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It’s the time of year when librarians and other kidlit nerds like ourselves get antsy. The ALA will announce this year’s Youth Media Awards live on Monday from its Mid-Winter Conference (held this year in Seattle). The awards include more than the Newbery Award although it is the oldest and most well known (and announced at the very end!). The awards committees have been reading and having secret discussions all year. None of us on the outside even knows what books have risen to the top, but we love to prognosticate anyway! We’ve been discussing various books we think have possibilities already. Here are our team’s final predictions: Janie:  I…

The Girl Who Drew Butterflies is a truly beautiful work of art, isn’t it, Megan? For readers who haven’t seen this gem yet, the book chronicles Maria Merian’s life and her contributions to the fields of biology and botany in the 1600s. Maria’s love of insects and plants coupled with her skill as an engraver uniquely situated her for her ground-breaking work in science. Read our review of The Girl Who Drew Butterflies for more details! Betsy: Megan, you and I both had the same initial reaction to this book: it is truly stunning. From the visuals to the text, the book is well designed. What did you enjoy most about…

Nobody said “No” to Cyrus Field once he got his brain around a big idea that transformed the history of communication—and history itself. Cyrus Field’s Big Dream: the Daring Effort to Lay the First Transatlantic Telegraph Cable by Mary Morton Cowan.  Calkins Creek, 2018, 199 pages plus notes, index, and bibliography. Reading Level: Teen, ages 12-15 Recommended for: ages 10 and up Who would have thought a paper manufacturer would not only conceive of an impossible project (which he knew almost nothing about)—but actually see it through?  In 1854, land-based telegraph communication had revolutionized the news, while communication across the seas was only as fast as steamships could carry it. …