{"id":15287,"date":"2017-04-03T00:01:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T04:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=15287"},"modified":"2017-03-18T20:46:26","modified_gmt":"2017-03-19T00:46:26","slug":"its-time-to-make-wilder-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/its-time-to-make-wilder-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Time to Make Wilder Recommendations!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15289\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Wilder.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"193\" \/>Like many of you, I look forward every year to the announcement of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/awardsgrants\/awards\/browse\/yma?showfilter=no\">Youth Media Awards<\/a>. One of the special moments during that early morning in January is hearing names of authors and illustrators who have been changing children\u2019s lives with their books for many years. I stood and cheered in Atlanta last month for the announcement of Nikki Grimes as winner of the 2017 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/awardsgrants\/bookmedia\/wildermedal\">Laura Ingalls Wilder Award<\/a>, and now I am excited to ask for the help of ASLC members as we consider authors and illustrators for the 2018 Award.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/awardsgrants\/bookmedia\/wildermedal\/wilderpast\">list of past winners<\/a> of the Wilder Award &#8211; is there an author or illustrator who you think especially deserves to have their name on that list? Someone you\u2019re astonished to see has not already been honored, or maybe someone whose contributions to children\u2019s literature you feel are consistently overlooked? All personal members of ALSC are invited to suggest candidates to the 2018 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award committee. We are excited to hear your voice!<\/p>\n<p>The Laura Ingalls Wilder Award is given to an author or illustrator whose books, published in\u00a0the United States, have made \u2026a substantial and lasting contribution to\u00a0literature for children. More information about the award and eligibility is available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/awardsgrants\/bookmedia\/wildermedal\/wilderterms\/wildermedaltrms\">ALSC\u2019s site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re already an ALSC member, please send your recommendations of authors and illustrators to Rita Auerbach at <a href=\"mailto:rita.auerbach@rcn.com\">rita.auerbach@rcn.com<\/a> by <strong>April 15<sup>th<\/sup>, 2017<\/strong>. The award will be announced at the Youth Media Awards press conference during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in February, 2018. Not an ALSC member? Learn more about what ALSC does, the many benefits of being a member, and how you can join right <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/awardsgrants\/bookmedia\/wildermedal\/wilderpast\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*****************************************************************************************************<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Today&#8217;s guest post was written by Laura Koenig. Laura is a Children&#8217;s Services Team Leader at the Central Library of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bpl.org\/\">Boston Public Library<\/a> and a member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/awardsgrants\/bookmedia\/wildermedal\/wilderslction\">Laura Ingalls Wilder Award committee<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like many of you, I look forward every year to the announcement of the Youth Media Awards. 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