Entries from April 2009

April 23, 2009

Hunger Games writing contest

While checking out the very cool Hunger Games website
http://www.scholastic.com/thehungergames/
and day dreaming about when the next book was going to come out, I found video interviews with Suzanne Collins that were fascinating and also a writing contest with a deadline in May.  Visit the site to learn more.  You can also follow our Young Adult link [...]

April 14, 2009

Meet Charlotte Award Nominee Rose Kent

Join Albany City Area Reading Council and the Guilderland Public Library for an afternoon with author Rose Kent.
“What we leave behind:  A look at books, ending school years, and the legacy of reading”
Guilderland Public Library, 4:30-6:00, Thursday, May 14

Ms. Kent is the author of the Charlotte Award nominated Kimchi & Calamari (HarperCollins, 2007) and her [...]

April 7, 2009

2010 Charlotte Award Ballot Announced

Charlotte Committee, March 2009, New York State Reading Association Conference
Check out the NYSRA webpage (link on the right hand side) to get more information about participating in the 2010 Charlotte Award voting. Here’s the books that are on the ballot. Follow the links above to pages on “primary”, “intermediate”, and “young adult” [...]