2010 Children’s Choice Book Award Winners
By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
Published: April 11, 2010
The children have spoken! On May 11, 2010, The Children’s Book Council (CBC) in association with Every Child a Reader, Inc. (the CBC Foundation), announced the winners of the third annual Children’s Choice Book Awards.
The CBC created the awards program to allow young readers to voice their opinions about the books being written for them and to help develop a reading list that will motivate children to read more and cultivate a love of reading. The favorite book finalists for this year were determined by close to 15,000 children and teens from across the country. They voted for their favorite books, author, and illustrator at bookstores, school libraries, and at www.BookWeekOnline.com. Read more
2010 Children’s Choice Book Awards
By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
Published: April 6, 2010
May 10-16, 2010, is Children’s Book Week. Each year, during this week, The Children’s Book Council hosts the Children’s Choice Book Awards. The favorite book finalists for this year were determined by close to 15,000 children and teens. I highly recommend checking out these books! Read more
Jerry Pinkney discusses his picture book, The Lion & the Mouse—2010 Caldecott Winner
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The Mom’s Choice Award, Gold Medal Winner: The Belly Button Fairy
By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
Published: December 15, 2009
Congratulations to Bobbie Hinman and Mark Wayne Adams for your Gold Medal win in the Mom’s Choice Awards! We love your book The Belly Button Fairy, along with The Knot Fairy and The Sock Fairy (both illustrated by Kristi Bridgeman). We look forward to your next offering.
by Bobbie Hinman (Author), Mark Wayne Adams (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 0-6
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Best Fairy Books; Har/Com edition (September 1, 2009)
Source: Author
What to expect: Children, Fairies, Belly buttons
Using enchanting rhyme, Bobbie Hinman has created an imaginative and whimsical take on how belly buttons end up in the middle of our tummies. The illustrations are bright and delightful! A sweet book that is perfect for a calming story time. The lovely story reading and music on the CD—included with the book—just add to the appeal.
2 Coffee Table Books that Encourage Family Reading
By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
Published: December 7, 2009
Two of the simplest ways to encourage children to read—the fundamental skill behind all learning—is to let your children see you reading and to keep books around the house where they are visible. Coffee table books are perfect for both scenarios.
What makes a good coffee table book?
If it’s going to be out on show they need to look good. Usually a hard cover with great great illustrations, or a color scheme that fits with your furnishings—it needs to look decorative. However, once you get past the aesthetics, it needs to be able to hold the attention of the reader and have the power to become a topic of conversation.
Typically, most coffee table books will only hold the attention of adults—and often not even past the first couple of pages. That is why I like the following two books. They’re both attractive, entertaining, and have true family appeal. Perfect for the coffee table in the playroom … and they also make good gifts!
2009 National Book Award Winner: Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, by Phillip Hoose
By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
Published: November 19, 2009
Congratulations to Phillip Hoose, the winner of the 2009 National Book Award, in the Young People’s Literature category. I haven’t had the opportunity to read this book, however, I thought I’d share the link to the Nataional Book Foundation’s inspiring interview with Phillip Hoose. As well as the publisher’s synopsis …
National Book Award Finalists, 2009
By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
Published: November 16, 2009
The winners of the National Book Awards will be announced on Wednesday, November 18, 2009. Here is the list of finalists for the Young People’s Literature award:
YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE
Deborah Heiligman, Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith (Henry Holt) – Interview
Phillip Hoose, Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) – Interview
David Small, Stitches (W. W. Norton & Co.) – Interview
Laini Taylor, Lips Touch: Three Times (Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic) – Interview
Rita Williams-Garcia, Jumped (HarperTeen/HarperCollins)
YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE JUDGES:
Kathi Appelt, Coe Booth, Carolyn Coman, Nancy Werlin, Gene Luen Yang
You can visit the National Book Foundation for more information: http://www.nationalbook.org
Leave us a comment: We’d love to hear your thoughts or have you share links to reviews on any of these books.
Bookarazzi: The Very Helpful Mary-Louise Parker
By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
Published: October 1, 2009
boo·ka·raz·zi
A freelance blogger who pursues celebrities who read books, to create posts that promote children’s literature.
Tony Award-winning actress Mary-Louise Parker has made her pledge to read in the world’s largest annual reading event, National Read for the Record Day on October 8, 2009. Each year the Jumpstart organization hosts Read for the Record, an international campaign which brings children and grownups together to read the same book, on the same day, in communities all over the world. Reading aloud to young children is not only fun, but provides the extra nourishment needed for literacy development: the fundamental skill that leads to overall success in school.
Jim Dale reading the Exposition from Return to the Hundred Acre Wood
By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
Published: September 24, 2009
In anticipation of the release of Return to the Hundred Acre Wood by David Benedictus, which goes on sale October 5th, I want to share this video of Jim Dale reading the exposition from Return to the Hundred Acre Wood during the recording of the audio book. Return to the Hundred Acre Wood is the first authorized sequel to A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard’s classic books, Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner to be written in over eighty years!
