{"id":16660,"date":"2017-10-02T00:01:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T04:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=16660"},"modified":"2017-09-27T00:02:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T04:02:31","slug":"suggestions-2018-newbery-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/suggestions-2018-newbery-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Suggestions \u2013 2018 Newbery Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Newbery committee is surrounded by books and beginning to identify worthy titles for discussion, but we need your assistance in ensuring we are identifying the very best in children\u2019s literature published in 2017.\u00a0 Please suggest a title to the committee for consideration.\u00a0 Visit the Newbery Medal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/awardsgrants\/bookmedia\/newberymedal\/newberymedal\">page<\/a>, log into your ALA account and fill out the suggestion form.\u00a0 It\u2019s that easy!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11316 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Newbery.jpg\" alt=\"Newbery seal\" width=\"200\" height=\"202\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Newbery Medal is presented annually to the author of the most <strong>distinguished<\/strong> contribution to American literature for children published during the preceding year. Honor books may be named.<\/p>\n<p>Distinguished is defined as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>marked by eminence and distinction: noted for significant achievement<\/li>\n<li>marked by excellence in quality<\/li>\n<li>marked by conspicuous excellence or eminence<\/li>\n<li>individually distinct<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information can be found on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/awardsgrants\/bookmedia\/newberymedal\/newberyapp\/newberyapplication\">Submission Process<\/a> and FAQ\u2019s about ALSC\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/aboutalsc\/alscfaqs\">Book &amp; Media Awards<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n<p>Send your choices soon \u2013 the suggestion form closes on October 15, 2017!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">************************************************************************************************<\/p>\n<p><em>Today\u2019s guest blogger is Cecilia P. McGowan, 2018 Newbery Committee Chair.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Newbery committee is surrounded by books and beginning to identify worthy titles for discussion, but we need your assistance in ensuring we are identifying the very best in children\u2019s literature published in 2017.\u00a0 Please suggest a title to the committee for consideration.\u00a0 Visit the Newbery Medal page, log into your ALA account and fill out the suggestion form.\u00a0 It\u2019s that easy! The Newbery Medal is presented annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published during the preceding year. Honor books may be named. Distinguished is defined as: marked by eminence and distinction: noted for significant achievement marked by excellence in quality marked by conspicuous excellence or eminence individually distinct More information can be found on the Submission Process and FAQ\u2019s about ALSC\u2019s Book &amp; Media Awards pages. Send your choices soon \u2013 the suggestion form closes on October 15, 2017! ************************************************************************************************ Today\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[12,134],"tags":[193],"class_list":["post-16660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards-scholarships","category-guest-blogger","tag-newbery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}