Monday, January 10, 2011

Newbery, Caldecott Awards and...

Just a recap from the awards announcements here at ALA Midwinter:

Newbery Medal - Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Caldecott Medal - A Sick Day for Amos McGee illustrated by Erin E. Stead
Printz Award - Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
Coretta Scott King Award - One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award - Tomie de Paola
Margaret A. Edwards Award - Sir Terry Pratchett
Arbuthnot Lecture selection - Peter Sis
Pura Belpre Award went to SDSU alum Pam Munoz Ryan for The Dreamer
Geisel Award went to Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee

For more awardees and honor books, see the ALA Youth Media Awards site at ala.org/yma

Best, Linda Salem

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