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Second Week of February: Printz, Morris, and YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award
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From: Kathleen T. Horning <horning_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:57:55 -0600
This week, we'll turn our attention to the ALA/YALSA Awards for outstanding Young Adult books. You'll find more information on this year's winners here:
Printz:
Morris:
Nonfiction:
The last two are among the newest awards in ALA. The Morris Award goes to a debut novelist, and the Nonfiction Award is fairly self-explanatory. Both of these awards take a slightly different approach by naming five shortlisted titles, or finalists, before naming the actual award winner.
I feel we are in the midst of a great discussion of the Sibert Award, and I invite you to continue talking about it and about nonfiction in general. This is the perfect time to introduce the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award as well, which went to Deborah Heiligman's "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith," one of the finest biographies for teens I have ever read. The finalists for this award are also all excellent -- as Ed Sullivan and Jonathan Hunt both mentioned earlier, this was a particularly outstanding year for nonfiction, for both children and teens.
If any of you are eager to discuss the Printz and the Morris winners, please feel free to jump in at any time this week, as well.
One question I have about the Morris Award, now in its second year, that perhaps someone from YALSA or who has served on the award committee can answer: Is nonfiction eligible for the Morris Award as well? So far, we have seen only novels, and the terms as defined on the website are a bit vague in this regard.
KT
-- Kathleen T. Horning Director Cooperative Children's Book Center 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park St Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-263-3721 FAX: 608-262-4933
horning_at_education.wisc.edu http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Received on Tue 09 Feb 2010 08:57:55 AM CST
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:57:55 -0600
This week, we'll turn our attention to the ALA/YALSA Awards for outstanding Young Adult books. You'll find more information on this year's winners here:
Printz:
Morris:
Nonfiction:
The last two are among the newest awards in ALA. The Morris Award goes to a debut novelist, and the Nonfiction Award is fairly self-explanatory. Both of these awards take a slightly different approach by naming five shortlisted titles, or finalists, before naming the actual award winner.
I feel we are in the midst of a great discussion of the Sibert Award, and I invite you to continue talking about it and about nonfiction in general. This is the perfect time to introduce the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award as well, which went to Deborah Heiligman's "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith," one of the finest biographies for teens I have ever read. The finalists for this award are also all excellent -- as Ed Sullivan and Jonathan Hunt both mentioned earlier, this was a particularly outstanding year for nonfiction, for both children and teens.
If any of you are eager to discuss the Printz and the Morris winners, please feel free to jump in at any time this week, as well.
One question I have about the Morris Award, now in its second year, that perhaps someone from YALSA or who has served on the award committee can answer: Is nonfiction eligible for the Morris Award as well? So far, we have seen only novels, and the terms as defined on the website are a bit vague in this regard.
KT
-- Kathleen T. Horning Director Cooperative Children's Book Center 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park St Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-263-3721 FAX: 608-262-4933
horning_at_education.wisc.edu http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Received on Tue 09 Feb 2010 08:57:55 AM CST
