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Library Association Announces Award Winners| Newbery Award | |
| John Newbery Medal the most
prestigious award in children's literature honoring the most outstanding
writing of works published in the United States during the previous year. |
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Laura Amy Schlitz,
author of "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
Thirteenth-century England springs to life using 21 dramatic individual narratives that introduce young inhabitants of village and manor; from Hugo, the lord's nephew, to Nelly, the sniggler. Schlitz's elegant monologues and dialogues draw back the curtain on the period, revealing character and relationships, hinting at stories untold. |
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| Newbery Honor Books | |
"Elijah of Buxton" by
Christopher Paul Curtis |
 "The Wednesday War" by Gary D. Schmidt |
 "Feathers"
by Jacqueline Woodson |
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| Caldecott Award | |
| Randolph Caldecott Medal the
most prestigious award in children's literature honoring the most
outstanding illustration of works published in the United States during the previous year. |
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"The Invention of Hugo Cabret", by Brian Selznick
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| Caldecott Honor Books | |
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 "First the Egg", written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger |
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 "Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity", written and illustrated by Mo Willems |
"Henry's Freedom Box: 
| Robert F. Sibert Award | |
| The Robert F. Sibert Award is an award for most distinguished informaitonal book for children. | |
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Peter Sis, author of "The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain" |
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| In this graphic memoir set in mid-20th century Prague, Sis contrasts the constrictive walls of the communist state with his personal quest for artistic freedom. | |
| Sibert Honor Books | |
 "Lightship" written and illustrated by Brian Floca |
 "Nic Bishop Spiders" written and illustrated by Nic Bishop |
| Mildred L. Batchelder Award | |
| The Mildred L. Batchelder Award is an award for the most outstanding children's book originally published in a foreign language and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States. | |
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VIZ Media for "Brave Story" written by Miyuki Miyabe and translated from the Japanese by Alexander O. Smith |
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| The book tells the story of a boy named Wataru whose chaotic life leads him to enter the videogame-infused world of Vision to alter his fate. This complicated quest, with a real-world rifval, and fierce and friendly creatures, unleashes a future Wataru could not have anticipated. The wisdom and power Wataru gains on his journey enables him to embrace the trasnformed reality to which he returns. | |
| Mildred L. Batchelder Award Honor Books | |
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 Phaidon Press for "Nicholas and the Gang" written by Rene Goscinny, illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempe, and translated from the French by Anthea Bell |
| Andrew Carnegie Medal | |
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The Andrew Carnegie Medal is given for excellence in children's vdeo. |
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Producer Kevin Lafferty along with executive producer John Davis, and co-producers, Amy Palmer Robertson and Danielle Sterling, for the production of "Jump In!: Freestyle Edition." |
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The video, originally aired on the Disney Channel, is a Disney DVD and feautes Corbin Bleu. |
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