90 Second Newbery

Every year since 1922, the American Library Association has awarded the very prestigious Newbery Medal. Now that we've already learned of our 2011 winner, a quick calculation tells us that there are 89 Newbery Medal books in all! That's a lot! Have you read them all?

Me neither.

But wouldn't it be nice to say that you did? Well, it might not be exactly the same as reading the book, but check out a 90 second reenactment of the 1963 winner, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle:



Get it? Want to make your own? Check out: 90secondnewbery.com for more information about the program, which is run by teen author James Kennedy.

Happy acting!

2011 Award Winners!

What an exciting day for youth literature! This morning The American Library Assossiation announced the 2011 winners for 23 different youth literature awards, including the Newbery Medal, Caldecott Medal, and Printz Award!

And now for the big winners...

The John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature goes to...

Moon over Manifest, by Clare Vanderpool

Four Newbery Honor Books also were named:

Turtle in Paradise, by Jennifer L. Holm

Heart of a Samurai, by Margi Preus

Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night, by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Rick Allen

One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia

Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults goes to...

Ship Breaker, written by Paolo Bacigalupi

Four Printz Honor Books also were named:

Stolen, by Lucy Christopher

Please Ignore Vera Dietz, by A.S. King

Revolver, by Marcus Sedgwick

Nothing, by Janne Teller

The Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children goes to...

A Sick Day for Amos McGee, illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead

Two Caldecott Honor Books also were named:

Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill

Interrupting Chicken, written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein

To view the complete list of awards and winners, click here!

And be sure to put this year's Newbury and Printz winners and honor books on reserve! Happy 2011!

The Book Bucket List Challenge!

Picture this: You’re at a party talking with a group of friends. At one point someone says “Haha, phoney? Since when did you turn into Holden Caulfield?” and everyone laughs. You laugh too but on the inside you’re like.. I have no idea what they’re talking about……………!!! You know it’s something to do with Catcher in the Rye but you haven’t read the book (and it seems like everyone else has) so you don’t quite get it. It’s been on your book bucket list for ages but you just don’t have the time to get to it.  That’s where this challenge comes in.


The Book Bucket List Challenge was created to give you the chance to get to all those books that you’ve wanted to read for ages but never found the time to. 

Choose your level -
Level 1: 4 books in 2011


Level 2: 8 books in 2011


Level 3: 12 books in 2011


Rules:
Books can be either YA or adult


Books don’t have to be 2011 releases.


Anyone can join. Please link to a public (web) place I can find you.


You can join at anytime. The challenge runs from now till to December, 2011


You are required to review the books if you want to enter the giveaway. The review can either be a proper review, or simply use the short template (see below)


You do not have to run a blog to participate, although there must be a public website where I can find you (Goodreads, LibraryThing, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Tumblr, etc)


**Tip – if you link to Facebook, a good way to do it is to write a note or use the Visual Bookshelf application


Your blog does not have to be a book blog


If you enter with your blog link, you must post about the challenge so I may link.


Reviewers, the book can not be part of your review books that you would’ve read anyway, it defeats the whole purpose of the challenge.


Your review doesn’t have to be a full review if you do not wish to do so, instead, just use this template:


Book:
Rating: /5


Why did you include it to your Book Bucket List?:


Was it worth it?: Yes/No


Brief Thoughts?:


Would you recommend it?: Yes/No


Prize: If you complete the challenge, at any of the levels, up for grabs is any number of books of your choice to the value of $50 from The Book Depository, to continue the theme of giving the gift of free will. I’ll hopefully add to that as the year progresses with other goodies.




Click To Enter!
 
Reposted from yaReads.com