On this week’s dose of book recommendations, library love and literary enthusiasm, we have a returning guest: my bookstagram friend and fellow book nerd Kris Dersch (@noextrawords)! Kris originally joined us on episode 22, where we talked about how she became a librarian and discussed our mutual appreciation for middle grade books. We’ll spend the next two episodes discussing the American Library Association’s 2021 Youth Media Awards. That includes ones you’ve most likely heard of, such as the Newbery and Caldecott Medals, and the Coretta Scott King Award. There are also some awards that you likely haven’t heard of, but should, including the Pura Belpré award for best representation of the Latino experience, and the Schneider Family award for books that express the disability experience.
Be sure to come back next week for the second part of the conversation with Kris and me. There’s still quite a few awards and books to discuss!
In the meantime, go follow Kris on Instagram @noextrawords for more book talk.
You can find all the books we talked about on today's episode on the Podcast Blog or Bookshop. Follow me @library.laura or on Facebook.
