Day: January 28, 2019

2019 Coretta Scott King Award for New Talent

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ILLUSTRATOR

Oge Mora for Thank You, Omu!

AUTHOR

Tiffany D. Jackson for Monday’s Not Coming

2019 Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement

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WINNER

Dr. Pauletta Brown Bracy

 

2019 Stonewall Book Awards

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HONOR BOOKS

Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake

Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert

WINNERS

Julian Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love

Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender

 

2019 Schneider Family Book Awards

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YOUNG CHILDREN HONOR BOOK

The Remember Balloons by Jessie Oliveros, illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte

YOUNG CHILDREN WINNER

Rescue & Jessica by Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes, illustrated by Scott Magoon

MIDDLE GRADE HONOR BOOK

The Collectors by Jacqueline West

MIDDLE GRADE WINNER

The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor

TEEN HONOR BOOK

(Don’t) Call Me Crazy edited by Kelly Jensen

TEEN WINNER

Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

 

2019 Sydney Taylor Book Award

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Presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries:

YOUNGER READERS WINNER

All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky

 

OLDER READERS

Sweep by Jonathan Auxier

 

TEEN READERS

What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature

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PICTURE BOOK WINNER

Drawn Together by Minh Le, illustrated by Dan Santat

 

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE WINNER

Front Desk by Kelly Yang

 

YA LITERATURE WINNER

Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

YMA Live Blogging

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Once again I’ll be live blogging ALA’s Youth Media Awards from their online feed. Expect some misspelling on names and some author names missed altogether. My apologies as I try to type as fast as I can!

I admit that cheering and occasional tears also slow me down a bit. These are my Oscars for the year. Good luck to all of the talented and amazing authors and illustrators!

You can join in the fun too on the online feed!