YALSA http://blogs.ala.org/yalsa.php YALSA en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Mock Odyssey Award http://blogs.ala.org/yalsa.php?title=mock_odyssey_award&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:54:20 +0000 Awards Audiobooks 3049@http://blogs.ala.org/ Just one week until the Youth Media Awards press conference! I can't wait to hear all the winners & honor titles, especially the audiobooks that receive the second-annual Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production distinction. I've been running a Mock Odyssey poll on my blog and here are the eligible titles mentioned so far: Tied for first place: The Graveyard Book The Curse of the Blue Tattoo (Bloody Jack #2) Possible Honor titles: Once Upon a Time in the North Fairest Other titles in the running: Brisinger Elijah of Buxtoon Nation Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire Savvy The Possiblities of Sainthood The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Under the Jolly Roger (Bloody Jack #3) The Willoughbys The Hunger Games Do you have a favorite 2008 audiobook? Drop by and add your vote here: http://tinyurl.com/MockOdyssey Then cross your fingers until next Monday! Mary Burkey Just one week until the Youth Media Awards press conference! I can't wait to hear all the winners & honor titles, especially the audiobooks that receive the second-annual Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production distinction. I've been running a Mock Odyssey poll on my blog and here are the eligible titles mentioned so far:

Tied for first place:
The Graveyard Book
The Curse of the Blue Tattoo (Bloody Jack #2)

Possible Honor titles:
Once Upon a Time in the North
Fairest

Other titles in the running:
Brisinger
Elijah of Buxtoon
Nation
Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire
Savvy
The Possiblities of Sainthood
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Under the Jolly Roger (Bloody Jack #3)
The Willoughbys
The Hunger Games

Do you have a favorite 2008 audiobook? Drop by and add your vote here:
http://tinyurl.com/MockOdyssey
Then cross your fingers until next Monday!

Mary Burkey

]]> http://blogs.ala.org/yalsa.php?p=3049&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments We've Moved http://blogs.ala.org/yalsa.php?title=we_ve_moved&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Wed, 2 Apr 2008 17:54:11 +0000 Technology Blogs Audiobooks YALSA Info. 2788@http://blogs.ala.org/ The YALSA blog has a new address. To read the latest posts visit http://yalsa.ala.org/blog. The YALSA blog has a new address. To read the latest posts visit http://yalsa.ala.org/blog.

]]> http://blogs.ala.org/yalsa.php?p=2788&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments Closed For Biz - For Just a Few Days http://blogs.ala.org/yalsa.php?title=closed_for_biz_for_just_a_few_days&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:48:23 +0000 Technology Blogs YALSA Info. 2786@http://blogs.ala.org/ The YALSA blog is moving to a new platform - Word Press - and a new design. The move takes place this week and in order to make sure there are as few glitches as possible, we've decided to close the blog for at least a portion of the week. By Friday, April 4, we'll be back up and running. To keep track of the move and be in the know when we re-launch you can subscribe to the new blog's feed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/yalsa_blog. If you subscribe to the YALSA blog feed via Twitter you shouldn't have to make any changes. Once we start posting again the Twitter feed will update automatically. And, by the way, the URL of the new blog is http://yalsa.ala.org/blog. The YALSA blog is moving to a new platform - Word Press - and a new design. The move takes place this week and in order to make sure there are as few glitches as possible, we've decided to close the blog for at least a portion of the week.

By Friday, April 4, we'll be back up and running. To keep track of the move and be in the know when we re-launch you can subscribe to the new blog's feed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/yalsa_blog. If you subscribe to the YALSA blog feed via Twitter you shouldn't have to make any changes. Once we start posting again the Twitter feed will update automatically.

And, by the way, the URL of the new blog is http://yalsa.ala.org/blog.

]]> http://blogs.ala.org/yalsa.php?p=2786&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments Teen Literature Day http://blogs.ala.org/yalsa.php?title=teen_literature_day&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:51:34 +0000 News Teen Reading YALSA Info. 2785@http://blogs.ala.org/ It is not too late to make plans to celebrate the second annual Support Teen Literature Day on April 17, 2008. This is a day to celebrate the vibrant world of YA literature. Create a display of the newest award winners. Post lists of BBYA, Quick Picks, and other lists from YALSA. Read aloud to teens from the latest and best YA books (a good place to begin might be with Printz winners from the past couple of years) or play a track or two from YA audiobooks (see the YALSA list of Amazing Audiobooks and the Odyssey winners). Highlight the work of some of the winners of the Margaret Edwards Award, a wondrous collection of incredible authors including Lois Lowry, Orson Scott Card, Chris Crutcher, Richard Peck, and M.E. Kerr to name a few. Better yet, create some lists of your own to recommend to local bookstores, parent groups, schools. Write a letter to the editor of your local paper supporting the use of contemporary literature. Offer to do periodic reviews for your town newspaper of forthcoming YA books. And don't forget the new technologies. Use podcasts and wikis and blogs to pass along the news that YA literature is not only interesting for teen readers, it is a literature rich in language and imagery and can stand alongside the literary canon (most of which are contemporary stories from past times). How will you celebrate? Let us know what you did and how it all went. Share your experiences and successes with your colleagues. For more ideas visit YALSA's wiki. For 2008, YALSA has teamed up with the readergirlz and 20 publishers to distribute 10,000 books to children's hospitals. You can get the details from the press release. There are tips on the wiki to help you connect with hospitalized and homebound teens in your community. It is not too late to make plans to celebrate the second annual Support Teen Literature Day on April 17, 2008. This is a day to celebrate the vibrant world of YA literature. Create a display of the newest award winners. Post lists of BBYA, Quick Picks, and other lists from YALSA. Read aloud to teens from the latest and best YA books (a good place to begin might be with Printz winners from the past couple of years) or play a track or two from YA audiobooks (see the YALSA list of Amazing Audiobooks and the Odyssey winners). Highlight the work of some of the winners of the Margaret Edwards Award, a wondrous collection of incredible authors including Lois Lowry, Orson Scott Card, Chris Crutcher, Richard Peck, and M.E. Kerr to name a few.

Better yet, create some lists of your own to recommend to local bookstores, parent groups, schools. Write a letter to the editor of your local paper supporting the use of contemporary literature. Offer to do periodic reviews for your town newspaper of forthcoming YA books.

And don't forget the new technologies. Use podcasts and wikis and blogs to pass along the news that YA literature is not only interesting for teen readers, it is a literature rich in language and imagery and can stand alongside the literary canon (most of which are contemporary stories from past times). How will you celebrate? Let us know what you did and how it all went. Share your experiences and successes with your colleagues.

For more ideas visit YALSA's wiki. For 2008, YALSA has teamed up with the readergirlz and 20 publishers to distribute 10,000 books to children's hospitals. You can get the details from the press release. There are tips on the wiki to help you connect with hospitalized and homebound teens in your community.

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