They’ll be here Monday.
8 am ET, so 5 am here, I will be up & ready to watch before I go to work. You can, too, by clicking HERE.
What are the ALA Youth Media Awards, you might ask. My funny answer is the OSCARS of the youth book world: The Newbery, Caldecott, Prinz, to name a few. The YALSA Morris/Nonfiction Challenge I;ve been reading is about the nominees for 2 YA awards. So, let me begin with those.
1. Morris Award for a debut YA novel: I really hope Sex and Violence by Carrie Mesrobian wins this and I think it will.
2. YALSA Nonfiction Award: This is more complicated. I want Neal Bsscomb’s The Nazi Hunters to win
but I am pretty sure that Courage Has No Color by Tanya Lee Stone or Imprisoned:The Betrayal of Japanese Americans During World War II by Martin W. Sandler will win.
3. The Caldecott is awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.I’m torn here between The MightyLalouche and Mr. Tiger Goes Wild.
4. The Newbery is given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. You have to be American to win this one. As much as I’d like to say Kevin Henkes’ The Year of Billy Miller will win this one, I think it’s intended audience is to young & the committee won’t pick it. I also wish they’s pick Flora and Ulysses by KAte Di Camillo, but humor rarely wins. That said, I’d like it to be The Center of Everything Linda Urban but it will probably be The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata, which I still have not read because I can’t get into it.
5. The Prinz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. I hope Reality Boy by A S King os somewhere on the list.
6. The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18.My top 2 are Loteria and The Ocean at the End of the Lane.
7. The Pura Belpre Award is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. Hands down, Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina should win this one. I also predict that Yuyi Morales will win for Niño Wrestle the World.
8.The Robert F. Sibert Award goes to the the most distinguished informational book published in English. This one always overlaps with the YALSA Nonfiction award, so my prediction there also applies here. I hope to see Elizabethe Rusch’s Eruption as well. This list also includes informational books for younger readers so I’d like to add a A Splash of Red by Jen Bryant or Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909 by Michelle Markel or Who Says Women Can’t be Doctors: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell by Tanya Lee Stone.
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