The 2012 finalists for the Children’s Choice Book Awards have been revealed. Kids can vote from March 14th to May 3rd. While several deserving books have made it to this point, I have to give big props to
Lost & Found by Shaun Tan (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic)- Look inside! Nominated for 5th and 6th grade book of the year
Rachel Renée Russell for Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster) – Read an excerpt! Nominated for author of the year
Twitter has been filled with news of the National Book Award Finalists. I read Inside Out and Back Again on my Nook and thoroughly enjoyed it. I’ve not been good about reviewing the books I’ve read on the Nook and I wonder why that is. I’ve got to get better at it, especially when the stories are as mesmerizing as Inside Out and Back Again.
PaperTigers shared this link to the 184 nominees for the 2012 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. The list of Nominated candidates is a very global list that is not dominated by the US. There were only six Americans on the list, among them was Walter Dean Myers. Congratulations!
All the awards for Children’s book awards are too numerous to mention here. I do know that some will be announced quite soon at the NCTE Convention in November. I used to shy away from the award hoopla, but now I find it a source of excitement about books I’ve read and enjoyed as well as about new ones I discover.
Don’t forget to nominate your favorite book for a Cybil award! 15 October is the deadline.
I cannot image what it would feel like to be an author who has finally, finally gotten a book published. Even though it’s written for public consumption, it’s still has a strong personal attachment. And then! To be nominated for one of these awards.
I’ll can’t wait to see all the winners this year!
Congratulations to the winners!!
Illustration Winner: Grandma’s Gift illustrated by Eric Velasquez
Honor: Fiesta Babies illustrated by Amy Córdova
Honor: Me Frida illustrated by David Diaz
Honor: Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh
Honor: Olé Flamenco by George Ancona
Honor: The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette’s Journey to Cuba by Margarita Engle
Honor: Ninety Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores-Galbis
Author Winner: The Dreamer by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Congratulations to the Honor books:
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers
Yummy by Greg Neri
and to this years winner:
One Crazy Summer by Rita Garcia Williams
