Thursday, January 26, 2012

2012's Children & Teen Award Winning Books

The American Library Association announced the top books, video and audiobooks of 2011 for children and young adults at its Midwinter Meeting in Dallas on Friday, Jan. 20th.

The winner of the 2012 John Newbery Medal, for the most outstanding contribution for children's literature, is Dead End in Norvelt written by Jack Gantos.  Two Honor Books were also named: Inside Out and Back Again written by Thanhha Lai and  Breaking Stalin's Nose written and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin.

The winner of the 2012 Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children is A Ball for Daisy written and illustrated by Chris Raschka.  Three Honor Books were also named: Blackout written and illustrated by John Rocco, Grandpa Green written and illustrated by Lane Smith and Me...Jane written and illustrated by Patrick McDonnell.

The winner of the 2012 Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults is Where Things Come Back written by Daniel Handler.  Four Honor Books were also named: Why We Broke Up written by Daniel Handler, The Returning written by Christine Hinwood, Jasper Jones written by Craig Silvey and The Scorpio Races written by Maggie Stiefvater.

A complete list of all the awards given can be found here.

Monday, January 16, 2012

Greater Rochester Teen Book Festival Design Contest

The Greater Rochester Teen Book Festival is looking for artwork for their 2012 TBF program cover and 2013 TBF T-shirts.

Details and contest rules can be found here.  Deadline for the program cover design contest is Feb. 29th.  Deadline for the T-shirt design contest is Apr. 22nd.

This year's Teen Book Festival is Saturday, May 19th from 9:00 - 5:00 at Nazareth College.  Details on the Festival can be found at the TBF homepage.

And be sure to check out Carly Reads, the official blog of the TBF.

Monday, January 9, 2012

Winter/Spring Story Time Sessions

Happy 2012 to you all!  Now that the holidays are behind us and things are getting back to normal, it's time to get back into the Story Time routine.  

Registration for Preschool Story Times for children ages 3 to 5 will begin on Mon. Jan. 23rd and will run through Feb. 3rd.  Classes will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings from 10:15 - 10:45 and afternoons from 1:00 - 1:30.  The classes begin on Feb. 7th and run for twelve weeks.

Mother Goose Time for babies 0-18 months will be held on Monday mornings at 10:30am and begins on Feb. 6th.  These are drop-in sessions, no registration is required.

Toddler Time for little ones 18-36 months will be held on Thursday and Friday mornings from 10:30 to 10:50am.  These sessions begin on Mar. 1st.  These are also drop-in sessions, no registration is required.