Book Awards!

Today is the day that many librarians absolutely live for: ALA book award announcements. I have to admit that I don't play the whole guessing game, following who might be up for awards, but I do enjoy learning who the winners are. This year I've only heard of a few of the titles, and I'm pretty excited to find and read the rest:


Caldecott Winner: A Sick Day for Amos McGee illustrated by Erin E. Stead and written by Philip C. Stead
Caldecott Honors: Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill and Interrupting Chicken written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein





Newbery Winner: Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Newbery Honors: Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night written by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Rick Allen; Heart of a Samuri by Margi Preus; One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garci and Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm





Printz Winner: Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
Printz Honors: Stolen by Lucy Christopher, Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King, Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick and Nothing by Janne Teller







Other notable awards
Coretta Scott King Award - One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
YALSA Excellence in nonfiction award - Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing by Ann Angel
Pura Belpre Award - The Dreamer by Pam Muñoz Ryan and illustrated by Peter Sis
Theodor Suess Geisel award - Bink and Gollie by Kate diCamillo and Alison McGhee, illustrated by Tony Fucile