Brilliant! Susan, thanks for sharing this wonderful news with us! Including the Sydney Taylor, APALA, and AILA awards in the Youth Media Awards limelight is huge.
Annette On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 7:58 PM, Lois Ruby <[email protected]> wrote: > That is fabulous news!!!! > > > On February 1, 2018 at 4:23 PM Susan Kusel <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I am delighted to report that next year in January, 2019 the Sydney > Taylor Book Awards will be announced at the Youth Media Awards (YMA) press > conference during the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting. > This is the press conference where the Newbery and Caldecott Medals are > announced, along with the other ALA children’s and young adult awards. > > > > The YMAs are an absolutely enormous event in the children’s book field- > this is the equivalent of being on the Oscar broadcast. We are thrilled > about the potential increase in publicity for the Sydney Taylor Awards. > > > > Here is a link to a press release from ALA: > > http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/01/ala-support- > multicultural-literature-youth-enhanced-2019-youth-media-awards > > > > School Library Journal just wrote an article about the announcement, which > you can find here. > > http://www.slj.com/2018/02/industry-news/affiliates- > excited-share-stage-alas-oscars/ > > > > Please email me if you have any questions. > > > > -Susan > > Sydney Taylor Book Award Chair > > > > > > Susan Kusel > > Librarian > > Temple Rodef Shalom > > 2100 Westmoreland Street > > Falls Church, VA 22043 > > (703) 676-3851 > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries > (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > [email protected] > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio- > state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio- > state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries > (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > [email protected] > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio- > state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio- > state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > > -- Annette Goldsmith, PhD Los Angeles, CA Co-Editor (with Theo Heras & Susan Corapi), *Reading the World's Stories: An annotated bibliography of international youth literature* (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016) Lecturer, University of Washington Information School Librarian, Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel Currently reading: *Gool* by Maurice Gee (Orca, 2010) "A book is like a world you can carry around with you." Liniers, *Written and Drawn by Henrietta* (TOON Books, 2015)
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