A number of awards honoring titles and media for children and young adults were announced this morning. The John Newbery Medal goes to The First State of Being written by Erin Entrada Kelly, with four other titles named as Newbery Honor Books.
The Randolph Caldecott Medal goes to Chooch Helped, illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz and written by Andrea L. Rogers, with four additional titles named Caldecott Honor Books.
To see the ALA new release listing all the youth awards and titles, go here.
Life After Whale by Lynne Brunelle, was given the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children. This focuses briefly on the life of the blue whale (90 year old), and mostly on how it provides food and shelter to many creatures on its way to the ocean floor, and after it settles on the bottom of the sea. Lots of information paired with amazing art by Jason Chin. The author presents and explains the different phases of the whale fall – the total time of this whale fall ecosystem is more than 100 years. Additional information is found on the back pages, including more information on blue whales; the four phases of a whale fall listed on a two-page spread, and a brief bibliography. An amazing book.
