David Ezra Stein and Jonathan Bean nab this year's Ezra Jack Keats Awards.
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Innocenti, Schubiger Win Hans Christian Andersen Awards SLJ Staff - 04/29/2008
Roberto Innocenti, the Italian illustrator known for his delicate, painterly style, is the winner of this year's Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration. And Jürg Schubiger of Switzerland, the author of When the World Was New (Annick, 1996), is the winner of the 2008 Hans Christian Andersen Author Award. The awards—which were announced on March 31 at the Bologna Children’s Book—are the highest international distinction for creators of children's books.
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Darkling Plain, Oney Judge, Bayard Rustin Win Literary Awards SLJ Staff - 04/28/2008 A Darkling Plain ("The Hungry City Chronicles," HarperCollins), Philip Reeve's dark, post-apocalyptic tale of return to a London ravaged by war and radiation, has won the Los Angeles Times' 2007 Book Prize for young adult fiction, announced late last week.
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Rowling Lands Another British Book Award SLJ Staff - 04/16/2008
Even though J. K. Rowling has finished her final "Harry Potter" (Scholastic) book, the awards keep coming in. The famed author this week took home a Book People Outstanding Achievement Award at the Galaxy British Book Awards.
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National Green Book Awards Unveiled SLJ Staff - 04/07/2008
A brave little bear who tries to fight global warming and a girl’s fantasy-filled journey that includes environmental protection and world peace are winners of this year’s National Green Earth Book Awards highlighting the best children’s and young adult books that inspire environmental stewardship.
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A Tall Tale: Laura Amy Schlitz By Mary Grace Gallagher - 04/01/2008
The kids in Sharen Pula’s fifth-grade class are getting ready to go on a journey. One boy kicks off his shoes to get comfy. Another lies on his side, head on hand. A girl loosens her ponytail before leaning against the library wall. Like a force of nature, Laura Amy Schlitz bustles into the room and promptly sits on the floor in front of them, tucking her long black skirt under her.
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Aussie Nabs Lindgren By Staff - 04/01/2008
Australian children’s author Sonya Hartnett is the winner of this year’s Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Hartnett, 39, was first published at the age of 15 and has since written 18 novels for children, teens, and adults, some of which have been translated into German, Swedish, and Chinese.
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A Fuse #8 Production Elizabeth Bird, Children's Librarian, Donnell Central Children's Room June 13, 2007 Shh. Don't Say a Word.
Sheesh. I decide a book's one of my favorites of the year and then suddenly I don't ... More
Podcasts are a great way to expand learning beyond the classroom or library. Here are more recommendations from Tech Chicks Anna Adam and Helen Mowers, following up their Dec. 2007 article Listen Up!
K-Gr 7–Children’s music doesn’t get much better than these 16 songs by Pomes in a Pail. What began at a writer’s workshop resulted in an amazing collaboration that combined the clever words of Alexander Jenny and the music of Karena Mendoza and Stephanie Snow.
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