AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The American Library Association today announced the 2009 award winners for Children and Young Adult books and media. For a full list of all the award winners go to
www.ala.org

The winner of the John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to children's literature was awarded to Neil Gaiman, author of "The Graveyard Book," illustrated by Dave McKean and published by HarperCollins Children's Books.

Newbery Honor Books were: "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; and "After Tupac & D Foster," by Jacqueline Woodson.

The winner of the Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children is Beth Krommes, illustrator of "The House in the Night," written by Susan Marie Swanson and published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Three Caldecott Honor Books were named: "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; and "A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams," illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant.

Winners of the Coretta Scott King Book Award recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults are: "We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball," written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, is the King Author Book winner. The book is published by Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group. "The Blacker the Berry," illustrated by Floyd Cooper, written by Joyce Carol Thomas and published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, is the King Illustrator Book winner.

Three Illustrator Honor Books were selected: "We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball," written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson; "Before John Was a Jazz Giant," by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Sean Qualls; and "The Moon Over Star" by Dianna Hutts Aston, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award. Shadra Strickland, illustrator of "Bird," written by Zetta Elliott, is the Steptoe winner. The book is published by Lee & Low Books.

For a list of all award and honor books, including the Belpre, Geisel,and others visit the ala.org site.

Children's/YA Awards will be announced .....

The American Library Association (ALA) will provide a free live Webcast of its national announcement of the best books and media for children and young adults on January 26 at 7:45 a.m. MT. The award announcements are made as part of the ALA Midwinter Meeting, which will bring together more than 10,000 librarians, publishers, authors and guests in Denver from January 23 to 28.

Unikron, a streaming content provider, will host the ALA Youth Media Awards Webcast. Online visitors will be able to view the live Webcast the morning of the announcements by going to http://www.unikron.com/clients/ala-webcast-2009. This link is not yet live, but those interested in following the action online should bookmark and use the URL.

ALA will instantly announce winners of the 2009 Youth Media Awards using the micro-blogging service Twitter. For the first time ever, members can follow the Youth Media Awards at http://twitter.com/ALAyma , and receive live updates on award winners as they are announced during the ceremony. Users of Twitter can read and follow posts — referred to as 'tweets'—instantly, either through ALA's Twitter page, RSS, SMS Text Messaging (if enabled), or social networking sites such as Facebook, with the Twitter add-on.

Check back in here Monday afternoon to see the list!

WELCOME BACK!

Welcome back to a new semester! We at the Curriculum Library hope it is a successful one. You will find many changes this semester at the Library as the first floor of the west wing is remodelled to make way for the new Learning Commons. Access to all open floors is from the first floor of the East Wing. Signs and helpful library staff are happy to assist so make sure to ask if you have any questions!

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