ALA | Midwinter Awards Static Page
ALA | Midwinter Awards Static Page
American Library Association announces literary award winners
Newbery Medal
Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
Four Newbery Honor Books also were named:
Whittington by Alan Armstrong, illustrated by S.D. Schindler
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson
Caldecott Medal
The Hello, Goodbye Window illustrated by Chris Raschka
Four Caldecott Honor Books also were named
Rosa illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Nikki Giovanni
Zen Shorts written and illustrated by Jon J. Muth
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems illustrated by Beckie Prange, written by Joyce Sidman
Michael Printz Award
Looking for Alaska written by John Green
Four Printz Honor Books also were named:
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth, a Photographic Biography by Elizabeth Partridge
A Wreath for Emmett Till written by Marilyn Nelson, illustrated by Philippe Lardy
Coretta KIng Awards
“Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue,” written by Julius Lester, is the King Author Book winner
“Rosa,” illustrated by Bryan Collier, is the King Illustrator Book winner. The book was written by Nikki Giovanni and published by Henry Holt and Company.
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