Happy New Year!

Posted by: Allison on: January 1, 2016

In: Administrative
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The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 40,000 times in 2015. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 15 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

There were 465 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 124 MB. That’s about a picture per day.

The busiest day of the year was January 19th with 409 views. The most popular post that day was Bad Boy: A Memoir by Walter Dean Myers.

Click here to see the complete report.

In the future, you’ll also find it in the right hand corner under Personal News.

Thanks for your support in 2015! Over the next twelve months, you can look forward to daily posts except on the weekends. Those posts will range from book reviews and author interviews, to news and views posts, to snapshots and other meme posts. You can also expect the occasional “Inspired By….” feature and personal update. Join me for another year of literary adventure!

2 Responses to "Happy New Year!"

1 | Comedy Plus
January 1, 2016 at 1:07 pm

Happy New Year Allison. 🙂

Allison
January 1, 2016 at 6:55 pm

Same to you!

Spring Reviews

Almost a year after I announced that it was time to take a step back from this blog, Allison's Book Bag is still here. I'm slowly working back up to weekly reviews again. Each week, there will be one under any of these categories: Advanced Reader Copies, animal books, religious books, or diversity books. Some will come in the form of single reviews and others in the form of round-ups. Just ahead, there will be reviews of:

Freddy the Frogcaster and the Terrible Tornado by Janice Dean
The Distance Between Us by Reya Grande
Hearts of Fire from The Voice of Matyrs

General Lists and Reviews

Award Lists and Reviews

Américas Award for Children’s & Young Adult Literature CLASP founded the Américas Award in 1993 to encourage and commend authors, illustrators and publishers who produce quality children’s and young adult books that portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States.
American Library Association Awards awards include Caldecott, Newbery, Coretta Scott, Sibert, Theodor Giesel, and Laura Ingalls Wilder medals
Book Awards for Children's and Youth Literature basic summary of purpose and criteria for each award
Canadian Children's Book Awards awards administered by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre
Children's Book Awards The Children’s & Teen Choice Book Awards is the only national book awards program where the winning titles are selected by children and teens.
Christy Award The Christy Awards are awarded each year to recognize novels of excellence written from a Christian worldview.
CILIP Carnegie & Greenaway Children's Book Awards The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals are the UK’s oldest and most prestigious children’s book awards.
Cybils children and young adult blogger literacy awards
Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award The Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award was initiated in 2000 to recognize authors, illustrators, and publishers of high quality fictional and biographical books for young people that appropriately portray individuals with developmental disabilities
Hans Christian Anderson Award The Hans Christian Andersen Awards is given to a living author and illustrator whose complete works have made a lasting contribution to children’s literature. The award is the highest international recognition an author can receive.
Middle East Book Award The Middle East Book Award recognizes quality books for children and young adults that contribute meaningfully to an understanding of the Middle East and its component societies and cultures.
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Honors fantasy books for younger readers, in the tradition of The Hobbit or The Chronicles of Narnia
National Book Award Established in 1950, the National Book Award is an American literary prize administered by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization.
Newbery Project reviews of Newbery Books
Notable Books for a Global Society books for enhancing student understanding of people and cultures throughout the world
Red House Book Award The Red House Children’s Book Award is a series of literary prizes for works of children’s literature published during the previous year in England.
Sydney Taylor Award The Sydney Taylor Book Award is presented annually to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience.
YALSA Awards YALSA honors the best teen literature each year with its six literary awards, including Alex, Morris, and Printz.

Cultural & Regional Reviews

MEMES I Participate In

Personal News

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