Weekly Wrap-Up: December 8-14, 2019

Here's my weekly collection of news, announcements, and booklists I have found around the interwebs, along with a recap of my own posts from this week. Hope you enjoy! :)


Here @ PPBN

• nothing this week boooo :(   The pre-holiday craziness is in full swing at my house!

Awards

• 2019 CODE Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Young Adult Literature shortlist announced - the Canadian award recognizes "excellence in Indigenous-authored literature for young adults" (source). This year the award will have 2 winners: one book written in English and one book written in an Indigenous language, making this the "first ever Canadian Indigenous-language Young Adult Literature award" (source).

Booklists

• 100 Scope Notes's Top 20 Books of 2019.
  
• Book Riot's 20 Must-Read Picture Books from 2019.
  
• Curbed's 101 Kids’ Books About Where and How We Live - a list for "the budding urbanists among us" (source) featuring picture books, middle grade, and young adult books..
  
• Epic Reads's New Year, New Activist You! Books to Help You Find Your Voice in 2020 - featuring "11 books to help you rise up" (source).
  
• School Library Journal's 2019 Translated Picture Books.
  
• Tablet's Best Jewish Children’s Books of 2019 - featuring picture books, middle grade, and young adult books.
  
• The Wall Street Journal's Best Children’s Books of 2019.
  

Articles

• Bookish's How to Plan for Your 2020 Reading Challenge is super helpful right about now.
  
• Brightly's How to Create Your Own Book Advent Calendar is also very helpful no matter which holiday(s) you celebrate.
  

New & Upcoming Books

• Publishers Weekly's New Kids' and YA Books: Weeks of December 16 and December 23, 2019.