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Colleagues - Winter is the time of year when many of the big children and teen literary awards are announced, including new reading lists for next year. Below is a tidy list of these great titles. For those of you new to the library world, it's a great time to see which titles you own, decide which others to buy, and to post the list (with call numbers of what you own) somewhere in your library. Postings can be on a bulletin board, special display or even in a binder with other lists of recommended books (like the Accelerated Reader lists from your schools). No, you don't have to buy all of them but it's good to be aware of them. These are books selected by your colleagues and by school children. The lists plus background on each are found at the websites below. Happy reading! Suzan Nyfeler Youth Services Specialist Central Texas Library System 512.583.0704 x17 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] TEXAS AWARDS 2x2 List: http://txla.org/groups/crt/2x2intro.htm Books children should hear or read from age 2 to 2nd grade. You couldn't go wrong buying the whole list. Purchase as your budget allows. Bluebonnet Books: http://txla.org/groups/tba/masters/masterlists07_08.html Great books being read by 3rd through 5th graders across the state. Buy all - or as many as you can - since the school kiddos will be reading them starting this summer. Lone Star Reading List: http://txla.org/groups/yart/lonestarlists.html Like the Bluebonnet list but for middle schoolers. Buy as needed in your community. A solid list of fine books that middle schoolers will enjoy. Tayshas Reading List: http://txla.org/groups/yart/tayshaslists.html Like the Bluebonnet list but for high schoolers. Buy as needed in your community. A solid list of fine books that high schoolers will enjoy. NATIONAL AWARDS - http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/2007MediaAwardWi nners.htm A whole pile of these awards are listed on the link above. The main ones are highlighted below. Caldecott Award: For excellence in illustration. Buy the winner. Buy the honor books if you have the funds. Newbery Award: For excellence in writing. Buy the winner. Buy the honor books if you have the funds. Carnegie Medal: For excellence in children's video. Children's Notable Lists: http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/Default1888. htm An annual best of the best in children's books, recordings, videos, and computer software. All worth considering.
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