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By Lindsey, January 31, 2013

The Library Academy Awards (Youth Media Awards) were announced at the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting on  January 28^th.  Children’s Librarians from around the country (and world) donned their finest broom skirts, wooden jewelry, comfortable shoes, and sweeping up-do’s (buns) and waited anxiously while the winners were announced.

Your own Nashville Public Library’s Children’s Librarians had a little pool going to see who could pick the winner this year.  At stake?  Some of my delicious homemade chocolate chip hazelnut cookies to the librarian(s) who pegged the winner.  We only focused on the Caldecott (picture books) and Newbery (chapter books.)

Our picks for Caldecott were as follows:

Ms. Phyllis at Main: Georgia In Hawaii: When Georgia O’Keeffe Painted What She Pleased by Amy Novesky
Ms. Lindsey at Main: This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen*
Miss Terri at Green Hills: I Have a Dream Words by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson.
Ms. Angela at Edmondson Pike and Ms. Joy at Thompson Lane: Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger**
Ms. Ellen at Bordeaux: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce
Ms. Lin at Madison: Oh no, George! By Chris Haughton
Ms. Klem-Mari At Bringing Books to Life: Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett; illustrated by Jon Klassen**
Ms. Elaine at Donelson: And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Erin E Stead
Ms. Sarah at Donelson: A Home for Bird by Philip C. Stead
Ms. Tori at Edmondson Pike: Happy by Miles van Hout

And the 2013 Caldecott winner is:

This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen

*  okay, so I might have changed my mind at the last minute in our official pool, however, I stated publicly here that this was my pick for Caldecott and my love for Jon Klassen is unparalleled, so I’m counting it!  I’m making the cookies afterall!

** these titles were 2013 Caldecott Honor Books

Our picks for the 2013 Newbery:

Ms. Phyllis at Main, Miss Terri at Green Hills, and Ms. Tori at Edmondson Pike: Wonder by R. J. Palacio
Ms. Lindsey at Main: See You At Harry’s by Johanna Knowles*
Ms. Angela at Edmondson Pike: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Ms. Ellen at Bordeaux: The Great Unexpected by Sharon Creech
Ms. Lin at Madison: I Funny by James Patterson
Ms. Joy at Thompson Lane: Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage**
Ms. Elaine at Donelson: Splendors and Glooms by Laura Schlitz**

And the 2013 Newbery winner is:

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate:  I am about 1/3 of the way in and so far it is a lovely, if not a bit forlorn, quick read.  I have heard people call it “our generation’s Charlotte’s Web.” Those are some big pages to fill, so I won’t speak to the correctness of that description, yet.

* Again, I changed my mind at the last minute, but Wonder was getting plenty of love and I wanted to recognize See You at Harry’s, a heart-wrenchingly great book I will review here soon.

** These titles were Newbery Honor Books.

Kudos to ME! and Ms. Angela at Edmondson Pike for picking the winners (even if I cheated a little)

You can see the full list of the 2013 Youth Media Awards here.  All of which are available at Nashville Public Library (or will be soon!).

-Lindsey

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By Bryan, February 1, 2012

On this month’s show, we tackle the increasingly perplexing Grammy Awards. Amanda explains confusing categories. The rest of us wonder “who are these people?” We close with some books that are tickling our fancy.

Things we talk about:

Grammy nominees

21 by Adele

Doo-Wops & Hooligans by Bruno Mars

Bon Iver by Bon Iver

Barton Hollow by The Civil Wars

The Harrow & the Harvest by Gillian Welch

Ekulele Songs by Eddie Vedder

Zonoscope by Cut/Copy

Body Talk by Robyn

Tassili by Tinariwen

The Lady Killer by Cee-Lo Green

Rolling Papers by Wiz Khalifia featuring the song “Black and Yellow”

Tron Legacy by Daft Punk

Doctor Atomic by John Adams (The symphonic version will be performed by the Nashville Symphony February 9th, 10th, & 11th.)

Books

Mrs. Nixon by Ann Beattie

Ghost Wave by Chris Dixon (Also check out Amanda’s longer review of this book.)

The Ecstasy of Influence by Jonathan Lethem

Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson

Charlotte Rampling

The question Bryan forgot to ask, that Karen probably knows the answer to, is what is the term for the texture of paper. Bryan vaguely remembers a specific word used for paper texture within the artisan book world. Do you know?

Until next time!

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By Crystal, March 4, 2010

March isn’t just for basketball, it’s also time for the Academy Awards!  After many years of five “Best Picture” nominees, ten films have been shortlisted for this year’s award.   Although this category has included only five nominees for many years, there have been as many as twelve films nominated.  If you want to geek out on the Oscars, visit the Academy Awards Database. Listed here are films that were nominated from 1931 to 1940, when the “Best Picture” category was called “Outstanding Production,” and the number of films nominated topped out at twelve.

Check out Academy Awards Best Picture Nominees 1931 – 1940

- Crystal