Book Spotlight: If You Were Me and Lived in … TurkeyThe Children’s Book Review
Month: January 2014
Are you ready to travel off to yet another amazing country with award-winning author and former social studies teacher Carole P. Roman? This time she takes young readers to the only country that has a major city that sits on two continents.
The Schneider Family Book Award is given to books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience, announced by the American Library Association.
The Michael L. Printz Award is given for excellence in literature written for young adults and is announced by the American Library Association.
The Coretta Scott King Book Awards recognize African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults.
John Newbery Medal Winner
The most outstanding contribution to children’s literature, announced by the American Library Association.
Randolph Caldecott Medal Announced: The most distinguished American picture book for children, announced by the American Library Association.
Christian Robinson is an illustrator of picture books. In 2008, he earned a BFA in Character Animation at the California Institute of the Arts and has worked at both Pixar Studios and Sesame Street Workshop. Christian likes to blur the line between work and play and he lives in San Francisco.
From Kadir Nelson, winner of the Caldecott Honor and the Coretta Scott King Author and Illustrator Awards, comes a transcendent picture book, Baby Bear, in the tradition of Margaret Wise Brown about a lost little bear searching for home.
The Sydney Taylor Book Award honors new books for children and teens that exemplify the highest literary standards while authentically portraying the Jewish experience.