It's my favorite part of a new year: the enumerating, the categorizing, the criticizing. It's Award Season! And it's happening in the blogosphere and it's happening to children's and young adult literature, as the short lists are out for the Cybils. Eight categories, five finalists in each (ten for graphic novels, split into two age groups). Winners should be announced early next month.
In the meantime, the wonderful kid-lit blog Fuse #8 has announced the winners of the Golden Fuse Awards with lots of fun categories like "Most Excessive Use of Violence In a Children's Book" and "Best Translated Picture Book", as well as several awards for cover art.
Leaving no stone unturned and no award unawarded, the Longstockings are calling for nominations for the 2006 Flappies, honoring the best cover-flap copy in children's literature (via the fine and always entertaining kid-lit blog The Miss Rumphius Effect)
Outside the blogosphere, for your consideration:
The American Library Association's 2006 Notable Children's Books
2006 Newbery Medal Winner and Honorees
2006 Caldecott Medal Winner and Honorees
Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2006 (scroll down for children's books in three categories)
