All Aboard the Schooltrain: A Little Story from the Great Migration (Scholastic), by Glenda Armand and illustrated by Keisha Morris continues to earn accolades! It has been named to both the 2023 BCALA Best of the Best – Book List and the 2024 NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books List. Learn more about the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) annual “Best of the Best” book list here and view the full 2023 list here. Learn more about the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the Children’s Book Council (CBC) and view the full list here. Congratulations Keisha!
Not A Monster (Charlesbridge) by Claudia Guadalupe Martínez, illustrated by Laura Gonzalez has received a Blueberry Honor for nonfiction picture books. The Blueberry Award list has been curated by librarians, collection development managers, our city’s Sustainability Manager, our school’s sustainability manager, dedicated staff from the Evanston, Illinois Ecology Center, and early childhood development experts to assure parents, teacher and kids that these books are excellent and truthful, but in age-appropriate ways, designed to support delight first and group climate action second. See the full list here Get the book here
All Aboard the School Train (Scholastic) by Glenda Armand, illustrated by Keisha Morris has received the CBC-NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Books Award! The Notable Social Studies Trade Books annual award list, chosen under NCSS guidance, was created to provide teachers and librarians with a list of the Notable Social Studies books published in 2023. The CBC shares this list widely so that all teachers, librarians, booksellers, and parents on their email list across the country can benefit from this valuable annual resource. Learn more about the NCSS (National Council for the Social Studies) here Get the book here
Ashley Spires has been nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Writing for a Preschool Program, for Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe, a series based on her Binky the Space Cat books published by Kids Can Press. Read more about the nomination here Get the books behind the series here
The Junior Library Guild has awarded Beautiful Noise: The Music of John Cage (Anne Schwartz Books) by Lisa Rogers, illustrated by Il Sung Na a Gold Standard Selection Award. Learn more about the Junior Libary Guild here Learn more about the book here
Publishers Weekly has given a starred review to Summer is Here (Bloomsbury) by Renee Watson, illustrated by Bea Jackson, saying “Jackson (The Twelve Hours of Christmas) employs bright light and sunlit hues to capture the ease and lengthy rhythms of an enjoyable summer’s day…” The book will be published May 7, 2024. Pre order it here See the full review here
