ALA Youth Media Videos

Winners of ALA’s Youth Media Awards have been making videos thanking the organization for the honor and recognition.  Here are two of my favorites so far.

Pinkney’s Dynasty

USA Today has a great article on Jerry Pinkney, winner of the 2010 Caldecott Medal, and his talented family of authors and illustrators. http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2010-02-04-pinkney04_CV_N.htm It is interesting to read how the Pinkney family creates together and nurtures each other’s work.  What an interesting family! More copies of Jerry Pinkney’s 2010 Caldecott Medal winner, The Lion and [...]

2010 Caldecott Winner!

Three Cheers for the new Caldecott Winner…The Lion and the Mouse  written and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.   2010 Honor Book All the World illustrated by Marla Frazee, written by Liz Garton Scanlon Red Sings from the Treetops: A Year in Colors illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski, written by Joyce Sidman The Caldecott is awarded for excellence in illustration.  To see more [...]

Newbery and Caldecott Winners

Newbery Medal “The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman Newbery Honor Books “The Underneath” by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by David Small, “The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom” by Margarita Engle, “Savvy” by Ingrid Law, “After Tupac and D Foster” by Jacqueline Woodson Caldecott Medal “The House in the Night,” illustrated by Beth Krommes [...]

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