Category Archives: YALSA

Bonus: Great Gifts for All

The CYA Podcast presents…Great Gifts for All! Emily Children’s Noisy Nora and Morris’ Disappearing Bag by Rosemary Wells The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator by Sarah C. Campbell The Stinky Chese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by [...]

City of Fallen Angels & TMI

City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare Roll call question What are your favorite places to read? Topic “2012 Newbery Reading List”, by Hunt, Jonathan. January 27, 2011, School Library Journal Heavy Medal: Mock Newbery blog. Recommendations Jenny Virginia Euwer Wolfe – Neustadt Award winner Monday is One Day by Arthur Levine Which Way by [...]

Delirium or, We Used To Be Friends

Delirium by Lauren Oliver Delirium movie deal by Deadline New York Topic “Are All Lists Created Equal? Diversity in Award-Winning and Bestselling Young Adult Fiction” by Casey H. Rawson. The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adult. YALSA. Spring, 2011. Rawson’s Masters papers full version (PDF) Recommendations Jenny Talk of the Nation, July 6, [...]

Guys Read: Funny Business, or, Prison Ages You

edited by Jon Scieszka, Guys Read – author website, boys literacy program website Roll Call Question: What book have you read the most times in your life? Cathie Sue: But Not the Hippotomas, Go Dog Go, Caddie Woodlawn, Gone with the Wind Emily: Good Night Moon, Monster at the End of the Book, The Giant [...]