Category Archives: Book Awards

How did the year go by so fast? Fortunately it’s not quite over yet! There’s still one more month for you to nominate picture books for the 2015 CLEL Bell Awards for Early Literacy! The Bell Picture Book Awards are … Continue reading →

Whoop! Nominations are now open for the 2015 CLEL Bell Picture Book Awards for Early Literacy! You remember me yammering on last year about the Bell Awards, I am sure. If not, the CLEL Bell Awards are a new way … Continue reading →

Just a quick reminder that my amazing colleague Laurie Anne Armstrong and I will be presenting another free Early Childhood Investigations webinar for Follett Early Learning on February 26! Our new session is called Early Literacy Beyond Circle Time: Integrating … Continue reading →

Ta-dah! Over a year of reading and discussing culminates today in the announcement of the first CLEL Bell Awards! Can’t wait to see which titles won? Head over to the CLEL website to find out! This new picture book award … Continue reading →

I have been working with a phenomenal group of librarians this year, launching the brand-new Bell Picture Book Awards. Our very first annual awards will be announced February 5, 2014, and we’re getting pretty excited. We will announce one book … Continue reading →

What are the Bell Awards? Well, don’t worry if you don’t know yet because I will be talking about them a lot for the rest of the year! The CLEL Bell Awards are a brand-new recognition of picture books that … Continue reading →

(aka Why Mel Hasn’t Posted Much of Anything for Two Months Now) Thanks to my brilliant friend and colleague Carol Edwards, I have had the amazing opportunity this year to help launch a new picture book initiative, the CLEL Bell … Continue reading →