Much of America is going through a Madonna moment:
Like a virgin, touched for the very first time! Brushing against a stranger in a restaurant, clobbering someone with a hug, shaking a new acquaintance’s hand for those who have stayed isolated over the past 15 months, these experiences can feel novel and exciting and highly weird. Perhaps no one is better suited to advise us on navigating this moment than Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, America’s favorite nonagenarian sex therapist.
Dr. Ruth isn’t just famous for her books, her radio and television shows, and her cameo in a classic Herbal Essences commercial. She has also lived an extraordinary life. Born in 1928 to an Orthodox Jewish family in Frankfurt, Germany, she traveled in a
In January, the American Library Association announced its list of winners for a host of prestigious writing and illustrating awards in children s literature. One such award, the Robert F. Sibert Medal for most distinguished children s non-fiction/informational title, was awarded to author Candace Fleming and illustrator Eric Rohmann, for their truly accomplished picture book, Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera (2020, Holiday House, $18.99, ages 6 to 9). Fleming has appeared on the Sibert list three times in the last seven years, two of those with Rohmann for Honeybee and for Giant Squid in 2017.
Top books, video, and audiobooks for children and young adults revealed at ALA Midwinter Virtual January 25, 2021
On January 25, the American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books, digital media, video, and audiobooks for children and young adults including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery, and Printz awards at its Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits taking place virtually from Chicago.
A list of all the 2021 award winners follows:
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature:
When You Trap a Tiger, written by Tae Keller, is the 2021 Newbery Medal winner. The book is published by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House.