As Bloggers Against Celebrity Authors founder and let’s say president, I see it as the kid lit equivalent of the four horsemen of the apocalypse when the Children's Choice Book Awards Author of the Year is Rush Limbaugh. I'm sure that there are and will be many thoughtful articles about what happened to make the winner of a prestigious children's literature award for Rush Revere and The Brave Pilgrims: Time-Travel Adventures With Exceptional Americans. But all I can say is, "Dear God, what have we done?"
The power of the bestseller was a slippery slope for children's literature awards. Certainly the power of the celebrity author - with their top budget promotions and guaranteed WalMart shelf space - was enough for a snarky online cause like Bloggers Against Celebrity Authors. But now, we've added to this mixture the nebulous and sometimes nefarious power of the Internet, which allows anyone to vote for this now-less-prestigious award. There is no way - NO WAY! - that children voted for Rush Limbaugh over Rick Riordan or Veronica Roth.
I'll let cooler heads prevail on what happens next, but for what it's worth BACA's back!
Though perhaps, a little too late.
Rush Limbaugh? Are you kidding me?
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By: Pam Coughlan,
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By: Seira Wilson,
on 4/26/2012
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Only one week left to vote for the Children's Choice Book Awards and over 500,000 votes are in but some of the finalists are neck and neck. 
If you haven't voted yet, there is still have time to finish that last nominee on the nightstand and help pick the winnners of 2012--just get your vote in by May 3rd.
Check back after the awards gala on May 7th, the kick off to Children's Book Week, to find out who won. Below is a refresher on the categories and finalists--which book will you vote for?
Kindergarten - Grade 2:
Grade 3 - Grade 4:
- Bad Kitty Meets the Baby
- Squish #1: Super Amoeba
- Sidekicks
- The Monstrous Book of Monsters
- A Funeral in the Bathroom: and Other School Bathroom Poems
Grade 5 - Grade 6:
- Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog
- Okay for Now
- Bad Island
- Lost and Found: Three by Shaun Tan
- How to Survive Anything: Shark Attack, Lightning, Embarrassing Parents, Pop Quizzes, and Other Perilous Situations
Teen:
And don't forget to vote on the
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