LSSL 5385 Textbook reflection 7- AWARDS

Being familiar with different literary awards and acclaimed lists is so important so that we can recommend the best and most relevant books to those that ask for our help. It allows us to foster a love for reading and create lifelong readers if we can develop a knack for recommending great books. These literary awards and lists can help us do that. 

For example, the annual list "Best fiction for YA" are a list of fiction titles published for young adults in the past 16 months that are recommended reading for ages 12 to 18. The purpose of this is to help us better serve those readers in this age group who are looking for the best fiction novels, and it helps us narrow our choices and go from there.

The Printz Award also really stuck out to me. It's an award that displays literary excellence in young adult literature. The 2017 winner of the Printz Award is the graphic novel entitled March by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell.

Another notable list to utilize is the Readers’ Choice list which is intended to find books that engage a broad audience of educators and teens alike by choosing the most popular teen titles in a given year..  It provides librarians with a easily accessible list and means of identifying popular teen titles on an ongoing basis.

These are literally just a few of the notable lists and awards available for reference. This list of awards, particularly for YA novels, is broad, ongoing, and vastly helpful when it comes to librarians finding great reads for users. The value of these lists is priceless if we have knowledge of them and stay up to date with them.