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Mystery Writers of America have announced the 2008 Edgar Award Winners.  Here are the juvenile and teen ones:

Best Juvenile:  The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh

Best Young Adult: Rat Life by Tedd Arnold

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I love seeing who has won the Jane Addam's Children's Book Awards because the focus of the award is so near and dear to me.   Books on the list "effectively promote the cause of peace, social justice, world community, and the equality of the sexes and all races as well as meeting conventional standards for excellence."

Here are the 2008 Winners:

 

The Escape of Oney Judge: Martha Washington's Slave Finds Freedom by Emily Arnold McCully.

We Are One:  The Story of Bayard Rustin by Larry Dane Brimmer.

And the honors:

One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge.

Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins.

Eljah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis.

Birmingham, 1963 by Carole Boston Weatherford.

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The CILIP Carnegie Medal Shortlist for 2008 has been announced:

 

Gatty's Tale by Kevin Crossley-Holland

Ruby Red by Linzi Alex Glass

Crusade by Elizabeth Laird

Apache by Tanya Landman

Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve

What I Was by Meg Rosoff

Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine (published in the U.S. as Me, the Missing and the Dead)

 

Remember, this is a British award, so some of the books aren't released in the U.S. yet.

Has anyone got any favorites?  I haven't read any of these!

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Here they are!  Hot off the presses (really hot off of an announcement on the CCBC-Net list).  They are not on the Notables website yet.

Poetry and Drama

Jazz on a Saturday Night by Leo and Diane Dillons.

Young Cornrows Callin Out the Moon by Ruth Forman.

Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo Poems by Linda Sue Park.

Good Masters, Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz.

 

Historical and Realistic Fiction

Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine

In Search of Mockingbird by Loretta Ellsworth.

Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford.  (My review)

The Wild Girls by Pat Murphy.

The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt. (My review)

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. (My review)

Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth.

Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson.

Fantasy/Folklore

Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal by Paul Fleischman. (My review)

The Black Book of Secrets by F. E. Higgins.

Robot Dreams by Sara Varon.

Information/Biography/Autobiography/Memoir

Muckrakers by Ann Bausum.

How to Write Your Life Story by Ralph Fletcher.

Pass It Down: Five Picture Book Families Make Their Mark by Leonard S. Marcus.

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis. (My review)

Helen Keller: Her Life in Pictures by George Sullivan.

 

Picture Books

Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones by Gene Barretta.

Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett. (My review)

The Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. Harrington. (My review)

One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge.

The Zoo by S. Lee.

When the Shadbush Blooms by Carla Messinger and Susan Katz. (My review)

The Arrival by Shaun Tan. (My review)

Chester by Melanie Watt. (My review)

Woolvs in the Sitee by Margaret Wild.

 

Got any favorites of your own on the list?

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Here they are!  Hot off the presses (really hot off of an announcement on the CCBC-Net list).  They are not on the Notables website yet.

Poetry and Drama

Jazz on a Saturday Night by Leo and Diane Dillons.

Young Cornrows Callin Out the Moon by Ruth Forman.

Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo Poems by Linda Sue Park.

Good Masters, Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz.

 

Historical and Realistic Fiction

Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine

In Search of Mockingbird by Loretta Ellsworth.

Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford.  (My review)

The Wild Girls by Pat Murphy.

The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt. (My review)

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. (My review)

Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth.

Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson.

Fantasy/Folklore

Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal by Paul Fleischman. (My review)

The Black Book of Secrets by F. E. Higgins.

Robot Dreams by Sara Varon.

Information/Biography/Autobiography/Memoir

Muckrakers by Ann Bausum.

How to Write Your Life Story by Ralph Fletcher.

Pass It Down: Five Picture Book Families Make Their Mark by Leonard S. Marcus.

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis. (My review)

Helen Keller: Her Life in Pictures by George Sullivan.

 

Picture Books

Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones by Gene Barretta.

Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett. (My review)

The Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. Harrington. (My review)

One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge.

The Zoo by S. Lee.

When the Shadbush Blooms by Carla Messinger and Susan Katz. (My review)

The Arrival by Shaun Tan. (My review)

Chester by Melanie Watt. (My review)

Woolvs in the Sitee by Margaret Wild.

 

Got any favorites of your own on the list?

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Here they are!  Hot off the presses (really hot off of an announcement on the CCBC-Net list).  They are not on the Notables website yet.

Poetry and Drama

Jazz on a Saturday Night by Leo and Diane Dillons.

Young Cornrows Callin Out the Moon by Ruth Forman.

Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo Poems by Linda Sue Park.

Good Masters, Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz.

 

Historical and Realistic Fiction

Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party by Ying Chang Compestine

In Search of Mockingbird by Loretta Ellsworth.

Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford.  (My review)

The Wild Girls by Pat Murphy.

The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt. (My review)

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. (My review)

Keeping Corner by Kashmira Sheth.

Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson.

Fantasy/Folklore

Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal by Paul Fleischman. (My review)

The Black Book of Secrets by F. E. Higgins.

Robot Dreams by Sara Varon.

Information/Biography/Autobiography/Memoir

Muckrakers by Ann Bausum.

How to Write Your Life Story by Ralph Fletcher.

Pass It Down: Five Picture Book Families Make Their Mark by Leonard S. Marcus.

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis. (My review)

Helen Keller: Her Life in Pictures by George Sullivan.

 

Picture Books

Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones by Gene Barretta.

Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett. (My review)

The Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. Harrington. (My review)

One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge.

The Zoo by S. Lee.

When the Shadbush Blooms by Carla Messinger and Susan Katz. (My review)

The Arrival by Shaun Tan. (My review)

Chester by Melanie Watt. (My review)

Woolvs in the Sitee by Margaret Wild.

 

Got any favorites of your own on the list?

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The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators have announced the winners of the 2007 Golden Kite Awards:

Fiction

Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate (on my to-be-read pile)

Nonfiction

Muckrakers by Ann Bausum

Picture Book Text

Pierre in Love by Sara Pennypacker

Picture Book Illustration

Little Night by Yuyi Morales

 

Honor Books:

Fiction

Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauran Tarshis (Wonderful!  A great read.)

Nonfiction

1607: A New Look at Jamestown by Karen Lange

Picture Book Text

The End by David LaRochelle (Hurrah!  A wonderful book!)

Picture Book Illustration

Who Put the B in Ballyhoo? by Carlyn Beccia

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Each year I sing the praises of the CCBC Choices list, but every year I am delighted at what makes their list and equally delighted to discover the titles that I missed. 

CCBC Choices 2008 is available in a preliminary pdf form.  The full list with annotations and recommended ages will be available after March 8th.  But now you can have a glimpse at some great books.

The Choices list is always strong in multiculturalism, nonfiction, poetry, and fiction for children and teens.  Many of my favorites of the year are on the list, far too many to list here, and there are so many treats in store to discover as well!  The covers above are ones I am particularly looking forward to reading.

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And the nominees for Young Adult Fiction are:

Sherman Alexie for "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian"

Geraldine McCaughrean for "The White Darkness"

Walter Dean Myers for "What They Found: Love on 145th Street"

Kenneth Oppel for"Darkwing"

Philip Reeve for "A Darkling Plain"

 

My favorites are the first two listed, but I haven't read any of the others.  The first two are my among my favorite YA books of 2007.  Alexie's novel is my #1 choice of the year.  It will be interesting to see what takes the prize.

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The Rainbow List is vibrantly presented through their MySpace site.  The list is co-sponsored by the American Library Association's Social Responsibility Round Table and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgendered Round Table.  This is the first Rainbow List, and covers books published from 2005-2007.

The list covers beginning readers through teens and is filled with important books for public libraries across the country to have.

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The 2008 Amelia Bloomer List is out.  The award honors authors and illustrators whose books are feminist and expand the role of girls and women beyond the traditional.  Sadly, the 2008 list is accompanied by the very accurate assessment: 

We are frustrated by the
small number of truly powerful, well-written feminist books for young
readers, and by the small number of non-white, non-Western characters.
We are also dismayed by the dearth of authentic feminist fiction for
beginning and middle readers.

I am amazed at how few of the books I have read, though I love to read about strong female characters.  Definitely a list worthy of exploring.

Here are some of my favorites from the list:

Princess Pigsty by Cornelia Funke

Hiromi's Hands by Lynne Barasch

The Plain Janes by Cecil Castelluci and Jim Rugg

Do any of you have other favorites on the list?  Or other books with strong female characters that did not make the list?

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The United States Board on Books for Young People has released their Outstanding International Books list which is available at School Library Journal.  It is quite a fabulous list of international books brought to the US. 

Here are some of my favorites that appear on the list:

Picture Books

Millie Waits for the Mail by Alexander Steffensmeier
My Cat Copies Me by Yoon-Duck Kwon
New Clothes for New Year's Day by Hyun-Joo Bae


Middle Grade

Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke


Teen

The Arrival by Shaun Tan
Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier

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Just in case you were searching for yet another Best Books of 2007 list, I have two more for you.  Both from Kirkus, they are broken into Children's and Young Adult.  Both files are pdf's and take a little patience when loading.  It's nice to see two separate lists, because that way the YA list has plenty of room to spread out.  Plenty of my annual favorites are here, with a few new treats as well.  Enjoy!

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The New York Public Library has released its list of the top 100 Children's Books of 2007.  I am thrilled to see so many of my favorites on the list.  Far too many to list here.  The NYPL always does a great job of selecting titles that are child-friendly, expand horizons, and are well written.  Quite a combination to achieve. 

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The Lee Bennett Hopkins Award for Children's Poetry has been awarded. 



The winner is Birmingham, 1963 by Carole Boston Weatherford.

The two honor books are:



Blue Lipstick by John Grandits



This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness by Joyce Sidman

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The 2008 Edgar Award Nominees have been announced.  The Mystery Writes of America give the award in several categories including juvenile and YA.  The nominees are:



Best Juvenile

The Name of This Book Is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch.
Shadows on Society Hill by Evelyn Coleman
Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn
The Night Tourist by Katherine Marsh
Sammy Keyes and the Wild Things by Wendelin Van Draanen



Best Young Adult

Rat Life by Tedd Arnold
Diamonds in the Shadow by Caroline B. Cooney
Touching Snow by M. Sindy Felin
Blood Brothers by S. A. Harazin
Fragments by Jeffry W. Johnston

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Another of my favorite lists from YALSA is the 2008 Quick Picks.  These books are judged solely on whether reluctant readers will pick them up and read for pleasure.  So you know that these titles will fly off of your library shelves all on their own! 



The list has some of my favorites:

Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Choices by Deborah Lynn Jacobs
Harmless by Dana Reinhardt

Remember, the list is not just for reluctant readers.  All teen readers will enjoy these books!  Anyone else have favorites on the list?

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YALSA announced their 2008 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list.  This year's list includes 43 titles recommended for ages 12-18.  They also have a Top Ten List of titles. 

Now, I read a few graphic novels each year, and loved The Arrival by Shaun Tan, but I am not nearly widely read enough to judge the list.  Any comments from those of you who read more graphic novels or have favorites either on the list or overlooked?

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YALSA has announced the 2008 Best Books for Young Adults.  It is a long list of great books, and they do select a Top Ten List for the year as well.



I am very happy with the Top Ten List, which includes four of my favorites of the year!

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy (though I think it trends more to middle graders but I won't complain!)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (good to see it not only here but on the children's notable list as well)
The Arrival by Shaun Tan (also on the children's list!)



The general list is also a wonderful list containing some of my other favorites of the year:

Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
What the Moon Saw by Laura Resau
Notes from a Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick

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I always love seeing the notable lists that arrive shortly after the Medal announcements. 

The 2008 Notable Children's Books list is now available.  The list covers books of quality for ages birth through 14.  And unlike the Medal books, there is no limit to the number of books you will find on the lists.  What a treat!

I am happy to see some of my favorites of the year:



For Younger Readers

Dimity Dumpty, the Story of Humpty's Little Sister by Bob Graham
The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice Harrington
The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll by Patricia McKissack (which I thought should have gotten some recognition by the Coretta Scott King Awards)
Pictures from Our Vacation by Lynne Rae Perkins
 
 

For Middle and Older Readers:

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Arrival by Shaun Tan (where was this one with the Printz?!)

Obviously, I have a lot of new books to read in the middle and older readers categories!

Anyone else have favorites on the list?

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The American Indian Library Association (AILA) has announced the winners of their new award, the American Indian Youth Literature Award. 

Here are the winners:



Picture Book: Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom by Tim Tingle, illustrated by Jeanne Rorex Bridge.



Middle School:  Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond by Joseph Medicine Crow.



Young Adult:  The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.

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Elijah of Buxton seems to be this year's winningest title!  Christopher Paul Curtis won the Scott O'Dell Award for historical fiction, plus the title won the Coretta Scott King author award and a Newbery Honor.  I am in the middle of reading the book right now.  Definitely worthy of the awards it received this year.

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What you see below are the results of me typing as fast as I can while listening to the online broadcast of the ALA award announcements.

Please excuse the typos and the missing titles in places.  I did my best!  At times the slides didn't ever catch up with the books being announced, so I had no idea how to spell names and titles.  Technology!



Best Surprise of the Year:  The Invention of Hugo Cabret winning



Another Great Moment:  Repossessed by AM Jenkins winning a Printz Honor.  It is one of the Cybil's finalists for science fiction/fantasy for teens.  Hurrah!


Biggest Disappointment:  Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie was overlooked for even a Printz honor.  Truly a devastating choice, though it did win the National Book Award.



And am I confused or did the Batchelder Award go to a graphic novel, Brave Story?  It is published by Viz, a Manga publisher.  If so, how wonderful is that?!  A must-have for my reading list.

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Geisel

Honor Books

First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Hello Bumblebee Bat
Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler
Vulture View

Winner

Mo Willems!!!


Caldecott

Honors

Henry's Freedom Box by Kadir Nelson
First the Egg
The Wall by Peter Sis
Knuffle Bunny Too

Winner

Hugo Cabret!!!!!!!  HOLY CRAP!!!!! I never ever thought it had a chance!

Whoa!!!


Newbery

Honors

Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson

Winner

Good Masters, Sweet Ladies by Laura Amy Schlitz

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Winner

Jump In Freestyle Edition

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Honor Books - Illustration

My Name is Gabito by Monica Brown
My Colors My World by Maya Christina Gonzalez

Winner - Illustration

Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Yuyi Morales  (YES!!)


Honor Books - Writing

Frida Viva la vida by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach by Carmen Agra Deedy
Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Yuyi Morales (Amazing!)

Winner - Writing

Poet Slave of Cuba (YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  It is waiting on my desk for a review!)

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Honor Books

Spiders by Nic Bishop
Lightship by Brian Floca

Winner

The Wall by Peter Sis  (YES!)

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Honor Books

The Cat or How I Lost Eternity by Jutta Richter
Nicholas and the Gang by Rene Goscinny

Winner

Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe (Sounds wonderful!)

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Odyssey Award

Jazz by Listening Library

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Honor Books

Dreamquake by Elizabeth Knox
One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith Clark
Repossessed by AM Jenkins  (HURRAH!)
(Missed one of these!)

Winner

The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean

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Orson Scott Card!!!!  Amazing! 

I am shocked and thrilled.

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New Talent

Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything In It by Sundee T. Frazier


Honor Books
November Blues by Sharon Draper
Twelve Rounds to Glory by Charles R. Smith


Author Award

Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis


Illustrator Award

Let It Shine by Ashley Bryan

Honor Books
Secret Olivia Told Me by N. Joy
Jazz on a Saturday Night by Leo and Diane Dillon

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Schneider Family Book Award

Children's

Kami and the Yaks by Andrea Stenn Stryer


Middle School

Reaching for Sun by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer  (HURRAH!!!)


Teen

Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby

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The finalists for YA Fiction, Nonfiction Picture Books, Graphic Novels and MG/YA Nonfiction are now up on the Cybil blog.  I am thrilled to see some of my favorites of the year on the lists.  Good luck to the judges who will have to select from these lists of worthy titles.  I can't wait to see who wins!

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The Association of Jewish Libraries has announced the 2008 Sydney Taylor Book Awards.  The awards are given to "new books for children and teens that exemplify the highest literary standards while authentically portraying the Jewish experience."  The award is given in memory of one of my favorite authors from my childhood, Sydney Taylor.

Here are the winners:

Young Readers



The Bedtime Sh'ma: A Good Night Book by Sarah Gershman and Kristina Swarner.

Older Readers



The Entertainer and the Dybbuk by Sid Fleischman.


Teen Readers



Strange Relations by Sonia Levitin.

Honor books were also given in each category:

Younger Readers



The Castle on Hester Street by Linda Heller
Letter on the Wind by Sarah Lamstein
Light by Jane Breskin Zalben

Older Readers



Holocaust: The Events and Their Impact on Real People by Angela Gluck Wood
The Secret of the Priest's Grotto by Peter Lane Taylor

Teen Readers



Let Sleeping Dogs Lie by Mirjam Pressler

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The Sunday Times has their list of the Best Books for Children 2007 up.  The books are selections from Nicolette Jones, their reviewer.  Because the Times is British, you will find books not available in the U.S.  But some of her favorites will be very familiar.  Her list spans books for babies through those for teens.

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The Horn Book has once again created an amazing compilation of best books.  Their Best Books of 2007 include so many of my favorites of the year!  In picture books, they are all marvelous.  Fiction includes three of my all-time favorites of the year: Hugo Cabret, Red Spikes and Absolutely True Diary.  All marvelous!  What a great list and what a great year for books! 

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One more list, just in case your to-be-read list has bloated enough with the previous lists!  Publisher's Weekly has released their list of the Best Children's Books of 2007.  Again, I see a lot of my favorites and others that are already patiently waiting to be read on my list. 

One book that will even bump the Cybil's books off of the top of my pile is the conclusion of Libba Bray's trilogy.  I can't wait to see how she ends it and just go along for the ride in her Victorian fantasy. 

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Tis the season for Best of the Year lists!



School Library Journal has posted their favorite titles of the year.  Their list includes 63 books.  Lots of lovely picture books, great teen reads and wonderful middle grade books.  Many of my favorites of the year made their list.




Amazon also has their Best 0f 2007.  You'll have to scroll down to find their lists for picture books, middle readers and teens.  Each list has a full top ten.  And again some of my favorites are there.

How about you?

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Hurrah!!  Sherman Alexie has won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature!  His brilliant, amazing The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is my favorite teen novel of the year.  I don't think I have ever had my favorite win the NBA.  So hurrah!  Hurrah! 

I heard it on NPR on my way to work and restrained myself to loud cheers and a happy dance, refraining from honking the horn and flashing my lights in glee.

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The finalists for the 2007 National Book Awards in Young People's Literature have been announced.  And what a great slate of candidates it is!  Two of my all-time favorites of the year, so I look forward to reading the others. 

Right now my vote goes to The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.  A spectacular read.

Sherman
Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time
Indian

Kathleen
Duey, Skin Hunger: A Resurrection of Magic,
Book One

M.
Sindy Felin, Touching Snow

Brian
Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Sara
Zarr, Story of a Girl

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Finding Violet Park by first-time author Jenny Valentine has won the Guardian children's fiction prize in Britain.  The book is not yet out in the U.S. and let's hope it doesn't take as long as The New Policeman did.

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The Guardian Prize for children's fiction has announced its shortlist:

Mr. Gum and the Biscuit Billionaire by Andy Stanton

The Truth Sayer by Sally Prue

The Falconer's Knot by Mary Hoffman

Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine

I haven't read a single one of them.  Anyone else have any reactions?

The award winner will be announced on October 5th.

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The Quill Winners have been announced. 



Children's Picture Book:  Flotsam by David Wiesner



Children's Chapter/Middle Grade:  The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick



Young Adult/Teen:  Sold by Patricia McCormick

Now it is your turn to vote for The Book of the Year. 

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The British Booktrust Teenage Prize has annou