YALSA songwriting contest (Your fave teen could be the next Miley, Hannah, or God forbid, Britney. Relax, none of them actually write songs.) (School Library Journal)

- How to Raise Your Parents: A Teen Girl's Survival Guide (With all of the parenting books out there, here's a book about raising parents.) (Chronicle Books)

- Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village wins the top prize (Librarian Laura Amy Schlitz' slice of medieval life takes the 2008 Newbery Award.) (Publishers Weekly)

- Visit the American Library Association (for all of the winners of the major awards.)

- The Guardian series spotlights illustrators (This week they discuss...who else, Brian Selznick.)

- Simon & Schuster and Ball State University begin an unprecedented relationship (The children's publisher and the Indianna University will partner up for three years to offer students access to their fave authors and illustrators via interactive webcasts.) (PR Newswire)

- Open Wide, Look Inside (This new blog explores non-fiction kids books. Great resource with lots of listings. Although not exclusively YA, these titles can be used in many ways with a range of ages. I love picture books with teens when approached the right way.)

- The great books of the future. (Enough with the best of 2007 already. Folks are starting to get fired up about all of the great books coming in 2008. Here's the Ya Ya Ya's can't-wait-to-read list.) (Chasing Ray)

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