Some very prestigious kids and teen awards were announced this weekend.
The John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature went to Dead End in Norvelt.
The Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children went to A Ball for Daisy, illustrated and written by .
Finally, the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults went to Where Things Come Back, written by .
Amongst the Printz Honor books are Why We Broke Up by , which was featured in our most recent newsletter, and The Scorpio Races by , which our Be First Club absolutely loved.For a full listing of more ALA award winners and honor books, see the ALA press release.
Congratulations to all the authors involved!
Categories: Awards, buzz, Publishing News
This morning, , author of the Harry Potter series, announced the October launch of pottermore.com. Pottermore will offer an interactive reading experience for fans of the series, as well as Harry-Potter-related merchandise and ebooks. Fans will be able to visit Diagon Alley, get their own wand and be sorted into a house. has also promised additional information about various characters that fans will be able to access on the site - for example, the story of how Petunia and Vernon Dursley met, and what Professor McGonagall did before she came to teach at Hogwarts. says she's written about 18,000 new words on our favourite witches and wizards, and she's not even finished yet!
Registration begins on July 31st - Harry's birthday - and a million lucky registrants will be able to access the site early. Don't forget to submit your e-mail now so you can get a reminder when registration opens!
For more information, see announcement and the Leaky Cauldron for all up-to-date news regarding Pottermore.
Categories: buzz, SciFi & Fantasy, Publishing News
You (yes, you) can help pick what Robert Munsch is going to write about next! Just go to the Scholastic website and choose your favourite storyline of the three. You can only vote once a day until October 30, but you can vote every day if you want. The book with the winning storyline, illustrated by Michael Marchenko, will be published in May of 2011. So what are you waiting for? Get out and vote!
Categories: Fun, Publishing News
When City Dog moves to the country, he finds a Country Frog sitting on a rock. Country Frog is waiting for a friend, "but," he says with a smile, "you'll do." In the spring, the two play frog games, and in the summer they play dog games. Then,in the fall, they play remembering games. Things change over the winter, but friendship blooms in spring once more - just a little differently.
We are all fans up in the Kids section, and while this could not be more different than his fabulous Pigeon books, it does not disappoint. This is a truly wonderful story about friendship and the seasons of life, beautifully illustrated by and suitable for all ages.
Categories: Reviews, Publishing News
First - Captain Underpants is coming back! The long-awaited tenth book in the series, The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future, will be coming out sometime later this year. Author is contracted for three more Captain Underpants books after this one. Woohoo!
Secondly, and kind of oddly, singer/actress of Lizzie McGuire fame is... writing a novel? She recently signed a multiple-book contract with Simon and Schuster for a Young Adult Series. The first book, Elixir, will be published in the fall of this year. According to this website, the new series "will focus on a photojournalist named Clea Raymond, the celebrity offspring of a politician and a doctor. In Da Vinci Code fashion, she chases a dashing boy in a race against time to unravel a centuries-old mystery that could unlock the key to her soulmate's true identity." Huh.
And to round out this list, a recommendation for a book that you might not have heard of: Neil Flambé and the Marco Polo Murders, by Canadian author . According to the CM review:
The top chefs of Vancouver's classier restaurants are dying, killed by some unidentifiable poison that leaves them with their faces blue but their lips smiling. The chief of police calls in his expert: The Nose, aka 14-year-old Neil Flambé, chef, restauranteur, sniffer extraordinary, and, incidentally, school boy.Looks interesting!
--- Alexandra Kroeger
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