2020 Blog Tour Day 1

It's the first day of the 2020 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour! These interviews with the most recent winners of the Real Award provide a great opportunity for us to see the qualities the Real Committee is looking for.

Today we look at the gold medalists in the Picture Book and Middle Grade categories, respectively, The Book Rescuer by Sue Macy with pictures by Stacy Innerst, and White Bird by R.J. Palacio of Wonder fame.

• The Book Rescuer at 100 Scope Notes at School Library Journal 
• White Bird at The Paper Brigade Daily at The Jewish Book Council

These are both stories about various kinds of rescue: saving books, saving human beings, saving language, saving culture. Does Jewish children's literature perform a rescuing function in the world? Do book awards? Please leave a comment below and let us know what you think.

The Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour
February 9-13, 2020
Click here for full blog tour schedule