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.