Here is a video created by our Upper School Israel Clubs for the MetroWest Israel Program Center’s Yom Ha’atzma’ut competition for teens – an Israeli song “lip dub” (lip-synching) completition. Since their song choice is about singing and dancing in Jerusalem, our Israel Club students worked with our Neshama students (who were actually singing and dancing in Jerusalem) in true collaboration, under the leadership of Gal Dafadi, our Rishona. Together they created a video, which shows our students’ passion and love for Israel, their creativity, team work and spirit!

Over 200 photos from the fabulous production of Lend Me a Tenor are available online for your viewing pleasure!
What a great production! Congratulations to the cast and crew!

Printz Award for YA Literature – Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

Morris Award for 1st Time YA Author: The Freak Observer by Blythe Woolston

Newbery Medal for Outstanding Children’s Book (up to age 14): Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

Caldecott Medal for the artist of most distinguished picture book: A Sick Day for Amos McGee”illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead

Full List of Awards: (more information can be found at ALA (ALSC) and ALA (YALSA))

Michael L. Printz Award – for excellence in Young Adult Literature

• Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi, published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group

Printz Honor Books

• Stolen by Lucy Christopher, published by Chicken House, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.;
• Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King, published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc.;
• Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick, published by Roaring Book Press, an imprint of the Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group; and
• Nothing by Janne Teller, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division

Margaret A. Edwards Award -to an author for specific works for significant contribution to young adult literature
Terry Pratchett

William C. Morris Award - for best book by a first-time author writing for teens

• The Freak Observer by Blythe Woolston, published by Carolrhoda Lab, an imprint of Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group.

Finalists:

• Hush by Eishes Chayil, published by Walker Publishing Company, a division of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc.;
• Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey, published by Little, Brown and Company/Hachette Book Group;
• Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride, published by Henry Holt; and
• Crossing the Tracks by Barbara Stuber, published by Margaret McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division

YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award – for the best nonfiction written for young adults

• Winner: Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing by Ann Angel, published by Amulet/Abrams.

Finalists:

• They Called Themselves the KKK: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt;
• Spies of Mississippi:  The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement by Rick Bowers, published by National Geographic Society;
• The Dark Game: True Spy Stories by Paul Janeczko, published by Candlewick Press; and
• Every Bone Tells a Story: Hominin Discoveries, Deductions, and Debates by Jill Rubalcaba and Peter Robertshaw, published by Charlesbridge

Alex Awards – for 10 adult books with teen appeal

• The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep and Never Had To by DC Pierson, published by Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc. (ISBN 9780307474612)
• Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard by Liz Murray, published by Hyperion (ISBN 9780786868919)
• Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok, published by Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. (ISBN 9781594487569)
• The House of Tomorrow by Peter Bognanni, published by Amy Einhorn Books, an imprint of G.P. Putnam’s Sons, a division of the Penguin Group (ISBN 9780399156090)
• The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton, published by Thomas Dunne Books for Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Press (ISBN 9780312380427)
• The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake: A Novel by Aimee Bender, published by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc. (ISBN 9780385501125)
• The Radleys by Matt Haig, published by Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. (ISBN 9781439194010)
• The Reapers Are the Angels: A Novel by Alden Bell, published by Holt Paperbacks, a division of Henry Holt and Company, LLC (ISBN 9780805092431)
• Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue, published by Little, Brown and Company a division of Hatchette Book Group, Inc. (ISBN 9780316098335)
• The Vanishing of Katharina Linden: A Novel by Helen Grant, published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group,  division of Random House, Inc. (ISBN 9780385344173)

Newbery Medal - honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children (up to age 14).

• “Moon Over Manifest,” written by Clare Vanderpool, published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

Newbery Honor Books

• “Turtle in Paradise” written by Jennifer L. Holm, published by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
• “Heart of a Samurai” written by Margi Preus, published by Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
• “Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night” written by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Rick Allen, published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• “One Crazy Summer” written by Rita Williams-Garcia, published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

Caldecott Medal – honors the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

• “A Sick Day for Amos McGee” illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead, a Neal Porter Book, published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing

Caldecott Honor Books

• “Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave” illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill, published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
• “Interrupting Chicken” illustrated and written by David Ezra Stein, published by Candlewick Press

2012 Arbuthnot Honor Lecture – honors an author, critic, librarian, historian, or teacher of children’s literature, of any country, who then presents a lecture at a winning host site.
Peter Sis

Batchelder Award – given to an American publisher for a children’s book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States.

• “A Time of Miracles” written by Anne-Laure Bondoux, translated by Y. Maudet, published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

Batchelder Honor Books

• “Departure Time” written by Truus Matti, translated by Nancy Forest-Flier, published by Namelos
• “Nothing” written by Janne Teller, translated by Martin Aitken, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division

Belpre (Illustrator) Award – honors a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose works best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
“Grandma’s Gift” illustrated and written by Eric Velasquez, published by Walker Publishing Company, Inc., a division of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc.Belpre (Illustrator) Honor Books
“Fiesta Babies” illustrated by Amy Córdova, written by Carmen Tafolla, published by Tricycle Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.
“Me, Frida” illustrated by David Diaz, written by Amy Novesky, published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Abrams
“Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin” illustrated and written by Duncan Tonatiuh, published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of AbramsBelpre (Author) Award“The Dreamer” written by Pam Munoz Ryan, illustrated by Peter Sis, published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.
Belpre (Author) Honor Books
“Ole! Flamenco” written by George Ancona, photographs by George Ancona, published by Lee & Low Books
“The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette’s Journey to Cuba” written by Margarita Engle, published by Henry Holt and Company, LLC
“90 Miles to Havana” written by Enrique Flores-Galbis, published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing

Carnegie Award – honors the producer of the most outstanding video production for children released during the preceding year.
“The Curious Garden” produced by Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly Ellard, Weston Woods Studios

Geisel Award – honors the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished contribution to the body of American children’s literature known as beginning reader books published in the United States during the preceding year.
“Bink and Gollie” written by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, illustrated by Tony Fucile, published by Candlewick Press
Geisel Honor Books
“Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!” written and illustrated by Grace Lin, published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
“We Are in a Book!” written and illustrated by Mo Willems, published by Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group

Odyssey Award – awarded annually to the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States.
“The True Meaning of Smekday” produced by Listening Library, an imprint of Random House Audio Publishing Group
Odyssey Honor Audio Books
“Alchemy and Meggy Swann” produced by Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group
“The Knife of Never Letting Go” produced by Candlewick on Brilliance Audio, an imprint of Brilliance Audio
“Revolution” produced by Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group
“will grayson, will grayson” produced by Brilliance Audio

Sibert Medal – honors the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published during the preceding year.
“Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World’s Strangest Parrot” written by Sy Montgomery, photographs by Nic Bishop, published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Sibert Honor Books
“Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring” written by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, illustrated by Brian Floca. A Neal Porter Book., published by Flash Point,
“Lafayette and the American Revolution,” written by Russell Freedman, published by Holiday House

Wilder Medal – honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.
Tomie dePaola

Type in a word or phrase in one of seven languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Hebrew, Russian, Chinese) and see how its usage frequency has been changing throughout the past few centuries. Seriously addictive!

http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/

Hosted by Google labs, with more information at culturomics.org

Take a world tour through world cuisine and consumption habits in this beautifully photographed book which explores eating habits by taking pictures of families from around the world (24 countries) with all of the food they consume in one week. A striking illustration of the differences in wealth and consumption habits in different parts of the world.