This is the day that librarians across the country look forward to all year, anxiously waiting to hear if our favorite books have been awarded their well deserved due. So without further ado: Newbery Medal: Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos. Honor Books: Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai and Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin. Caldecott Medal: A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka. Honor books: Blackout by John Rocco, Grandpa Green by Lane Smith and Me…Jane by Patrick McDonnell. For additional awards and honor books please see the ALA press release http://ala.org/news/pr?id=9108. And if you want to know what your librarians really think should have won or our favorites of the year, please stop by the Children’s Room and we’ll be glad to share.
2012 ALA Youth Media Awards Announced
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