The Morning RSS - Thursday, 10.19.23
A round-up of the gems and things that make you go 'huh' in our blog reader
No, you didn’t miss a Wednesday edition. We only publish when we find some interesting, thoughtful, encouraging stuff.
For Writers & Creators
Submissions opened October 16th for the 2024 Creative Writing Awards, which come through a collaboration between Big Five publisher Penguin Random House and We Need Diverse Books, a nonprofit organization that advocates for diverse literature. This year will be the first time the Freedom of Expression Award will be granted as part of the awards.
That quote is from the Book Riot post. Everything you need to know about the awards, eligiblity and deadlines is here on the Penguin Random House site.
Karen Jensen, MLS, ruminates (her word) about the current state of middle-grade and young adult publishing at Teen Librarian Toolbox. Karen digs deep and looks beyond the numbers. A worthy read.
New Books & Book Lists
Over at Imagination Soup, Melissa Taylor has a collection of Children’s Books for Hope & Understanding Amid the Israeli Palestinian Conflict. Both fiction and nonfiction, and picture book to middle-grade.
Book Bans & Censorship
Nothing today. Moving on …
Other Bookish Stuff
Lea Rachel von Essen asks why reading to ambient sounds makes for better reading. She shares her own thoughts, as well as some science. Fascinating. [via Book Riot]
We ride the Graphic-Novels-Are-Real-Reading train, so whenever there is an opportunity to promote their “value” to young readers, well … we do. Librarian Miranda Rosbach shares ways to share graphic novels with young readers in How Early Graphic Novels Create Lifelong Readers.
It’s almost Fri-Yay! Here’s to settling in with a few good books! Soon.
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