REVIEW: Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy

Today’s review comes from Graphic Novel Round 1 panelist Stephanie who blogs at Lispy Librarian and vlogs (!) here. She reviewed middle grade graphic novel nominee Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy (Amazon, IndieBound). About the graphic novel she said:  It’s super cool; I loved it! It took me two days to read it because it’s super emotional […] I’m so …

REVIEW Peek-a-Bruce

Today’s review comes from Fiction Picture Book chair, Deb Nance, who usually blogs over at Readerbuzz.  She has a brief review over at Goodreads of board book nominee Peek-a-Bruce (Amazon, Indiebound), where her conclusion is:  Kids can’t help loving grumpy Bruce and the ever-jolly ducks.  (Truth, that.) Read the full review here. 

REVIEW All the Impossible Things

Today’s review of Elementary/Middle Grade Speculative Fiction nominee All the Impossible Things (Amazon, Indiebound) comes from round 1 panelist Jennifer, who blogs at RaiseThem Righteous. She writes:  All the Impossible Things (2019) swept me away like a discarded paper bag on a windy day. It’s a beautiful story that is skillfully written and carefully paced with brave characters who love each …

REVIEW 16 Words: William Carlos Williams and “The Red Wheelbarrow”

Today’s review comes from first round Poetry judge, Anastasia Suen, whose blog features a kidlit book of the day, among other offerings! She recently interviewed Lisa Rogers, the author of Elementary/Middle Grade Non-fiction nominee 16 Words: William Carlos Williams and “The Red Wheelbarrow” (Amazon, Indiebound).  I thought this snippet was interesting:  Through a great deal of research and interviews with …

REVIEW Yasmin the Chef

Hi and welcome to the first of this year’s Highlighted Reviews of Nominated BooksTM! We start this year with Kelly Karsner Clarke, who blogs over at Kidlit Underground. She recently reviewed Easy Reader nominee Yasmin the Chef (Amazon, Indiebound), writing:  At 25 pages of text, divided into three chapters, YASMIN THE CHEF as a standalone has the readability of a picture book …

2019 Nominations: Poetry

Please view the full blog post to see a list of all 2018 nominated books in the Poetry category.