When the longlist for the 2020 National Book Award for Young People's Literature was announced clear back in September 2020, I immediately put as many of the long list book on hold as possible. Given that it's four months into 2021, and my last hold wasn't fulfilled until March, that speaks to the popularity of … Continue reading Reading the National Book Award Longlist
March went much more quickly than I anticipated. My semester is officially half-way over, I've enrolled in summer classes, and by the end of the first week in April I enrolled for my last semester of graduate study! This Month's Blogs During March, I published Considering the Caldecott with my thoughts on 2021's Caldecott winner … Continue reading March Reading Roundup
This past semester (Fall 2020), I took CHL 403 - Picturebook at Simmons and we finished our semester with a Mock Caldecott, which was won by We are the Water Protectors. Because of this, I feel qualified to make commentary on the actual winners and honor books of the 2020 Caldecott. I had hoped to … Continue reading Considering the Caldecott
I know, I know. February has been over for a week already. I get it, I'm behind. But I had three pretty big assignments due at the end of February and into the beginning of March and those occupied all of my mental space for the last week of the month. This Month's Blogs This … Continue reading February Reading Roundup
It's hard to believe that it's 2021, and that the first month of the year is over. I started the Reading Roundup series on my blog last January, and while I didn't hit every single month of 2020, I liked sharing what I read and the highlights of my month in this series, so I'm … Continue reading January Reading Roundup
