In the last few weeks, movies have been getting the lion’s share of entertainment attention – the Golden Globes, the SAG awards, and of course the Oscars. But here at BookishBoys, let’s not forget the recent announcement of some big awards for children’s literature too:
The American Library Association’s 2017 Youth Media (books, audio and video) Awards.
While some of the award categories were familiar to me – e.g. the Newbery and Caldecott Medals – there were many others (no doubt equally prestigious) that I am delighted to learn about for the first time. The “Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience,” or the “Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences”…So great! The list of winning titles and honorees is a trove of potentially great reading material.
You can check out the complete list on the ALA’s awards page.
The list is presented there in rather dry fashion, so I am posting some of the different awards with book covers and the publishers’ recommended age groups here on BookishBoys over the next couple of days. Click to see Parts II, III, IV & V of this post.
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