Kidding Around
Every year, the American Library Association honors hundreds of the best books for children and young adults. One of the most noteworthy is the Coretta Scott King Book Award, which recognizes the best books by African American authors and illustrators about the African American experience. In this, the second in a series of articles about some of the award-winners, Carole McCollough, chair of the jury that picked the winners, discusses the winning books.
Past Articles
- Every year, the American Library Association honors hundreds of the best books for children and young adults. In this, the first in a series of articles about some of the award-winners, Katie O'Dell, who was the head of the committee that picked the Newbery Medal winner, shares what it's like to tell the author that they've just won such a huge honor.
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- Get creative to get the most out of your next trip
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Booklist Review of the Day
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Kinney, Jeff (author). Mar. 2010. 208p. illus. Abrams/Amulet, hardcover, $14.95 (9780810996168). Grades 4-8. 791.43. REVIEW. First published March 16, 2010 (Booklist Online). If you’re a fan of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series—and, statistically speaking, you probably are or know someone who is—you’re aware that the live-action film based on the illustrated middle-school travails of Everyboy Greg Heffley has arrived. Movie tie-in books tend to be either mass-market novelizations or coffee-table affairs, both of which have found audiences.
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