2021 Spring Awards & Summer Reading Lists
As you and your students celebrate the end of a school year like no other, we share a collection of links designed to keep you and the children and young adults in your life happily reading over the summer vacation. First, though, we begin with links to the books that we blogged about over the last year that have won recent awards and honors in the field of children’s and young adult literature. We invite you to explore our previously written blog entries for these winners and honor books.
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2021 Spring Book Awards
The following awards and recommended book lists announced each spring are included in this post:
- 2021 Notable Children’s Books in the English Language Arts (Children’s Literature Assembly)
- 2021 Notable Books for a Global Society (International Literacy Association)
- 2021 Best STEM Books (National Science Teachers Association)
- 2021 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People (National Council for the Social Studies)
- 2021 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (these awards are usually announced each June, so they will be added to this list shortly)
2021 Summer Reading and Resource Lists
American Library Association – Library Summer Reading Programs
https://www.ala.org/alsc/publications-resources/book-lists/2021-summer-reading-list
American Library Association – 2021 Notable Children’s Books
https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb
American Library Association – 2021 Notable Children’s Digital Media
https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncdm
Children’s Book Council: Building a Home Library
https://www.cbcbooks.org/cbc-book-lists/bahl-2021/
Lee and Low Books Diverse Summer Reading Book List, K-8+
The Horn Book – 2021 Summer Reading Recommendations
https://www.hbook.com/?detailStory=2021-summer-reading-list
Reading Rockets: Big Summer Read
https://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/summer
We Need Diverse Books Summer Reading Series
Summer Reading Series
Audiobooks for Families
We love audiobooks for car rides with the family. Many public libraries now have downloadable audiobooks that you can listen to on an MP3 player, iPad, or iPod. Check in with your local public library and share the details with parents and students before the year is over. You might want to search for some of the books included in these lists below.
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American Library Association – 2021 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
https://www.ala.org/yalsa/2021-top-ten-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults
American Library Association – 2019 Notable Children’s Recordings
https://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncr
Audio Publishers Association – 2021 Audies Awards
https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2021-audies
Resources for Teachers/Parents
Collaborative Summer Library Program
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Cooperative Center for Books for Children Booklists
Booklists
International Children’s Digital Library – Free digital PDFs of children’s picture books from around the globe in their original language. There is an iPad app that allows for easy viewing on your iPad.
http://www.childrenslibrary.org/
Literacy Tips for Parents in Multiple Languages (Reading Rockets)
https://www.readingrockets.org/article/reading-tips-parents-multiple-languages
Reading Rockets – Summer Reading Loss
https://www.readingrockets.org/article/summer-reading-loss
School Library Journal article on Range, an app that locates free summer meals and libraries as safe havens
Start With a Book
Summer Reading Loss: School Library Journal Interview with Dick Allington
Unite for Literacy – digital picture books narrated in a variety of international languages
https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/
Filed under: Awards, Book Lists, Book Reviews, Summer Reading
About Grace Enriquez
Grace is an associate professor of language and literacy at Lesley University. A former English Language Arts teacher, reading specialist, and literacy consultant, she teaches and writes about children’s literature, critical literacies, and literacies and embodiment. Grace is co-author of The Reading Turn-Around and co-editor of Literacies, Learning, and the Body.
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