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King of the Dragonflies Wins National Book Award

King and the Dragonflies Wins National Book Award: Kacen Callender’s King of the Dragonflies won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. The award was announced on November 19, 2020; it is given by [continue reading]

Published on Nov 19, 2020
Posted by: pennypeck
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Tags: National Book Award

National Book Award Finalists Announced

National Book Award Long List: The ten finalists for the 2020 National Book Award, Young People’s Literature category, were announced on Sept. 16. All ten authors are first-time nominees. The winners will be announced on [continue reading]

Published on Sep 17, 2020
Posted by: pennypeck
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Poet X by Acevedo Wins National Book Award

National Book Awards Announced:  The annual National Book Awards were announced on Nov. 14, 2018. The winner in the Young People’s Literature category is Elizabeth Acevedo, “The Poet X” HarperTeen / HarperCollins. The finalists included [continue reading]

Published on Nov 15, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck
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Tags: National Book Award

Steiner and Figard Named Emerging Leaders, Shusterman Wins National Book Award, New BayNews Posted

ALA Names Two ACL Members Emerging Leaders: Current Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California president Meredith Steiner has been named by the Association of Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library [continue reading]

Published on Nov 23, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, Message from ACL, News, Updates
Tags: ACL BayNews, National Book Award

National Book Award Nominees

National Book Awards Nominees Announced: The five nominees for the National Book Award, Young People’s Literature Category were announced on Oct. 14, 2015. The five are: The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin, Little Brown [continue reading]

Published on Oct 16, 2015
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National Book Award Finalists Announced

National Book Award Finalists Announced: Ten books were named to the Longlist for the 2015 National Book Award, Young People’s Literature category: www.nationalbook.org/nba2015_ypl_ll.html#.VfcSB5csDsb . Among them are Steve Sheinkin’s Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the [continue reading]

Published on Sep 14, 2015
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards
Tags: National Book Award

Woodson Wins Nat’l Book Award, 2015 Summer Reading, SLJ’s Best List

Jacqueline Woodson Wins National Book Award: Jacqueline Woodson’s memoir in verse, Brown Girl Dreaming, won in the Young People’s Literature category at the 65th National Book Awards on November 19, 2014. Ursula Le Guin received [continue reading]

Published on Nov 21, 2014
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, News
Tags: Brown Girl Dreaming, Eva Mitnick, Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award, School Library Journal, Summer Reading

Rita Williams-Garcia at Mrs. Dalloway’s Sept. 19, Nat’l Book Award Long List

Rita Williams-Garcia at Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore on Sept. 19th: Newbery Honor author Rita Williams-Garcia will be at Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, at 7:30pm. She will be interviewed by Carla Riemer (ACL [continue reading]

Published on Sep 16, 2014
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards, News
Tags: Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, National Book Award, Rita Williams-Garcia
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