2017 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards Finalists Press Release
For Immediate Release
Thu, 12/07/2017
CHICAGO — The Immature Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Clan (ALA), selected five books every bit finalists for the 2018 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Honor, which honors the best nonfiction books written for young adults betwixt Nov. i, 2016 and Oct. 31, 2017. YALSA volition name the 2018 accolade winner at the Youth Media Awards on February. 12 in Denver during the American Library Clan's Midwinter Coming together.
The 2018 finalists are:
- "#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women" edited past Mary Beth Leatherdale and Lisa Charleyboy and published by Annick Press
- "Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism" written by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos and published by Henry Holt, an imprint of Macmillan Children'south Publishing Group
- "The 57 Bus: A Truthful Story of Ii Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives" written by Dashka Slater and published by Farrar Straus Giroux, an imprint of Macmillan Children'due south Publishing Grouping
- "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" written past Deborah Heiligman and published by Godwin Books/Henry Holt, an banner of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
- "The Whydah: A Pirate Transport Feared, Wrecked, and Plant" written by Martin West. Sandler, and published by Candlewick Printing
"In addition to well-documented inquiry and compelling informational content, there is a visual appeal that sets these finalists every bit objects," shared chair Wendy Stephens. "#NotYourPrincess plays with the tradition of scrapbooking to explore contemporary Native experience. BothEyes of the Earth andThe Whydah are replete with really fascinating principal sources, and even the more than traditional of the books,Vincent and Theo, chose sketches to serve every bit paratextual breaks and used shaped poetry to convey the awareness of move in Van Gogh's art. Those deliberate details add together significant and involvement. Much of the texts our committee ended upwards discussing involved new ways of leveraging illustration and layout to advance a narrative and create a sensory-rich reading experience."
Annotations and more data on the finalists and the honor can be found on the Nonfiction Award page. Publishers and library staff tin can purchase finalist seals to place on the finalist titles at www.ala.org/awardsgrants/seals. Those that are unable to nourish Midwinter can watch the Youth Media Awards alive on Feb. 12thursday at 8am MT online at: http://ala.unikron.com/2018. For more than information on the YALSA Honour for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults and other ALA Youth Media Awards, please visit world wide web.ala.org/yma.
YALSA volition host a reception honoring the finalists and the winner, as well as YALSA'due south Morris Award finalists and winner, at the American Library Association'due south Midwinter Meeting from 10:thirty a.m. to apex on Feb. 12 at the Colorado Convention Centre, room 203/205/207. Run into a full list of YALSA's events and programs at the Midwinter Meeting on YALSA's Midwinter wiki page.
YALSA'southward portfolio of book and media awards helps strengthen library services for and with teens by identifying quality, age appropriate resources for librarians and library workers to share with the teens in their communities.
Members of the 2018 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults award commission are: Chair Wendy Stephens, Assistant Professor, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL; Catherine M. Andronik, Teacher Librarian, Brien McMahon High School, Norwalk, CT; Jan Chapman, retired Teen Services Librarian, Cuyahoga Canton Public Library, Strongsville, OH, Shelley M. Diaz, Schoolhouse Library Journal, New York, NY; Sandra Farag, Youth Material Selector, The New York Public Library & Brooklyn Public Library, New York, NY; Michael Fleming, Librarian, Pacific Cascade Middle Schoolhouse, Issaquah, WA; Sarah Okner, Youth & School Services Librarian, Vernon Area Public Library District, Lincolnshire, IL; Marney Welmers, Retired eye schoolhouse librarian, Mariana USD, Tucson, AZ; and Dorcas Wong, Teen Services Librarian, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA, and Catherine Sorensen, School Librarian, Scarsdale Schools, NY. Administrative Assistant, and Julia Smith,Booklist Consultant, Chicago.
The mission of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) is to back up library staff in alleviating the challenges teens face, and in putting all teens ‒ specially those with the greatest needs ‒ on the path to successful and fulfilling lives. For more information about YALSA or to access national guidelines and other resources go to www.ala.org/yalsa, or contact the YALSA office past phone, 800-545-2433, ext. 4390; or electronic mail: yalsa@ala.org.
Source: https://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2017/12/2018-nonfiction-award-finalists-announced
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