School Reading Challenge: January 31st update!Keep up the great work, everyone! We are in the last month of the challenge!
As of January 31, the top ten schools are:1. Monticello Montessori
2. Hope Lutheran
3. Temple View
4. Sunnyside
5. Longfellow
6. Calvary Chapel
7. Theresa Bunker
8. Mountain Valley
9. Hillview
10. Ethel Boyes
Each January the American Library Association names several Award and Honor-winning books, published within the last year. IFPL owns most of the winners - the rest are coming in. Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished picture book:
A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka (Call# P Raschka Chris Ball)
Honor Books: Blackout by John Rocco (Call# P Rocco John Blackout)
Grandpa Green by Lane Smith (Call# Smith Lane Grandpa)
Me ... Jane by Patrick McDonnell (Call # McDonnell Patrick Me)
Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature:
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos (Call# J Gantos Jack Dead)
Honor Books: Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai (Call# J Lai Thanhha Inside)
Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin (Call# J Yelchin Eugene Breaking)
Geisel Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book:
Tales for Very Picky Eaters by Josh Schneider (on order; Intermediate Fiction)
Honor Books: I Broke My Trunk! by Mo Willems (Call# E Willems Mo I)
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen (Call# P Klassen Jon I)
See Me Run by Paul Meisel (Call# P Meisel Paul See)
Seibert Award for the most distinguished informational book for children:
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Melissa Sweet (Call# J 791.53 Sweet)
Honor Books: Black & White: The Confrontation Between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor by Larry Dane Brimner (on order; Junior Nonfiction)
Drawing from Memory by Allen Say (Call# 921 Say Allen)
The Elephant Scientist by Caitlin O'Connor (Call# J 599.67 O'Connell)
Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer (on order; Junior Nonfiction)
King Author Award for an outstanding book by an African American author:
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson (Call# J973.0496 Nelson)
Honor Books: The Great Migration: Journey to the North by Eloise Greenfield(on order; Junior Nonfiction)
Never Forgotten by Patricia C. McKissack (Call# P McKissack Patricia Never)
King Illustrator Award for an outstanding book by an African American illustrator:
Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom by Shane W. Evans (on order; Picture Book)
Honor Book: Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson (Call#
J973.0496 Nelson)
Belpré Author Award for an outstanding book by a Latino author:
Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall (on order; Young Adult Fiction)
Honor Books:
Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck by Margarita Engle (on order; Junior Nonfiction)
Maximilian and the Mystery of the Guardian Angel (on order; Junior Fiction)
Belpré Illustrator Award for an outstanding book by a Latino illustrator:
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh (on order; Junior Nonfiction)
Honor Books:
The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred illustrated by Rafael Lopez (Call# P Vamos Samantha Cazuela)
Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/Marisol McDonald No Combina illustrated by Sara Palacios (on order; Picture Book)
