Everyone shone bright at the #alaac25 Newbery Caldecott Legacy Awards Banquet. That light reflected off a sea of red satin capes—a nod to Caldecott winner Chooch Helped. It reflected off the rhinestones in Erin Entrada Kelly’s necklace as she accepted her second Newbery medal in her lifetime.* And it reflected in the audience’s eyes as Legacy winner Carole Boston Weatherford led us in singing “This Little Light of Mine” after accepting the award for her body of work.
Not a single winner shied away from acknowledging those who try to extinguish the spark that creates these works. The kindling that publishes them. The wind that circulates them like wildfire. But they also acknowledged that it makes each and every one of us shining our light all the more important.
The Award Winners’ Speeches
“What we feed grows,” Chooch Helped illustrator Rebecca Lee Kunz said. Chooch Helped was Kunz’s first picture book, suggesting the beginning to a bright illustrating career.
Kelly shared about what she learned from her experience with cancer. “This world, as dark as it gets and as dark as it feels, is full of wonderful, empathetic people,” Kelly said.
And Weatherford committed to leading us through every verse of “This Little Light of Mine” even though—in her words—“You’ll see why I should keep my day job.” Weatherford’s forthcoming picture book, Let it Shine!: A Celebration of You, sets the spiritual’s lyrics to illustrations by Tequitia Andrews.
How do you “let it shine”? Drop a line in the comments or at ktaksier@ufl.edu.
Both the written and recorded versions of the winners’ speeches will be available online shortly.
*Nonetheless, Kelly cited her daughter as “her greatest and loudest achievement.” (I swore I misheard that but Kelly is known for her humor.)
Kelley Taksier (they/them/theirs) is a former classroom teacher pursuing a Ph.D in special education at the University of Florida. Currently their research focuses on students’ access to texts in public schools. As a part of this work, they collaborate with school and public librarians. They are proud to be a part of Diverse BookFinder’s third Community of Practice cohort and enjoy reading science fiction outside of the reading they do as a part of their work. As for #alaac25, they are most looking forward to learning about how to be a better advocate for libraries.
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Everyone shone bright at the #alaac25 Newbery Caldecott Legacy Awards Banquet. That light reflected off a sea of red satin capes—a nod to Caldecott winner Chooch Helped. It reflected off the rhinestones in Erin Entrada Kelly’s necklace as she accepted her second Newbery medal in her lifetime.* And it reflected in the audience’s eyes as Legacy winner Carole Boston Weatherford led us in singing “This Little Light of Mine” after accepting the award for her body of work. Not a single winner shied away from acknowledging those who try to extinguish the spark that creates these works. The kindling that publishes them. The wind that circulates them like wildfire. But they also acknowledged that it makes each and every one of us shining our light all the more important. The Award Winners’ Speeches “What we feed grows,” Chooch Helped illustrator Rebecca Lee Kunz said. Chooch Helped was Kunz’s first picture book, suggesting…
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