Caldecott and Newbery Winners for 2011
Well, I was only a tiny bit surprised by the biggest award out there this year... The Newbery Winner came out in October 2010 and I have vague memories of shelving it, but I don't remember reading the flap and thinking, "I need to check this one out!" However, I do plan to read it as soon as my CYBILS work is over. I love historical fiction. There are always a slew of other intersting awards announced each year and this year, noting some of my favorites among the winners and honorees, I decided to include them in this post. This is not a complete list of all the awards given by the ALA and YALSA, the Young Adult Librarian Services organization that also gives out awards, but you can click on either one for links to all the listings and you can click on the links to the awards themselves for more information. Although I have only just begun my experience as a judge on a panel for a book award, I have a new appreciation and gratitude for what these librarians do every year! I may not always agree with their picks, but I definitely get how hard it is to make that one choice...
Newbery Award
Moon Over Manifest
NEWBERY HONOR WINNERS
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Read my review here
Dark Emperor & other Poems of the Night
written by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Rick Allen
Turtle in Paradise written by Jennifer Holm
The Heart of a Samurai:
CALDECOTT MEDAL
A Sick Day for Amos McGhee
written by Philip C Stead and illustrated by Erin E Stead
CALDECOTT HONOR WINNERS
Dave the Potter, Artist, Poet, Slave
written by Laban Carrick Hill, illustrated by Bryan Collier
You can read a review that was in the NYTimes book review last year.

Interrupting Chicken byDavid Ezra Stein
Read my review here
THEODORE SEUSS GEISEL
This award is given to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers.
Bink and Gollie
written by Kate Di Camillo and Alison McGhee and illustrated by Tony Fucile
written by Kate Di Camillo and Alison McGhee and illustrated by Tony Fucile
Read my review here
GEISEL AWARD HONOR WINNERS

We Are in a Book
written and illustrated by Mo Willems
Recognizes outstanding books for young adults and children by African American authors and illustrators that reflect the African American experience.
WINNER
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR AWARDS

Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Read my review here
Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri
WINNER
Dave the Potter, Artist, Poet, Slave
written by Laban Carrick Hill, illustrated by Bryan Collier
AWARD FOR NEW TALENT
Zora & Me by TR Simon and Victoria Bond
Honors a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience with an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
The Dreamer by Pam Muñoz Ryan, illustrated by Peter Sís
Grandma's Gift by Eric Velasquez
This award honors an author as well as a specific body or his/her work that has proven popular over a period of time. It recognizes an author's work in helping adolescents become aware of themselves and addressing questions about their role and importance in relationships, society and the world.
Don't forget Sir Pratchett's awesome trilogy for younger readers, THE BROMELIAD TRILOGY, review at books4yourkids.com.
Honors a book that exemplifies literary excellence in Young Adult Literature.

PRINTZ AWARD HONOR WINNERS

Stolen by Lucy Christopher

Please Ignore Vera Dietz by AS King
Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
Nothing by Janne Teller, translated by Martin Aitken
ODYSSEY AUDIO BOOK AWARDS
(click title for book review @ books4yourkids.com)
HONORS
Alchemy and Meggie Swan
by Karen Cushman, read by Katherine Kellgren
Knife of Never Letting Go
by Patrick Ness, read by Nick Pohdel
will grayson, will grayson
by David Levithan and John Green, read by Nick Pohdel
Revolution
by Jennifer Donnelly, read by Emma Bering
Mildred L Batchelder
Award for Outstanding Children's Books originally published in a Language other than English.
Award for Outstanding Children's Books originally published in a Language other than English.
WINNER
A Time of Miracles by Anne-Laure Bondoux, translated by Y. Maudet
HONORS
Departure Time by Truus Matti, translated by Nancy Forest-Flier
Nothing by Janne Teller, translated by Martin Aitken