Amy Cheney Receives Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award from Calif. Library Association – Amy Cheney, librarian with Oakland Unified, was named the recipient of the Zoia Horn Intellectual Freedom Award, given by the California Library [continue reading]
Awards
50th Annual Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Announced
2017 Boston Globe – Horn Book Awards Announced: The 50th annual Boston Globe – Horn Book Awards were announced on May 31, 2017, celebrating literature for children and young adults. A winner and two [continue reading]
Storytellers’ Choice Awards Announced
The Anne Izard Storytellers’ Choice Awards Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of the 13th biennial awards. The awards will be presented in a ceremony on Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at 9:30 am at [continue reading]
2017 Edgar Awards for Mystery Books
2017 Edgar Awards Announced: The 2017 Edgar Awards were announced on April 27th, given by the Mystery Writers of America. Titles were all published in 2016. Honorees in the categories for children’s and YA books [continue reading]
2017 Beatty Award Recipient: Firoozeh Dumas for It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel
2017 Beatty Award Recipient: Firoozeh Dumas for It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel California Library Association: It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas and published by Clarion Books has been selected as the 2017 recipient [continue reading]
Cybils Awards Announced
Cybils Awards Announced: The Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards were announced on Feb. 14, 2017, honoring books published in 2016. There were several categories, including Ghost by Jason Reynolds for best Middle Grade [continue reading]
Calif. Young Reader Medal Nominees, ALSC Receives GLBTRT Award
2017-2018 Calif. Young Reader Medal Nominees: The Calif. Young Reader Medal committee has announced the nominees for the 2017-2018 school year. Since 1974, this program has encouraged students to read a variety of books and [continue reading]
APALA, Amelia Bloomer, and Walter Dean Myers Awards
APALA Awards: The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), an affiliate of the American Library Association, has selected the winners of the 2016 Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature (APAAL). The awards promote Asian/Pacific American culture and [continue reading]