Tag: caldecotts

We’ve Got the 2019 Caldecotts (And Lots of Other Award Winners)

February 2, 2019 Activism, Booklists, Children's Books, Events and Celebrations , , , , ,

I went to ALA Midwinter while it was happening in Seattle last weekend, and it was amazing to walk the exhibits space and just see so many great books. I’m not as current with what’s happening in children’s lit since I left teaching, and I really miss it. I love being a full time, working writer, but…I love children’s books, and I love sharing them with kids. I was at ALA on Sunday, and then Monday morning they held the ALA Youth Media Awards, where they announce all the big winners in kidlit. This is what I watch every year for the announcement of the Newbery and Caldecott books, and then I immediately buy all of the Caldecotts for H’s collection–we have them all for every year of her life, plus the year I was pregnant (and lots of other years because I just love Caldecott books). I also picked up a lot of the other award winners announced on Monday, and by Tuesday they’d all arrived.

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Rep. John Lewis and This Year’s Caldecotts

February 6, 2017 Activism, Children's Books , , ,

January 23rd brought the 2017 ALA Youth Media Awards around again, and that meant we added the latest set of Caldecott books to H’s collection. I just realized that I don’t actually post about this every year when it happens, even though the collection grows and grows.

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What We’re Reading At Home This Week

February 6, 2015 Children's Books , , ,

The ALA Youth Media Awards were held on Monday at the ALA Midwinter Conference (very exciting library stuff), and the 2015 Caldecotts and Newberys are the biggest announcements. I did a roundup of the winners for GeekMom this week, but here at home we’re focused on the Caldecotts.

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So This Happened

May 31, 2013 Children's Books, Writing , , , ,

Well…I am officially a new Contributor at Geekmom! I’m really excited about this, and my first post went up today. I did a roundup of the 2013 Caldecott books, something I never quite managed to get up on this blog.

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11 Months Old!

February 16, 2013 Children's Books, Family , , ,

I can’t believe it’s been more than a week since I’ve posted. I’m not even sure why, this week just went really quickly. Last weekend was full of awesome birthday celebrations, which I will post more about in the next few days. And it’s just been quick and a little exhausting. We’re trying to work out a new morning and evening routine here, so we’ve been kind of hyper-focused on that. But the end result is that I have a pile of stuff to post about now, including the fact that H turned 11 months old yesterday!

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