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Review Roundup:  Week of June 25th

6/29/2018

 
Read below for reviews of our titles across all our imprints this week!

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Mike Zuccato Promoted to General Manager, ecommerce

6/26/2018

 
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Mike Zuccato has been promoted to General Manager, ecommerce. He was previously Director of Online Marketing.

As Director of Online Marketing, Zuccato has gown Put Me In The Story to be the #1 personalized books platform in the U.S. In Zuccato's new role he will continue to grow Put Me In The Story and 1-2-3 Magic, as well as add his knowledge, leadership and drive to other critical aspects of our growing business. 

Labyrinth Lost and The Six are 2019 Connecticut Nutmeg Award Nominees!

6/25/2018

 
We are thrilled to announce that Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova and The Six by Mark Alpert are nominees for the 2019 Connecticut Nutmeg Award!
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​The Nutmeg Book Award encourages children in grades 2-12 to read quality literature and to choose their favorite from a list of nominated titles.
 
Jointly sponsored by the Connecticut Library Association (CLA) and the Connecticut Association of School Librarians (CASL), the Nutmeg Committee is comprised of children's librarians and school library media specialists who are members of our sponsoring organizations.
 
For more information about the award, click here.
 
For the full list of teen nominees, click here.

Mask of Shadows, Paper Hearts and Remember Me Always are 2019 YALSA Top Ten Nominees!

6/25/2018

 
We are thrilled to announce that THREE Sourcebooks titles are part of the 2019 YALSA Top Ten Nominees list:  Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller, Paper Hearts by Ali Novak, and Remember Me Always by Renee Collins​.
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The Teens’ Top Ten is a “teen choice” list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year. Nominators are members of teen book groups in sixteen school and public libraries around the country selected by YALSA to participate.
 
This year’s list of nominees features 25 titles that were published between Jan. 1, 2017 and Dec. 31, 2017.  YALSA is calling on libraries to encourage teens to read the nominees throughout the summer so they are ready for the national Teens’ Top Ten vote, which will take place August 15 through Teen Read Week (October 7-13). The ten nominees that receive the most votes will be named the official 2018 Teens’ Top Ten.
 
For more info, click here.
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Shark Lady is a First Grade Nonfiction selection for the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2018—2019 Reading List

6/25/2018

 
We are thrilled to announce that Shark Lady by Jess Keating, illustrated by Marta Alvarez Miguens, is a first grade selection for the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2018-2019 Reading List!
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​The Bee curates the Great Words, Great Works list annually to provide teachers with grade-level appropriate reading recommendations that cover a variety of genres and topics, from classic to contemporary, fiction to nonfiction. 
 
Nearly 11 million students across the country in the 1st through 8th grades use this list to prepare for their classroom and school spelling bees. The purpose of this list is to highlight books that introduce students to rich and varied spelling and vocabulary words in context. 
 
For more info on the Great Words, Great Works list, click here. 

Shark Lady is the winner of the 2018 Blue Spruce Award!

6/25/2018

 
We are excited to announce that Shark Lady by Jess Keating, illustrated by Marta Alvarez Miguens, is the winner of the 2018 Blue Spruce Award, sponsored by the Ontario, Canada Library Association.
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The Blue Spruce Award is for Canadian children's picture books. The program promotes reading as enjoyable and helps children learn to evaluate a book based on its pictures and the story.

The award was given at the Festival of Trees in Toronto in May.
 
For the press release, click here.
 
For more about the Ontario Library Association’s Forest of Reading program, click here.
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If the Creek Don't Rise is a finalist for the Library of Virginia's People's Choice Awards!

6/25/2018

 
We are excited to announce that If the Creek Don't Rise by Leah Weiss is a finalist for the Library of Virginia's 15 Annual People's Choice Awards! 
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The Library of Virginia established the People's Choice Awards in 2004, and are awarded to books nominated for the Library of Virginia's annual Literary Awards.

All winners are selected by readers!

Voting goes through July 15th. To vote, click here.

For their website and more info, click here.
 
For the press release, click here.
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Ultimatum and Radium Girls were named 2018 Best Children's Books of the Year!

6/25/2018

 
We are thrilled to announce that Ultimatum by K.M. Walton and Radium Girls by Kate Moore were named 2018 Best Children's Books of the Year (ages 14+) by the Bank Street College of Education Children's Book Committee!

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Radium Girls also received recognition for “Outstanding Merit”!
 
 
The Best Children's Books of the Year, 2018 Edition includes more than 600 titles.

According to their website, "In choosing books for the annual list, reviewers consider literary quality and excellence of presentation as well as the potential emotional impact of the books on young readers. Other criteria include credibility of characterization and plot, authenticity of time and place, age suitability, positive treatment of ethnic and religious differences, and the absence of stereotypes."

 
For the full list, click here.
 
For more info on the Bank Street College of Education Children’s Book Committee, click here.

A Promise of Ruin by Cuyler Overholt is a Daphne Du Maurier Award finalist!

6/25/2018

 
We are excited to share that A Promise of Ruin by Cuyler Overholt is a Daphne Du Maurier Award finalist!
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The Daphne du Maurier is a prestigious contest for excellence in mystery and suspense. For more information and for a list of all the finalists, click here.

Winners will be announced in July at the RWA (Romantic Writers of America annual conference) in Denver, CO.

Shadow Weaver by MarcyKate Connolly is a New England Book Award finalist!

6/25/2018

 
We are excited to share that Shadow Weaver by MarcyKate Connolly is a finalist for the New England Book Award! 
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New England Independent Booksellers Association (NEIBA) members choose five finalists from the submissions received for each category.
 
The New England Book Awards will be presented at the Annual Fall Conference. The winner will be announced soon after their July deadline.
 
For more info, click here.
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