The Youth Media Awards have been announced … and three Maine authors/illustrators have been named:
Ashley Bryan
Stephen King
Melissa Sweet
Here are the awards in alphabetical order:
Alex Awards — “ten best adult books that appeal to teen audiences”
Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow
City of Thieves by David Benioff
The Oxford Project by Stephen G. Bloom
Finding Nouf by Zoe Ferraris
Mudbound by [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘ALA Midwinter 2009 - Denver’
January 26, 2009
ALA Midwinter 2009 – Denver, Day 5–The Youth Media Awards
January 26, 2009
ALA Midwinter 2009 – Denver, Day 4
What a FABULOUS DAY!!!
Everything that I ATTENDED today was WONDERFUL …
Rushworth Kidder, founder of the Institute for Global Ethics, was a fascinating and inspiring speaker. He talked about how there are core values that seem to emerge in all cultures and societies: honesty, responsibility, respect, fairness and compassion. He also explained that although ethics is [...]
January 25, 2009
ALA Midwinter 2009, Denver – Day 3
My morning started out with the Sunrise Speaker series and a presentation by Leigh Rubin, the creator of the comic strip, Rubes. He told us how he got his start. He still remembers the first cartoon he drew when he was in kindergarten and how much he loved that he could draw a picture that [...]
January 24, 2009
ALA Midwinter 2009 – Denver, Day 2
The school library advocacy institute was a big disappointment … I won’t go into the details. Evidently, not all school librarians are as fun-loving as I am :>
The exhibit hall opened this afternoon and I picked up a copy of 3 Willows by Ann Brashares, just like I said I would; tomorrow I’ll try to [...]
January 23, 2009
ALA Midwinter 2009 – Denver, Colorado
It’s like spring here … I went out for a walk this morning and it was 50 degrees and climbing. No snow. I’ve kept my hat, scarf and mittens in my suitcase.
Here are some of today’s highlights (for me) at this ALA Midwinter Meeting …
Friday – 1/23/09
9:30am-4:30pm – American Association of School Librarians Advocacy Institute [...]
