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January 13, 2016 by Travis Jonker

Reaction Tweets of the 2016 Youth Media Award Winners

January 13, 2016 by Travis Jonker   2 comments

Here’s a batch of first reactions from the recent class of Youth Media Award winners…

Matt de la Peña: Newbery Medal, Last Stop on Market Street:

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pic.twitter.com/1XfKCCSAcP

— Matt de la Pena (@mattdelapena) January 11, 2016

Sophie Blackall: Caldecott Medal, Finding Winnie:

Told the cat I'd won the #Caldecott. She couldn't care less. pic.twitter.com/I59i8A9YYQ

— Sophie Blackall (@SophieBlackall) January 12, 2016

Victoria Jamieson: Newbery Honor, Roller Girl:

Where to go to celebrate the Newbery Honor? The library, of course. Thank you, #alayma, for this incredible honor. pic.twitter.com/4BQ3zKLLWU

— Victoria Jamieson (@JamiesonV) January 11, 2016

Rita Williams-Garcia: Coretta Scott King Author Award, Gone Crazy in Alabama:

Having the sweet with the sweet! Congrats to my fellow #2016CSK winners! pic.twitter.com/Fosj2QMBnD

— Rita Williams-Garcia (@OneCrazyRita) January 11, 2016

Jason Reynolds: Coretta Scott King Author Honor Award: All American Boys, The Boy in the Black Suit:

THANK YOU, everyone! Floating…

— Jason Reynolds News (@JasonReynolds83) January 11, 2016

Ronald L. Smith: Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award

Thanks, everyone, for all the congrats on HOODOO winning the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award! #ALAyma #ALAMW16

— Ronald L. Smith Left (@RonSmithbooks) January 11, 2016

Laura Ruby: Printz Award, Bone Gap:

https://twitter.com/thatlauraruby/status/686916592471531520

Meg Medina: Pura Belpré Author Honor, Mango, Abuela, and Me:

https://twitter.com/Meg_Medina/status/686555027050082304

Alex Gino: Stonewall Book Award, George:

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! https://t.co/0J8Zza9XvJ

— Alex Gino (@lxgino) January 11, 2016

Jonathan Fenske: Geisel Honor, A Pig, a Box, and a Fox:

Getting the kids off to school here in Colorado and did a quick check of my email. Oh, wow. #alayma #geisel

— Jonathan Fenske (@JonathanFenske) January 11, 2016

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About Travis Jonker

Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

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  1. Kimbra Power says

    January 14, 2016 at 8:13 pm

    Such a fun post, thanks for this.

  2. Donna Gephart says

    January 20, 2016 at 4:23 pm

    That was just great. Thanks for gathering those terrific responses!

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