2018 Youth Media Award Winners on The Yarn
Travis: A bunch of the folks who recently took home awards during the 2018 Youth Media Awards have appeared on the show. If you haven’t listened to these episodes, now might be a good time to get to know these award winners.
Jason Reynolds
Awards: Newbery Honor, CSK Author Honor, Printz Honor, Odyssey Honor
https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/35-jason-reynolds-ghost-unraveled
Matthew Cordell
Award: Caldecott Medal
https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/54-kuo-cordell-pizzoli-santat-collier-picture-book-panel-live
Ruth Behar
Award: Pura Belpré Author Award Winner
https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/53-ruth-behar-lucky-broken-girl-unraveled
Angie Thomas
Awards: CSK Author Honor, Printz Honor, Odyssey Award, William C. Morris Award
https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/56-angie-thomas-the-hate-u-give-unraveled
Allen Say
Award: Schneider Family Book Award
https://soundcloud.com/colby-sharp-3/52-allen-say-silent-days-silent-dreams-unraveled
About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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