Award winners announced

The American Library Association announced the following award winners at their conference this morning:

Newbery Medal
The Higher Power of Lucky - Susan Patron

Newbery Honor Books
Penny from Heaven - Jennifer L. Holm
Hattie Big Sky - Kirby Larson
Rules - Cynthia Lord

Caldecott Medal
Flotsam - David Wiesner

Caldecott Honor Books
Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet - David McLimans
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom - ill. by Kadir Nelson

Theodore Geisel Medal
Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways - Laura McGee Kvasnosky

Theodore Geisel Honor Books
Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride - Kate DiCamillo
Move Over, Rover - Karen Beaumont
Not a Box - Antoinette Portis

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom - ill. by Kadir Nelson

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books
Jazz - ill. by Christopher Myers
Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes - ill. by Benny Andrews

Coretta Scott King Author Award
Copper Sun - Sharon Draper

Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books
The Road to Paris - Nikki Grimes

Sibert Informational Book Medal
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon - Catherine Thimmesh

Sibert Honor Books
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement - Ann Bausum
Quest for the Tree Kangaroo - Sy Montgomery
To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel - Siena Cherson Siegel

As you can see, we do not yet have all these books, but we will get them as soon as possible. There are links back to the library catalog for the books we have or that are on order already.