Madigan Reads

I didn't go to the American Library Association's Annual Conference in San Francisco this year, much as I might have liked to. I ...

The ALA Youth Media Awards have been announced! Here are some of the winners, and I've highlighted everything that I had a predi...

Well, all the dust has settled, and the award winners announced. What do we think of the award winners this year? The Newbery award we...

ALA Midwinter in Dallas was a wonderful long weekend celebrating the core of what being a librarian is all about - books, books, books and m...

I had a grand time at the American Library Association Annual Conference , held this year in New Orleans. I took the train down from Atlanta...

I'm going to be at the American Library Association's Annual Conference this whole weekend. I'm looking forward to hearing Dan S...

Color me surprised! What an interesting selection of winners. The winner of the 2011 Printz award was Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi.  ...

For the first time, I decided to splurge and spend the money to attend the Newbery Caldecott banquet. Before I headed off to the awards ...

The awards have been announced , and now it's time to tally what I've read, how close my guesses were and what I've got to read...

Just 3 more days until the 2010 Newbery and Caldecott winners are announced! Yeah, I'll be getting up at the wee hours of 4:45 am, PST t...