Madigan Reads

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

The Newbery and Caldecott awards are going to be announced soon - all of the American Library Association youth media awards, actually, inc...

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...

Right! So the Cybils winners have been announced for 2011! Let's see how things look. I could be a completist, and cover every category...

Nominations are open for Cybils awards . Haven't heard of the Cybils yet? You should definitely check them out. I think of them as the ...

I've been serving on the Georgia Picture Book Award committee this year, and this past weekend was the culmination of months of effort. ...

This weekend I'm off to Athens, GA to convene with my fellow wizards meet with my fellow committee members where we will hash out which...

The day has arrived! This year's Cybils winners have been announced! Naturally, the first thing I am curious about is if any of my pr...

Okay, titles have been announced and the brackets are up for School Library Journal's Battle of the Kid's Books ! Some might say i...

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

The 2010 Cybils short lists have been announced .  I'm rather excited to see several of my favorites listed, including one that I nomina...

Exciting news!  I have been hard at work on a seekrit project.  I've been chosen to be on the awards committee for the Georgia Book Awa...

There are still a few hours left to nominate a book for the Cybils awards, if you haven't already. Polls close tonight, at midnight. I...

I thought it might be interesting to take a look at where the Cybils judges are from.  There are 107 judges total (including one set of...