Sunday, February 1, 2009

ALA Announces Winners

The ALA announced the winners of the Caldecott and Newbery Medals on Jan. 21, 2008. Take a look at these books to see if you liked their choices:

2009 Caldecott Medal Winner:
  • The House in the Night, illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson

2009 Caldecott Honors:
  • A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, written and illustrated by Marla Frazee
  • How I Learned Geography, written and illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
  • A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant

2009 Newbery Medal Winner

  • The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean

2009 Newbery Honors:

  • The Underneath by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by David Small
  • The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle
  • Savvy by Ingrid Law
  • After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson

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