ALA 2025 YOUTH MEDIA AWARDS ANNOUNCED Erin Entrada Kelly’s The First State of Being (Greenwillow/HarperCollins) was named the 2025 Newbery Medal winner, announced on January 27th by the Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC), [continue reading]
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Horn Book Names Best Books
Horn Book Magazine Names Best Books: Horn Book has chosen their Best Books for 2024: The Horn Book | Fanfare 2024 Booklist. The magazine is celebrating its 100th year, and named 53 books as the [continue reading]
SLJ Names Best Books of 2024
School Library Journal Names Best Books of 2024: School Library Journal has released its annual Best Books list for 2024, with 193 titles making their list. See the full list here: SLJ-BestBooks-24-downloadable-f.pdf.
National Book Awards 2024
National Book Awards 2024: The 2024 National Book Awards were announced on Nov. 22, 2024. The winner in the Young People’s Literature Category is Shifa Saltagi Safadi for Kareem Between (Putnam, 2024). Seventh grader Kareem [continue reading]
National Book Awards Announces Nominees for Young People’s Literature
National Book Awards Announces Nominees for Young People’s Literature: The 2024 National Book Awards has released the “Longlist” for the Young People’s Literature Category. SLJ’s Reviews of the 2024 National Book Award for Young People’s [continue reading]
CLA Beatty Award Winner Announced
The California Library Association Announces Beatty Award Winner Danial Aleman: Join us in congratulating our 2024 Beatty Award-Winning Young Adult author, Daniel Aleman, for his book Brighter Than The Sun! Brighter Than The Sun is [continue reading]
2024 Carle Honors Announced
2024 Carle Honors Announced: The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art announced its annual Carle Honors in June 2024. This year’s honorees are: Artist: Uri Shulevitz Angel: We Need Diverse Books Bridge: Kidlit TV [continue reading]
2024 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Announced
2024 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Announced: The 2024 Boston Globe- Horn Book Awards were announced on June 21, 2024, honoring children’s literature published between June 2023 and May 2024 in the United States. There were [continue reading]