1.30.09/And the Winners are…

Three of the four LREI librarians were lucky enough to attend the American Library Association’s Mid-Winter Conference in Denver, CO from Jan. 23-26. This is an exciting conference to attend because it is the conference where all the big children’s and teen book awards are announced, including the 2008 Newbery (best book for kids aged 8-14), Caldecott (best picture book) and Printz (best book for teens, 7th-12th grade). As you can see, I was pretty thrilled to be there and hear some of my favorite titles announced:

The following link will take you straight to the award lists with the titles and authors of the winning books. Most of these books will be available (if they’re not already) in the LREI library.

ALA’s official press release of literary award winners in childrens’ and young adult books

I also worked on an ALA committee this past year called The ALEX Awards, which honors 10 adult books published in the past year that would have potential appeal to teen readers. When we finished our deliberations, we took this snazzy picture of our winners, which were also announced at the Mid-Winter conference:

All of the LREI librarians are currently serving on ALA committees, so if you have any questions about our school’s participation in ALA, or are just looking for a good book recommendation for yourself or your child, please come and see us. We love to talk about our committee work and of course, BOOKS!

I’ll see you in the library,

Jennifer Hubert Swan, MS librarian