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Sourcebooks has five titles on Bank Street's Best Children's Books of the Year

4/19/2019

We are thrilled to share that Sourcebooks has five titles that have been named 2019 Best Children’s Books of the Year.

The Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year are lists of titles for librarians, educators, parents, and other adults chosen by the Children’s Book Committee at the Bank Street College of Education. 600 titles are chosen each year by reviewers who look for literary quality, excellence in presentation, and the potential emotion impact of the books on young readers. The reviewers also consider plot, characterization, absence of stereotypes, and more.

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Illegal by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin, illustrated by Giovanni Rigano, is a 2019 SEE-IT Award finalist

4/17/2019

We are thrilled to share that Illegal by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin, illustrated by Giovanni Rigano, is a 2019 SEE-IT Award finalist!

The SEE-IT Award is sponsored by EBSCO and the CBC Graphic Novel committee, and is awarded annually to youth graphic novels of high literary quality.

Shark Lady by Jess Keating, illustrated by Marta Alvarez Miguens, is on the 2019-2020 Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice Award master list

4/17/2019

We are happy to share that Shark Lady by Jess Keating, illustrated by Marta Alvarez Miguens, is on the 2019-2020 Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice Award master list!

The Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award (BCCCA) is sponsored by the Oregon Association of School Libraries. It is named after the Oregon-born author Beverly Clearly, who wrote books for 2nd or 3rd graders or transitional readers. The BCCA committee meets annually to read nominated titles, and choose titles they believe are good quality literature, and take into account text, format and illustrations. Children of all ages vote in the spring for their favorite title off of the list of nominated books.

Illegal by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin, illustrated by Giovanni Rigano, is a 2019 SEE-IT Award finalist

4/16/2019

We are happy to share that Illegal by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin, illustrated by Giovanni Rigano, is a 2019 SEE-IT Award finalist!

The SEE-IT Award is sponsored by EBSCO and the CBC Graphic Novel committee, and is awarded annually to youth graphic novels of high literary quality.

The winner of the award will be announced on June 1.

Click "read more" below to learn more about the book, the authors, and illustrator.

Shark Lady by Jess Keating, illustrated by Marta Alvarez Miguens, is a 2019–2020 Kentucky Bluegrass Award nominee

4/15/2019

We are happy to share that Shark Lady by Jess Keating, illustrated by Marta Alvarez Miguens, is a 2019–2020 Kentucky Bluegrass Award nominee!

The Kentucky Bluegrass award is a student-choice reading program sponsored by the Kentucky Association of School Librarians. The goal of the five selected reading lists is to promote quality literature and recreational reading among PreK-12th grade students. Each reading list includes five books that students read and vote for their favorite. Shark Lady appears on the K-2 Master List.

For more information about the award, click here. To see the five nominee/master lists, click here.

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Trade Review Roundup

4/12/2019

We are happy to share trade reviews across all of our imprints. Read below for all of the details.

Trade Review Roundup: Week of April 1

4/5/2019

We are happy to share trade reviews for titles across two of our imprints this week. Click "read more" below to learn more about each title and author.

Shark Lady by Jess Keating, illus. by Marta Alvarez Miguens, is the winner of the 2019 Chickadee Award

4/5/2019

We are thrilled to share that Shark Lady by Jess Keating, illus. by Marta Alvarez Miguens, is the winner of the 2019 Chickadee Award.

The Chickadee Award is sponsored by the Maine Association of School Libraries. The award is for titles published for children in kindergarten through fourth grade. A committee of librarians, teachers, and early literacy professionals select a list of titles every year that exemplify outstanding illustration and writing.This year over 19,000 voters participated, and around 3,500 voted for Shark Lady.

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How to Catch the Easter Bunny is a New York Times Bestseller

4/5/2019

We are thrilled to share that How to Catch the Easter Bunny is a New York Times bestseller! It appears at #8 on the Children's Picture Books list. This is the first time this book has been on the New York Times bestseller list.

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My Mom Loves Me! by Marianne Richmond is an Amazon Best Book of the Month

4/1/2019

We are thrilled to share that My Mom Loves Me! by Marianne Richmond is an Amazon Best Book of the Month for April.

The book appears in the Children's section, age range Baby — Age 2. Click "read more" below to read more about the book and the author.

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