Five Great Books for Animal Lovers
Do you love animals? What about the young readers in your life? Do they love animals, too? Share your love ofContinue Reading
Tag: Batchelder
The Right Word Won Big — and You Can Too!
We don’t know about you, but here at EBYR, we’re all still glowing after the Youth Media Awards presentation yesterday at theContinue Reading
A Great Day at the ALA: Right Word, Mikis Win High Honors
Gasping. Cheering. Laughing out loud. Shaking with excitement. Our annual ALA Youth Media Awards live stream viewing party here atContinue Reading
Book Trailer for The War within These Walls
Earlier today, Aline Sax’s novel The War within These Walls was named a 2014 Mildred L. Batchelder Honor Book by the AmericanContinue Reading
ALA Names Sax’s War within These Walls a 2014 Batchelder Honor Book
Aline Sax’s novel The War within These Walls (illustrated by Caryl Strzelecki and translated from the Dutch by Laura Watkinson) has beenContinue Reading
“Voytek: A Bear with a Tale” by Laura Watkinson
Yesterday, we published editor Kathleen Merz’s reaction to Soldier Bear‘s Batchelder win. Today, we hear from Laura Watkinson, who translatedContinue Reading
“Soldier Bear, the Batchelder, and the Risky Business of Publishing International Literature,” by Kathleen Merz
Kathleen Merz is managing editor for Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. Here she describes EBYR’s reaction to the news thatContinue Reading
