School Library Jounral RSS School Library Journal en_us Fri, 25 May 2012 17:23:22 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.rss.XMLServer.cls The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has recently announced their Nebula Award nominees. Looking at the list of nominees award (see below), the judges are going to have a very tough time picking just one winner. The 47th Nebula Awards ceremo... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/893848-339/the_best_of_the_best.html.csp Dodie Ownes Awards 883294@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:22:25 You know those teens that are always carrying around a sketchbook or camera, the kids that can effortlessly translate words into visual images? The Young Adult Library Service's Association's (YALSA) "2011 Teen Read Week Photo Contest!" is for them. What ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/891888-339/2011_teen_read_week_photo.html.csp Dodie Ownes Awards 816794@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:19:00 Rick Riordan loves flavoring his mythological-based tales of Ancient Greece and Egypt with a heavy dose of educational spice, sending his young readers racing for forgotten tomes in their libraries. We catch up with the adored author and former English te... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/885597-339/rick_riordan_on_his_latest.html.csp Debra Whelan Awards 613278@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:15:25 If you haven't heard of Judy Blundell until recently, join the club. For nearly 20 years, Blundell has toiled in anonymity, turning out more than 100 mysteries, romances, and media tie-ins under various pen names, such as Jude Watson. But in mid-November,... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/860303-339/the_great_unknown_daniel_handler.html.csp Daniel Handler Awards 433718@eschoolibraryjournal.com Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:15:19 Arkansas's Fayetteville Public Library is winner of this year's 2010 'Light the Way: Library Outreach to the Underserved'; grant, which comes with $3,000 to help the library further continue its exceptional work.Sponsored by the Association for Library Se... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/885081-339/fayetteville_public_library_wins_light.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 585458@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Are you ready to rumble again? Then get involved in SLJ's second annual Battle of the Kids' Books, and let your students have fun with 15 star-studded judges as they cast their votes for last year's best books for young people.The contest, which kicks off... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/885023-339/slj_kicks_off_the_second.html.csp Debra Lau Whelan Awards 585134@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Who do kids think are the best authors and illustrators and what are some their favorite books? Find outinthis year's Children Choice Awards, sponsored by the Children's Book Council.Between now and May 3, your students can vote in bookstores, libraries, ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/884993-339/get_your_students_to_vote.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 584971@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Jim Murphy chose Deborah Heiligman's Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith (Holt) over Phillip Hoose's award-winning Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (Melanie Kroupa Bks.) in yesterday's round one, match one of SLJ's Battle of the Kids' Books... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/884985-339/amplsquocharles_and_emmaapos_wins_sljaposs.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 584937@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 A gay teen coping with his father's death, a debut novel that retells Cinderella, and a collection of 12 authors who write about learning to love yourself are among some of the five books nominated for the Lambda Literary Award in the category of children... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/884981-339/2010_lammy_award_finalists_announced.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 584904@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The author of a young girl's tale of riding the Underground Railroad and the illustrator of a story about a young witch learning to fly are winners of this year's celebrated Ezra Jack Keats award for Excellence in Children's Literature.Named for the autho... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/884969-339/authorillustrator_awarded_for_following_in.html.csp Lauren Barack Awards 584865@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 A British author and German illustrator took home the prized Hans Christian Andersen Award for 2010, granted by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY).David Almond The Andersen jury selected writer David Almond for his wonderful stories,... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/884941-339/hans_christian_andersen_award_selects.html.csp Lauren Barack Awards 584740@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Salem Press doesn't just like library blogs-they love 'em. In an effort 'to expose the little-known and excellent in an ongoing way,'; the publisher has created the Library Blog Awards. The first wave of awards will focus on topical blogs that primarily a... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/884802-339/library_blog_awards.html.csp Dodie Ownes Awards 584030@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation (MEAF) is all about inclusion: 'an attitude and approach that seeks to ensure that every person, regardless of ability or background, can meaningfully participate in all aspects of life.'; Now in its third year, ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/884799-339/all_together_now.html.csp Dodie Ownes Awards 584023@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 A picture book about the changes in Afghanistan after the Taliban came to power and a nonfiction book about the role of African-American children during the civil rights movement are winners of this year's Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, which honor b... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/884735-339/winter_partridge_nab_jane_addams.html.csp Awards 583677@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book was shortlisted for the UK's prestigious Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, marking the first time in 30 years that a title has appeared on both lists.The Newbery-winning Graveyard Book, about a toddler who's adopted by g... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/884730-339/gaimanaposs_amplsquothe_graveyard_bookapos_shortlisted.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 583668@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Small towns in Virginia and Vermont are the settings for two novels that captured this year's Edgar Awards, given by the Mystery Writers of America for the best mystery published in a calendar yearClosed for the Season (Houghton, 2009) by Mary Downing Hah... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/884699-339/hahn_abrahams_win_edgar_award.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 583496@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 This week librarians, publishers, booksellers, and students from across the country commemorate Children's Book Week with a range of events designed to celebrate the love of books and reading.The May 10-16 festivities will be marked with official events t... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/884689-339/schools_libraries_booksellers_celebrate_childrenaposs.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 583442@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 New Canaan High School in New Canaan, CT, and Perry Meridian Middle School in Indianapolis, IN, are this year's winners of the National School Library Program of the Year (NSLPY) Award, given by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL).New Can... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/884686-339/ct_high_school_in_middle.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 583440@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Are you a totally wired teacher? Prove it by entering the Totally Wired Teacher Award contest, sponsored by Ypulse.com, a marketing firm that studies tweens and teens.The contest is inspired by Ypulse.com founder Anastasia Goodstein's book, Totally Wired:... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/884687-339/enter_the_ypulse_totally_wired.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 583441@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The winners of this year's Letters About Literaturecontest include Lara Bagdasarian, a fifth grader from the UCLA Lab School in Los Angeles, CA, who wrote to Francisco Jiménez; Reagan Nelson, a sixth grader from Hutton Elementary School in Spokane, WA, w... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/884658-339/letters_about_literature_contest_winners.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 583279@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 A media specialist in Harlem who mA media specialist in Harlem who makes his small library feels like the center of the school; a librarian from Michigan who knows the true meaning of collaboration; and a tech wiz from Alabama are among 10 winners of this... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/860246-339/aposnytapos_singles_out_three_outstanding.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 433433@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 A retelling of Rumpelstiltskin, the story of a teenage warrior, and a teen coming to terms with his father's disappearance are among five finalists for the inaugural William C. Morris Award, which honors a book written by a first-time author for young adu... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/860234-339/inaugural_william_c._morris_ya.csp SLJ Staff Awards 433373@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Judy Blundell, author of What I Saw and How I Lied (Scholastic), is the 2008 National Book Award winner in the category of children's literature.Judy Blundell is this year's National Book Award winner in the category of children's literature. Blundell, wh... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/860136-339/blundell_nabs_national_book_award.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 432884@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Some 200 student reporters from the New York City area yesterday grilled five of this year's National Book Award finalists at the 11th annual Teen Press Conference .NBA finalists, from left, Lockhart, Anderson, Blundell, Appelt, Tharp. Photos:... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/860132-339/nyc_teens_schmooze_with_national.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 432863@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 John Ibbitson's The Landing, a coming-of-age story that takes place in Canada's Muskoka region in the 1930s, is this year's winner of the Governor General's Literacy Awards for children's literature in English, which honors the finest in Canadian literatu... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/860130-339/error_error_6901_xslt_xml.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 432854@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Every autumn since 1952, the New York Times Book Review has invited a panel of judges to survey the year's output of children's books and to select the top 10 best illustrated. This year's trio of judges were: author and illustrator Christopher Myers, who... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/860074-339/nyt_best_illustrated_childrenaposs_books.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 432573@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Suzy Lee, whose simplistic illustrations in the wordless book Wave (Chronicle) tell the story of a little girl's day at the beach, is this year's Society of Illustrators' gold medal winner.Silver medals were awarded to Kadir Nelson for We Are the Ship: Th... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/860073-339/suzy_lee_nabs_society_of.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 432568@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 REFORMA, the National Association To Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking, has selected two winners of the 2008 Estela and Raúl Mora Award for promoting this year's April 30 El dia de los ninos/El dia de los libros... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/859961-339/reforma_honors_two_libraries.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 432007@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Photograph by Kevin Brusie Talk about chutzpah. It took Phillip Hoose four years to track down Claudette Colvin, but it was worth the wait. Last November, Hoose's Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, the true story of a teen who refused to surrender he... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/858469-339/the_greatest_story_never_told.html.csp Marc Aronson Awards 424544@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The West Bend Community Memorial Library, located just outside of Milwaukee, WI, is makingnews again-but this time it's being honored for defending intellectual freedom in the face of a library challenge that gained national attention earlier this year.Li... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/858445-339/west_bend_community_memorial_library.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 424424@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 If you have an exemplary afterschool, out-of-school, and summer arts and humanities programs for underserved children and youth, then apply for the Coming Up Taller Awards-and possibly win $10,000.Libraries and schools are encouraged to apply for the hono... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/858442-339/enter_thecoming_up_taller_awards.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 424409@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Deborah Heiligman and Phillip Hoose are competing head-to-head again-this time for the first Young Adult Library Services Association's (YALSA) Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. Heiligman's Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith (... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/858437-339/yalsa_names_first_2010_nonfiction.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 424385@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/858420-339/steve_kluger_nabs_first_elizabeth.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 424299@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Three media specialists and one YA librarian are among 10 winners of the 2009 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award, which gives the public a chance to nominate a public, school, college, community college, or universit... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/858399-339/three_media_specialists_one_ya.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 424195@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Amodern tale of star-crossed lovers, a story about a dead teen, and Cinderella with a twist are among the five books selected as finalists for the 2010 William C. Morris Award, which honors a book written for young adults by a previously unpublished autho... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/858392-339/yalsa_unveils_five_william_c..csp Awards 424160@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Author and historian Phillip Hoose's true story about a brave African-American teen who defied Jim Crow lawsin March 1955 by refusing to give up her seaton a bus to a white woman in Montgomery, AL,is the recipient of the 2009 National Book Award in the ca... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/858303-339/hooseaposs_amplsquoclaudette_colvinapos_wins_national.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 423714@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Students from New York City area schools were treated to a surprise guest at this year's National Book Award's Teen Press conference with award finalists-Claudette Colvin, the little known civil rights activist and subject of a book by Phillip Hoose showe... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/858302-339/teens_hobnob_with_national_book.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 423709@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Books that chronicle a day of scientific mishaps, the 1991 discovery of the oldest mummy in the Italian Alps, and a meticulously illustrated depiction of the Apollo 11 moon flight are among the finalists for the American Association for the Advancement of... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/858170-339/kid_science_book_finalists_announced.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 423051@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The Society of Illustrators last week honored two-time Caldecott Medalist Chris Van Allsburg with its Lifetime Achievement Award during the association's annual Original Art exhibit, which showcases a cross section of the best-illustrated books of the yea... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/858161-339/society_of_illustrators_gives_lifetime.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 423004@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Teens around the country voted John Green's page-turning mystery Paper Towns (Dutton, 2008) as their favorite book this year in the annual Teens' Top Ten vote, sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA).This year's competition was f... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/858126-339/teens_vote_john_greenaposs_amplsquopaper.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 422830@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Newbery Medal-winning author Linda Sue Park is this year's winner of the Empire State Author Award, given to a New York State children's or YA author for a body of work.Linda Sue Park (left) with Rose Stuart, a member of the Youth Services Section of the ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/858118-339/author_linda_sue_park_wins.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 422790@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Public libraries that offer stellar programs for Pre-K-12 students, provide quality programming to its blind and physically handicapped patrons, and tell the story of the citizen soldier in American history are among five winners of this year's National M... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/858119-339/kid-focused_libraries_win_imls_highest.html.csp Lauren Barack Awards 422795@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Caldecott Medalist David Small's graphic novel-style memoir, Stitches, last week became a 2009 National Book Award finalist in the Young People's Literature category -which has led to some discussion and debate,along with the usual congratulations.Publish... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/858111-339/ya_or_not_ya_aposstitchesapos.html.csp Karen Springen Awards 422755@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 A graphic novel memoir, a love story about the man who developed the theory of evolution, and a gritty narrative about three teenage girls are among this year's finalists for the National Book Award in the category of young people's literature.David Small... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/858089-339/small_hoose_heiligman_national_book.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 422644@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The San Antonio Commission on Literacy has awarded Scholastic with the 2009 Literacy Organization of the Year Award for its partnership with the San Antonio Public Library, the San Antonio Public Library Foundation, and other community groups.From left, S... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/858073-339/scholastic_receives_literacy_award.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 422564@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/858054-339/movers_and_shakers_2010.html.csp Awards 422470@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Want to a new set of hardcover American history books for your public or school library? Then apply for the We the People Bookshelf grant, which encourages kids to read and understand great literature while exploring themes in American history. Sponsored ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/858010-339/apply_foraposwe_the_peopleapos_grants.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 422249@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art threw a star-studded event in New York on September 24 to honor artist Alice Provensen, celebrated editor Walter Lorraine, Cricket magazine founders Marianne and Blouke Carus, and the cofounder and president of Fi... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/858009-339/stars_of_the_book_world.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 422244@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Author and naturalist Sy Montgomery is winner of the 2010 Children's Book Guild's Nonfiction Award, which honors an author or illustrator whose body of work has contributed significantly to the quality of nonfiction for kids.Montgomery, author of Saving t... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857978-339/sy_montgomery_nabs_childrenaposs_book.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 422090@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Gail Gibbons, an author and illustrator of more than 140 books for young children, is winner of the 2010 Regina Medal, given annually by the Catholic Library Association to a someone whose work has made a significant contribution to the field of children'... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857823-339/authorillustrator_gail_gibbons_nabs_2010.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 421315@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Know a librarian whose work has improved the lives of people in their communities? The New York Times, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the American Library Association (ALA) are encouraging the nominations of public, school, college, and academi... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857813-339/nominations_open_for_the_i.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 421260@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Susan Erickson, a librarian and 2009 Caldecott committee member, pulled a few strings at last month's Newbery/Caldecott/Wilder Banquet in Chicago to sit next to one of her favorite people: Francisco Jiménez.And it turned out to be a long-awaitedreunion.J... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857783-339/a_long-awaited_reunion_at_alaaposs.html.csp Lauren Barack Awards 421110@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Neil Gaiman has nabbed yet another Eisner Award, this time for Coraline: The Graphic Novel (HarperCollins, 2008).The author already has more than 10 Eisner's under his belt, and this one comes just weeks after receiving the Newbery Medal for The Graveyard... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857778-339/gaiman_nabs_another_eisner_award.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 421084@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 If your library has outstanding family programming and you'd like to do more of it, here's your chance to win $10,000.Better World Books (BWB) and the nonprofit National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) has created a Libraries and Families Award, which r... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857774-339/win_10k_for_family_programming.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 421065@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Jacqueline Woodson's After Tupac and D Foster (Putnam), Kristin Cashore's Graceling (Harcourt), and Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book, by (HarperCollins) are among finalists for the inaugural Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award, created to recognize an auth... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857707-339/finalists_for_amelia_elizabeth_walden.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 420730@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 A fifth grade assignment focused on the 2008 presidential election, a middle school project that highlights the use of digital storytelling, and a high school program on people who changed the world have earned their schools top prizes in the second annua... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857630-339/three_new_york_schools_win.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 420345@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Some 33 institutions in 21 states have been awarded grants totaling $20.4 million from the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program to assist literacy efforts, increase the number of media specialists, and create more diversity in the workplace. The gran... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857573-339/laura_bush_21st_century_programawards.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 420059@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 School Library Journal is a 2009 winner of the Association of Educational Publishers' (AEP) Distinguished Achievement Award for its controversial cover story 'Has the Newbery Lost Its Way?';The award, which honors outstanding resources for teaching and le... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857566-339/school_library_journal_nabs_aep.html.csp Debra Lau Whelan Awards 420024@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Anthony Browne has been appointed the sixth Children's Laureate in the U.K. Browne, who won the 2000 Anthony Browne is the sixth Children's Laureate. Photo: Asimina Giagoudaki. Hans Christian Andersen Medal, is only the second illustrator chos... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857538-339/anthony_browne_named_childrenaposs_laureate.html.csp Julia Eccleshare Awards 419884@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Bill Konigsberg's Out of Pocket won the Lambda in the children/YA category. Besides books, authors, and parties,a few literary awards were doled out during this year's Book Expo America (BEA). The Lambda Literary Foundation recognized excellence in the fi... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857528-339/book_expo_america_2009_awards.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 419835@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857517-339/pratchett_mahy_fleming_nab_boston.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 419780@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 A district in western New York and schools in the suburbs of Kansas City and Chicago are this year's winners of the National School Library Media Program of the Year (NSLMPY)award, which recognizes library programs that are fully integrated into the curri... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857443-339/district_two_schools_nab_nslmpy.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 419409@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The Gale/Library Media Connection TEAMS Award recognizes and encourages the critical collaboration between the teacher and media specialist to promote learning, increase student achievement, and develop 21st-century skills. Maximum award: $2,500. Eligibil... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857421-339/galelibrary_media_connection_teams_award.html.csp Awards 419299@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Walter Dean Myers and Eric Carle are the United States nominees for the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Awards, sometimes referred to as the Nobel Prize of children's literature. The awards are presented every two years by IBBY (International Board on Books ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857405-339/myers_carlenamed_u.s._nominees_for.csp SLJ Staff Awards 419220@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 An online community for teenage girls, a best-selling author Web site that promotes books for kids, a program that allows inmates to read to their children, and a teacher are four winners for the first Innovations in Reading Prizes presented by the Nation... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857400-339/national_book_foundation_awardsfirst_innovations.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 419194@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 It was vampire love over the trials and tribulations of a wimpy kid when it came to kids choosing their favorite author of the year at the Second Annual Children Choice Book Awards. Stephenie Meyer, author of Breaking Dawn (Little Brown, 2008), beat Jeff ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857395-339/kid_picks_stephenie_meyer_jon.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 419170@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Two books, one about the first woman from Africa to win the Nobel Peace Prize, and the other, which deals with slavery and occupation in Cuba during the late 1800s, are winners of the 2009 Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, commending themes or topics th... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857325-339/engle_nivola_win_jane_addams.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 418811@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Terry Pratchett's Nation (HarperCollins, 2008), about characters on a desert island who recreate civilization, is winner of the 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the category of young adult literature.Pratchett, whose book Nation was bumped on April 16... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857288-339/pratchettaposs_amplsquonationapos_wins_2008_la.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 418626@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Barbara Immroth, a professor at the University of Texas School of Information and a former president of the Association of Library Services to Children, has received the first lifetime achievement award from the Texas Library Association (TLA).Barbara Imm... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857255-339/barbara_immroth_lands_tlaaposs_firstlifetime.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 418461@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 An examination of contemporary war, a third-grader who adores her teacher, and the influence of Kentucky's pack-horse librarians are among the winners of this year's Christopher Awards, which salute media that 'reminds audiences of their power to make a d... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857253-339/myers_dowell_win_christopher_award.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 418451@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 K. T. Horning is having quite a year. First, the director of the Cooperative Children's Book Centerwas selected as the May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecturer by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC).And now she's the winner of the Scholastic L... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857251-339/k._t._horning_nabs_scholastic.csp Rocco Staino Awards 418441@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The 2009 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award has been awarded to the Tamer Institute for Community Education,a nonprofit organization that promotes reading in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Founded in 1989, the Ramallah-based Tamer is an educational nongove... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857128-339/astrid_lindgren_memorial_award_goes.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 417823@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Mabel R. McKissick, cofounder of the American Library Association's Coretta Scott King Book Awards, died March 20 at the Bridebrook Rehabilitation Center in Niantic, CT. She was 87.Mabel McKissick, cofounder of the Coretta Scott King Award, dies at 87. Th... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857127-339/coretta_scott_king_book_awards.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 417818@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Neil Gaiman may have turned down his Hugo Award nomination for Anansi Boys (2005) in 2006, buthe's game this time with his recent recognition for The Graveyard Book (2008, both HarperCollins).The Hugos are awards for excellence in the field of science fic... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857117-339/gaiman_says_aposyesapos_to_hugo.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 417768@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Amale nanny, a gay quarterback, and an 18-year-old girl who falls in love with an older woman are some of the characters found in the six finalists for the Lambda Literary Award in the area of children's and young adult literature.The Lammy, as the award ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857103-339/lgbt_award_for_kidaposs_lit.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 417698@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The National Book Critics Circle Awards (NBCC) has recognized the often overlooked area of children's literature, giving its 2009 award in the field of criticism to Seth Lerer's Children's Literature: A Reader's History from Aesop to Harry Potter(Universi... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857081-339/nbcc_awards_book_on_kid.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 417587@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Sure, all the buzz may be about Laurie Halse Anderson's new title Wintergirls, which is being released tomorrow, March 19. Could it be her best book since Speak? Through an interesting twist of fate, 2009 marks the 10th anniversary of Speak, resulting in ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857068-339/speak_up_about_amplsquospeakapos.html.csp Awards 417523@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 What do you wish everyone knew about librarians? Lisbeth Boutang, a children's librarian at Cloquet Public Library in Minnesota, says she wishes that people knew about their courage to imagine.Lisbeth Boutang won grand prize. 'Between the tired reference ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857054-339/childrenaposs_school_librarians_win_the.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 417452@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 A biography of explorer-naturalist George Schaller, the tale of a curmudgeonly bear, and a wordless dream voyage picture book are among the winners of the 2009 Golden Kite Awards for excellence in children's literature.Sponsored by the Society of Children... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857032-339/2009_golden_kite_winners_unveiled.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 417343@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Award season continues with the recent announcement of the Los Angles Times 2008 Book Prize finalists.Established in 1980, the awards come with a $1,000 cash prize and are given in nine categories: young adult literature, biography; current interest; fict... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/857012-339/la_times_names_2008_book.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 417239@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Photograph by Kimberly Butler Neil Gaiman has been a busy boy. I caught up with him by phone at his Wisconsin home, to which he had returned the night before from the film premiere of Coraline in Portland, OR. The movie hoopla, of course, was but a footno... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856976-339/itaposs_good_to_be_gaiman.html.csp Roger Sutton Awards 417058@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856970-339/get_your_students_to_vote.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 417028@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 This year's list of finalists for the New York Public Library's ninth Young Lions Fiction Award includes a doctor-turned-writer, a PhD in artificial intelligence, and a journalist.Jon Fasman Photo: Alissa Fasman The award is given annually to an American ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856935-339/young_lions_fiction_award_names.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 416851@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 If your library is in need of some great feminist titles, you'll be interested in the 2009 Amelia Bloomer List of the best books that highlight strong female characters who overcome obstacles and defy social expectations.This year's compilation of close t... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856933-339/the_2009_amelia_bloomer_list.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 416842@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Nothing warms a librarian's heart more than another book award list, and on Valentine's Day kid lit bloggers announced the winners of the Cybils (Children's and YA Bloggers' Literary Awards), which started three years ago by bloggers Anne Levy and Kelly H... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856908-339/gaiman_lockhart_nab_cybils.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 416715@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856900-339/keats_illustrator_award_goes_to.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 416673@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Kathleen T. Horning, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC), joins the list of distinguished names who have delivered the May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture.K. T. Horning 'It was a big surprise and a grea... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856865-339/k._t._horning_joins_distinguished.csp School Library Journal Awards 416496@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 For the last 87 years, the Newbery Medal has always created a stir among librarians, adults, and children. And it wasn't any different at this year's American Library Association (ALA) midwinter meeting in Denver. SLJ caught up with several librarians tog... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856822-339/librarians_respond_to_newbery_other.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 416278@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The Newbery Medal ended its slump. The committee that awards the nation's top prize for children's literature chose Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book (HarperCollins), marking the first time in four years that the award went to a book that's critically accl... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856776-339/surprise_the_newbery_goes_to.html.csp Debra Lau Whelan and Rick Margo Awards 416049@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 The Children's Book Council (CBC)is expanding its Children Choice Award-starting this year, teens will now be eligible to vote for their favorite books, authors, and illustrators. .The Teen Choice Book Award will launch as part of the 90th celebration of ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856769-339/cbc_unveils_teen_choice_book.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 416014@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 error: ERROR #6901: XSLT XML Transformer Error: SAXParseException: Expected entity name for reference (, line 2, column 12)... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856760-339/error_error_6901_xslt_xml.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 415969@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 A story about a rabbi and an African-American reverend, a Jewish immigrant family in New York in the early 1900s, and a relationship between an Israeli girl and a Palestinian girl are winners f this year's Sydney Taylor Book Award, which honors new books ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856745-339/sydney_taylor_book_award_winners.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 415894@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Judith Krug, director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), has been given the William J. Brennan, Jr. Award for her 'remarkable commitment to the marriage of open books and open minds.';Given by the Thomas Jefferson... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856739-339/alaaposs_judith_krug_wins_william.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 415863@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Bob Graham's How to Heal a Broken Wing (Candlewick, 2008), a story of hope and healing, is the twelfth annual winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award, for outstanding writing in a picture book. It is given by the Cooperative Children's Book Center, a librar... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856734-339/bob_graham_wins_2009_zolotow.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 415838@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Caldecott-medal winner Kevin Henkes is this year's recipient of the Jeremiah Ludington Award, presented annually to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the paperback book business.Previous winners of the annual award, named after the ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856704-339/henkes_nabs_educational_paperback_association.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 415689@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Jessica Fenster-Sparber, CEO of Literacy for Incarcerated Teens and a library coordinator who works with New York City's incarcerated youth, is among 10 winners of the Maybelline New York Beauty of Educationaward, given to those who have made a difference... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856700-339/ny_library_coordinator_wins_maybelline.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 415668@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Two children's librarians from Texas and two from Ohio are winners of the 2010 Penguin Young Readers Group Award, which comes with a $600 grant so they can attend their first American Library Association Conference.Thanks to the award, new librarian Kathl... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856638-339/four_childrenaposs_librarians_win_2010.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 415358@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Lucy Nolan's Down Girl and Sit: Bad to the Bone (Marshall Cavendish, 2008), a hilarious dog's eye view of the world, is winner of this year's Children's and YA Bloggers' Literary award (Cybils) for best early chapter book, a category that was added this y... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856623-339/nolanaposs_amplsquobad_to_the_boneapos.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 415283@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Books about microbes, photosynthesis, and pesticides are this year's winners of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)/Subaru Excellence in Science Books Awards.To have the AAAS choose Living Sunlight (Blue Sky, 2009) as the year's... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856589-339/best_science_books_awarded.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 415113@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Think you have what it takes to be the next Stephenie Meyer? Here's your chance to prove it. Amazon.com, its subsidiary CreateSpace, and the Penguin Group USA are accepting submissions for the third annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition, an i... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856571-339/hurry_and_enter_the_amazon.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 415023@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856569-339/westerfeld_wins_aussieaposs_aurealis_award.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 415013@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 It might be more interesting to note what didn't get nominated for this year's Edgar Awards than what did. Among themissing from last week's list are When You Reach Me (Random, 2009) by Rebecca Stead, the 2010 winner of the John Newbery Medal for outstand... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856536-339/edgar_awards_snub_steadaposs_amplsquowhen.html.csp Rocco Staino Awards 414842@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Illustrations by Edward Koren. Talk about confidentiality. It's probably easier to uncover the identity of a new pope than to find out the name of the next Caldecott winner. That's because the tight-lipped group that chooses our nation's premier children'... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856508-339/story.csp Nell Colburn Awards 414703@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 I hate to admit it, but deep in my heart I'm a bit skeptical about the Youth Media Awards, which include the Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, and many other honors.It's not that I don't love all of the anticipation leading up to the announcements and the drama... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856507-339/is_it_the_process_or.html.csp Brian Kenney, Editor-in-Chief Awards 414697@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 An overly eager person at Random House tweeted this year's winner of the Newbery Award about 17 minutes before the official announcement was made this morning during the American Library Association's (ALA) midwinter meeting in Boston.'WHEN YOU REACH ME b... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856471-339/random_house_leaks_newbery_winner.html.csp Debra Lau Whelan with Rick Marg Awards 414518@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Matt Phelan's The Storm in the Barn (Candlewick) is winner of the 2010 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, marking the first time the honor has gone to a graphic novel.Following last week's announcement, some tweeted about the eligibility of a grap... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856449-339/graphic_novel_win_for_scott.html.csp SLJ Staff Awards 414408@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Carmen Tafolla's What Can You Do with a Paleta? ( Tricycle Press), about a young Mexican-American girl's delight with a popsicle on a hot summer day, is this year's winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award for outstanding writing in a picture book.The award,... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856448-339/carmen_tafolla_wins_zolotow_award.html.csp SLJ Awards 414402@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Stories about the Jewish New Year, Staten Island in the 1980s, and the sale of Cuban visas to Jewish refugees during World War II were named winners in this year's Sydney Taylor Book Awards, which celebrates new books that combine literary excellence with... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/articles/awards/856456-339/sydney_taylor_book_award_winners.html.csp Lauren Barack Awards 414442@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45