January 2017 – Granite Media

Gertie’s Leap to Greatness

Written by Kate Beasley, Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki

The Truth About Twinkie Pie

January 31, 2017 January 30, 2017 / Best Children's and Middle Grade Fiction, Book Reviews, Elem. Fiction, Jr. High Fiction / 1 Comment

Written by Kat Yeh

Last Descendants

January 27, 2017 January 26, 2017 / Best New Books, Best YA Fiction, Book Reviews, Jr. High Fiction, Sr. High Fiction / 1 Comment

Assassin’s Creed: Last Descendants, #1 Written by Matthew J. Kirby

Falling Over Sideways

January 27, 2017 January 26, 2017 / Best New Books, Best YA Fiction, Book Reviews, Jr. High Fiction / 1 Comment

Written by Jordan Sonnenblick

Enter a Glossy Web

January 26, 2017 January 26, 2017 / Best Children's and Middle Grade Fiction, Best New Books, Book Reviews, Elem. Fiction, Jr. High Fiction / 2 Comments

Written by McKenna Ruebush, Illustrated by Jaime Zollars

There Is a Tribe of Kids

January 25, 2017 January 24, 2017 / Best New Books, Best Picture Books, Book Reviews, Picture Books / 1 Comment

Written and Illustrated by Lane Smith

The Branch

January 25, 2017 January 24, 2017 / Best New Books, Best Picture Books, Book Reviews / 1 Comment

Written by Mireille Messier, Illustrated by Pierre Pratt

Skunked!

January 24, 2017 January 23, 2017 / Best Chapter Books, Best New Books, Book Reviews, Easy Chapter Books / 1 Comment

Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet, #1 Written by Jacqueline Kelly, Illustrated by Jennifer L. Meyer

2017 ALA Youth Media Awards

January 23, 2017 October 17, 2017 / Book Lists and Recommendations, Library Promotional Materials / 2 Comments

The American Library Association announced the winners of the 2017 Youth Media Awards this morning. A few highlights are shown below. Visit http://ala.unikron.com/2017/ for a complete list of all the award winners and a chance to watch an archived recording of the announcements.

Optimists Die First

January 18, 2017 January 18, 2017 / Best New Books, Best YA Fiction, Book Reviews, Sr. High Fiction / 1 Comment

Written by Susin Nielson

Marci Bishop on Peanut, Butter, & Crackers: Puppy Problems: “I loved this book too. “Silly adventure” is a perfect description. Plus, the new dog is so cute!” Dec 17, 14:34

Muthulakshmi Raghavan Novels on Anti-racism, Justice, and Activism Books and Resources: “Great nice article best one to read online… MR Novels” Nov 26, 04:24

Granite Media on New in Sora ~ Fall 2020: “Thanks! We don’t have an audiobook-only poster right now, but we do have this collection (https://soraapp.com/library/graniteut/generated-187892/page-1) on the Explore screen…” Oct 29, 09:44

Keith Smedberg on New in Sora ~ Fall 2020: “Hi Josh. These are fabulous… But, what about a section for only new audio books? For those of us who…” Oct 29, 09:28

Granite Media on Making Friends: Back to the Drawing Board: “Thanks for sharing! You were right to speak up and share your opinion about this book. We love to publish…” Jun 5, 11:29

Month: January 2017