The 2009 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards announced the final results in the Children's Poetry Category.

Congratulations to Hip Hop Speaks to Children (9781402210488) by Nikki Giovanni who received the silver award!

This announcement is also online at http://www.independentpublisher.com/ and http://www.moonbeamawards.com/.

Medal-winners decide are invited to attend the ceremony on October 10th in Charleston, WV, during the ninth annual West Virginia Book Festival.

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Three Sourcebooks Jabberwocky titles are semi-finalists in the 2009 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards!

Juvenile Fiction - Early Reader/1st Chapter books: Horrid Henry, by Francesca Simon; illustrated by Tony Ross (Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky)

Pre-Teen Fiction - Fantasy: Magickeepers: The Eternal Hourglass, by Erica Kirov (Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky)

Children's Poetry: Hip Hop Speaks to Children, ed. By Nikki Giovanni (Jabberwocky/Sourcebooks)

The awards are designed to bring increased recognition to exemplary children's books and their creators, and to support childhood literacy and life-long reading. Awards are given in 36 categories covering the full range of subjects, styles and age groups that children's books are written and published in today.

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(June 29, 2009)-In celebration of National Poetry Month this past April, Sourcebooks teamed up with independent booksellers around the country to hold poetry contests with kids ages 7 to 10.  

As a publisher, Sourcebooks is determined to change the face of poetry, and they're doing just that, by creating unique and innovative books like Poetry Speaks to Children and Hip Hop Speaks to Children, and the forthcoming The Tree That Time Built, with children's poet laureate Mary Ann Hoberman and Linda Winston. "We are committed to making poetry more available, more accessible, and more popular for readers of all ages," says Dominique Raccah, CEO and publisher of Sourcebooks.

Each participant was to write a poem using one of four suggested categories (silly, rhyming, hip-hop, or non-rhyming), and were given examples of a hip-hop poem by Nikki Giovanni (from the New York Times bestselling book, Hip Hop Speaks to Children) and a silly animal poem by renowned children's poet Kenn Nesbitt (from My Hippo Has the Hiccups).

CONGRATULATIONS to winners Lucy Zimmerman (age 10), who submitted her silly poem, "Pink Giraffe," through Anderson's Bookstore (Naperville, IL), and Frances Aldana (age 9), whose hip-hop poem about her best friend was submitted by Books & Books (Coral Gables, FL).

The winning poets and participating bookstores and will receive in-person visits by Nikki Giovanni or Kenn Nesbitt, who will present the winner with a personal signed copy of their book and perform a reading.

"We are absolutely over-the-moon excited that Frances' poem won," says Debra Linn, events and marketing coordinator at Books & Books.  "We had so much fun with our in-store and in-school poetry workshops for this contest, that winning seems like too much good fortune. And the fact that we get a visit from our dear Nikki Giovanni-well, that's just an embarrassment of riches."

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Hip Hop Speaks to Children (9781402210488) will be included in the Bank Street College of Education's 100^th anniversary edition of The Best Children's Books of the Year. This expanded edition will be published in September 2009, which also marks the beginning of their new partnership with Teacher's College Press.

The Children's Book Committee was founded almost 10 years ago to help parents, teachers and librarians choose the books that children will find captivating and transforming.

For more information, please visit: http://www.bnkst.edu/bookcom/

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Happy National Poetry Month!

Nikki had a fantastic event at The BookMark (owned by Rona Brinlee) on Saturday (4/25).  According to Rona,

 "It was an amazing evening!  I'm still grinning.  We had over 150 people, including regular customers, new customers who were so excited to see Nikki Giovanni (everyone was so excited), and even people who were staying at the nearby hotel who were thrilled she was here."

Also, here's a link to an article that ran in The Florida Times-Union on Thursday, April 23.

 

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Hip Hop Speaks to Children has been selected as a 2009 Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts!

The complete list of thirty books will be presented at the 2009 NCTE and the 2010 IRA conventions as well as featured in the Fall 2009 Journal of Children's Literature and the March 2010 Language Arts. Additionally, the list will be featured on the Children's Literature Assembly website, posted on notable list serves such as ccbc-net and child_lit, on blogs, and otherwise promoted by members of NCTE's Children's Literature Assembly.

The National Council of Teachers of English is devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education.

An official announcement by the NCTE to come...

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NAPERVILLE, IL (February 13, 2009)- The 40th NAACP Image Awards were held last night in Los Angeles, hosted by Academy Award-winner Halle Berry and acclaimed screenwriter/actor Tyler Perry. 

This year, over 1,200 entries were received, and the final selections were voted on by NAACP members.

There were eight literary awards given out, among them, Nikki Giovanni's New York Times bestselling Hip Hop Speaks to Children won for Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry.

Hip Hop Speaks to Children, since its release in October, has become a major hit with kids, parents, teachers, librarians, poetry-lovers, and the hip hop community.  Called "the most essential poetry purchase to make this year" by Diane Chen, librarian and chair of AASL's Legislation Committee, Hip Hop Speaks to Children is a celebration of poetry with a beat, created by National Book Award nominee, Spoken Word Grammy nominee, and New York Times bestselling author Nikki Giovanni. 

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More great news for Hip Hop Speaks to Children! Hip Hop Speaks to Children (9781402210488) has been selected as a finalist in the 2009 Audies® competition in the Children's Titles For Ages up to 8 category.

The Audies®, sponsored by the Audio Publishers Association (APA), is the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken word entertainment. Finalists are selected and, from that group of finalists, one winner is awarded. Finalists will be showcased on the APA website, to the press, and in APA materials. Winners will be recognized at the exciting Audies gala in New York City on May 29, 2009. For more information, visit http://www.audiopub.org/audies-contest.asp.

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The 40th NAACP Image Awards nominees were announced today during a press conference at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, and Hip Hop Speaks to Children is one of five nominees in the category of Outstanding Literary Work - Poetry!

Hosted by Academy Award-winner Halle Berry and acclaimed screenwriter/actor Tyler Perry, the 40th NAACP Image Awards will air live on Thursday, February 12, (8:00 - 10:00 PM ET) on FOX.  This year, over 1,200 entries were received. From those entries, a special committee of 300 industry professionals and NAACP leaders as well as a few specialized subcommittees from across the country selected five nominees in each of 53 categories. Any artist, manager, publicist, production company, record label, studio, network or publishing house could submit an entry to the NAACP Image Awards. The final selections are voted on by NAACP members, and winners will be announced during the live airing of the 40th NAACP Image Awards.

Official release: http://www.naacpimageawards.net/40/releases/40th_nia_nominees_release.pdf

 

 

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The THIS IS AMERICA program with Nikki Giovanni was broadcast over the weekend on most of the 100+ PBS stations and will be seen in the weeks to come on national cable on American Life TV and distributed internationally to 160 countries via Voice of America Television.   The program is now posted on www.thisisamerica.net under "this week's show."  The program also received a "highlight's pick" in the Washington Post for its Sunday 6 pm broadcast.

 

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