I’ve blogged the ALA Awards every year that I’ve been able to, so despite ALA having a strong Facebook, Twitter and webcast presence this year, it didn’t feel right not to do it anyway. Makes me feel like I am part of the excitement even sitting in my living room in Wisconsin. 🙂
I will be typing live, including my reactions as I can. So expect plenty of missing authors, mis-spellings and gaps.
The Association of Jewish Libraries has just announced the winners of the Sydney Taylor Book Award for 2010. Here they are:
YOUNGER READERS
New Year at the Pier by April Halprin Wayland, illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch.
Honor Books:
Nachshon Who Was Afraid to Swim: A Passover Story by Deborah Bodin Cohen, illustrated by Jago.
Benjamin and the Silver Goblet by Jaqueline Jules, illustrated by Natascia Ugliano
A Yankee at the Seder by Elka Weber, illustrated by Adam Gustason
You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax? by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Andre Carrilho
OLDER READERS
The Importance of Wings by Robin Friedman
Honor Books:
Anne Frank – Her Life in Words and Pictures by Menno Metselaar and Ruud van der Rol.
Faraway Island by Annika Thor
TEEN READERS
Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba by Margarita Engle
Honor Books:
Lost by Jacqueline Davies
Naomi’s Song by Selma Kritzer Silverberg
NOTABLE BOOK FOR ALL AGES
JPS Illustrated Children’s Bible retold by Ellen Frankel, illustrated by Avi Katz
Thanks to ForwardsBooks for the list
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This award is given for excellence in science books. Here are the winners:
PICTURE BOOK
Living Sunlight: How Plants Bring the Earth to Life by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm
MIDDLE GRADES
The Frog Scientist by Pamela S. Turner
YOUNG ADULT
Invisible Kingdom: From the Tips of Our Fingers to the Tops of Our Trash, Inside the Curious World of Microbes by Idah Ben-Barak
I’ve read the first two and they are amazing! I’m sure the third is too. Great choices.
Thanks to The Miss Rumphius Effect for the news.
Yippee! My part of the Cybils process has arrived. And wonderfully, they created two judging panels for the Fantasy and Science Fiction category. One set for middle grade and one set for YA.
I’ve read over half of the finalists. I have one that I’m not crazy about, three yet to read, and three favorites! It is always exciting to see what comes out the winner!
Here are the YA Fantasy & Science Fiction Finalists
Candor by Pam Bachorz
The Demon’s Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
The Dust of 100 Dogs by A. S. King
Fire by Kristin Cashore
Lips Touch by Laini Taylor
Sacred Scars by Kathleen Duey
Tiger Moon by Antonia Michaelis
And make sure you check out the finalists in the other Cybils categories too!
Easy Readers & Short Chapter Books
Fantasy & Science Fiction (Middle Grade)
Fiction Picture Books
Graphic Novels
Middle Grade Fiction
Non-Fiction Middle Grade/YA
Non-Fiction Picture Books
Poetry
Young Adult Fiction
Thanks to Read Roger for announcing the winner of the 2010 Scott O’Dell Award:
The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan, which is a brilliant choice!
TIME Magazine has listed their Top 10 Children’s Book of 2009 as part of their “The Top 10 Everything of 2009.” I’m impressed with some of their choices:
Duck Rabbit by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld
Guess Again! by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Adam Rex
Dogs Don’t Brush Their Teeth by Diane deGroat and Shelley Rotner
Crow Call by Lois Lowry, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline
Elephants Cannot Dance! by Mo Willems
Creature ABC by Andrew Zuckerman
How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You? by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague
Pick a Pumpkin, Mrs. Millie! by Judy Cox, illustrated by Joe Mathieu
The Composer Is Dead by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Carson Ellis
The Snow Day by Komako Sakai
YALSA has released the names of the five finalists for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for young adults (ages 12-18).
Almost Astronauts by Tanya Lee Stone
Charles and Emma by Deborah Heiligman
Claudette Colvin by Phillip Hoose
The Great and Only Barnum by Candace Fleming
Written in Bone by Sally M. Walker
School Library Journal has just posted its Best Books 2009 list on their website.
It is an incredible list filled with many of my favorites of the year. As always there are ones that I haven’t managed to read yet, but they are obviously worth adding to my to-be-read pile since they are in such good company.
Bravo SLJ for a great list!
So what do you think? Any that are your favorites that either made the list or didn’t?
The Scottish children’s books of the year have been announced. They were voted on by over 15,000 school-aged children.
Older Readers
Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray
Younger Readers
First Aid for Fairies and Other Fabled Beasts by Lari Don
Early Years
Manfred the Baddie by John Fardell
Waking Brain Cells 