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