Divided into three sections-Easy Books, Middle-Grade Readers, and Young Adult-Nancy Pearl makes wonderful reading connections by theme, setting, voice, and ideas. The Book Lust audience is committed to reading, and here is a smart and entertaining tool for picking the best books for kids. She is the model for the Librarian Action Figure.From picture books to chapter books, YA fiction and nonfiction, Nancy Pearl has developed more thematic lists of books to enjoy.
Among her many honors and awards are the 2004 Women's National Book Association Award the Brava Award from the Seattle Women's University Club, recognizing "women of exceptional ability in the Greater Seattle Area " the 2004 Louis Shores Greenwood Publishing Group Award for excellence in the reviewing of books and other materials for libraries the 2004 Media and Communications Award from the Ontario, Canada, Library Association the 2003 Humanities Washington Award, "which recognizes an individual or organization whose time and talents enlarge the meaning of the humanities in our lives and whose work reflects the spirit and programs of Humanities Washington " and the Public Library Association's 2001 Allie Beth Martin Award, which "recognizes a public librarian demonstrating a range and depth of knowledge about books and other library materials and the distinguished ability to share that knowledge." She also was named the Totem Business and Professional Women’s "1998 Woman of Achievement" award and received the 1997 Open Book Award from the Pacific Northwest Writers Conference. Pearl received her library degree in 1967 from the University of Michigan. Doctorow, Ann Patchett, and Terry Pratchett. On her monthly television show, Book Lust with Nancy Pearl, she has interviewed authors as diverse as E.
In 2004 she was awarded the Women's National Book Association Award, given to "a living American woman who … has done meritorious work in the world of books beyond the duties or responsibilities of her profession or occupation." In 1998, Library Journal named her Fiction Reviewer of the Year. She's the author of Book Crush: For Kids and Teens: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Interest Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason and More Book Lust: 1,000 New Reading Recommendations for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason, all published by Sasquatch Books. Nancy Pearl speaks about the pleasures of reading to library and community groups throughout the world and comments on books regularly on NPR's Morning Edition.
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