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2013 Newbery and Caldecott Medal Winners Announced!

Submitted by Mallorie Colvin on Mon, 01/28/2013 - 4:21pm

The winners of the John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott Medals were announced this morning in Seattle, giving us a total of ten more books to add to our "to read" list!

The Newbery Medal is "awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children."

2013 Winner

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.

Houston Family Book List -- January 2013

Submitted by Mallorie Colvin on Wed, 01/09/2013 - 12:35pm

HCPL's Book Bites column appears monthly in Houston Family Magazine.  Each column features suggested books for toddlers through teens.  Get the new list every month in the magazine, available at all of our branches.  Previous columns.

Toddlers (Ages 1-3)

 

Houston Family Book List -- December 2012

Submitted by Mallorie Colvin on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 4:59pm

HCPL's Book Bites column appears monthly in Houston Family Magazine.  Each column features suggested books for toddlers through teens.  Get the new list every month in the magazine, available at all of our branches.  Previous columns.

Toddlers (Ages 1-3)

Houston Family Book List -- November 2012

Submitted by Mallorie Colvin on Fri, 11/09/2012 - 3:19pm

HCPL's Book Bites column appears monthly in Houston Family Magazine.  Each column features suggested books for toddlers through teens.  Get the new list every month in the magazine, available at all of our branches.  Previous columns.

Toddlers (Ages 1-3)

2012 Teens' Top Ten Winners

Submitted by Mallorie Colvin on Mon, 10/15/2012 - 10:51am

The Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Nominators are members of teen book groups in sixteen school and public libraries around the country. Nominations are posted on Support Teen Literature Day, the Thursday of National Library Week, and teens across the country vote on their favorite titles each year. Readers ages twelve to eighteen voted online in August and September; the winners were announced at the start of Teen Read Week.

Houston Family Book List -- September 2012

Submitted by Mallorie Colvin on Fri, 09/07/2012 - 2:21pm

HCPL's Book Bites column appears monthly in Houston Family Magazine.  Each column features suggested books for toddlers through teens.  Get the new list every month in the magazine, available at all of our branches.  Previous columns.

Toddlers (Ages 1-3)

Houston Family Book List -- August 2012

Submitted by Mallorie Colvin on Tue, 08/07/2012 - 10:54am

HCPL's Book Bites column appears monthly in Houston Family Magazine.  Each column features suggested books for toddlers through teens.  Get the new list every month in the magazine, available at all of our branches.  Previous columns.

Toddlers (Ages 1-3)

The Amazing Read: Summer Reading Challenge, Week 6

Submitted by Mallorie Colvin on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 9:37am

I've spent the last couple of weeks watching the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, so when I saw last week's challenge to read about a competition, tennis was an obvious choice.  I ended up reading Andre Agassi's autobiography Open.  As someone who has never been particularly athletic, I was fascinated to read about his intense training as well as everything he gave up to reach greatness.

I could just as easily have read the same book for this week's challenge: read about someone you find intriguing.  You could read about a favorite celebrity, athlete, politician, or historical figure.  Are you fascinated by hobbits?  You could read The Lord of the Rings trilogy.  This week I will be reading Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Houston local Jenny Lawson.  What will you be reading?

Houston Family Book List -- July 2012

Submitted by Mallorie Colvin on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 2:00pm

HCPL's Book Bites column appears monthly in Houston Family Magazine.  Each column features suggested books for toddlers through teens.  Get the new list every month in the magazine, available at all of our branches.  Previous columns.

Toddlers (Ages 1-3)

Follow us on Twitter!

Submitted by Mallorie Colvin on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 10:26am

Exciting news!  We have a brand new Twitter especially for teens!  Follow us at @HCPLTeens to find out what's going on at the library, teen book news, and updates from your favorite authors.  If you prefer Facebook, you can get all of our updates there, too!  Just click here and like us.

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