After a false start where I watched last year’s awards for several minutes until a severe sense of déjà vu prompted me to realize, I had, indeed, seen all this before…Joanna and I got down to business.
Full list of winners posted at ALA.
Patti: so are you listening to the pretty music? Pre-Announcements are on! (and it is the right year this time I promise…however, we got a new keyboard and it is not all that was promised)
Full list of winners posted at ALA.
Patti: so are you listening to the pretty music? Pre-Announcements are on! (and it is the right year this time I promise…however, we got a new keyboard and it is not all that was promised)
Joanna: LOL - I just got a text from Alison. She was making sure we were watching.
Patti: Excellent! I support our nation's libraries by going to work each day. Way to go me!
Joanna: Got James hooked up with a Thomas the Tank video - it's the Christmas one, but he doesn't care. Go Patti! I support by going to my library and having to buy comic books when Sam spills hot chocolate on them.
Patti: Hah! Alex awards...
Joanna: Always a good list. Top 10
Patti: I have never heard of the boy who couldn't sleep…or breaking night. Where have I been? Hmmm, I have not heard of that one either...Good Gravy! Color me LAME. I vow to read every single one.
Joanna: I heard of the Lemon Cake one. And the Harvard memoir. AND Room. Have I read? No.
Patti: EH. Except maybe Room. That one sounds scary.
Joanna: Yes.
Patti: I did try to read The Vanishing and didn't finish.
Joanna: Well, that is a start.
Patti: an inauspicious one.
Joanna: Oh good, I love when they show people.
Patti: Me too, much better
Joanna: Long speeches also give me the opportunity to finish my coffee and biscotti.
Patti: I like her hat. She looks sharp (and yes it is great for that! Did you make your biscotti?)
Joanna: (No - My friend Natasha who lives in Chicago makes them. She does it as a hobby and brought some to my parents' for Christmas. I think the one I just had was peanut butter and chocolate.)
Patti: (Goodness. YUM!)
Joanna: ALA President. It's also a good time to check on the toddler. He's content.
Patti: Excellent.
Joanna: It's a gray and rainy day here, but it isn't cold yet.
Patti: Didn't we have a dean named Roberta? But she had dark hair. Cold here too. Clap clap clap. Let's get on with it people!
Joanna: We did! She was great. Hello? Uh oh.
Patti: why uh oh?
Joanna: Google's back. It went offline for me.
Patti: Google! Crew up!
Joanna: Yes yes. Move along move along. Crew up!!!
Patti: Schneider!
Joanna: Schneider Family Book Awards - embodies the artistic expression of the disability experience. AWESOME!
Patti: The Pirate of Kindergarten. That is a cute one. (my keyboard is killing me)
Joanna: The Pirate of Kindergarten! Lynne Avril illustrated my cousin's fabulous Every Cowgirl Needs a Horse.
Patti: Nice!
Joanna: Boo keyboard! Middle School. Aw, Jordan Sonnenblick is cute.
Patti: (just means more editing before we post i suppose)
Joanna: After Ever After by Sonnenblick. Teen...
Patti: That's nice. Interesting that it is like a sequel/companion. Don't see too many of those get honored.
Joanna: 5 Flavors of Dumb
Patti: that is a terrible title.
Joanna: Don't know it.
Patti: I think it made tayshas - don't quote me on that though. God, I have the worst memory.
Joanna: New Stonewall Children's and YA Lit Award. Will Grayson?
Patti: good guess.
Joanna: Ha!! Will Grayson it is!
Patti: Honor for Will Grayson! Love Drugged - never heard of it.
Joanna: I really like covers with collages - it looks like a rip on Margo's book.
Patti: it does. Freaks and Revelations and The Boy in the Dress makes up the last 2 honors.
Joanna: Oh - Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher for the wind.
Patti: ALMOST PERFECT! Great book.
Joanna: I have heard of that one.
Patti: Very good story. Very well written. Logan was a superb character
Joanna: I remember you talking about it.
Patti: I don't remember this award being on here last year. Was it?
Joanna: No, it was new this year. I'm fairly certain.
Patti: (my feet are soooo cold)
Joanna: (Crew up!)
Patti: (LOL ok.)
Joanna: Coretta Scott King Book Awards - African American authors and illustrators that promote the understanding of all people.
Patti: Will Williams-Garcia sweep the awards?
Joanna: I wouldn't mind.
Patti: I really hope it does.
Joanna: So this year is a Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement...Dr. Henrietta Mays Smith. Aw, a library school professor.
Patti: Congrats! That's exciting. And cool. 1948! That is when she started her career. Dang! John Steptoe for new talent: Zora and Me. Sonia Lynn Sadler - Seeds of Change. Looks beautiful. Illustrator: Jimi Sounds like a rainbow - Javaka Steptoe
Joanna: I'd like to point out that TWO Florida connections have won: Dr. Mays and Zora & Me. Last year was a Texas Sweep. Maybe Florida will take some home this year.
Patti: Dave the Potter wins. (the other was an honor)
Joanna: I love Dave the Potter! Author Honors: WDM - Lockdown
Patti: Interesting. Good for him, he’s lovely
Joanna: Ninth Ward! (I've been meaning to read that.)
Patti: Yummy - I was a little cold on that one.
Joanna: Drum roll
Patti: YAY!!!! One Crazy Summer!!!!!! Sweep! Sweep! Sweep!
Joanna: Score one for ONE CRAZY SUMMER.
Patti: Love that book - I hope it wins Newbery. I've got my fingers crossed.
Joanna: YALSA is UP
Joanna: Odyssey Award - ALISON!
Patti: Woot! Alison!
4 honors: Alchemy and Meggy Swan. Knife of never letting go (woot woot woot)
Revolution (I've been meaning to read this one). Will Grayson, Will Grayson (i'm not sure i could take the audio. lol). The True Meaning of Smekday for the win. Didn't Michelle love this book?
Joanna: I think so.
Patti: Alison Ann!
Joanna: I love Adam Rex, but I never read this one. Sam loves his poetry/picture books.
Patti: Margaret A. Edwards...
Joanna: LOL - I giggled, too. Alison, I'm now calling you Alison Ann. Any guesses?
John Green - LOL
Patti: heh.
Joanna: YALSA loves him. PERFECT WONDERFUL
Patti: Excellent choice. Terry Pratchett. It really is a perfect choice.
Joanna: Seriously.
Patti: I haven't read his latest. Really we should pick a series of his and tag-team blog it
So much to do for 2011. William C Morris...DEBUT!
Joanna: Yes - that might be better than trying to keep up with 2011 - we go back and read standards.
Patti: I want Hold Me Closer, Necromancer to win. Go go go!
Joanna: Hush, Guardian of the Dead - don't know.
Patti: Heard of, haven't read. Good for Carolrhoda to get on an awards list.
I think it was their first year publishing YA.
Joanna: And a win for them!
Patti: Freak Observer for the win.
Joanna: Good heavens, YALSA has a gazillion awards. Excellence Nonfiction
Patti: KKK for the Non Fiction?
Joanna: Maybe - I honestly couldn't finish that one.
Patti: People seem apeshit for that one. I haven't read it.
Joanna: It has one of the best covers ever. Alright Janis Joplin for the win.
Patti: Janis Joplin! Dang! Surprise to me. Probably a very good biography.
Joanna: She's a new author?
Patti: (and yes..so many awards)
Joanna: Oh hey, hi Jeanette!
Patti: PRINTZ!!! Let's see how we do.
Joanna: Honors -4
Patti: Stolen – haven’t read
Joanna: Please Ignore Vera Dietz / A.S. King
Patti: Please Ignore Vera Dietz - couldn't get my hands on
Joanna: HA! Revolver!
Patti: Interesting!
Joanna: Never read it, but I have it in my bag. NOTHING!
Patti: NOTHING!! It needed an honor. Ahhhhhhh dying to know.
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ship Breaker totally deserved this. Nothing else compared this year. Can't wait to hear his speech. The author seems so interesting.
Joanna: He'll be at TLA. We get him first! Or you. You get him first.
Patti: So awesome. We do. TLA rocks. Aren't you coming?
Joanna: Yes, but not for the whole conference. I need to email you all about days. I know you all are busy workin'.
Patti: We were under the impression you'd be visiting us...ahem.
Joanna: Oh, I'm coming.
Patti: ok, good.
Joanna: (Baby check time. Ah, PBS. Thank you.)
Patti: Pura Belpre....
Joanna: PURA BELPRE
Patti: 15 years! Quince!
Joanna: Pam Munoz Ryan AGAIN? Let's see.
Patti: Red Umbrella?
Joanna: That would be a Florida connection book.
Patti: heh.
Joanna: Francisco X Stork? ILLUSTRATION
Patti: that one is soooo cute!
Joanna: Fiesta Babies! James LOVES LOVES LOVES this book. He likes it when they eat salsa and chips. Me Frida. Dear Primo. Award for Illustration
Patti: I think Stork has a great chance for the author.
Joanna: Grandma's Gift by Eric Velasquez
Patti: (I hope I'm not late for work this is longer than I remember)
Joanna: (How much time do you have?)
Patti: (45 mins. I should be fine.)
Joanna: (Yep.)
Patti: (But I won't be early, which is stressful lol) OK…TEXT:
Joanna: Honor Text: Ole Flamenco. Of course, Margarita Engle - The Firefly Letters
90 Miles to Havana (ahem, Florida connection)
Patti: And the winner is...The Dreamer!
Joanna: Can't deny PMR. What about her for the Newbery?
Patti: I was not a huge fan, sadly
Joanna: Pablo Neruda is not a subject I would have picked up for a young kid.
Patti: I hope not for Newbery, only because I didn't like it. I didn't even like Sis' illustrations. (may lightening not strike me down)
Joanna: Ha! Holy Moly - I had no idea that Sally was on the committee!
Patti: Me neither! Go Sally!
Joanna: Secrets!
Patti: What is this award? My Hill Arbuthnot lecture award...Peter Sis (and I just dissed you....egad! sorry!) I am a fan, I promise!
Joanna: It's pretty funny.
Patti: Mildred L. Batchelder...translation award..Nothing! (guessing here)
Joanna: Oh good.
Patti: honor: Departure Time
Joanna: Nothing for the 2nd honor
Patti: Go Nothing! Take that! Have not heard of: A Time of Miracles for the win
But it is a sweeping novel so that's got to be good. heh.
Joanna: Oh the Sibert Medal. Forgot what with the YALSA NF Award
Documentable Factual Information for Children. 2 Honors: Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring. Layfayette and the American Revolution.
Winner:
Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot
Patti: What a funny title! Kakapo! makes me giggle.
Joanna: sure does!
Patti: (Sounds like something that would come out of Charlie’s mouth. He's very into baby talk. It is sweeping his daycare.) Laura Ingalls Wilder Award:
Joanna: Aw, Tomi dePaola
Patti: Ahhhhh, that is nice. Well deserved.
Joanna: (baby talk? like what?)
Patti: (goo gah balalala - instead of words he knows. And saying things like, "that's a bloopie bum" just random syllables)
Joanna: (that's funny)
Patti: Andrew Carnegie Medal:
Joanna: Andrew Carnegie Medal - video production
Patti: Curious Garden. That just sounds like it would be good. I'll have to see if we have it at the library.
Joanna: It was a great book. And this video looks awesome!
Patti: It really does. I love the art.
Joanna: And a British voice over is always a winner. Classy and all that.
Patti: Definitely. (Hey, they opened up a breakfast restaurant on Manchaca called "Full English" YUM.)
Joanna: (Have you been? Mmm. Breakfast.)
Patti: (You get an English breakfast. It was pricey, but good)
Joanna: (What's an English breakfast?)
Patti: (Grilled Tomato and mushrooms with your back bacon, egg, and Fried Toast.
Delicious.)
Joanna: (Yeah!)
Patti: (Fried toast!!! Who knew.)
Joanna: (drool..)
Patti: GEISEL
Joanna: Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for early readers
Patti: NOT Mo Willems for the win. please.
Joanna: LING AND TING - PLEASE
Patti: That cat the cat is lame
Joanna: AH! But it should win! Mo for the honor - We Are in a Book
Patti: Ok, that one was great, but still. a little diversity please.
Joanna: OH BINK AND GOLLIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One of my favorites
Patti: Awwwww, good choice.
Joanna: Sam loved it, too.
Patti: Solid choice.
Joanna: Okay, I loved Ling and Ting, but this is a good winner. Mmm. Speaking of breakfast. They eat lots of pancakes.
Patti: mmmmmmm
Joanna: Toddler is quiet... KRISTEN! I totally forgot!
Patti: Kristen - intern Kristen? (sorry - texting work.) CALDECOTT!
Joanna: tingles...
Patti: 2 honors
Joanna: WOW! Dave the Potter for win #2
Patti: nice! Interrupting Chicken!
Joanna: Shocker! David Ezra Stein
Patti: I really like it. Charlie did too.
Joanna: Interesting choices. Medal Winner Is My favorite!
Patti: OH YEAH!!!! Sick Day for Amos McGee
Joanna: A Sick Day for Amos McGee. Delightful
Patti: That was a winner in every way. LOVED THAT BOOK!
Joanna: "gentle and satisfying" = for sure. What a huge committee
Patti: Good for them. How cute a husband and wife team won. love it.
Joanna: Yep.
Patti: Finally is right…NEWBERY
Joanna: (and they did Wink: the Ninja Who Wanted to Be Noticed - right?)
(or he did?) NEWBERY FINALLY
Patti: (i can't remember...did they?)
Joanna: ALMOST DONE
Patti: 4 honors
Joanna: Poetry! DARK EMPEROR AND OTHER POEMS OF THE NIGHT
Patti: nice. haven't heard of it, but nice.
Joanna: HEART OF A SAMURAI (another dark horse)
Patti: haven't read this.
Joanna: ROBBED ROBBED ROBBED One Crazy Summer
Patti: ROBBED. One Crazy Summer for honor.
Joanna: Sweetness - Turtle in Paradise
AHEM
ANOTHER
FLORIDA
CONNECTION
Patti: Ha!
Joanna: Ha!
Patti: Conspiracy!
Joanna: CONSPIRACY. Um, what is this book? With an awful cover?
Patti: Moon Over Manifest. And what is this?
Joanna: Huh?
Patti: Kansas. Not Florida. lol
Joanna: Ah, plucky historical fiction heroine! LOL
Patti: Plucky...barf
Joanna: eclectic historical folk people
Patti: lol. Well, shucks Joanna, I plum figured One Crazy summer for the win.
Joanna: Me too. I wonder if those historical blips held it back. Or maybe because it has talk of abortion.
Patti: or the mother. but the abortion talk maybe. Didn't Roger from Horn Book say that was the last taboo? Well, on a whole I'm very satisfied. You?
Joanna: yep. Another great year. Another great broadcast. Another great chat with my favorite chat partner. cue groovy new jazz on the ala site
Patti: Thumbs up! I'll edit and post. And we should discuss a new review strategy like doing a series. Hey! Rachel just logged on. Chatting with her. She's excited about Amos too!
Joanna: Yes. Let's have a business meeting. Thanks for editing the post - as you always do. Oh Rachel! I was texting Alison.
Patti: Cool deal! Talk to you soon.
Joanna: Okay, bye. Have a good day at work!
Patti: Have a good day with James! Lucky dog you!
Joanna: Rainy day and a toddler. Good times!
Joanna: Always a good list. Top 10
Patti: I have never heard of the boy who couldn't sleep…or breaking night. Where have I been? Hmmm, I have not heard of that one either...Good Gravy! Color me LAME. I vow to read every single one.
Joanna: I heard of the Lemon Cake one. And the Harvard memoir. AND Room. Have I read? No.
Patti: EH. Except maybe Room. That one sounds scary.
Joanna: Yes.
Patti: I did try to read The Vanishing and didn't finish.
Joanna: Well, that is a start.
Patti: an inauspicious one.
Joanna: Oh good, I love when they show people.
Patti: Me too, much better
Joanna: Long speeches also give me the opportunity to finish my coffee and biscotti.
Patti: I like her hat. She looks sharp (and yes it is great for that! Did you make your biscotti?)
Joanna: (No - My friend Natasha who lives in Chicago makes them. She does it as a hobby and brought some to my parents' for Christmas. I think the one I just had was peanut butter and chocolate.)
Patti: (Goodness. YUM!)
Joanna: ALA President. It's also a good time to check on the toddler. He's content.
Patti: Excellent.
Joanna: It's a gray and rainy day here, but it isn't cold yet.
Patti: Didn't we have a dean named Roberta? But she had dark hair. Cold here too. Clap clap clap. Let's get on with it people!
Joanna: We did! She was great. Hello? Uh oh.
Patti: why uh oh?
Joanna: Google's back. It went offline for me.
Patti: Google! Crew up!
Joanna: Yes yes. Move along move along. Crew up!!!
Patti: Schneider!
Joanna: Schneider Family Book Awards - embodies the artistic expression of the disability experience. AWESOME!
Patti: The Pirate of Kindergarten. That is a cute one. (my keyboard is killing me)
Joanna: The Pirate of Kindergarten! Lynne Avril illustrated my cousin's fabulous Every Cowgirl Needs a Horse.
Patti: Nice!
Joanna: Boo keyboard! Middle School. Aw, Jordan Sonnenblick is cute.
Patti: (just means more editing before we post i suppose)
Joanna: After Ever After by Sonnenblick. Teen...
Patti: That's nice. Interesting that it is like a sequel/companion. Don't see too many of those get honored.
Joanna: 5 Flavors of Dumb
Patti: that is a terrible title.
Joanna: Don't know it.
Patti: I think it made tayshas - don't quote me on that though. God, I have the worst memory.
Joanna: New Stonewall Children's and YA Lit Award. Will Grayson?
Patti: good guess.
Joanna: Ha!! Will Grayson it is!
Patti: Honor for Will Grayson! Love Drugged - never heard of it.
Joanna: I really like covers with collages - it looks like a rip on Margo's book.
Patti: it does. Freaks and Revelations and The Boy in the Dress makes up the last 2 honors.
Joanna: Oh - Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher for the wind.
Patti: ALMOST PERFECT! Great book.
Joanna: I have heard of that one.
Patti: Very good story. Very well written. Logan was a superb character
Joanna: I remember you talking about it.
Patti: I don't remember this award being on here last year. Was it?
Joanna: No, it was new this year. I'm fairly certain.
Patti: (my feet are soooo cold)
Joanna: (Crew up!)
Patti: (LOL ok.)
Joanna: Coretta Scott King Book Awards - African American authors and illustrators that promote the understanding of all people.
Patti: Will Williams-Garcia sweep the awards?
Joanna: I wouldn't mind.
Patti: I really hope it does.
Joanna: So this year is a Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement...Dr. Henrietta Mays Smith. Aw, a library school professor.
Patti: Congrats! That's exciting. And cool. 1948! That is when she started her career. Dang! John Steptoe for new talent: Zora and Me. Sonia Lynn Sadler - Seeds of Change. Looks beautiful. Illustrator: Jimi Sounds like a rainbow - Javaka Steptoe
Joanna: I'd like to point out that TWO Florida connections have won: Dr. Mays and Zora & Me. Last year was a Texas Sweep. Maybe Florida will take some home this year.
Patti: Dave the Potter wins. (the other was an honor)
Joanna: I love Dave the Potter! Author Honors: WDM - Lockdown
Patti: Interesting. Good for him, he’s lovely
Joanna: Ninth Ward! (I've been meaning to read that.)
Patti: Yummy - I was a little cold on that one.
Joanna: Drum roll
Patti: YAY!!!! One Crazy Summer!!!!!! Sweep! Sweep! Sweep!
Joanna: Score one for ONE CRAZY SUMMER.
Patti: Love that book - I hope it wins Newbery. I've got my fingers crossed.
Joanna: YALSA is UP
Joanna: Odyssey Award - ALISON!
Patti: Woot! Alison!
4 honors: Alchemy and Meggy Swan. Knife of never letting go (woot woot woot)
Revolution (I've been meaning to read this one). Will Grayson, Will Grayson (i'm not sure i could take the audio. lol). The True Meaning of Smekday for the win. Didn't Michelle love this book?
Joanna: I think so.
Patti: Alison Ann!
Joanna: I love Adam Rex, but I never read this one. Sam loves his poetry/picture books.
Patti: Margaret A. Edwards...
Joanna: LOL - I giggled, too. Alison, I'm now calling you Alison Ann. Any guesses?
John Green - LOL
Patti: heh.
Joanna: YALSA loves him. PERFECT WONDERFUL
Patti: Excellent choice. Terry Pratchett. It really is a perfect choice.
Joanna: Seriously.
Patti: I haven't read his latest. Really we should pick a series of his and tag-team blog it
So much to do for 2011. William C Morris...DEBUT!
Joanna: Yes - that might be better than trying to keep up with 2011 - we go back and read standards.
Patti: I want Hold Me Closer, Necromancer to win. Go go go!
Joanna: Hush, Guardian of the Dead - don't know.
Patti: Heard of, haven't read. Good for Carolrhoda to get on an awards list.
I think it was their first year publishing YA.
Joanna: And a win for them!
Patti: Freak Observer for the win.
Joanna: Good heavens, YALSA has a gazillion awards. Excellence Nonfiction
Patti: KKK for the Non Fiction?
Joanna: Maybe - I honestly couldn't finish that one.
Patti: People seem apeshit for that one. I haven't read it.
Joanna: It has one of the best covers ever. Alright Janis Joplin for the win.
Patti: Janis Joplin! Dang! Surprise to me. Probably a very good biography.
Joanna: She's a new author?
Patti: (and yes..so many awards)
Joanna: Oh hey, hi Jeanette!
Patti: PRINTZ!!! Let's see how we do.
Joanna: Honors -4
Patti: Stolen – haven’t read
Joanna: Please Ignore Vera Dietz / A.S. King
Patti: Please Ignore Vera Dietz - couldn't get my hands on
Joanna: HA! Revolver!
Patti: Interesting!
Joanna: Never read it, but I have it in my bag. NOTHING!
Patti: NOTHING!! It needed an honor. Ahhhhhhh dying to know.
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ship Breaker totally deserved this. Nothing else compared this year. Can't wait to hear his speech. The author seems so interesting.
Joanna: He'll be at TLA. We get him first! Or you. You get him first.
Patti: So awesome. We do. TLA rocks. Aren't you coming?
Joanna: Yes, but not for the whole conference. I need to email you all about days. I know you all are busy workin'.
Patti: We were under the impression you'd be visiting us...ahem.
Joanna: Oh, I'm coming.
Patti: ok, good.
Joanna: (Baby check time. Ah, PBS. Thank you.)
Patti: Pura Belpre....
Joanna: PURA BELPRE
Patti: 15 years! Quince!
Joanna: Pam Munoz Ryan AGAIN? Let's see.
Patti: Red Umbrella?
Joanna: That would be a Florida connection book.
Patti: heh.
Joanna: Francisco X Stork? ILLUSTRATION
Patti: that one is soooo cute!
Joanna: Fiesta Babies! James LOVES LOVES LOVES this book. He likes it when they eat salsa and chips. Me Frida. Dear Primo. Award for Illustration
Patti: I think Stork has a great chance for the author.
Joanna: Grandma's Gift by Eric Velasquez
Patti: (I hope I'm not late for work this is longer than I remember)
Joanna: (How much time do you have?)
Patti: (45 mins. I should be fine.)
Joanna: (Yep.)
Patti: (But I won't be early, which is stressful lol) OK…TEXT:
Joanna: Honor Text: Ole Flamenco. Of course, Margarita Engle - The Firefly Letters
90 Miles to Havana (ahem, Florida connection)
Patti: And the winner is...The Dreamer!
Joanna: Can't deny PMR. What about her for the Newbery?
Patti: I was not a huge fan, sadly
Joanna: Pablo Neruda is not a subject I would have picked up for a young kid.
Patti: I hope not for Newbery, only because I didn't like it. I didn't even like Sis' illustrations. (may lightening not strike me down)
Joanna: Ha! Holy Moly - I had no idea that Sally was on the committee!
Patti: Me neither! Go Sally!
Joanna: Secrets!
Patti: What is this award? My Hill Arbuthnot lecture award...Peter Sis (and I just dissed you....egad! sorry!) I am a fan, I promise!
Joanna: It's pretty funny.
Patti: Mildred L. Batchelder...translation award..Nothing! (guessing here)
Joanna: Oh good.
Patti: honor: Departure Time
Joanna: Nothing for the 2nd honor
Patti: Go Nothing! Take that! Have not heard of: A Time of Miracles for the win
But it is a sweeping novel so that's got to be good. heh.
Joanna: Oh the Sibert Medal. Forgot what with the YALSA NF Award
Documentable Factual Information for Children. 2 Honors: Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring. Layfayette and the American Revolution.
Winner:
Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot
Patti: What a funny title! Kakapo! makes me giggle.
Joanna: sure does!
Patti: (Sounds like something that would come out of Charlie’s mouth. He's very into baby talk. It is sweeping his daycare.) Laura Ingalls Wilder Award:
Joanna: Aw, Tomi dePaola
Patti: Ahhhhh, that is nice. Well deserved.
Joanna: (baby talk? like what?)
Patti: (goo gah balalala - instead of words he knows. And saying things like, "that's a bloopie bum" just random syllables)
Joanna: (that's funny)
Patti: Andrew Carnegie Medal:
Joanna: Andrew Carnegie Medal - video production
Patti: Curious Garden. That just sounds like it would be good. I'll have to see if we have it at the library.
Joanna: It was a great book. And this video looks awesome!
Patti: It really does. I love the art.
Joanna: And a British voice over is always a winner. Classy and all that.
Patti: Definitely. (Hey, they opened up a breakfast restaurant on Manchaca called "Full English" YUM.)
Joanna: (Have you been? Mmm. Breakfast.)
Patti: (You get an English breakfast. It was pricey, but good)
Joanna: (What's an English breakfast?)
Patti: (Grilled Tomato and mushrooms with your back bacon, egg, and Fried Toast.
Delicious.)
Joanna: (Yeah!)
Patti: (Fried toast!!! Who knew.)
Joanna: (drool..)
Patti: GEISEL
Joanna: Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for early readers
Patti: NOT Mo Willems for the win. please.
Joanna: LING AND TING - PLEASE
Patti: That cat the cat is lame
Joanna: AH! But it should win! Mo for the honor - We Are in a Book
Patti: Ok, that one was great, but still. a little diversity please.
Joanna: OH BINK AND GOLLIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One of my favorites
Patti: Awwwww, good choice.
Joanna: Sam loved it, too.
Patti: Solid choice.
Joanna: Okay, I loved Ling and Ting, but this is a good winner. Mmm. Speaking of breakfast. They eat lots of pancakes.
Patti: mmmmmmm
Joanna: Toddler is quiet... KRISTEN! I totally forgot!
Patti: Kristen - intern Kristen? (sorry - texting work.) CALDECOTT!
Joanna: tingles...
Patti: 2 honors
Joanna: WOW! Dave the Potter for win #2
Patti: nice! Interrupting Chicken!
Joanna: Shocker! David Ezra Stein
Patti: I really like it. Charlie did too.
Joanna: Interesting choices. Medal Winner Is My favorite!
Patti: OH YEAH!!!! Sick Day for Amos McGee
Joanna: A Sick Day for Amos McGee. Delightful
Patti: That was a winner in every way. LOVED THAT BOOK!
Joanna: "gentle and satisfying" = for sure. What a huge committee
Patti: Good for them. How cute a husband and wife team won. love it.
Joanna: Yep.
Patti: Finally is right…NEWBERY
Joanna: (and they did Wink: the Ninja Who Wanted to Be Noticed - right?)
(or he did?) NEWBERY FINALLY
Patti: (i can't remember...did they?)
Joanna: ALMOST DONE
Patti: 4 honors
Joanna: Poetry! DARK EMPEROR AND OTHER POEMS OF THE NIGHT
Patti: nice. haven't heard of it, but nice.
Joanna: HEART OF A SAMURAI (another dark horse)
Patti: haven't read this.
Joanna: ROBBED ROBBED ROBBED One Crazy Summer
Patti: ROBBED. One Crazy Summer for honor.
Joanna: Sweetness - Turtle in Paradise
AHEM
ANOTHER
FLORIDA
CONNECTION
Patti: Ha!
Joanna: Ha!
Patti: Conspiracy!
Joanna: CONSPIRACY. Um, what is this book? With an awful cover?
Patti: Moon Over Manifest. And what is this?
Joanna: Huh?
Patti: Kansas. Not Florida. lol
Joanna: Ah, plucky historical fiction heroine! LOL
Patti: Plucky...barf
Joanna: eclectic historical folk people
Patti: lol. Well, shucks Joanna, I plum figured One Crazy summer for the win.
Joanna: Me too. I wonder if those historical blips held it back. Or maybe because it has talk of abortion.
Patti: or the mother. but the abortion talk maybe. Didn't Roger from Horn Book say that was the last taboo? Well, on a whole I'm very satisfied. You?
Joanna: yep. Another great year. Another great broadcast. Another great chat with my favorite chat partner. cue groovy new jazz on the ala site
Patti: Thumbs up! I'll edit and post. And we should discuss a new review strategy like doing a series. Hey! Rachel just logged on. Chatting with her. She's excited about Amos too!
Joanna: Yes. Let's have a business meeting. Thanks for editing the post - as you always do. Oh Rachel! I was texting Alison.
Patti: Cool deal! Talk to you soon.
Joanna: Okay, bye. Have a good day at work!
Patti: Have a good day with James! Lucky dog you!
Joanna: Rainy day and a toddler. Good times!
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