The Book of Life

Ten years ago in 2009, the Sydney Taylor Book Award committee dreamed up the brilliant idea of celebrating each year's gold and silver medalists with a blog tour: a virtual book tour in which authors and illustrators appear on a variety of Jewish and literary blogs during a celebratory week soon after the annual winner reveal. Because the Internet is forever (mostly), you can still read interviews from ten years' worth of winners! 2009 COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS, HONORS AND NOTABLES SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2009 Karen Hesse , author of Brooklyn Bridge Sydney Taylor Book Award winner in the Older Readers Category at Jewish Books for Children Aranka Siegal , author of Memories of Babi Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner in the Older Readers Category at The Book of Life MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2009 Richard Michelson , author of As Good As Anybody Sydney Taylor Book Award winner in the Younger Readers Category and A is for Abraham Sydney Taylor Honor Award winner in the You...

The Sydney Taylor Book Award will be showcasing its 2019 gold and silver medalists with a Blog Tour, February 10-14, 2019! Interviews with winning authors and illustrators and with the award committee leadership will appear on a variety of Jewish and literary blogs. Interviews will appear on the dates below, and will remain available to read at your own convenience. Below is the schedule for the 2019 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour. Please follow the links to visit the hosting blogs on or after their tour dates, and be sure to leave them plenty of comments! 2019 SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARD BLOG TOUR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2019 Emily Jenkins  and  Paul Zelinsky , author and illustrator of  All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah Sydney Taylor Book Award in the Younger Readers Category At  Out of the Box at the Horn Book Barb Rosenstock  and  Mary GrandPré , author and illustrator of  Through the Window: Views of Marc Chagall's Life Sydney Taylor Honor ...