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2023 Odyssey Awards for Excellence in Audiobook Production for Children and Young Adults announced
NEW ORLEANS — Taryn Beato for Simon & Schuster Audio, producer of the audiobook “Stuntboy, in the Meantime,” has won the 2023 Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production for Children. Melissa Ellard for Weston Woods Studios and Scholastic Audio...
'All My Rage' wins 2023 Printz Award
NEW ORLEANS — “All My Rage” written by Sabaa Tahir and published by Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, a division of Penguin Random House, has won the 2023 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. The award was...
NEW ORLEANS — “Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice,” written by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes and illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile, has been named the 2023 winner of the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award—the first national...
'The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen' wins 2023 William C. Morris Award
NEW ORLEANS — “The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen,” written by Isaac Blum, has been named the 2023 winner of the William C. Morris YA Debut Award, which honors a book published by a first-time author. The book is published by Philomel Books, an imprint...
NEW ORLEANS — Jason Reynolds is the recipient of the 2023 Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring his significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens for “When I was the Greatest,” “The Boy in the Black Suit,” “All American Boys,” “Ghost” and “Long...
YALSA announces 2023 Alex Awards
NEW ORLEANS — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the 91传媒 (91传媒), has selected 10 adult books with special appeal to teen readers to receive the 2023 Alex Awards. The awards, sponsored by the...
Amina Luqman-Dawson, Frank Morrison win 2023 Coretta Scott King Book Awards
NEW ORLEANS — Amina Luqman-Dawson, author of “Freewater” and Frank Morrison, illustrator of “Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual” are the winners of the 2023 Coretta Scott King Book Awards honoring African American...
Dr. Claudette McLinn is the recipient of the 2023 Coretta Scott King -Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award was announced during the 91传媒’s LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience held Jan. 27-30, in New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS — “Love, Violet,” by Charlotte Sullivan Wild and published by Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, and “When the Angels Left the Old Country,” by Sacha Lamb and published by Arthur...
2023 Schneider Family Book Awards recipients named
NEW ORLEANS — The 91传媒 (91传媒) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 Schneider Family Book Awards, which honor an author or illustrator for the artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent...
2023 Sydney Taylor Book Award winners announced
NEW ORLEANS — The 2023 winners of the Sydney Taylor Book Award, administered by the Association of Jewish Libraries, an affiliate of the 91传媒 (91传媒), were announced today during the 91传媒’s LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience...
YMA highlights 2023 Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature youth category winners
NEW ORLEANS — The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (AP91传媒), an affiliate of the 91传媒 (91传媒), announced the 2023 winners of its Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature youth categories today during the 91传媒’s...
NEW ORLEANS — The 91传媒 (91传媒) selects “The Swimmers,” by Julie Otsuka, published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, as the winner of the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and "An Immense...
YALSA announces 2023 William C. Morris finalists
CHICAGO – The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the 91传媒 (91传媒), selected five books as finalists for the 2023 William C. Morris Award, which honors the year’s best books written for young adults by a...
YALSA Announces 2023 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award finalists
CHICAGO - The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the 91传媒 (91传媒), selected five books as finalists for the 2023 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award, which awards the best in nonfiction...
