May 1st, 2013 by melissa y.
It’s that time again: The Children’s Choice Book Awards are only 11 days away. So why not hop on over to their site and vote for your favorite children’s books – make your voice heard and have your kids do it, too! Tell your child’s teacher, maybe they can even make it a classroom project.
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April 25th, 2013 by melissa g
Have you read the 2013 Indies Choice and E.B. White Award winners? Check out Sweet on Books for our reviews of each title. We highly recommend all three of these special books! Comment below and let us know what you think of them too. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green won the Indies
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February 14th, 2013 by melissa y.
Today is the day – Cybils winners announced! A few of our sweet favorites took top spots. Middle grade novel, Wonder, took home an award (of course!). Philip Stead’s beautiful picture book, A Home for A Bird, won as well. Here is a complete list of the winners. Head over to the Cybils site
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February 13th, 2013 by melissa y.
The Cybils winners will be announced tomorrow! The title of this post may be a little misleading. The Cybils volunteers have been hard at work for most of the past year, a lot in the last six months, putting together their list of the best in children’s literature from 2012. The Cybils’ volunteers are a
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January 28th, 2013 by melissa y.
The highest honors in children’s literature were announced today. The ALA has awarded the 2013 Newbery Award to Katherine Applegate for her wonderful The One and Only Ivan. Well-deserved, indeed! Click over to Sweet on Books to read our complete review of this award winner.
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May 11th, 2012 by melissa y.
Happy Children’s Book Week and congratulations to the winners. The Children’s Choice Book Awards are the only national children’s book awards that are actually selected by the target audience: children! The awards are organized by The Children’s Book Council (CBC) in association with Every Child a Reader (ECAR). The awards were conceived to give children
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March 15th, 2012 by melissa y.
The Children’s Choice Book Awards voting is now open. Children can cast a vote for their favorite book, author and illustrator. Categories and finalists are below. The winners are announced at the 5th Annual Children’s Choice Book Awards Gala (children are invited!). Melissa and I went last year and it was a great time! Get your
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February 29th, 2012 by melissa y.
Within the great Bankstreet College of Education is a Children’s Book Committee who read and review countless numbers of children’s books to put together The Best Children’s Books of the Year annotated list. This is a list of 600+ books that they have chosen as the best out there based on accuracy and literary quality
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February 27th, 2012 by melissa y.
Last night at the 84th Academy Awards, children’s literature was front and center in Hollywood! Beyond the excitement of the blockbuster film Hugo and all the awards it brought home (and we are thrilled Hugo was so successful!), was a little movie that could. William Joyce, of George Shrinks and Rolie Polie Olie fame, The
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February 15th, 2012 by melissa y.
Image © 2006-2011 MO WILLEMS The Cybils are announced! The Cybils are awards given to the best books as chosen by bloggers who are passionate about children’s literature. These blogger/judges do this all on their own time, unpaid, and often beg, borrow, and/or buy the books themselves. Some highlights of the books that won are:
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