From: Megan Schliesman <Schliesman>
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 12:44:57 -0600

Through January 26, we'll be talking about the National Book Award winner,The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer, and National Book Award nominees Feed by M.T. Anderson; 19 Varieties of Gazelle by Naomi Shihab Nye; This Land Was Made for You and Me by Elizabeth Partridge; and Hush by Jacqueline Woodson. Jan 271 we invite your initial Responses to ALA Awards (Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, Coretta Scott King, Batchelder, Sibert). The winners will be announced at a press conference on Monday, January 27, at 8:45 EST. Visit the Awards section of ALSC's website to find out the winners soon after they are announced.

February 2003 Award Winners, Part 2: Feb 1-9: 2003 Caldecott Award winner and honor books Feb 10: 2003 Newbery Award winner and honor books Feb 20(: 2003 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award winner and honor books

March 2003 Award Winners, Part 3: Mar 1: 2003 Coretta Scott King winners and honor books Mar 16": 2003 Mildred L. Batchelder Award winner and honor books Mar 231: 2003 Michael L. Printz winner and honor books

April 2003 Poetry. April is National Poetry Month. We'll take a look at some of the outstanding poetry that's been published for children and teenagers in the past several years. What are your favorite volumes? We'll also take a look at recent novels that have used poems to convey their stories.



Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, UW-Madison 600 N. Park St., Room 4290 Madison, Wi 53706 608&2?03 schliesman at education.wisc.edu
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