Episode #141: Awards! And How to Stay Grounded
Grace and Alvina talk about how Grace found out that she was the recipient of the Children's Literature Legacy Award! They also talk about the other ALA youth media award winners and how to stay grounded after you do win an award.
The Children’s Literature Legacy Award:
The Children's Literature Legacy Award honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to children's literature through books that demonstrate integrity and respect for all children's lives and experiences.
Congratulations Grace on winning this award!
Grace and Alvina talk about the exciting zoom call that surprised Grace with the announcement that she was winning this Legacy award! This award used to be called the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award. It is part of the ALA media awards that include the distinguished Newbery and Caldecott Award.
How to stay grounded after winning an award:
-Remain grateful and remind yourself that things change, there will always be highs and lows. Grace talked about the imposter syndrome she experienced after learning about the award she won, and how she stays grateful and humble.
2022 ALA Awards released from ALA:
John Newbery Medal: “The Last Cuentista,” written by Donna Barba Higuera, is the 2022 Newbery Medal winner. The book is published by Levine Querido. Four Newbery Honor Books also were named: “Red, White, and Whole,” written by Rajani LaRocca and published by Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers; “A Snake Falls to Earth,” written by Darcie Little Badger and published by Levine Querido; “Too Bright to See,” written by Kyle Lukoff and published by Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, a division of Penguin Random House; and “Watercress,” written by Andrea Wang, illustrated by Jason Chin and published by Neal Porter Books, Holiday House.
Randolph Caldecott Medal: “Watercress,” illustrated by Jason Chin, is the 2022 Caldecott Medal winner. The book was written by Andrea Wang and published by Neal Porter Books, Holiday House. Four Caldecott Honor Books also were named: “Have You Ever Seen a Flower?” illustrated and written by Shawn Harris and published by Chronicle Books; “Mel Fell,” illustrated and written by Corey R. Tabor and published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers; “Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre,” illustrated by Floyd Cooper, written by Carole Boston Weatherford and published by Carolrhoda Books, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group; and “Wonder Walkers,” illustrated and written by Micha Archer and published by Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, a division of Penguin Random House
Fortune Cookie Segment:
“What are we reading right now?”
Grace: The Fortune Cookie Chronicles by Jennifer B. Lee
Alvina: Loteria by Karla Arenas Valenti and The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Gratefuls!
Both Grace and Alvina are thankful for the librarians and everyone involved in literacy awards.
The Book Friends were going to have a tribute episode to memorialize all the authors and illustrators we lost in 2021, but instead they decided they will play the recorded tributes at the end of these episodes until Lunar New Year (or whenever they run out of tributes.) The Book Friends would love to hear your memories of these authors and how they touched your life in some way or another. On the bookfriendsforever.com menu, click “Record your author/Illustrator Tribute” and record your memories through Speakpipe. Some of the authors and illustrators we lost: Jerry Pinkney, Tomie DePaola, Beverley Cleary, Lois Ehlert, Eric Carle, Patricia Reilly Giff, Floyd Cooper, and Gary Paulsen. We encourage you to leave a memory and we’ll share it on a special upcoming episode! Thank you!
On this episode, you’ll hear a tribute to Eric Carle by Mitch Cohen.
Other books and media mentioned in this episode:
Thank You!
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