Out and About with INK Authors

NEW BOOKS

BEYOND MAGENTA: TRANSGENDER TEENS SPEAK OUT by Susan Kuklin (Candlewick)

FEATHERS: NOT JUST FOR FLYING, by Melissa Stewart, ill. by Sarah S. Brannen (Charlesbridge)

MUMBET’S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE by Gretchen Woelfle, ill. by Alix Delinois (Carolrhoda)

AWARDS

Sibert Honor Book

Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius

Finalists for the Cook Prize for the Best STEM Picture Book:

Deborah Heiligman, The Boy Who Loved Math

Melissa Stewart, No Monkeys, No Chocolate

Finalist YALSA award for Excellence in NF for YA

Tanya Lee Stone, Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America’s First Black Paratroopers

ALA Notable Books 2014

Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius

Deborah Heiligman, The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdös

Elizabeth Rusch, Eruption!:  Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives

April Pulley Sayre, ill. Steve Jenkins, Eat Like a Bear

Steve Sheinkin, Lincoln's Grave Robbers

Tanya Lee Stone, Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers

  

EVENTS

Friday, February 7, Cheryl Harness will be speaking on “Creating Books for Young TimeTravelers” in Denver at the Colorado Council of the International Reading Association.

Saturday, February 8, Kelly Hall Milner, along with Kathleen Krull and Cindy Jenson-Elliott will address “Nonfiction v Common Core” at the California School Library Association Conference in San Diego.

Same day, same place, Gretchen Woelfle and Alexis O’Neill will talk about “Turning History into Story.”