2011 ALA Book Awards

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

Caldecott Medal:
Winner: A Sick Day for Amos McGee, illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead
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

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

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award:
Winner: Bink and Gollie, by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, illustrated by Tony Fucile

There is a host of other awards, which you can read about here at Publishers Weekly.

Of these, I have read only Caldecott Medal Honor book Interrupting Chicken, written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein. I recommend it!

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