Congratulations, ALA Youth Media and NCTE Award Winners

January 11, 2016 by Mary Ann Cappiello Leave a Comment

Congratulations to all of the ALA Youth Media Award winners announced this morning in Boston, as well as the Charlotte Huck and Orbis Pictus Awards from NCTE, announced at the NCTE Convention back in November. Over the next few weeks, we will cover some of the award-winning titles that we missed. Meanwhile, we invite you to explore our previously written blog entries for the winners, honor books, and recommended titles.

Newbery Medal Winner, Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King Honor, Charlotte Huck Recommended, Last Stop on Market Street

Newbery Medal Honor, Echo

Caldecott Medal Honor, Coretta Scott King Illustrator Winner, Orbis Pictus Honor,Trombone Shorty

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Medal Honor, The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem’s Greatest Book Store

Schneider Family Award Honor, Fish in a Tree

Orbis Pictus Honor, Mesmerized

Charlotte Huck, Recommended, Crenshaw

Additionally, Erika is the author of Little Brown’s Educator’s Guide for the Caldecott Winner – Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear.

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About Mary Ann Cappiello

Mary Ann is a professor of language and literacy at Lesley University. A former public school language arts and humanities teacher, she is a passionate advocate for and commentator on children’s books. Mary Ann is the co-author of Teaching with Text Sets (2013) and Teaching to Complexity (2015) and Text Sets in Action: Pathways Through Content Area Literacy (Stenhouse, 2021). She has been a guest on public radio and a consultant to public television. From 2015-2018, Mary Ann was a member of the National Council of Teachers of English's Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction (K-8) Committee, serving two years as chair.

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