It’s been such a pleasure writing this blog. When I started in 2007, I wasn’t sure who exactly I was writing to, except that I had lots of t...

Here are some exciting news stories from yesterday’s American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards. The full press release and award li...

One of the exciting things about the ALA Youth Media Awards (including the Newbery and Caldecott Medals) is that after the winners have bee...

I saw  Hamilton  on Broadway without knowing a note of the music. When the song  The Room Where It Happens  started, I was so surprised. How...

I have been lucky enough to attend the press conference for several years where the winners of the Caldecott, Newbery and all the other Yout...

Currently, members of the Newbery and Caldecott committees serve with the understanding that they may never tell what happened during the ...

Several years ago, I tuned into the Tony awards telecast eager to find out whether Ragtime was going to beat The Lion King . (It didn...

I read hundreds of new picture books every year. Some are dreadful. Most are good. A few are great. And occasionally, a very special book ...

The Pulitzer Prize, that is. What does the list of shows below have in common? 2010: Next to Normal 1996: Rent 1985: Sunday in the Par...

There are all kinds of librarians. There are librarians who work for the government. For the military. For businesses. For colleges. For r...

The first time I attended an American Library Association (ALA) Annual conference I was completely overwhelmed. Which sessions should I atte...