OMG!

My translation of DIFFERENT: A STORY OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR written by Venezuelan author Mónica Montañés & illustrated by Eva Sánchez Gómez (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers) was chosen as a Batchelder Honor Book by the American Library Association!

😍😍😍😍

#alayma #WorldKidLit #scbwi #canscaip #xl8 #translation

RT @PenguinClass@twitter.com

Congratulations @stellarbaby@twitter.com! We are thrilled that NANA, NENEK & NINA is an APALA honor! This loving ode to 2 cultures continues to bring us so much joy. #ALAYMA @ala_apala@twitter.com #LibLearnX23

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PenguinClass/status/1620061077701808128

RT @_sarahsuk@twitter.com

it was already such an honor to work on TROUBLEMAKER with @JohnTheCho@twitter.com. for it to be recognized in this way, as the APALA honor title, is just beyond. thank you @ala_apala@twitter.com & @ALALibrary@twitter.com, and congratulations to all the winners & honorees! #alayma

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/_sarahsuk/status/1620075752241893376

RT @SimonKIDS@twitter.com

Congrats to Margaret A. Edwards Award Winner @JasonReynolds83@twitter.com #ALAyma Check out his books here: http://spr.ly/60133dsXB

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/SimonKIDS/status/1620069414589571075

RT @PenguinClass@twitter.com

OMG! CYRING! ALL MY RAGE by @SabaaTahir@twitter.com is the Michael L. Printz Medalist! A wealth of joy, excitement, and pride for this amazing book and author! 🎉 CONGRATULATIONS Sabaa 🎉! @yalsa@twitter.com #ALAYMA #LibLearnX23

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PenguinClass/status/1620069030811033602

RT @LisaYee1@twitter.com

La la la la, what's that? Oh, Maizy Chen's Last Chance is NEWBERY HONOR BOOK AND I AM SO EXCITED AND COULDN'T STOP CRYING WHEN I FOUND OUT AND I AM GOING TO EAT CAKE TODAY.

Thank you to the committee and to @ALALibrary@twitter.com!!!!
#ALAYMA #MaizyChensLastChance #Newbery @randomhousekids@twitter.com

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/LisaYee1/status/1620080235025928193

RT @stephen_briseno@twitter.com

So, this happened!!!! 🥹🥹🥹 #alayma #PuraBelpre

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/stephen_briseno/status/1620072924450545665

Now I gotta wait for 2 hours until @booksnbigideas@twitter.com is on lunch break so we can scream about all the #alayma winners together 🥺😭

Still -8 here, but #alayma definitely kept the blood flowing. Special congrats to Ibi Zoboi and Cory McCarthy for their CSK and Stonewall honors. I couldn't be prouder. Both books are emblematic of everything I love about this work--fearless, curious, and beautifully executed.

Ok. It’s -10 F here this morning. Maybe I could handle the extra in-person tension of #alayma in New Orleans…

I can’t remember where my first ALA Midwinter (now called LibLearnX) was. Maybe I haven’t been since Chicago in ‘17? I didn’t go to Philly in ‘20, the last pre-Covid edition. Anyway I can’t honestly say I miss the tension of awards anticipation, but I definitely miss the colleagues and librarians. PYR used to have a librarian dinner where every imprint got to present one book from the coming year. That was the first time I got to talk about @joymccullough & BLOOD WATER PAINT… #alayma #kidlit

RT @ALALibrary
Jason Reynolds talks about receiving the early morning call from the Newbery Committee when "Long Way Down" was named a 2018 Honor Book. Who will get those anxiously anticipated calls this year? Tune in to the livestream on Jan. 30 to find out! https://bit.ly/ALAyma #ALAyma