Sunday Salon: ALA, new computers, and more

Greetings! I am blogging this from my brand new computer. No more will I be a victim to my computer's slow and painful death! No more I say! I still need to do my spreadsheet post and also do my 2009 wrap up! But I need to wait until my files finish transferring from my old computer. Also, I made the switch from PC to Mac. It's taking awhile to get used to. What the @#@$% is this command key? Where's my page down key? What do you mean I can't forward delete. Ah well. The biggest thing is that the key board is just a slightly different size, so my typing is suffering as I adjust.

In the meantime, how about some predictions for tomorrow when the ALA Youth Media Awards are announced?

Caldecott:

The Lion and Mouse by Jerry Pinkney. Hands down.

I'm also a big fan of The Negro Speaks of Rivers.

Newbery:

I'm not sure who will win and who will honor, but I'm pretty sure these books will be there:

When You Reach Me
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice
Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

Siebert:

Claudette Colvin will win. Day-Glo Brothers and Frog Scientist will honor.

Coretta Scott King illustrator:

The Negro Speaks of Rivers

Printz:

Not sure which will win and which will honor but we'll see the following on the list:

Marcelo in the Real World
WIntergirls
If I Stay

The New YALSA nonfiction award:

Claudette Colvin


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