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]
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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]
2024 Eisner Award Nominations
2024 Eisner Award Nominations: The 2024 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award nominations were announced on May 17, 2024. Books of interest to youth that were nominated are listed below: Best Publication for Early Readers- [continue reading]
William C. Morris Award Announced
William C. Morris Award Announced: The William C. Morris Award for Young Adult Debut book was named on March 20, 2024. The winner if Rez Ball by Byron Graves, published by Heartdrum/ HarperCollins. Morris Award [continue reading]
2024 Ezra Jack Keats Awards Announced
Ezra Jack Keats Awards Announced: The 2024 Ezra Jack Keats Awards were announced on Feb. 21, 2024 to honor “early career authors and illustrators for excellence in portraying the multicultural nature of the world.” The [continue reading]