Today marks the last day of the 2023 Nerdy Book Club Awards’ announcements. There are so many fantastic books for young readers. Thank you for everything you do all year to get engaging and relevant books into kids’ hands. ! Our final Nerdies’ post shares the second half of the Young Adult Fiction winners. Thank […]
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January
03
The 2023 Nerdies: Young Adult Fiction Day Two Announced by a Convention of Nerds
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January
02
The 2023 Nerdies: Young Adult Fiction Day One Announced by a Chapter of Nerds
posted by donalynm
Recommendations like the Nerdy Book Club Awards lists, collected from experienced readers and educators, can be useful as one resource when identifying and evaluating titles to include in library collections or offer for independent reading. Nominations for the Nerdy Book Club awards come from scholars, teachers, librarians, authors, illustrators, editors, families and other readers of […]
December
31
The 2023 Nerdies: Longform Nonfiction Announced by Donalyn Miller
posted by donalynm
I didn’t coin the term “longform nonfiction,” but I cannot recall where I learned the term. Probably Teri Lesesne. Longform nonfiction includes various types of nonfiction presented in a format that is NOT poetry, a graphic novel or a picture book. Check out more nonfiction titles in other formats on the Nerdies lists that have […]
December
30
The 2023 Nerdies: Poetry and Novels in Verse Announced by Donalyn Miller
posted by donalynm
In my middle school and upper elementary classrooms, poetry was the licorice of the classroom library. No one was neutral about poetry. Everyone had feelings about it. Many of my students loved to read and write poetry. Others expressed how much they disliked poetry or didn’t understand it. As with any sort of reading my […]
December
29
The 2023 Nerdies: Early Readers and Chapter Books Announced by Alyson Beecher
posted by donalynm
Have you ever tried to guess what books would make it to the Nerdies in a particular category? It can be hard. For the Early Readers and Chapter Book category, there was a time that would be very easy to guess possible titles. It seemed like the same authors and the same series were being […]
December
11
Nominate Your 2023 Favorites for the 13th Annual Nerdies! by Donalyn Miller
posted by donalynm
In November, Goodreads, the well-known social media site for readers, opened voting for its annual Goodreads Choice Awards. Many members noticed some disappointing changes. Children’s and middle grade, poetry, and graphic novels were removed from the voting categories. In other words, Dan Santat’s lauded graphic memoir, A First Time for Everything, won the National Book […]
January
03
THE 2022 NERDIES: YOUNG ADULT FICTION PART TWO ANNOUNCED BY A CONVENTION OF NERDS
posted by donalynm
Today marks the end of the 2022 Nerdy Book Club Awards’ announcements. What an incredible collection of titles for young readers of all ages and interests! Our final Nerdies’ post shares the second half of the Young Adult Fiction winners. Thank you to everyone who nominated books for this year’s awards and wrote announcement posts […]
January
02
THE 2022 NERDIES: YOUNG ADULT FICTION (PART ONE) ANNOUNCED BY A CHAPTER OF NERDS
posted by donalynm
We educators and community members cannot forget that it doesn’t matter which books win awards for best children’s and young adult literature if young people never see these books in their schools, libraries, or homes. National efforts to censor books in school libraries and classrooms limit students’ access to books and restrict librarians and teachers’ ability to […]
December
31
THE 2022 NERDIES: LONG FORM NONFICTION ANNOUNCED BY DONALYN MILLER
posted by donalynm
This year’s winners of the 2022 Nerdy Book Club Awards for Long Form Nonfiction take young people from botany to basketball–increasing their awareness and appreciation of our interconnected world and our shared and diverse experiences. Congratulations to the authors, illustrators, and publishers of these outstanding nonfiction books! Thank you to everyone who took the time […]
December
30
THE 2022 NERDIES: POETRY AND NOVELS IN VERSE ANNOUNCED BY ANGIE MOORE
posted by donalynm
About a decade ago, I read the book Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse, my first experience with novels in verse, and I became hooked! It became my favorite format for reading, and since becoming a school librarian, they are one of my favorites to recommend to readers. But, of course, it is more […]
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