Friday, February 7, 2014

Out and About with INK Authors

NEW BOOKS





BEYOND MAGENTA: TRANSGENDER TEENS SPEAK OUT by Susan Kuklin (Candlewick)








FEATHERS: NOT JUST FOR FLYING, by Melissa Stewart, ill. by Sarah S. Brannen (Charlesbridge)








MUMBET’S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE by Gretchen Woelfle, ill. by Alix Delinois (Carolrhoda)







AWARDS

Sibert Honor Book
Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius

Finalists for the Cook Prize for the Best STEM Picture Book:
Deborah Heiligman, The Boy Who Loved Math
Melissa Stewart, No Monkeys, No Chocolate

Finalist YALSA award for Excellence in NF for YA
Tanya Lee Stone, Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America’s First Black Paratroopers

ALA Notable Books 2014
Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius
Deborah Heiligman, The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdös
Elizabeth Rusch, Eruption!:  Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives
April Pulley Sayre, ill. Steve Jenkins, Eat Like a Bear
Steve Sheinkin, Lincoln's Grave Robbers
Tanya Lee Stone, Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers
  
EVENTS

Friday, February 7, Cheryl Harness will be speaking on “Creating Books for Young TimeTravelers” in Denver at the Colorado Council of the International Reading Association.

Saturday, February 8, Kelly Hall Milner, along with Kathleen Krull and Cindy Jenson-Elliott will address “Nonfiction v Common Core” at the California School Library Association Conference in San Diego.


Same day, same place, Gretchen Woelfle and Alexis O’Neill will talk about “Turning History into Story.”

1 comment:

Deborah Heiligman said...

Thanks for listing these, Gretchen!