Thursday, May 2, 2013

2013 South Asia Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature

The South Asia Book Award (SABA) established by the South Asia National Outreach Consortium (member National Resource Centers funded by The US Department of Education, Title VI) promotes awareness about South Asia's outstanding literature.This annual award recognizes a recently published work of fiction, non-fiction, poetry or folklore, from early childhood to secondary reading levels, published in the US, Canada or United Kingdom, in English  which accurately and skillfully portrays South Asia or South Asians in the diaspora, that is the experience of individuals living in South Asia, or of South Asians living in other parts of the world. The culture, people, or heritage of South Asia should be the primary focus of the story.
Complete list of Award Winner is : http://southasiabookaward.org/2012-award-books/

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Celebrate National Children's Book Week!
May 13-19, 2013

Children's Book Week encourages children to enjoy authors and books. Celeberate this week in school, libraries, bookstores, and by reading.
How to celebrate ? Go to http://www.bookweekonline.com/educators

And vote for the children's choice book award
How to vote? Go to www.bookweekonline.com/voting