The winners of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Awards for 2010 have been announced. You may find a list of them in the BTSB Bookstore under Awards/States in the Advanced Search. For more information on the Awards visit www.hbook.com.
7.2.10
The four Bound to Stay Bound Books Scholarship winners for 2010 have been announced by the Association for Library Services to Children. They are Leah Biado of Portland OR, Marsha Burrola of Tucson AZ, Prima Gonzalez of Los Angeles CA, and Alejandro Picazo of Chula Vista CA. For more information on the Scholarships visit www.ala.org/alsc.
7.5.10
The 2010 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards for outstanding British children’s books have been announced by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. Neil Gaiman is the Carnegie winner and Freya Blackwood is the Greenaway winner. For more information visit www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk.
7.9.10
The African Studies Association has announced the winners of the 2010 Children’s Africana Book Awards for books about Africa. A list of the winners we carry can be found in the BTSB Bookstore under Awards/States in the Advanced Search. For more information visit www.africaaccessreview.org.
7.9.10
We have only one state reading list to announce this month, the Massachusetts Children’s List. You may find this list online in the BTSB Bookstore in Advanced Search under Awards/States.
7.11.10
E.B. White, the author of “Charlotte’s Web” and other children’s classics, was born on this date in 1899.
7.13.10
The Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs has announced the 2010 Americas Award for a children’s book that authentically and engagingly portrays Latin America or Latinos in the U.S. You may find a listing of the winners and honor books, and those for past years, in the BTSB Bookstore under Awards/States within Advanced Search. For more information visit www.uwm.edu.
7.15.10
Clement C. Moore, author of the classic poem “The Night Before Christmas”, was born on this date in 1779.
7.20.10
The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators have announced the 2010 Sid Fleischman Award winner for humorous books for children. The winner is Allen Zadoff for “Food, Girls and Other Things I Can’t Have”. You may find a listing of past years’ winners in the BTSB Bookstore under Awards/States within Advanced Search. For more information visit www.scbwi.org.
7.23.10
“Ramona and Beezus”, the movie based on Beverly Cleary’s famous children’s book characters, opens in theatres today.
7.28.10
Beatrix Potter, the creator of the Peter Rabbit stories, was born on this date in 1866.
7.31.10
J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter adventures, was born on this date in 1966.
June 2010
6.1.10
The International Reading Association has named the 2010 Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award for children’s poetry. This year’s winner is Gregory Neri. For more information visit http://www.reading.org.
6.2.10
The Canadian Library Association has announced their children’s book awards for 2010, the Amelia Howard-Gibbon Award and the Book of the Year for Children Award. For more information visit http://www.cla.ca.
6.3.10
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America has declared the winner and honor books of the Andre Norton Award for excellence in science fiction books for young adults. For more information visit http://www.nebulaawards.com.
6.4.10
The Bank Street Children’s Book Committee has announced their Best Books for 2010. A list of the books they chose available from BTSB can be found in the Awards/States section of the Search area of our BTSB Bookstore. For more information visit http://www.uwm.edu.
6.7.10
The 2010 Children’s Choice Book Awards have been announced by the Children’s Book Council. We have a list of the current and past winners available from us under the Awards/States tab of the Search area of our BTSB Bookstore. For more information about the awards, visit www.cbcbooks.org.
6.8.10
The International Reading Association has announced their Children’s and Young Adult’s Book Awards for 2010. A list of the winners for this year and previous years can be found under the Awards/States tab of our Search function in our BTSB Bookstore. For more information about these awards visit www.reading.org.
6.9.10
We have quite a few state reading lists to announce this month. These include the Florida Children’s and Sunshine Lists, the Michigan Great Lakes Great Books List, the Delaware Diamonds List, the Tennessee Volunteer List, the Maryland Black-eyed Susan List, the Wisconsin Golden Archer List, the New Hampshire Great Stone Face List, the North Dakota Flickertale List, the North Carolina Children’s and Young Adult Lists, and the Wyoming Buckaroo, Indian Paintbrush and Soaring Eagle Lists. You may find these lists online at the BTSB Bookstore in the Search area under Awards/States.
6.10.10
Today is the birthday of Maurice Sendak, born in 1928.
6.11.10
The Association of Booksellers for Children has announced the 2010 E.B. White Read Aloud Book Awards. Lists of this year’s winner and nominees, and previous years’ books can be found under the Awards/States tab of our Search function in our BTSB Bookstore. For more information about these awards visit http://www.abfc.com.
6.12.10
Anne Frank was born on this day in 1929.
6.14.10
Bound to Stay Bound Customer Support will be going to summer hours of 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., C.S.T. These hours will be in effect from June 14 through August 20.
6.16.10
Would you like a preview of the Fall 2010 Season? Check out our selections for the Cream of the Crop of new titles. You will find it in our BTSB Bookstore in the Series and Sets section as a group of lists named Cream of the Crop Fall 2010. You can also find a pdf of the Fall 2010 Cream of the Crop flyer within the Brochure section of our website. Cream of the Crop listings for previous seasons are there as well.
6.21.10
The Annie E. Casey Foundation has issued Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters, a special supplement to their study, Kids Count. For more information visit http://www.aecf.org.
6.24.10
American authors did pretty well in 2010’s Red House Children’s Book Awards, recently announced by England’s Federation of Children’s Book Groups. In fact, the overall winner was Suzanne Collins for Hunger Games. For more information visit http://www.redhousechildrensbookaward.co.uk.
6.25.10
Eric Carle, the noted picture book artist, was born on this day in 1929.
6.30.10
The movie based on Stephenie Meyer’s Eclipse, the third book in the vampire romance Twilight series, opens today.
May 2010
5.1.10
The Association of American Publishers Publishing Latino Voices for America has declared May to be Latino Book Month. For more information visit http://www.publishers.org.
5.2.10
Publisher’s Weekly, the main periodical covering the publishing industry, has been sold by Reed Business to a former publisher of the magazine, George Slowik Jr.
5.3.10
The shortlists for the 2010 Kate Greenaway and Carnegie Medals for distinguished picture books and children’s novels published in the United Kingdom have been announced by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. The winners will be announced on June 24 in London. For more information visit http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk.
5.4.10
We have several state reading lists to announce this month. These include the Montana Treasure State Book List, the North Dakota Flickertale List, the Minnesota Maude Hart Lovelace List, the Oregon Reader’s Choice and Battle of the Books Lists, the Mississippi Magnolia List, the Tennessee Volunteer List, the Alabama Camellia List, the South Dakota Prairie Bud and Prairie Pasque Lists, the Ohio Buckeye List, and the Kentucky Bluegrass List. You may find these lists within Awards/States in the BTSB Bookstore.
5.6.10
The 15 Degree Laboratory at Louisiana State University has announced the 2010 Giverny Book Award winner for the best children’s science picture book. More information is available at http://www.15degreelab.com.
5.7.10
The Jane Addams Peace Association has announced their Book Award winners and honor books for 2010. A list of these titles promoting the cause of peace and justice may be found in the BTSB Bookstore’s Advanced Search, under Awards/States. For more information about this Award visit http://www.janeaddamspeace.org.
5.10.10
The Mystery Writers of America have selected the winners of the 2010 Edgar Awards, including the juvenile and young adult categories. For more information visit http://www.mysterywriters.org.
The American Booksellers Association announced the winners of the second Indies Choice Book Awards, including awards for picture books, middle readers and young adult fiction. These awards were formerly called the Book Sense Book of the Year Awards. For more information visit http://www.bookweb.org.
5.13.10
The 61st Annual Christopher Awards have been announced, including five winners in the Books for Young People category. These awards are for books that affirm the highest values of the human spirit. For more information visit http://www.christophers.org.
5.14.10
If you want to get a sneak preview of the best of next fall’s new titles, our Cream of the Crop – Fall 2010 list is now available on the Brochures page of our website.
5.15.10
L. Frank Baum, author of the Wizard of Oz books, was born in 1856.
5.17.10
The Children’s Literature Assembly has chosen the 2010 Phoenix Award winner for great children’s books that were published many years ago but have been republished in the last year. For more information visit http://www.childlitassn.org.
5.17.10
Gary Paulsen, prolific author of award-winning young adult novels, was born in 1939.
5.19.10
We have updated our list of graphic novels. You may find this list online in the BTSB Bookstore in the Series/Sets Search.
5.22.10
Arnold Lobel, the mastermind behind Frog and Toad, was born in 1933.
5.23.10
Margaret Wise Brown, author of numerous beloved picture books, was born in 1910. Scott O’Dell, author of historical fiction, was born in 1898.
April 2010
4.1.10
April is National Poetry Month. For more information visit www.poets.org.
4.1.10
The 2010 Winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is Kitty Crowther, a Belgian picture book artist. This Award is sponsored by the Swedish government in honor of their country’s most beloved children’s author. For more information see www.alma.se/page.php.
International Children’s Book Day, as well as Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday. He was born in 1805. For more information see www.ibby.org.
4.5.10
The 2010 Golden Kite Award Winners have been announced by the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators. You may find this year’s winners and honor books, as well as previous years’ titles, in the BTSB Bookstore. For more information visit www.scbwi.org.
4.6.10
The International Board on Books for Young People has announced both the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Author Award and the Illustrator Award. David Almond of the United Kingdom won the Author Award and Jutta Bauer of Germany won the Illustrator Award. For more information visit www.ibby.org.
4.7.10
Two library journals have been sold. VOYA, Voice of Youth Advocates, and Teacher Librarian, previously owned by Rowman and Littlefield Publishing, have been sold to E.L. Kurdyla Publishing, a newly formed company.
4.8.10
The Bank Street College of Education has announced their children’s book award winners for 2010. They have awards in four categories—fiction, nonfiction, poetry and an overall children’s book award. These are, respectively, the Josette Frank, Flora Stieglitz, Claudia Lewis and Irma Simonton Black Awards. You may find this year’s winners and honor books, as well as previous years’ titles, in the BTSB Bookstore. For more information visit www.bankstreet.edu/bookcom/awards.html.
4.9.10
We have completed three new lists – the Cooperative Children’s Book Center’s Choices 2010, the 2010 Notable Children’s Books in the English Language Arts by the Children’s Literature Assembly and the 2010 Outstanding Trade Science Books by the National Science Teachers Association. You may find these lists online in the BTSB Bookstore in the Series/Sets Search.
Beverly Cleary was born on this date in 1916. In her honor this has been declared National D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) Day.
4.14.10
We have the usual enormous crop of state reading lists that are announced this time of year. These include the Pacific Northwest Young Reader’s Choice List, the Washington Children’s Choice, Sasquatch and Evergreen Lists, the Missouri Building Blocks and Dewey Lists, the New Mexico Battle of the Books List, the Rhode Island Children’s and Teen Lists, the Arkansas Charlie May Simon and Diamond Lists, the Texas Taysha Star List, the Nevada Young Readers List, the Pennsylvania Young Readers List, the North Carolina Battle of the Books List, the Oregon Beverly Cleary List, the Utah Beehive List, the Colorado Childrens List, the Maine Chickadee and Student Book Lists and the Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Green Mountain and Red Clover Lists. You may find these lists online in the BTSB Bookstore.
4.14.10
The National Center for Education Statistics has released The Nation’s Report Card: Reading 2009. Reading scores were up one point over 2007’s scores for eighth grade but basically unchanged for fourth grade. For more information visit www.nces.ed.gov.
4.15.10
The Crown, Gallery and Lamplighter Award lists have been announced for 2010-11. You may find this year’s lists and previous year’s lists in the Awards/States tab of the BTSB Bookstore. For more information visit www.childrenscrownaward.org.
4.16.10
The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association has announced the 2010 Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature, including the children’s book awards. For more information visit www.apalaweb.org.
4.19.10
The National Council for the Social Studies have announced the 2010 Carter G. Woodson Book Awards for the most distinguished social science books for young readers. You may find this year’s winners and honor books, as well as previous years’ titles, in the BTSB Bookstore. For more information visit www.socialstudies.org.
4.27.10
Ludwig Bemelmans, the creator of the Madeline picture books, was born on this day in 1898.
4.28.10
The 2010 Ezra Jack Keats Awards will be presented today to Tonya Hegamin for Most Loved in All the World and to Taeeun Yoo for Only a Witch Can Fly. This award is presented jointly by the New York Public Library and the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation for excellence in children’s literature by new authors and illustrators. You may find this year’s winners, as well as previous years’ winners, in the Awards/States section of the BTSB Bookstore. For more information visit www.ezra-jack-keats.org.
4.30.10
Today is el dia de los ninos, el dia de los libros, a celebration of children’s books in Spanish.
March 2010
3.1.10
March is Women’s History Month. For more information visit ww.nwhp.org.
3.2.10
Happy Birthday! Today is the 105th anniversary of Dr. Seuss’s (Theodor Geisel’s) birth.
3.2.10
Today is the National Education Association’s Read Across America Day. For more information visit www.nea.org.
3.3.10
In a surprise announcement, Kirkus Reviews, which was scheduled to be shut down early this year by Nielsen Business Media, has been purchased by Herb Simon, owner of the Indiana Pacers professional basketball team.
3.4.10
The 2010 BolognaRagazzi Awards have been announced prior to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy. U.S. titles among the winners were Charles Darwin’s The Riverbank for nonfiction and Jeremy Holmes’ There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly for new talent. For more information visit www.bookfair.bolognafiere.it.
3.5.10
The movie inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland opens in theatres today.
3.5.10
The 2010 Gryphon Award for outstanding easy to read children’s books has been announced by the Center for Children’s Books at the University of Illinois. The winning title is Adventures in Cartooning, by James Sturm, Andrew Arnold and Alexis Frederick-Frost. There is a list of this year’s winner and honor books and the winners and honor books for past years in the BTSB Bookstore on our website. For more information about the Gryphon Award visit http://ccb.lis.uiuc.edu/.
3.8.10
Kenneth Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows, was born in 1859 on this date.
3.10.10
A plethora of new state award lists for 2010 have been released recently-- the Iowa Children’s Choice and Goldfinch Lists, the Georgia Children’s and Picture Book Lists, the Illinois Rebecca Caudill, Blue Stem and Monarch Lists, the Colorado Blue Spruce List and the Oklahoma Sequoyah List. You may find these lists online at the BTSB Bookstore in the Awards/States Search.
3.11.10
Ezra Jack Keats, poet and picture book author was born on this day in 1916.
3.12.10
The magazines Library Journal, School Library Journal, Criticas and other publications are being sold by Reed Business Information to Media Source, the parent company of Junior Library Guild.
3.15.10
The newest list we’ve added is the Book Links Lasting Connections for 2009. You may find it online in the BTSB Bookstore in the Series/Sets Search.
3.16.10
The Children’s Book Council have announced the finalists for the 3rd Annual Children’s Choice Book Awards. The winners will be announced on May 11. Our online Bookstore includes a list of the finalists as well as previous years’ winners. For more information or to vote for your favorites visit www.BookWeekOnline.com.
3.19.10
The movie based on Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series opens in theatres today.
3.20.10
Lois Lowry, Newbery-winning novelist, was born on this date in 1937.
3.24.10
Start planning now for your trip to the American Library Association’s 2010 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. from June 24-29. Make sure you visit Bound to Stay Bound Books at Booth# 2600 in the exhibits to join in our special celebration of our 90th Birthday. For more information visit www.ala.org.
3.26.10
Robert Frost, one of the greatest American poets, was born in 1874 on this date.
3.26.10
The movie based on Cressida Cowell’s How to Train Your Dragon opens in theatres today.
February 2010
2.1.10
February is Black History Month. We have two Cream of the Crops that focus on Black History, one on pre-Civil War and one on post-Civil War. You may find those Cream of the Crops in the Brochure section of our website.
2.1.10
This year’s ALA Awards were recently announced at the midwinter meeting—the Caldecott, Newbery, Sibert, King awards, etc. Some of our customers were winners in the second BTSB ALA Awards Contest. Their book prizes will go out to them soon. You may find lists of the ALA awards, as well as previous winners, online in the BTSB Bookstore. For more information about the BTSB ALA Awards Contest visit www.btsb.com
2.2.10
The Cooperative Children’s Book Center announced the 2010 Charlotte Zolotow Awards for picture books. The winner is Carmen Tafolla for What Can You Do With a Paleta? A list of this year’s award books/honor books and previous award winners is available in our BTSB Bookstore. For more information visit www.education.wisc.edu.
2.3.10
The 2010 Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction has been awarded to The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan. You can find a list including this title and previous winners in the Awards/States Search of our BTSB Bookstore. For more information visit www.scottodell.com.
2.4.10
The 2010 Edgar nominees for the best juvenile and young adult mysteries of the year have been announced by the Mystery Writers of America. A list of this year’s nominees, as well as past nominees, is accessible from the Awards/States Search of our BTSB Bookstore. For more information visit www.mysterywriters.org.
2.5.10
The National Council of Teachers of English have announced the 2010 Orbis Pictus Award winner and honor books for the best nonfiction children’s books of the year. A list of this year’s books, as well as past years’ books, is accessible from the Awards/States Search of our BTSB Bookstore. For more information visit www.ncte.org.
2.8.10
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has announced their 2010 SB&F Awards for Excellence in Science Books for children. This includes a Lifetime Achievement Award, a Picture Book Award, a Middle Grade Book Award, a Young Adult Book Award and an Outstanding Series Award. A list of this year’s books, as well as past years’ books, is accessible from the Awards/States Search of our BTSB Bookstore. For more information visit www.sbfonline.com.
2.10.10
The Consumer Product Safety Commission voted recently to extend the deadline for the testing of children’s books for lead as required by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. The new deadline is February 10, 2011. For more information visit www.cpsc.gov.
2.11.10
The 2010 Sydney Taylor Book Awards for the best in Jewish children’s literature have been announced by the Association of Jewish Libraries. You may find lists of this year’s books and previous years’ winners in the Awards/States Search of our BTSB Bookstore. For more information visit www.SydneyTaylorBookAward.org.
2.12.10
Judy Blume, author of best-selling young adult novels, was born on this date in 1938.
2.12.10
The movie based on The Lightning Thief, the first book in Rick Riordan’s series about Percy Jackson and the Olympians, will open in theatres today.
2.15.10
We have several new lists that highlight the best books from 2009. New lists available include ALA’s Notable Children’s Books 2010, Booklist Editor’s Choice 2009, Peggy Sharp’s Top Picks for 2009, ALA’s Best Books for Young Adults 2010, the Bulletin Blue Ribbon Books for 2009, and ALA’s Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adults 2010. You may find these lists online at our BTSB Bookstore.
2.16.10
The Center for the Book of the Library of Congress and the Children’s Book Council have appointed a new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Katherine Paterson, two-time Newbery Award winner, will serve in this position for the next two years.
2.17.10
We have quite a few new state award lists available. The California Young Reader List, the Texas 2X2 List, the Connecticut Nutmeg List, the South Carolina Children’s List, the Kansas City Third Grade List, the West Virginia Children’s List and the New Mexico Land of Enchantment List are now available in the BTSB Bookstore.
2.18.10
The American Indian Library Association has announced the 2010 American Indian Youth Literature Awards, with the categories of Picture Book, Middle School Book and Young Adult Book. You may find lists of this year’s books and previous years’ winners in the Awards/States Search of our BTSB Bookstore. For more information visit www.ailanet.org.
2.19.10
The 2010 National Jewish Book Awards, including the award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, have been announced by the Jewish Book Council. You may find lists of this year’s books and previous years’ winners in the Awards/States Search of our BTSB Bookstore. For more information visit www.jewishbookcouncil.org.
2.27.10
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, early American poet and storyteller, was born on this day in 1807.
January 2010
1.3.10
J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, was born in 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
1.4.10
The 2010 Collaborative Summer Library Program has been announced; Make a Splash -- Read. For a list of appropriate titles for children and young adults go to the Series and Sets section of the BTSB Bookstore and find the list “2010 Summer Library Program”.
1.5.10
A few new state award lists for 2010 have been released recently—the New York Three Apples List, the Arizona Grand Canyon List, and the Missouri Mark Twain, Gateway, Truman and Show Me Lists. You may find these lists online in the BTSB Bookstore.
1.6.10
Carl Sandburg, whose work included folktales and poetry for children, was born in Galesburg, Illinois in 1878.
1.8.10
The American Folklore Society has announced the 2009 Aesop Prize and Accolades. See a list of this year’s books, as well as previous years’ books, at our online Bookstore under Series/Sets. For more information visit www.afsnet.org.
1.11.10
The nominees for the best books in 2009 reflecting Christian values have been announced by the National Christian School Association. They are divided by age group into three lists – the Crown, the Crown Gallery and the Lamplighter Awards. These nominees, and past winners and nominees, may be found online in the Award/State Search of our BTSB Bookstore. For more information visit www.childrenscrownaward.org.
1.12.10
It was announced by Nielsen Business Media in December 2009 that Kirkus Reviews would cease operations in early 2010.
1.12.10
Today is the birthday of Jack London, author of Call of the Wild. He was born in 1876.
1.15.10
The latest special lists we have added are the Hornbook Fanfare Best Books of 2009, the School Library Journal Best Books of 2009 and the Kirkus Best Books for Young Adults of 2009. These lists are available online at the BTSB Bookstore under Series/Sets.
1.18.10
A.A. Milne, creator of Winnie the Pooh and friends, was born in 1882 in London, England.
1.18.10
The Caldecott, Newbery, C.S. King, and other ALA children’s book awards will be announced today at ALA’s MidWinter Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. Check our website late in the day for a list of the winners and honor books.
1.20.10
Bound to Stay Bound Books, then known as New Method Book Bindery, was founded in Jacksonville, Illinois on this date in 1920. A company history, complete with archival photographs, is available on our website in the About Us section.
1.25.10
The BTSB Spring 2010 Showcase, with over 1200 new titles, is being mailed out this week.
1.26.10
The Educational Book and Media Association has announced the 2010 winner of the Ludington Award for contributions to the educational paperback business. The winner is Jon Scieszka. For more information visit www.edupaperback.org.
1.27.10
Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland, was born in Daresbury, England in 1832.
