Children's & Teen Awards/Best Books Lists Roundup

Annually, YALSA's blogging team recommends a list of great graphic novels and illustrated nonfiction for those ages 12-18. Their list of ten titles includes annotations, review, suggested cataloging, ISBN and age range.

Stop here to see the complete list.

A tip of the hat to the WVLS Youth Services Information Exchange Facebook page for these two recent list tips.

Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten List
The Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association.creates an annual book list of the best feminist books for young readers from birth through age 18. 

• 2024 Top Ten List
•  Past Top Ten Lists

EJK Illustrator Award

Ezra Jack Keats Award

EJK Award is given annually to an outstanding new writer and new illustrator by the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation in partnership with the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM).

The Ezra Jack Keats Award was created to nurture illustrators and writers, early in their careers, who create extraordinary books that reflect our diverse population, the universal experience of childhood and the strength of family and community. 

EJK Author Award

2024 winners and honors

LIVESTREAM the EJK Award Ceremony, April 11, 1:00pm ET (details coming soon)

About the EJK Award • All Winners & Honors • Mock EJK Award Toolkits • FAQ • EJK Award Book Discussion Guides

Wisconsin Women Write for Children Event

        Wisconsin Women Write for Children

Come for desserts and coffee in a beautiful historic mansion.
The Woman’s Club of Wisconsin is the setting for this presentation.

Writers include:  Carole Barrowman, Ann Bausum, Lois Ehlert, Janet Halfmann,
Barbara Joosse, JoAnn Early Macken, Lisa Moser

Where:
The Woman’s Club of Wisconsin

813 East Kilbourn Avenue

Milwaukee, WI 53202
(Free valet parking available)

When:
Tuesday May 14th
Doors open at 6:00 pm
Program is from 6:30-8:30 pm

Registration:
Registration fee is $15, with $5 for students.
Registration deadline is April 28th

Make checks payable to The Center for Children’s Literature

Mail to: Carthage College, 2001 Alford Park Drive, Kenosha, WI 53140
Jstewig@carthage.edu           or   262-552-5480

Carthage College Center for Children's Literature
                                                          

Strong Women

Women's History Month is here.  I often find myself describing a book to a parent and saying that it has a strong female character.  Here is an interesting post from Molly Wetta in the Hub that talks a bit about different kinds of "strong". 

WLA- A Stronghold of Story

Betsy Hearne - reviewer, professor emerita of GSLIS at Champaign-Urbana, writer and storyteller extraordinaire - wove a fascinating talk about the history of women librarians as storytellers, storykeepers and unsung she-roes in librarianship. Both erudite and compassionate, Hearne explored the many ways that stories surround the life and work of women. She spoke movingly of the early library school graduates who brought library services and stories out to remote areas of the west; how the collectors of traditional folk and fairy tales used material that had been gathered by and from women but never credited to them; and the great children's librarian storytellers of the 20th century like Shedlock, Sawyer and Baker who were marginalized in the revival of storytelling that took place later in the century. Her thoughtful talk ended on an upbeat note -  how children's librarians open the world of storytelling and literature to children and the importance of our mission.

This was an inspiring program co-sponsored by both Wisconsin Women Library Workers and YSS.

Image: 'Candle light'  http://www.flickr.com/photos/37989307@N08/3869366195 Found on flickrcc.net