Monday, February 02, 2015

Poetry Wins Awards!

This morning I am celebrating the range of diverse books (authors, illustrators, and subjects) and poetry present in the youth media award winners announced at the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting in Chicago.

Brown Girl Dreaming, written by Jacqueline Woodson
Newbery Honor Book
Coretta Scott King Author Book 
Sibert Honor Book


The Crossover, written by Kwame Alexander
John Newbery Medal Winner
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book 


How I Discovered Poetry, written by Marilyn Nelson
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book 


written by Patricia Powell  and illustrated by Christian Robinson 
Sibert Honor Book
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book 


If you are a fan of poetry and haven't read these, be sure to add them to your TBR list. 

Finally, let me add a plug for the Cybils and mention that Brown Girl Dreaming is also a Cybils poetry finalist!

6 comments:

  1. I am adding this to my school library! Thanks for the post. Splendid, exciting books.

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  2. Such lovely news. I especially loved THE CROSSOVER.

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  3. Hooray for children's poetry! I'm ordering these now from the library.

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  4. Thrilled for so many reasons....

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  5. Thrilled for so many reasons....

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  6. It was a great year for poetry!

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