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Four Newbery honor books were named:
Well... you can tune into the Early Show on Tuesday morning which traditionally interviews the winners.
Or you can call the Children's Services department - 260.421.1220 - at our Library after noon.
Or you can check our kids' blog or this blog.
Or you can hear the results LIVE via the Internet or Twitter. Here are the details from an ALA press release:
Join thousands as ALA, ALSC and YALSA unveil the best of the best in children’s and young adult literature and media.
The American Library Association (ALA) will provide a free live Webcast of its national announcement of the top books and media for children and young adults on January 26 at 7:45 a.m. MT. The award announcements are made as part of the ALA Midwinter Meeting, which will bring together more than 10,000 librarians, publishers, authors, and guests in Denver from January 23 to 28.
Unikron, a streaming content provider, will host the ALA Youth Media Awards Webcast. Online visitors will be able to view the live Webcast the morning of the announcements by going to the Unikron Web site.
ALA will instantly announce winners of the 2009 Youth Media Awards using the micro-blogging service Twitter. For the first time ever, members can follow the Youth Media Awards via Twitter and receive live updates on award winners as they are announced during the ceremony. Users of Twitter can read and follow posts–referred to as ‘tweets’–instantly, either through ALA’s Twitter page, RSS, SMS Text Messaging (if enabled), or social networking sites such as Facebook, with the Twitter add-on.
The ALA Island in Second Life will also broadcast an encore presentation of the Youth Media Awards Webcast. Visitors can take advantage of in-world viewing later in the day on the ALA Island at the Main Stage.
For ALA Midwinter Meeting participants, the press conference will be held in the Colorado Convention Center in the Four Seasons Ballroom. Doors will open at 7:30 a.m. MT.
The press release announcing all of the winners will be posted in the Youth Media Awards Press Kit at http://www.ala.org/yma prior to 10:30 a.m. MT.
Questions? Contact the ALSC office at alsc@ala.org.
I can hardly wait!
What a wonderful afternoon! Today thirteen kids who love books got together to discuss six titles and decide on the winner of the first ever ACPL Kids' Mock Newbery. They had a great discussion and finally decided on the following:
09. It was a tough decision, but after lots of wonderful discussion we selected our Mock Newbery winner and one honor book.
Today -- in spite of icky winter weather, winter storm warnings, and freezing rain -- two groups of dedicated lovers of children's books gathered for mock election programs. In the morning, after a wonderful presentation about the Caldecott Award by Kris Lill, the group of 14 discussed a large selection of books and selected Wabi Sabi, illustrated by Ed Young and written by Mark Reibstein, as the ACPL Mock Caldecott winner for 2009. Go the the ACPL Mock Caldecott blog to read more about the Mock Caldecott program and to learn which books were selected as Honor titles.
One of the books on our reading list has just received the Sydney Taylor Book Award. This Award honors new books for children and teens that exemplify the highest literary standards while authentically portraying the Jewish experience. The award memorializes Sydney Taylor, author of the classic All-of-a-Kind Family series. Brooklyn Bridge has been awarded The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Older Readers. For a complete list of all the winners as well as Notable Books announced by the Association of Jewish Libraries, check out the blog Jewish Books for Children with Author Barbara Bietz
The general format of our program will consist of:
Our process in the book discussion is to have each participant present brief (2 to 4 minutes) information about a book under consideration. This will be followed by a group discussion of the book.
Because we have so many GREAT books to discuss -- and so little time -- I’d like to give each of you an opportunity to choose in advance the book you’d most like to present to the group as the introduction to the book’s discussion. This involves offering a VERY brief synopsis of the plot to remind us all about the book, followed by why you believe it is a strong contender in our discussion. Your reasons should focus on the criteria used by the actual Newbery committee. Knowing in advance the book you will be presenting will allow you to prepare any important points you want to be sure to bring up.
Let me know if you have questions or concerns. I look forward to hearing from you about which books you’d be willing to present. And I REALLY look forward to our discussion on January 17th!
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Woo-Hoo! The shortlists for the Cybils - the Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Award - have just been announced. Each group of panelists was charged with selecting titles which had both literary quality as well as "kid appeal" for their list of finalists. These books will now be reviewed and discussed by a separate panel of judges who will decide on the year's winning Cybil book in each category. The winners will be announced on February 14, 2009.
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