YA Lit Textbook ch 8 review

Ch 8 Awards
Book awards & book lists are the main focus of this chapter. The text of this chapter consists of hyperlinks that lead to the numerous book award & book list sites. Each site has a history of the award or reason for the list, along with a list of titles.
Take Away
Media specialists/librarians should be aware of the different awards and book lists, what the award/list is about, and which titles have been placed on the list or awarded the prize.  A patron of your library could greatly benefit with a title that has been placed on one of those lists/awards. As media specialists/librarians we should be aware of the titles that may have been placed on the lists/been given awards, as that speaks for the titles. We read in chapters 1 and 6 that we should be suggesting books that will allow our readers to grow, knowing what books are “out there” would allow us to make the best choices to best serve our patrons.  The books on those lists/award recipients are books that have been read and analyzed to best fit the list/award, media specialists/librarians are not capable of reading every book published, using the curated lists and award winners is a way of reading books that are considered worthy of being in your library.   

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