Weekly Wrap-Up: October 18-24, 2020

It has been A WHILE since I've posted one of these. I found my first "best of 2020" booklist this week and I got really excited, so I figured what better time to jump back in to sharing the news & such I've found lately. 

Here's my weekly collection of news, announcements, and booklists I've found while browsing around the internet. Hope you enjoy! :)



Awards

• 2020 Little Rebels Award winner announced - the award "recognizes children’s fiction (for readers aged 0-12) which promotes social justice or social equality, challenges stereotypes or is informed by anti-discriminatory concerns" (source).

Booklists

• The Booklist Reader's Spotlight on the Arts., featuring the Top 10 Arts Books for Youth: 2020.
  
• Book Riot's 16 Gorgeous and Fun Fall Books for Toddlers, 9 Great Eerie Reads for Middle Graders, and 12 Christmas YA Books That Give Hallmark Movie Vibes (time for holiday booklists already??)
  
• Publishers Weekly's Best Books 2020, featuring lists for Picture Books, Middle Grade, and Young Adult.
  
• YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association)'s 2020 Teens' Top Ten.

Articles

• Book Riot's The Baby-Sitters Club, From Novels to Graphic Novels and Tiffany D. Jackson and the "Stress" of It All.
  
• A Mighty Girl's 152 Years of "Little Women" in Books, Films, and More.
  
• We Need Diverse Books's The Rise of Gender-Inclusive Pronouns and Language in Literature.
  

New & Upcoming Books

• 100 Scope Notes's The 2020 Poop Report.
  
• Brightly's 10 New Swoon-Worthy Teen Romance Books.
• Good Comics for Kids's This Week’s Comics: Welcome to History and The Sprite and the Gardener - News and Preview.
  
• Publishers Weekly's New Kids' and YA Books: Week of October 26, 2020 and Noteworthy Novel and Picture Book Sequels: October 2020, plus 'Red School' Brings Two YA Novel Worlds Together.
• We Need Diverse Books's Cover Reveal and Excerpt of Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar.
  

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Weekly Wrap-Up: January 26-February 15, 2020

Here's a recap of my posts from this week, along with my weekly collection of news, announcements, and booklists I've found while browsing around the internet. Hope you enjoy! :)
** (I missed a few recap posts, so here's 3 weeks worth of goodies! I'm sure I've missed a bunch - if you know of anything, please leave me a comment and I'll add it in!) **



Here @ PPBN

• #ReadYourWorld: Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2020! - My post for MCBD 2020!
  
• MCBD 2020 Book Review: Spirit of the Indian Warrior - My book review for MCBD 2020!
• Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge 2020 - My join-up post for this year's Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge, hosted by Alyson Beecher at Kid Lit Frenzy!
• Review: The Bat Book by Charlotte Milner - My first review for the Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge 2020!

Awards

• 2020 American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards winners announced - the awards announced include (in the order provided in the press release) the Newbery Medal, Caldecott Medal, Coretta Scott King Book Awards, Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, Schneider Family Book Award, Alex Awards, Mildred L. Batchelder Award, Odyssey Award, Pura Belpré Award, Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, Stonewall Book Awards (including the Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children's and Young Adult Literature Award), Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, William C. Morris YA Debut Award, YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, Sydney Taylor Book Award, and American Indian Youth Literature Award.
  
• 2020 Audie Awards finalists announced - the awards "honors the best titles in audio publishing" (source) and include categories for Middle Grade, Young Adult, and Young Listeners (Up to Age 8).
• 2020 Bookbug Picture Book Prize winner announced - the award recognizes the "best new Scottish childrens' books, and children across Scotland can vote for their favourite" (source).
• 2020 Cook Prize finalists announced - the award recognizes the "best Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) picture book for 8–10 year olds" and is the "only national children’s choice award honoring a STEM title" (source).
• 2019 Cybils Awards winners announced - the awards recognize "children’s and young adult authors and illustrators whose books combine the highest literary merit and popular appeal" (source) and are judged by bloggers who focus on children's or young adult lit.
• 2020 Gryphon Award winners announced - the award recognizes an "English language work of fiction or non-fiction for which the primary audience is children in Kindergarten through Grade 4" which "best exemplifies those qualities that successfully bridge the gap in difficulty between books for reading aloud to children and books for practiced readers" (source).
• 2020 In the Margins Book Award winners and Top Ten list announced - the awards are intended to "seek out and highlight fiction and non-fiction titles of high-interest appeal for male or female readers, ages 9-21" featuring "BIPOC youth, youth from a street culture, youth in restrictive custody, youth who are reluctant readers" (source).
• 2020 INSPY Awards longlist announced - the awards are intended to "discover and highlight the very best in literature that grapples with expressions of the Christian faith" (source). The award is "judged by book bloggers" (source) and includes a Literature for Young Adults category.
• 2020 Irma S. and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature finalists announced - the award recognizes an "outstanding book for young children — a book in which text and illustrations are inseparable, each enhancing and enlarging on the other to produce a singular whole" (source). For this award, "children are the final judges of the winning book" (source).
• 2020-2021 Triple Crown Awards nominees announced - the awards are intended for "encouraging elementary and junior high students to read wholesome and uplifting books" (source).

Booklists

• American Library Association (ALA)'s 2020 Rainbow Book List.
  
• Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)'s 2020 Notable Children's Books.
  
• Children's Book Council (CBC)/National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)'s 2020 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People.
  
• The Children's Book Review's The Best Kids Chapter Books and Novels of 2019 and The Best Young Adult Books of 2019.
  
• Children's Literature & Reading Special Interest Group (CL/R SIG)'s 2020 Notable Books for a Global Society.
  
• Rise: A Feminist Book Project's 2020 Book List and 2020 Top Ten List (formerly known as the Amelia Bloomer Project).
  

Articles

• School Library Journal's Schools, Libraries Celebrate World Read Aloud Day 2020.
  

New & Upcoming Books

• Booklist's Spring Youth Preview 2020 and Spring Audiobook Preview 2020, featuring Youth Fiction and Nonfiction selections.
  
• Brightly's The Best Children’s and YA Books of February 2020.
  
• Goodreads's The Best Young Adult Books of February.
  
• Good Comics for Kids's This Week’s Comics: Snapping Suns, This Week’s Comics: I Survived Fatcat, and This Week’s Comics: Noisemaking Leaders.
  
• Publishers Weekly's New Kids' and YA Books: Week of February 3, 2020, Week of February 10, 2020, and Week of February 17, 2020. Also, Noteworthy Picture Book Sequels: February 2020 and Noteworthy Novel Sequels: February 2020, plus The Most Anticipated Children's and YA Books of Spring 2020.

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Weekly Wrap-Up: December 29, 2019-January 4, 2020

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

• My 2019 Reading Recap - my stats and favorites from 2019
• Welcome to 2020! - some goals and plans for my reading and blogging this year

Awards

• 2019 Cybils Awards finalists announced - the awards recognize "children’s and young adult authors and illustrators whose books combine the highest literary merit and popular appeal" (source) and are judged by bloggers who focus on children's or young adult lit.

Booklists

• Brightly's The Best Children’s and YA Books of January 2020.
  
• Epic Read's 14 Books That Take Place in the 1920s to Read in 2020.
  
• Goodreads's The Best Young Adult Books of January.
  
• A Mighty Girl's Big Dreams for a New Year: 30 Books to Inspire Your Mighty Girl in 2020.
  
• School Library Journal's 31 Days, 31 Lists of Great Books for Kids.
  
• YALSA's 2020 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list announced.
  

Articles

• Epic Read's Look to the Stars for Your Bookish January Horoscope.
  

New & Upcoming Books

• Book Riot's 5 UK YA Books to Read in 2020.
  
• Epic Read's preview of Seven Deadly Shadows by Courtney Alameda & Valynne E. Maetan, plus How Many of These 2020 YA Books Are Already on Your TBR?.
  
• Goodreads's The 38 Most Anticipated YA Novels of 2020.
  
• Publishers Weekly's New Kids' and YA Books: Weeks of December 30, 2019 and January 6, 2020.
  
• Teen Librarian Toolbox's New Books Alert: Mind-readers, hackers, influencers, a middle school drag queen, and more!.
  

Weekly Wrap-Up: December 22-28, 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 - on a holiday hiatus!

Awards

• None that I could find... leave me a note in the comments if you know of one!

Booklists

• Book Riot's Books for Young People Inspired by the Words of the Year.
  
• Epic Read's 20 Books Featuring A Non-European Influenced Fantasy Worl.
  
• Fatherly's The Best Children’s Books of 2019 That Are Really, Truly for Kids.
  
• POPSUGAR's 20 Must-Have Classic Children's Books — and When to Introduce Them.
  

New & Upcoming Books

• Epic Read's preview of Just Breathe by Cammie McGovern, plus The 23 Most Anticipated YA Books to Read in January.
  
• Paste's The Most Anticipated Young Adult Novels of 2020.
  
• POPSUGAR's 34 Promising New YA Books to Look Out For in 2020.
  
• Teen Librarian Toolbox's Read Wild in 2020: Books to Have on Your Radar that Feature Nature.
  

Weekly Wrap-Up: December 15-21, 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 - on a holiday hiatus!

Awards

• Voting for the final round of the 2019 Epic Reads Book Shimmy Awards is open until December 30! The awards recognize the "best and most feels-inducing YA books the year" (source) and it's down to the final 4 books in each category.

Booklists

• The Booklist Reader's 2019 Top of the List Picks - featuring Youth Nonfiction, Youth Fiction, Youth Picture Book, and Youth Audiobook selections. Also available are the 2019 Booklist Editors' Choice lists for Adult Books for Young Adults and Books for Youth.
  
• Brain Pickings's Favorite Children’s Books of 2019.
  
• Brightly's Editors’ Favorite Books of 2019 and Our Favorite Books of the Decade.
  
• BuzzFeed's 31 Young Adult Books That We Deemed The Best Of 2019.
  
• Entertainment Weekly's The 10 best YA books of the year (and the decade).
  
• Epic Read's Our Favorite Books of the Decade & What to Look Forward to in 2020.
  
• Publishers Weekly's A Roundup of 2019’s Best Book Lists for Kids and Teens.
  
• School Library Journal's Best YA Books of the Decade, According to the Best YA Authors of the Year.
  

Articles

• Goodreads's Celebrate Your 2019 Year in Books!
  
• The Hub's What Would a Jedi Read? Reader’s Advisory for Star Wars Characters.
  

New & Upcoming Books

• Brightly's Most-Anticipated Young Adult, Middle Grade & Chapter Books, and Picture Books of 2020.
  
• Book Riot's 20 Queer YA Books For Your 2020 TBR
  
• Epic Read's You’ll Want to Save Your Gift Cards for These 27 YA Books coming in 2020.
  

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.