Today is the day! It's AWARDS day! And WHAT A DAY! The American Library Association announced the Youth Media Awards today to much fanfare, and let me tell you, it was so thrilling to see books that I have read and loved being recognized for their excellence. I shouted with joy as I watched. These awards are the Oscars of our industry, and celebrating them makes me so very happy. I had planned to feature the cover of the book that won the Caldecott today, but I've featured it

Welcome to Cover Collection, my (mostly) weekly series about book covers that I love, and why I love them. Since I missed last week because my planned blog posts got derailed by my NCTE news (YAAAAY NCTE!), I'm going to post TWO cover posts this week! And since April is National Poetry Month, I'm focusing on books written in either free verse, or straight-up rhyme. Today, we're looking at the cover of THE UNDEFEATED, written by Kwame Alexander, and designed by Cara Llewellyn