MEASURING UP wins Cybils Award in Middle/Elementary Graphic Novels and ALA Grant info
Hello, Friends,
I want to share the unbelievable and amazing news that Measuring Up won the Cybils Award in Elementary/Middle Grade Graphic Novels. What a wonderful Valentine's Day gift! Right now, I'm celebrating with a giant bowl of buttered popcorn!
Check out the Cybils winners in the other categories! http://www.cybils.com/2022/02/the-2022-cybils-winners.html
Measuring Up is also on the Wisconsin Reading Association's Just One More Page Reading List and a finalist in the South Carolina Association of School Librarians. More books to check out in those links!
For you librarians, the American Library Association's "Talk Story is a literacy program that celebrates American Indian, Asian, and Pacific Islander families' stories through books, storytelling, and art. Going on its thirteenth cycle, AILA and APALA are partnering on this Talk Story grant program to allocate funding to libraries and community organizations to implement intergenerational literacy programming. Two grant winners for each organization, a total of four winners, will receive $500 each to fund a program that meets the criteria of the grant. Planned programs can be in-person or virtual." Deadline is March 15, 2022. http://www.apalaweb.org/talkstorytogether/grant/
And lastly, I thought my Newsletter Book Club meets next Sunday. But, it meets in two weeks on February 27th. Thanks to Janel C. for the heads up.
Happy Valentine's Day and Single's Awareness Day!
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