The ALA (American Library Association) announced the 2018 John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott awards today. Honestly, I’m disappointed with the Newbery winner. The Newbery winner and honors books are meant to be the most outstanding contributions to children’s literature. Of the whole year. This year’s choice did not resonate with me. I love the Caldecott winner though. The Caldecott […]
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2017 Newbery and Caldecott Children’s Book Winners
Announcing the children’s Newbery book award winner and and Caldecott Medal award for 2017 and the honor winners for each!! This year, the The Newbery for 2017 goes to The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill while the Caldecott for 2017 is Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat illustrated by Javaka Steptoe. Read […]
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The 2016 Newbery and Caldecott winners are Matt de la Peña and Sophie Blackwell respectively as announced by the American Library Association. What do you think? Have you read these books or any of the Honor Books? 2016 Newbery Medal The John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature is the picture book, Last Stop on […]
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The 2015 Newbery and Caldecott winners have been announced by the American Library Association (ALA). Want to know who won? 2015 Newbery Medal The John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature is The Crossover by Kwame Alexander! It’s written in prose, like the beat of a basketball game, about twins who compete on […]
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