Wrinkle in Time 50th Anniversary Edition
In honor of the 50th anniversary of A Wrinkle in Time, there is a special edition that was released this month, with the same artwork as the original hardcover release. The new covers have some metallic foil stamping, a Newbery …
Continue ReadingA Wrinkle in Time 50th Anniversary Blog Tour: Tesser With Me
I’ll never forget where I first met Meg Murry: Mrs. Beville’s 5th-grade language arts class, Aurora, Colorado, 1978. Mrs. B. always picked the best books for her classroom read-alouds: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. The Cricket in Times Square. How to Eat Fried Worms. And Madeleine L’Engle’s A […]
Continue ReadingToday Show Snubs Award-Winning Kid’s Book Authors
Dear Today Show: Do not piss off children’s book authors. They are geeky, they write well, and they have the moral high ground. This week, the the Today show is learning this lesson. On Monday the American Library Association announced …
Continue ReadingGeekly Reader: When You Reach Me Wins Newbery
Congratulations to Rebecca Stead, this year’s winner of the Newbery Medal for her book When You Reach Me. I’d read WYRM (convenient acronym, yes?) back in October and kept meaning to tell you all about it, but now it’s official: …
Continue ReadingGeekDad Book Review: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
I’d been meaning to write up a review of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien, but with the recent stories about a potential new film version, I figured now’s as good a time as any. …
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