Congrats to ALA Award Winners!

ALA announced the 2011 award winners today at Midwinter. Here are some highlights!

John Newbery Medal:

Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool 

Newbery Honor Books:

• Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
• Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
• Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Rick Allen
• One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia  

Randolph Caldecott Medal:

A Sick Day for Amos McGee illustrated by Erin E. Stead and written by Philip C. Stead

Caldecott Honor Books:

• Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave illustrated by Bryan Collier and written by Laban Carrick Hill
• Interrupting Chicken written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein

Michael L. Printz Award:

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

Printz Honor Books:

• Stolen by Lucy Christopher
• Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
• Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
• Nothing by Janne Teller

Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award:

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books:

• Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers
• Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
• Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri, illustrated by Randy DuBurke

William C. Morris Award (a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens):

The Freak Observer by Blythe Woolston

Morris Honor Books:

• Hush by Eishes Chayil
• Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey
• Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lisa McBride
• Crossing the Tracks by Barbara Stuber  

For the full list of award winners, you can go to ALA's official press release here:
http://ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pr.cfm?id=6048

Congatulations to all the winners!
Enjoy your reading!
Christi