The 2024 Capitol Choices list is now available for download. We appreciate all the work our members put in to reading and sharing books this year as we resumed in-person ballot meetings and worked to grow our membership diversely. Congratulations to all of the authors, illustrators, and publishing teams behind the 100 new and noteworthy titles … Continue reading The 2024 List is Now Available
2023 National Book Awards Finalists Announced
in early October 2023, the National Book Awards announced their finalists! Narrowed down from the longlist, and covering 5 categories, these awards are one of the most highly anticipated in literature each year! This year, the 5 titles that are finalists for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature are: Gather by Kenneth M. … Continue reading 2023 National Book Awards Finalists Announced
You’re Invited: Coretta Scott King Book Award Webinar
The Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table (CSKBART) is celebrating 54 years of award-winning authors and illustrators. In recognition of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mrs. Coretta Scott King's courage and determination to continue her late husband's work for peace and world brotherhood, the CSKBART Program Standing Committee … Continue reading You’re Invited: Coretta Scott King Book Award Webinar
The World of Language–USBBY
By Capitol Choices Member Emma M. At the end of March, I attended the US Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)’s biannual meeting which was held at the Scholastic headquarters in New York. The theme was The World of Language, and attendees got to hear from authors, illustrators, editors, publishers, and educators from all … Continue reading The World of Language–USBBY
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