What's New?
May 6, 2017
Real Friends: A True Story About Cool Kids and Crybabies is a graphic novel memoir by Shannon Hale, with illustrations by LeUyen Pham. It's a brilliant story - in comic book format - about the struggles of navigating friendship in middle school.
I was elected to the 2019 Newbery Selection Committee!!! This means I will be reading like crazy during 2018 to help choose the most distinguished contribution to American children's literature written that year. I am so excited!!! A huge thank you to those who gave me your vote!
Happy Reading!
—Sondra Eklund
“To give those librarians, who make it their life work to serve children's reading interests, an opportunity to encourage good writing in this field.”
—Frederic Melcher, in his agreement to establish the Newbery Medal, 1922