NEWBERY, CALDECOTT, AND PRINTZ MEDAL WINNERS!

This morning, beginning at 8 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, in Philadelphia, the 2014 Youth Media Awards were announced at the American Library Associations Mid-Winter conference. This is the Academy Awards of the children's book industry. It is a big deal and librarians all around the globe wait to find out if any of the books they were rooting for win. I never get it right, but that's okay. It doesn't matter. The reading and hoping and wondering is all part of the excitement. I will say, and quite proudly, that this Library owns most of the honor and winners.

Without further ado, here are the award winners and honor books.

For the Randolph Caldecott Award
Honor books are:
Journey, written and illustrated by Aaron Becker
Flora and the Flamingo, written and illustrated by Molly Idle
Mr. Wuffles, written and illustrated by David Wiesner

And the winner is...
Locomotive, illustrated by Brian Floca

For the John Newbery Medal:
Honor books are:
Doll Bones, written by Holly Black
The Year of Billy Miller, written by Kevin Henkes  (Kevin won a Newbery honor in 2004 for Olive's Ocean)
One Came Home, written by Amy Timberlake
Paperboy written by Vince Vawter

And the winner is...
Flora & Ulysses: the Illuminated Adventure by Kate DiCamillo (She wrote Because of Winn Dixie)

The Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults (ages 13 to 18)
Honor books are:
Eleanor & Park, by Rainbow Rowell
Kingdom of the Little Wounds, by Susann Cokal
Maggot Moon, by Sally Gardner
Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool (Clare won the Newbery Medal in 2011 for Moon Over Manifest) 

And the winner is...
Mindwinterblood, written by Marcus Sedgwick (Marcus won a Printz honor in 2011 for Revolver)

Happy Reading...