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Tag: Sydney Taylor Book Award

November 6, 2024 by Betsy Bird

Further Predictions! Everything That ISN’T Newbery/Caldecott 2025

Take your mind off of politics with this utter ridiculous prediction post zeroing in on the potential ALA Youth Media Award winners.

February 6, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Sydney Taylor Book Blog Award Tour Interview: Featuring Mari Lowe of Aviva Vs. the Dybbuk!

I am so pleased and honored to bring to you today a post as part of the Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour of 2023. And to make matters even better, the person that I was granted to host today is none other than the fantastic, amazing, one-of-a-kind, singular Mari Lowe.

February 8, 2022 by Betsy Bird

The Sydney Taylor Blog Tour Returns! E. Lockhart and Manuel Preitano Talk Whistle

Pull up for the latest stop on the Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour! We're talking today with two of the people behind the Honor Book in the Young Adult Category, WHISTLE!

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The 2021 Sydney Taylor Blog Tour: A Talk with Lesléa Newman and Susan Gal about Welcoming Elijah

February 8, 2021 by Betsy Bird

Lesléa Newman and Susan Gal join us to answer some of my questions about their Sydney Taylor Book Award winner Welcoming Elijah, its process, and where they're headed next.

Sydney Taylor Blog Tour: Talking With Andrew Maraniss About Games of Deception

February 12, 2020 by Betsy Bird

Each year, the winners of the Sydney Taylor are "sent", as it were, on blog tours. And today, I am pleased beyond measure to be speaking with Andrew Maraniss, winner of the Sydney Taylor Honor for Middle Grade, for his book Games of Deception: The True Story of the First US Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany.

2019 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour: Through the Window – Talking with Barb Rosenstock and Mary GrandPré

February 10, 2019 by Betsy Bird

One of my favorite picture biographies of last year, this book captures with seeming effortlessness the life and times of one of the world's greatest painters. His art seems tailor-made for children, and the story itself stands as a marvelous example of how to make a picture book biography at all. I got to ask Barb and Mary some questions and, in the process, get a little schooled on my own assumptions.

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