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Snow Games: A Robot and Rico Story read aloud

Snow Games: A Robot and Rico Story
by Anastasia Suen (Author) and and Mike Laughead (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: After a long wait, the snow is falling. Rico is ready to race into some winter activities. Will Robot be able to keep up?

Snippet:
“What are you doing?” asks Robot.

“I’m getting my winter stuff ready,”
says Rico.

This week’s author visit mini-comic, Playing in the snow, answers questions about growing up and playing in the snow.

Copyright © 2022 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.

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2022 ALA Youth Media Awards

The American Library Association (ALA) will announce its Youth Media Awards at 8 a.m. CT, Jan. 24, 2022. Selections will span more than 22 categories, including the coveted Newbery and Caldecott medals, Printz Award and Coretta Scott King Book Awards.

Library professionals, students, publishers, parents and booklovers across the globe will follow results via webstream at ala.unikron.com and ALA’s Facebook and YouTube channels and by following #ALAyma. The event is part of the ALA’s LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience, held virtually from Jan. 21 – 24, 2022.

After the announcements, ala.unikron.com will feature an award wrap release detailing 2022 selections. Also, an encore presentation of the event will be available at the exact location immediately after the announcements.

Edited to add: Looking for a list of all the winners? Go here.

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