Looking for gift suggestions? Or maybe just a “good read” recommendation? Check out these links:
The National Book Awards Foundation
See this year’s finalists and winners in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s literature, as well as winners and finalists of the last 58 years.
The Newbery Medal
The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm
The Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.cfm
To search the Waynflete Library catalog for any award-winning titles, go to:
http://library.waynflete.org:8008/simple/?sessionid=1NYR545AQ363333
Middle School Book Club
The Book Club has begun reading Jerry Spinelli’s Star Girl.
In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.
For more information contact the library. Happy reading!
