Betsy Bird Returns to Host SLJ’s Youth Media Awards Pre-Game—and Post-Game—Show

And now, the moment of reckoning is upon us. That is: the announcement of the 2015 American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards.

Elizabeth (Betsy) Bird (left) and Lori Prince (right) will return to host School Library Journal’s second—so far, annual—live pre-game show presented via Google Hangout at 8:30 a.m. ET/7:30 CT on Monday February 2, 2015. So grab some coffee, tune in, and join the fun. (Follow SLJ on Google+ for an invitation to the event. Direct RSVP to pre-game show, and the post-game show following the YMA announcements)

Expect a no-holds-barred conversation about the most highly anticipated honors in children’s publishing, including the prestigious Newbery and Caldecott awards.

Bird, New York Public Library’s youth materials collections specialist and blogger, “A Fuse # 8 Production,” and Prince, director, publisher and author relations for First Book and a former children’s librarian will reprise their hosting duties from last year’s Youth Media Awards Pre-Game, Post-Game Show, which again will stream live from SLJ’s offices in New York City.

Stay tuned after the award announcements for a post-game wrap-up, and Bird and Prince will respond to your comments and questions via the live chat and on Twitter (#sljpregame). The official hashtag for the 2015 Youth Media Awards is #ALAyma.

The pre-game show will precede the award announcements, which will be streamed live at 8 a.m. CT from ALA’s Midwinter Meeting in Chicago. After the announcements, the SLJ post-game show will commence at around 9:30 a.m CT (10:30 a.m. ET).

SLJ-Pre-game Show dance number: ALA Youth Media Awards 2014 from School Library Journal on Vimeo.