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2012 Youth Media Awards!

Posted on 23 January 2012 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Fans of kid lit look forward to the Youth Media Awards every year, in which the American Library Association announces the year’s best children’s book authors and illustrators in a variety of categories. This morning, the awards were announced in … Continue reading →

Posted in awards, Children's books, News | Tagged A Ball for Daisy, American Library Association, Blackout, Breaking Stalin's Nose, Caldecott Medal, Chris Raschka, Christine Hinwood, Coretta Scott King Book Award, Craig Silvey, Daniel Handler, Dead End in Norvelt, Eloise Greenfield, Eugene Yelchin, Grandpa Green, Heart and Soul, Inside Out & Back Again, Jack Gantos, Jasper Jones, John Corey Whaley, John Rocco, Kadir Nelson, Lane Smith, Maggie Stiefvater, Me...Jane, Never Forgotten, Newbery Medal, Patricia C. McKissack, Patrick McDonnell, Printz Award, Shane W. Evans, Thanhha Lai, The Great Mimgration, The Returning, The Scorpio Races, Underground, Where Things Come Back, Why We Broke Up, Youth Media Awards 3 Comments

25 best book titles of 2011

Posted on 20 December 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

Everyone has their own opinion on what makes a book cover great, and the same goes for titles. A little clever wordplay, a subtle nod or allusion, something weird—words that suggest that what lies inside is rich and memorable. We’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in best of 2011 | Tagged Adam Mansbach, Alexandra Fuller, Ali Smith, Andrew Ferguson, Ben Mezrich, Blood Bones & Butter, Blueprints for Building Better Girls, book titles, Brian McGackin, Broetry, Brook Wilensky-Lanford, Catherynne M. Valente, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Crazy U, David Rowell, Elissa Schappell, Fabio Geda, Gabrielle Hamilton, Go the F**k to Sleep, Inside Out & Back Again, John Donohue, Joshua Foer, Julie Sternberg, Kate Atkinson, killer stuff and tons of money, Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie, Louise Rennison, Man with a Pan, Moonwalking with Einstein, Paradise Lust, Patrick deWitt, Peggy Orenstein, Rahul Bhattacharya, Roger Rosenblatt, Sex on the Moon, Siobhan Fallon, Started Early Took My Dog, Swamplandia!, Thanhha Lai, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, The Sisters Brothers, The Sly Company of People Who Care, The Train of Small Mercies, There But For The, Unless it Moves the Human Heart, Withering Tights, You Know When the Men Are Gone 13 Comments

National Book Award winners featured in BookPage

Posted on 17 November 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

The National Book Awards were announced last night, and the winners include several BookPage favorites: Jesmyn Ward won for her second novel, Salvage the Bones, which takes place during Hurricane Katrina. Carla Jean Whitley reviewed the novel in the September … Continue reading →

Posted in awards, News | Tagged Headd Off & Split, Inside Out & Back Again, Jesmyn Ward, national book award, Nikky Finney, Salvage the Bones, Stephen Greenblatt, Thanhha Lai, The Swerve Comments Off

One more National Book Award finalist

Posted on 12 October 2011 by Lynn, Editor

The finalists for the National Book Award were announced this morning, but something apparently didn’t go according to plan in the announcement for Young People’s Literature. A spokesperson for the National Book Foundation told BookPage by phone a few minutes … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged Albert Marrin, children's literature, Chime, Debby Dahl Edwardson, Franny Billingsley, Gary D. Schmidt, National Book Awards, Thanhha Lai 2 Comments

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2012 Youth Media Awards!

National Book Award winners featured in BookPage

One more National Book Award finalist

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