When you’re reading this, a lot of us will be heading or preparing to head to Chicago for ALA Midwinter. There are many things to be excited about during Midwinter–meetings, exhibits, seeing friends. But not a lot actually meets the level of excitement, that the Youth Media Awards. This will be my first YMAs in person! I’m so jazzed. So I thought I’d take a moment and reflect on my favorite winners of past YMAs. Honestly, I could go on for pages and pages about this, but I’ll just do a quick overview because y’all are packing or flying. My very favorites of the Caldecott Medal, Newbery Medal, and Printz Award Winners: I know this is everyone’s favorite, but it’s totally mine. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. It won the 1963 Caldecott award. This book was written over 20 years before I was born, but I adored it as…
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ALSC at the Midwinter Meeting #alamw15
The 2015 ALA Midwinter Meeting is approaching and ALSC has a ton of great events and activities to tell you about. In fact, there’s almost too much good stuff to talk about. To fit this discussion into a blog post, we’ve had to condense our list a bit. Here are a few highlights of events taking place in Chicago. For a full list of ALSC committee meetings, information sessions and get-togethers, please see the ALSC at ALA Midwinter Meeting list. Each of the events listed below are open to all conference attendees. Leadership & ALSC Saturday, January 31, 8:30-11:30am McCormick Place West W179 This event, which is open to all attendees, is an opportunity to learn about new developments in the profession enabling attendees to bring this knowledge back to their libraries. Jenna Nemec-Loise, Member Content Editor for the ALSC Everyday Advocacy Website & Electronic Newsletter will present a review…
Experience the Book & Media Award Acceptance Speeches
The 2014 ALSC book and media award acceptance speeches evoked plenty of emotion. Some were funny and warm. Some were emotional and informative. You can read them yourself on the ALSC website! Download a copy of the PDF of each of the speeches: Batchelder [PDF – 1 MB] Belpré [PDF – 2.3 MB] Caldecott [PDF – 2 MB] Carnegie [PDF – 1 MB] Geisel [PDF – 1.4 MB] Newbery [PDF – 2 MB] Sibert [PDF – 1.1 MB] You can also watch reaction videos from the 2014 ALA Youth Media Award winners. Videos of the award speech presentations and inspiration videos that concluded the banquet will be posted soon.
Notable Children’s Recordings — 2014 Discussion List
Lynda A. Salem Poling, chair, and the rest of the 2014 Notable Children’s Recordings Committee, invite you to join them at their Midwinter discussions, taking place on Friday, January 24 9:00 – 4:00; Saturday, January 25 9:00 – 5:30; and Sunday, January 26 1:30 – 9:00 pm at the Sheraton Downtown Philadelphia in Seminar C. The discussion list is below. An asterix (*) indicates a title that was discussed at Annual. Aces Wild, 5 hrs 21, CD, $30.00, Listening Library, 9780385393300 Al Capone Does My Homework, 6 hrs 4, CD, $40.00, Listening Library, 9780385361620 *And Then it’s Spring, 10 min, book + CD, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545571340 Bear Has a Story to Tell, 19 min, book + CD, $12.95, Weston Woods, 9780545570350 Beauty: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast, 7 hrs 5, CD, $51.75, Recorded Books, 9781470360238 *Beholding Bee, 8 hrs 6, CD, $45.00, Listening Library, 9780385361293 Below, 4…
Today’s the Day! #alamw13
The ALA Youth Media Awards will be announced this morning! There will also be a live webcast available. If you can’t be there in person and are not able to join the webcast, you can still follow results in real-time by logging on to the ALA Youth Media Awards Facebook page, or via Twitter by following hashtag #ALAyma. The program begins at 8:00 am PT. This is always a highlight of the Midwinter Conference for many, many children’s librarians. I can almost hear Seattle buzzing with discussions of favorite children’s books as librarians prepare to attend the announcements of the awards. The announcements are less than two hours away! Time to grab a quick breakfast and head to the Convention Center.