Sunday, December 27, 2015

The Awards: A "putting my money where my mouth is" retrospective for 2015

This is the awards hibiscus.
Like the statistics octopus.
It's a thing.
So, every year, more or less, I post one of my "putting my money where my mouth is" lists of which award titles I purchased. This year I suddenly realized that, although I make a lot of guesses about what will and won't circulate, I never really follow up. So, here is how the award books I purchased did this year in my library. Of course, there are a lot of other factors - how long have we owned them, did I push them at pre-summer school booktalks, average circulation in those areas (easy readers circulate more than teen fiction) the books I forgot to put on this list, etc. but this gives you a rough idea.

I've highlighted titles that had really good circulation, compared to the average circ of their location.

Cybils Awards (* were also ALA awards)
  • Here comes the Easter cat by Deborah Underwood
    • Added March 2014
    • Circulation: 10
  • Maple by Lori Nichols
    • Added May 2014
    • Personally recommended to multiple parents
    • Circulation: 21
  • Shhh! We have a plan by Chris Haughton
    • Added May 2015
    • Circulation: 15
  • This is a moose by Richard Morris
    • Added May 2014
    • Booktalked at pre-summer visits to great acclaim
    • Circulation: 21
  • Chasing Cheetahs by Sy Montgomery
    • Added June 2015
    • Used in book club
    • Circulation: 15
  • Feathers by Melissa Stewart
    • Added February 2014
    • Used in birdwatching station display; Used in outreach visit storytimes
    • Circulation: 22
  • When lunch fights back by Rebecca Johnson
    • Added September 2014
    • Booktalked at pre-summer visits; On staff picks display
    • Circulation: 14
  • Extraordinary Warren by Sarah Dillard
    • Added February 2014
    • Booktalked at pre-summer visits
    • Circulation: 13
  • Like carrot juice on a cupcake by Julie Sternberg
    • Added May 2014
    • Circulation: 6
  • Lulu and the rabbit next door by Hilary McKay
    • Added February 2014
    • Circulation: 11
  • My new friend is so fun by Mo Willems
    • Added 2 copies July 2014
    • Circulation: 41/34
  • Okay Andy by Maxwell Eaton
    • Added July 2014
    • Circulation: 22
  • Pigsticks and Harold and the incredible journey by Alex Milway
    • Added April 2015
    • Booktalked at pre-summer visits, used in book club
    • Circulation: 10
  • Chicken Squad the first misadventure by Doreen Cronin
    • Added May 2014
    • Circulation: 14
  • Violet Mackerel's possible friend by Anna Branford
    • Added June 2014
    • Circulation: 12
  • Bird and squirrel on ice by James Burk
    • Added November 2014
    • Circulation: 17
  • *El Deafo by Cece Bell
    • Added September 2014
    • Booktalked at pre-summer visits, Used in book club
    • Circulation: 12
  • Death by Toilet Paper by Donna Gephart
    • Added August 2014
    • Circulation: 9
  • Ice dogs by Terry Lynn Johnson
    • Added May 2014
    • Booktalked at pre-summer visits
    • Circulation: 18
  • *Crossover by Kwame Alexander
    • Added March 2015
    • Circulation: 9
  • Meaning of Maggie by Megan Sovern
    • Added May 2014
    • Circulation: 10
  • Castle behind thorns by Merrie Haskell
    • Added July 2014
    • Circulation: 9
  • Jupiter Pirates: Hunt for the Hydra by Jason Fry
    • Added January 2015 (donated by the author)
    • Booktalked at pre-summer visits
    • Circulation: 5
  • *Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Wilson
    • Added October 2014
    • Booktalked at pre-summer visits
    • Circulation: 17
  • Hi Koo by Jon Muth
    • Added March 2014
    • Circulation: 21
  • Be a changemaker by Laurie Ann Thompson
    • Added December 2014
    • Circulation: 3
  • Port Chicago 50 by Steve Sheinkin
    • Added February 2014
    • Circulation: 10
ALA Awards
  • Beekle by Dan Santat
    • Added May 2014
    • Circulation: 20
  • Nana in the city by Lauren Castillo
    • Added March 2015
    • Circulation: 20
  • Sam and Dave dig a hole by Jon Klassen
    • Added October 2014
    • Circulation: 21
  • You are (not) small by Anna Kang
    • Added July 2014
    • Circulation: 25
  • Neighborhood sharks by Katherine Roy
    • Added October 2014
    • Booktalked at pre-summer visits
    • Circulation: 9
  • Little Roja Riding Hood by Susan Elya
    • Added April 2015
    • Circulation: 7
  • Green is a chile pepper by Roseanne Thong
    • Added February 2014
    • Circulation: 12
  • Boy and a jaguar by Alan Rabinowitz
    • Added March 2015
    • Circulation: 14
  • I'll give you the sun by Nelson Jandy
    • Added September 2014
    • Circulation: 14
  • And we stay by Jenny Hubbard
    • Added March 2015
    • Circulation: 7

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