The Sydney Taylor Shmooze

The 2024 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour features interviews with the gold and silver medal-winning authors and illustrators. Links to all participating blogs can be found on the Association of Jewish Libraries website at JewishLibraries.org/Blog , as well as below. Enjoy! BLOG TOUR SCHEDULE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2024 Richard Ho and Lynn Scurfield, author and illustrator of Two New Years Sydney Taylor Book Award in the Picture Book Category at 100 Scope Notes at School Library Journal   Elissa Brent Weissman and Omer Hoffmann, author and illustrator of Hanukkah Upside Down Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Picture Book Category at The Pragmatic Mom Tziporah Cohen and Yaara Eshet, author and illustrator of Afikomen Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Picture Book Category at Out of the Box at The Horn Book Elisa Boxer and Amy June Bates, author and illustrator of Hidden Hope Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Picture Book Category at Picture Books Help Kids Soar TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2024 Susan

The Real Sydney Taylor Book Awards were announced on January 22, 2024! Let's see how our Mock Awards compare to the Real Awards... PICTURE BOOKS Mock and Real Awards agree: the picture book gold medalist is Two New Years   by   Richard Ho , ill.   Lynn Scurfield .  There was also agreement between Real and Mock Awards that a silver medal should go to Hanukkah Upside Down   by   Elissa Brent Weissman , ill.   Omer Hoffman . MIDDLE GRADE The Mock Awards gave a middle grade bronze medal to The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman   by   Mari Lowe , but the Real Awards gave it the gold! Both Real and Mock Awards agreed that The Jake Show   by   Joshua S. Levy should get a silver medal. YOUNG ADULT The Mock Award young adult gold went to Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe   by   Steve Sheinkin , which was a Real silver medalist. Real and Mock Awards agreed that a silver medal should go to Going Bicoastal   by   Dahlia Adler . Mock Award bronze medalis