J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter adventures, was born on this date in 1966.
7.28.08
Beatrix Potter, the creator of the Peter Rabbit stories, was born on this date in 1866.
7.18.08
We have one new special list available this month. It is the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Great Early Elementary Reads List. You may find a listing of these titles in our Bookstore using the Series/Set search.
7.15.08
Clement C. Moore, author of the classic poem “The Night Before Christmas”, was born on this date in 1779.
7.14.08
The Scholastic 2008 Kids and Family Reading Report is now available. This survey has interesting information about kids’ and parents’
attitudes toward reading and their reading habits. The report may be found at
www.scholastic.com/readingreport.
7.11.08
E.B. White, the author of “Charlotte’s Web” and other children’s classics, was born on this date in 1899.
7.9.08
We have several state reading lists to announce this month. These include the Florida Reading List, the New Hampshire Great Stone Face List, the South Dakota Young Adult List, the Delaware Diamond List and the Massachusetts Children’s List. You may find these lists online in the BTSB Bookstore in Advanced Search under Awards/States.
7.9.08
The Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) announced the winners of the 2007/08 Best Book Awards
for books promoting Chinese American culture. A list of the winners we carry can be found in the BTSB Bookstore
under Awards/States in the Advanced Search. For more information visit
www.cala-web.org.
7.8.08
The 2007 Children’s Choice and Young Adult Awards have been announced by the International Reading Association.
You may find a list of them in the BTSB Bookstore under Awards/States in the Advanced Search. For more information visit
www.reading.org.
7.7.08
The Parent’s Choice Spring 2008 Book Awards have been announced by the Parent’s Choice Foundation. We have a list of them
in the BTSB Bookstore under Awards/States in the Advanced Search. For more information on the Awards visit
www.parents-choice.org.
7.3.08
The 2008 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards for outstanding British children’s books have been announced by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information
Professionals. Philip Reeve is the Carnegie winner and Emily Gravett is the Greenaway winner. For more information visit
www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk.
7.2.08
The four Bound to Stay Bound Books Scholarship winners for 2008 have been announced by the Association for Library Services to Children
They are Evan Bush of Athens GA, Emily Hersh of Austin TX, Christina Larrechea of Visalia CA, and Wendy Lee of Downey CA.
For more information on the Scholarships visit
www.ala.org/alsc.
7.2.08
The movie “Kitt Kittridge: an American Girl”, based on the Depression era character from the American Girl books, is now in theatres.
7.1.08
The winners of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Awards for 2008 have been announced. You may find a list of them in the
BTSB Bookstore under Awards/States in the Advanced Search. For more information on the Awards visit
www.hbook.com.
June 2008
6.26.08
The American Library Association Summer Convention starts today in Anaheim, California.
If you are attending stop by and see Bound to Stay Bound Books at booth #2416. For more information go to
www.ala.org/ala/eventsandconferencesb/annual/2008a/home.cfm.
6.25.08
Eric Carle, the noted picturebook artist, was born on this day in 1929.
6.16.08
Would you like a preview of the Fall 2008 Season? Check out our selections for the
Cream of the Crop of new titles. You will find it in our BTSB Bookstore in the Series and Sets
section as a group of lists named Cream of the Crop Fall 2008. You can also find a pdf of the Fall 2008
Cream of the Crop flyer within the Brochure section of our website. \Cream of the Crop listings
for previous seasons are there as well.
6.13.08
Bound to Stay Bound Customer Support will be going to summer hours of 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., C.S.T.
These hours will be in effect from June 16 through August 22.
6.12.08
Anne Frank was born on this day in 1929.
6.11.08
We have updated a couple of our special lists. Our Publisher’s Hall of Shame List and our
International Reading Association’s Children’s Choice List are updated for 2008.
You may find these lists online at the BTSB Bookstore in the Search area under Series/Sets.
6.10.08
Today is the birthday of Maurice Sendak, born in 1928.
6.6.08
We have quite a few state reading lists to announce this month. These include the Florida Children’s and Sunshine Lists,
the Michigan Great Lakes Great Books List, the Alabama Emphasis on Reading List, the Tennessee Volunteer List,
the Wisconsin Golden Archer List, the North Dakota Flickertale List, the North Carolina Children’s List,
and the Wyoming Buckaroo, Indian Paintbrush and Soaring Eagle Lists.
You may find these lists online at the BTSB Bookstore in the Search area under Awards/States.
6.6.08
The winners of the Edgar Allan Poe Awards for 2008 have been announced by the Mystery Writers of America.
A list of the winners and nominees for this year and previous years can be found under the Awards/States
tab of our Search function in our BTSB Bookstore. For more information about these awards visit
www.mysterywriters.org.
6.5.08
The 2008 Children’s Choice Book Awards have been announced by the Children’s Book Council. We have a list of the
current and past winners available from us under the Awards/States tab of the Search area of our BTSB Bookstore.
For more information about the awards, visit
www.cbcbooks.org.
6.4.08
The Children’s Literature Assembly has announced the 2008 Phoenix Award
for a children’s book that has been republished after being out of print for years.
For more information visit
www.uwm.edu.
6.4.08
The Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs has announced the 2008 Americas Awards
for books portraying Latin America. A list of the winners available from BTSB can be found
in the Awards/States section of the Search area of our BTSB Bookstore. For more information visit
www.childlitassn.org/.
6.3.08
The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association has declared the winners of the 2007
Asian/Pacific American Awards for Illustration in Children’s Literature and for Young Adult Literature.
For more information visit
www.apalaweb.org.
6.2.08
The Ezra Jack Keats Awards for New Author and Illustrator have been awarded
to David Ezra Stein and Jonathan Bean. For more information visit
www.ezra-jack-keats.org.
6.2.08
The Canadian Library Association has announced their children’s book awards for 2008,
the Amelia Howard-Gibbon Award and the Book of the Year for Children Award.
For more information visit
www.cla.ca.
May 2008
5.23.08
Margaret Wise Brown, author of numerous beloved picture books, was born in 1910.
Scott O'Dell, author of historical fiction, was born in 1898.
5.22.08
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the great detective Sherlock Holmes, was born in 1859.
5.17.08
Gary Paulsen, prolific author of award-winning young adult novels, was born in 1939.
5.16.08
The second Chronicles of Narnia book to be made into a movie, "Prince Caspian", starts
showing in theatres today.
5.15.08
L. Frank Baum, author of the Wizard of Oz books, was born in 1856.
5.12.08
This is Children's Book Week. For more information, visit
www.cbcbooks.org.
5.8.08
We have a couple of new lists available. We have the Bank Street Committee's Best Books of 2007
and the National Council of Teachers of English’s Notable Trade Books in the Language Arts.
These lists can be found under
Series & Sets in the
Advanced Search part of our BTSB Bookstore.
5.7.08
The Jane Addams Peace Association has announced their Book Award winners and honor books for 2008.
A list of these titles promoting the cause of peace and justice may be found in the BTSB Bookstore's
Advanced Search, under Awards/States. For more information about this Award, visit
www.janeaddamspeace.org.
5.6.08
The 15 Degree Laboratory at Louisiana State University has announced the 2007 Giverny Book Award
winner for the best children's science picture book. More information is available at
www.15degreelab.com
5.5.08
The Science Fiction Writers of America awarded their 2007 Andre Norton Award for Science
Fiction and Fantasy to J.K. Rowling for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". For more
information, visit www.sfwa.org.
5.1.08
We have several state reading lists to announce this month. These include the Rhode Island
Children's and Teen Book Lists, the Minnesota Maude Hart Lovelace List, the Colorado Children's
List, the New Mexico Battle of the Books List, the Nevada Young Readers List, the Ohio Buckeye
List, and the Kentucky Bluegrass List. You may find these lists within
Awards/States
in the BTSB Bookstore.
April 2008
4.27.08
Ludwig Bemelmans, the creator of the Madeline picture books, was born on this day in 1898.
Beverly Cleary was born on this date in 1916. In her honor this has been declared National D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read) Day.
4.11.08
We have the usual enormous crop of state reading lists that are announced this time of year.
These include the Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice List, the Washington Children's Choice,
Sasquatch and Evergreen Lists, the Missouri Building Blocks List, the North Carolina Battle of the
Books List, the Oklahoma Sequoyah List, the Arkansas Charlie May Simon and Diamond Lists,
the Maryland Black-eyed Susan List, the Pennsylvania Young Readers List, the Oregon Beverly Cleary
List, the Indiana Readalouds Too Good to Miss List, the Utah Beehive List, the Illinois Abraham
Lincoln and Monarch Lists, the New Hampshire Ladybug Picture Book List, the Virginia Young Reader's
List, the Maine Student Book List and the Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Green Mountain and Red
Clover Lists. You may find these lists online in the BTSB Bookstore.
4.9.08
We have completed one new list, The Outstanding Science Trade Books by the National Science Teachers
Association. We have also updated the Scott Foresman 2007 Bibliography. You may find these lists
online in the BTSB Bookstore in the
Series/Sets Search.
4.7.08
The Bank Street College of Education has announced their children's book award winners for 2008.
They have awards in three categories—fiction, nonfiction and poetry. You may find this year's winners
and honor books, as well as previous years' titles, in the BTSB Bookstore. For more information, visit
www.bankstreet.edu/bookcom/awards.html.
4.7.08
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has announced the 2007 ASPCA Henry Bergh
Children's Book Awards for books dealing with animals and the environment. A list of the winners available
from BTSB can be found in the Awards/States section
of the Advanced Search of our BTSB Bookstore. In addition, ASPCA announced that Phyllis Reynolds Naylor is the 2007
winner of the Roger Caras Achievement Award. For more information, visit
www.aspca.org.
4.4.08
The 59th Annual Christopher Awards, including the children's book category, have been announced by the Christopher Society.
You may find this year's winners, as well as previous years' titles, in the BTSB Bookstore. For more information, see
www.christophers.org.
4.4.08
The 2007 Golden Kite Award Winners have been announced by the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators.
You may find this year's winners and honor books, as well as previous years' titles, in the BTSB Bookstore.
For more information, visit www.scbwi.org.
4.4.08
The 2008 BolognaRagazzi Awards were announced recently at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy. U.S. titles
among the winners were Peter Sis's The Wall for nonfiction and J. Patrick Lewis' Black Cat Bone for poetry.
For more information, visit www.bookfair.bolognafiere.it.
4.3.08
The 2008 AAAS/Subaru Science Books and Films Prizes for excellence in children's and young adult's books on science
have been announced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. For more information, visit
www.sbfonline.com.
4.2.08
The 2008 Hans Christian Andersen Awards have been announced by the International Board on Books for Young People.
Jurg Schubiger of Switzerland and Roberto Innocenti of Italy are this year’s winners. For more information, visit
www.ibby.org.
4.2.08
International Children’s Book Day, as well as Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday. He was born in 1805. For more information, see
www.ibby.org.
Australian author Sonya Hartnett is the 2008 Winner of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. This Award is sponsored by
the Swedish government in honor of their country's most beloved children’s author. For more information, see
www.alma.se/default_a.aspx?id=247.
4.1.08
April is National Poetry Month. For more information, visit
www.poets.org.
March 2008
3.26.08
Robert Frost, one of the greatest American poets, was born in 1874 on this date.
3.25.08
Start planning now for your trip to the American Library Association's 2008 Annual Conference in
Anaheim California from June 26 - July 2. Make sure you visit Bound to Stay Bound Books at our
booth in the exhibits.
3.20.08
Lois Lowry, Newbery-winning novelist, was born on this date in 1937.
3.17.08
The American Indian Library Association has announced the winners of the American Indian Youth
Literature Awards for 2008. A list of the winners for the three different age categories are
available online in our Bookstore under the
Awards/States Search,
as well as past winners. For more information on the Awards, visit
www.nativeculturelinks.com/aila.html.
3.14.08
The animated movie made from Dr. Seuss' classic story, Horton Hears a Who, is being
released today.
3.11.08
Ezra Jack Keats, poet and picture book author was born on this day in 1916.
3.10.08
Two lists that we just updated are the Spotlight on Black History and Books for Reluctant Readers,
Grades 7-12. You may find these lists online in the BTSB Bookstore in the
Series/Sets Search.
3.10.08
The 2008 Orbis Pictus Award for non-fiction has been announced by the National Council of Teachers of
English. The winner and honor books, as well as books from past years, are available in our Bookstore
in the Awards/States Search.
For more information on this award, see
www.ncte.org/elem/awards/orbispictus.
3.8.08
Kenneth Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows, was born in 1859 on this date.
3.7.08
Pennsylvania State University has announced the winner of the 2008 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award.
Carole Boston Weatherford is the winner for Birmingham, 1963. Honor books for this year and past
years, as well as past years' winners, are available on lists in the
Awards/States Search of our online
Bookstore. For more information about this award, visit
www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/activities/hopkins/hopkins.html.
3.6.08
Several new state award lists for 2008 have been released recently— the California Young Reader List,
the Colorado Blue Spruce Teen List, the Georgia Peach Teen, Picture Book and Children's Lists, and the
Indiana Eliot Rosewater List. You may find these lists online at the BTSB Bookstore in the
Awards/States Search.
3.5.08
The 2008 Gryphon Award for outstanding easy to read children's books has been announced by the Center for
Children's Books at the University of Illinois. The winner is Michael Townsend for Billy Tartle in Say Cheese!
There is a list of this year's honor books and the winners and honor books for past years in the BTSB Bookstore
on our website. For more information about the Gryphon Award, visit
http://ccb.lis.uiuc.edu/.
3.4.08
Reed Elsevier, the giant Anglo-Dutch company, has put its Reed Business Information division up for sale.
This division includes Publisher's Weekly, Library Journal and School Library Journal. No word yet on an
asking price.
3.4.08
The 2007 Carter G. Woodson Book Awards for social studies books in three different youth categories have been
announced by the National Council for the Social Studies. Our online Bookstore includes a list of the winners
and honor books in each category, as well as lists of past winners and honor books. For more information on
the award, visit www.socialstudies.org.
3.3.08
Today is the National Education Association's Read Across America Day. For more information, visit
www.nea.org.
3.2.08
Happy Birthday! Today is the 103rd anniversary of Dr. Seuss's (Theodore Geisel's) birth.
3.1.08
March is Women's History Month. For more information, visit
www.nwhp.org.
February 2008
2.27.08
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, early American poet and storyteller, was born on this day in 1807.
2.14.08
We have several new state award lists available. The South Carolina Children's List, the Arizona
Grand Canyon List, the Texas 2 by 2 List, the Kansas City 3rd Grade List, the Illinois Rebecca
Caudill List, the Iowa Children's Choice and Teen Lists, and the New Mexico Land of Enchantment
List are now available in the BTSB Bookstore.
2.13.08
We have several new lists that highlight the best books from 2007. New lists available include
ALA's Notable Children's Books 2008, Booklist Editor's Choice 2007, ALA's Best Books for Young
Adults 2008, the Bulletin Blue Ribbons 2007, ALA's Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adults 2008
and Booklink's Lasting Connections 2007. You may find these lists online at our BTSB Bookstore.
2.12.08
Judy Blume, author of best-selling young adult novels, was born on this date in 1938.
2.7.08
The 2008 Sydney Taylor Book Awards for the best in Jewish children's literature have been announced
by the Association of Jewish Libraries. For more information, visit
www.SydneyTaylorBookAward.org.
You may find lists of this year's books and previous years' winners in the
Awards/States Search of our BTSB Bookstore.
2.6.08
The 2007 National Jewish Book Awards for Children's and Young Adult Literature have been announced by the Jewish
Book Council. For more information, visit
www.jewishbookcouncil.org.
2.5.08
The Mystery Writers of America have announced the 2008 Edgar nominees for the best juvenile and young adult
mysteries of the year. For more information, visit
www.mysterywriters.org.
A list of this year's nominees, as well as past nominees, is accessible from the
Awards/States Search of our BTSB Bookstore.
2.4.08
The 2008 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction has been awarded to Elijah of Buxton by Christopher
Paul Curtis. For more information, visit
www.scottodell.com.
You can find a list including this title and previous winners in the
Awards/States Search of our BTSB Bookstore.
2.4.08
The Educational Paperback Association awarded its 2007 Jeremiah Ludington Memorial Award to Anita Silvey for
her many services to children's literature. For more information, visit
www.edupaperback.org.
2.1.08
The Cooperative Children's Book Center announced the 2008 Charlotte Zolotow Awards for picture books.
The winner is Greg Foley for Thank You, Bear. For more information, visit
www.education.wisc.edu.
A list of this year's award books/honor books and previous award winners is available in our BTSB Bookstore.
2.1.08
This year's ALA Awards were recently announced at the midwinter meeting–the Caldecott, Newbery, Sibert,
King awards, etc. You may find lists of these awards, as well as previous winners, online in the BTSB Bookstore.
January 2008
1.27.08
Lewis Carroll, author of Alice in Wonderland, was born in Daresbury, England in 1832.
1.23.08
The BTSB Spring 2008 Catalog, with over 1200 new titles, is being mailed out this week.
1.20.08
Bound to Stay Bound Books, then known as New Method Book Bindery, was founded in Jacksonville,
Illinois on this date in 1920. A company history, complete with archival photographs, is
available on our website in the About Us section.
1.18.08
A.A. Milne, creator of Winnie the Pooh and friends, was born in 1882 in London, England.
1.14.08
The Caldecott, Newbery, King, and other ALA children's book awards will be announced today at
ALA's MidWinter Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Check our website late in the day for
a list of the winners and honor books.
1.11.08
The winners for the best books in 2007 reflecting Christian values have been announced by the
National Christian School Association. They are divided by age group into three lists –
the Crown, the Crown Gallery and the Lamplighter Awards. These winners, and past winners and
nominees, may be found online in the
Award/State Search of our BTSB Bookstore.
For more information, visit
www.childrenscrownaward.org.
1.10.08
The Catholic Library Association has awarded the 50th Regina Medal to author Vera B. Williams
for her contributions to children's books. For more information, visit
www.cathla.org.
1.7.08
The latest special lists we have added are the Hornbook Fanfare Best Books of 2007 and the Kirkus
Best Books of 2007. We also have the second in a new series of lists, the newly reviewed books in
School Library Journal, December 2007 issue. We have also started listing books just reviewed by
Booklist, so we have the December listing of those. These lists are available online at the
BTSB Bookstore under Series/Sets.
1.6.08
Carl Sandburg, whose work included folktales and poetry for children, was born in Galesburg, Illinois in 1878.
1.4.08
A few new state award lists for 2008 have been released recently— the Missouri Mark Twain,
Gateway Truman and Show Me Lists. You may find these lists online in the BTSB Bookstore.
1.4.08
The 2008 Collaborative Summer Library Program has been announced; Catch the Reading Bug. For a list
of appropriate titles for children and young adults go to the
Series and Sets section of the BTSB
Bookstore and find the list "2008 Summer Library Program".
1.4.08
The Library of Congress' Center for the Book, in partnership with the Children's Book Council, has named
children's author Jon Scieszka as the first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. He will
make appearances nationwide to promote reading for two years and have a budget of $50,000.
1.3.08
J.R.R. Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, was born in 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
