Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Sydney Taylor Book Award Slide Show

A slide show of some of the fun we had with the Sydney Taylor Book Award winners and committee members at the AJL Convention in Chicago, July 2009.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Two Interviews with Raul Colon

Raul & his lovely wife, with award certificate

Social media guru Mark Blevis was a presenter at the AJL convention, and while he was there he snagged some interviews for his own blog and podcast. Here are two interviews with Raul Colon, illustrator of the Sydney Taylor Book Award winner in the Younger Readers category, As Good As Anybody by Richard Michelson.

Listen to Raul on the Just One More Book Podcast...

...and hear more from Raul at the markblevis.com blog.

Award Acceptance Speeches

A video of the Sydney Taylor Book Award acceptance speeches of Richard Michelson & Raul Colon (As Good As Anybody), made by award committee member Barbara Bietz, originally posted on her blog at barbarabbookblog.blogspot.com.