awards

  • Eureka! Gold and Silver for Many of Our Friends

    Eureka! Gold and Silver for Many of Our Friends

    The votes have been cast by the California Reading Association for the California Eureka Nonfiction Book Awards.  Among the winners this year, we are proud to announce: The Eureka Gold Medal has been awarded to A is for Asian American, by Virginia Loh-Hagan, illustrated by Tracy Nishimura Bishop, and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This […]

  • Breaking Bread for Food Literacy

    Breaking Bread for Food Literacy

    The little and powerful kids’ press From Readers To Eaters realizes its mission to encourage food literacy through an array of community-level activities. You can find a full catalog of their books, in English and Spanish, here. Part of their list features a series featuring “food heroes” including former basketball star Will Allen, a pioneer […]

  • Let’s Celebrate Parents Day!

    Let’s Celebrate Parents Day!

    While several different countries honor parents on specific holidays around the calendar, the official United Nations’ designated Parents Day falls annually on June 1. Since our publishers come from various countries around the globe, all of which belong to the UN, we decided to take the international approach in our own celebration. Happy Parents Day […]

  • Book Lovers Day for Middle Grade and Teen Readers

    Book Lovers Day for Middle Grade and Teen Readers

    We’re guessing that if you are reading this post, you indeed are a book lover! How many young book lovers do you know?  We hope you’ll share these recent and forthcoming books to love.  Show your tween and teen book lover some book love today! Series can be highly attractive to the book lover, whether […]

  • Listening Is Reading – and June Is Audiobook Month

    Listening Is Reading – and June Is Audiobook Month

    We’re sure you value literacy. What do you know about the connections between listening and literacy?  June is a great time to explore them through audiobooks, and we have lots of new suggestions to set you on that adventure. The Audio Publishers Association’s Sound Learning initiative has updated both their visual display and the list […]

  • Prizes Won in Spite of Event Cancellations

    Prizes Won in Spite of Event Cancellations

    Worldwide we are having a tough season: cancelled events range from children’s regular school days to international publishing conventions.  We want to share some good news that has arrived in the midst of general upset. Congratulations are in order for Karadi Tales!  The London Book Fair was cancelled this month; however, prizes have been awarded […]

  • Brand New Award Winners

    Brand New Award Winners

    In our last post, we sang the praises and delights of longlists and shortlists of finalists for major awards. Now we’ll celebrate some recent winners of awards that have been announced across the past few weeks. The Cybils Awards, which “recognize the children’s and young adult authors and illustrators whose books combine the highest literary […]

  • On the Road to Awards

    On the Road to Awards

    We love those finalists lists as much as we love the ultimate winners.  Why? Shortlists give us nuance and hit a lot of possibilities. We think winning is great! We also think recognition for being in the run-up to the ultimate announcements gives readers and listeners a lot of riches. To celebrate this season’s announcements […]

  • Lots of Winning Titles for Multicultural Book Day

    Lots of Winning Titles for Multicultural Book Day

    January 31 is Multicultural Book Day and that arrives this year on the heels of the American Library Association’s 2020 announcements of youth media awards.  Among the rich array of picture books, novels, youth audience nonfiction, audiobooks, and apps, authors and illustrators, and children’s literature experts who received plaudits this year, we think these would enhance […]