Midwinter 2020 Top 10 Tweets—Day 4

By Crystal Carrazco | January 28, 2020

Welcome back to the last day of the top ten tweets!

We started off the day waiting in line for the Youth Media Awards.

I’m up and ready to head over to the #alamw20 Youth Media Awards. Yes, I’m early. I like it that way.

— Tom Bober (@CaptainLibrary) January 27, 2020

And then the awards began!

https://twitter.com/alizateach/status/1221792101500882945

https://twitter.com/stynnelahl/status/1221938480768417792

Where we all collectively celebrated the first graphic novel to win the Newbery!(!!!!)

#alamw20 #tlchat …Excuse my screaming!!!! 🤩🤩🤩Jerry Craft’s ‘New Kid’ wins the 2020 Newbery. The first graphic novel to win this award! pic.twitter.com/i1GpyQKbMK

— K.C. the School Librarian of Wakanda🙅🏽‍♀️ (@Boss_Librarian) January 27, 2020

For the few folks who were in meetings though, it was definitely a morning.

https://twitter.com/mmegherman/status/1221794898405400577

After, we headed back to our rooms to nap/long lunch.

https://twitter.com/readitrealgood/status/1221842967754919936

….before heading to Chanel Miller’s closing session, which inspired us all.

https://twitter.com/LibrarianLove/status/1221873393903046663

A weekend of learning and growing as a librarian is done. Ending with Chanel Miller’s interview and she made us a graphic novel! #knowmyname #alamw20 pic.twitter.com/KcJgKLByAK

— Laura (she/her) (@sand_bos) January 27, 2020

And after the YMAs and Chanel Miller, it was time for some sightseeing.

https://twitter.com/librarian_lush/status/1221766956967243777

And it’s finally a wrap! Now time to find out where to put all of these #alamw20 ARCs in your suitcase.

#alamw20 what a great time! Did I mention the books? 📚📚🐛🐛🐛 pic.twitter.com/mHccggJP0i

— JW Bookworm 📚📚🐛🐛 (@jwbookworm) January 27, 2020

CRYSTAL CARRAZCO is membership communications specialist with ALA.

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Chanel Miller, author of Know My Name, speaks at ALA's 2020 Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits in PhiladelphiaPhoto: EPNAC

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