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The ALA Youth Media Awards #alayma12 were held in a real theater this year, complete with cushy seats. This meant that as each award was announced, not only did the huge space resound with cheers and shrieks and applause, but also librarians were literally bouncing in their seats with excitement. The theater was a pulsating mass of passionate book lovers. The Academy Awards would be SO much more interesting if that audience were this passionate and raucous! The award announcements aren’t just the end of a long year of hard work by the award committees. They herald the beginning of an exciting time when the award books are handed over to all librarians, teachers, and booksellers. Now we have a fresh batch of exciting books to use in our never-ending quest to encourage reading and great books for kids. So now that we’ve recovered from the dizzying drama of...