The “Dream Team” is back 😄! I am happy to be presenting again with my bestie/incredible librarian, Allie Stevens Gosselink, at #ALAAC26 ! Please consider Allie during #ALSC spring elections, she is a #YALSA hero & has valuable insight for reunification.
#teenservices @neonimpossible.bsky.social
Congratulations to Angela Shanté THE UNBOXING OF A BLACK GIRL #YALSA #booktok #yareads #yabooks
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Beloved YA author Tiffany D. Jackson, winner of this year’s Margaret A. Edwards Award, speaks to SLJ about the award, her expansive work, and how real life influences her stories.
#alaac25 #YALSA #YA
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#alaac25
ALA Council II
6/26/25
2nd vote 2 reunify #ALSC and #YALSA. CD 27.1
In next year both boards can implement & already work on it
Amendment for two years?
This org has not always made decisions need to pass one year -
Y125 3n 3a
#ALACouncilor #Alaac25
ALA Council I
#ALSC & #YALSA combined /reunified
- Yalsa deficit last 10 yrs
- members also had to choose
-30%overlap members
- Work begins today one year to implement
- Y139 N5 A2
- Second vote Council 2
The ALSC + YALSA merger is meant to strengthen support for both children’s and teen librarians—but not without growing pains.
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#LibraryNews #ALSC #YALSA #BookAwards #TeenLit #KidLit #librarylove #librarylife #americanlibraryassociation
Wow -- #ALSC and #YALSA re-merging? I wonder what my #childrenslit and #YA #librarian and #ALA colleagues think of that. Sounds like a good move financially, because YALSA's been in the red for years. I hope, though, that programs and conversations about #teens don't get lost.
Tiffany D. Jackson Empowers Teens Through Gripping Page-Turners
#alaac25 #YALSA #YA
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I’m super sad to hear the news about #YALSA. This is my first year as a member of #ALA, and I was really excited to pay my dues to support it. Despite this, I know ALA and specifically #ALSC will continue to support teens and prioritize their library services. They need it now more than ever.
SLJ reviews of YALSA's Excellence in Nonfiction Award titles and the winner and honor books of the 2025 Robert F. Sibert Informational Award, administered by ALSC.
#alayma #YALSA #nonfiction #ALSC
So happy to see that "Homebody" by Theo Parish took home the #YALSA Honor for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults today! It was one of my top reads for 2024! So well deserved. #CMAs #ChildrensMediaAwards #GoodBooks
Pura Belpré Illustration Winner
The Dream Catcher by Marcelo Verdad
Pura Belpré Children's Author Winner
Lola by Karla Arenas Valenti
Pura Belpré YA Author Winner
Shut Up, This Is Serious by Carolina Ixta
Congratulations! Felicidades
#alayma #liblearnx #reforma #yalsa #alsc
Printz Award
Honors
Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo
Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White
The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag
Road Home by Rex Ogle
Winner
Brownstone by Samuel Teer, illus by Mar Julia
#alayma #liblearnx #yalsa
Odyssey Award Children's Winner
A Plate of Hope written by Erin Frankel, illus by Paola Escobar, narrated by Luis Carlos de La Lombana
YA Winner
How the Boogeyman Became a Poet by Tony Keith, Jr.
#alayma #liblearnx #yalsa #alsc
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Winner
Rising from the Ashes by Paula Yoo
Congratulations!
#alayma #liblearnx #yalsa
William C. Morris Award Winner
Not Like Other Girls by Meredith Adamo
Congratulations!
#alayma #liblearnx #yalsa
Margaret A. Edwards Award
Tiffany D. Jackson!!!
Congratulations!!!
#alayma #liblearnx #yalsa
I'm home with a sick kiddo today, which means I'm going to do some work for my grad class, but also I can WATCH THE YMA FROM @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social ! 📚 #HSLibrarian #YouthMediaAwards #YALSA
My favorite award show of the year! Who will the ALSC & YALSA presidents be wearing? #kidlit #alsc #yalsa #ALA
The Young Adult Library Services Association announced the finalists for the Morris Award for a YA title by a previously unpublished author and the Excellence in Nonfiction Award for nonfiction YA books for ages 12 to 18.
#YALSA #YA #nonfiction
