School Library Journal’s List of Best Books of 2016: School Library Journal announced its list of best children’s and young adult books for 2016. The list includes picture books, transitional novels, tween novels, nonfiction, and [continue reading]
Jason Reynolds’ GHOST Wins Huck Award
Charlotte Huck Awards: The National Council of Teachers of English announced the annual Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children, for books published in 2016. The winner is Jason Reynolds Ghost, published by Atheneum. [continue reading]
John Lewis Wins National Book Award
March: Book Three Wins National Book Award: Noted Civil Rights icon John Lewis, who is a member of the U.S. Congress, was awarded the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature for March: Book Three [continue reading]
Fall Board Book Round-up, Part II
Board Adaptations of Picture Books Bunting, Eve. I Love You, Too! Illus. by Melissa Sweet. Scholastic, 2004/2016, 24p. $7.99, 978-0-545-81390-7. Various animal children (and one human boy) give their mamas gifts in this story enhanced [continue reading]
Night Gardener Review
Fan, Terry and Eric Fan. Night Gardener, The. Picture Book. Simon & Schuster, 2016. [44]pp. $17.99. 978-1-4814- 3978-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES K-2. Grimloch Lane is a sad gray place where downhearted people trudge home past the [continue reading]
When the Sea Turned to Silver Read-Alike
Read-alikes for When the Sea Turned to Silver by Grace Lin – “Starry River of the Sky” series Barnhill, Kelly. The Girl Who Drank the Moon. DeLint, Charles. Seven Wild Sisters: A Modern Fairy Tale. [continue reading]
Like a Bird Review
Grady, Cynthia. Like a Bird: The Art of the American Slave Song. Michele Wood, Illus. Nonfiction. Millbrook, 09/2016. 40pp. PLB $19.99. 978-1-4677-8550-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-6. The book opens with a brief introduction to the origins [continue reading]
New York Times Best Illustrated Books
New York Times Names Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2016: Since 1952, the New York Times has named an annual list of the best illustrated children’s books, relying solely on artistic merit. This year’s judges [continue reading]