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Friends:
ALA today announced
the 2006 Caldecott and Newbery winners, and other awards for children and
young adults. Please consider purchasing them for your collection.
Below are the results. For more detailed information go to
ala.org.
Suzan Nyfeler
Youth Service
Specialist
Central Texas Library System
NEWBERY
AWARD: Lynne Rae Perkins, author of Criss
Cross
CALDECOTT
AWARD: Chris Raschka, illustrator of The Hello, Goodbye
Window
MICHAEL
PRINTZ AWARD for excellence in literature for young adults: John
Green, author of Looking for Alaska
CORETTA
SCOTT KING AWARD: Julius Lester, author of Day of Tears:
A Novel in Dialogue and Bryan Collier, illustrator of
Rosa
CORETTA
SCOTT KING/JOHN STEPTOE NEW TALENT AUTHOR: Jamie Adoff, author of
Jimi & Me
THEODOR
SEUSS GEISEL BEGINNING READER AWARD: Author Cynthia Rylant
and illustrator Suçie Stevenson
for Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas
PURA BELPRE ILLUSTRATOR AWARD: Raul Colón, illustrator of Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart
PURA BELPRE AUTHOR AWARD: Viola Canales, author of The Tequila Worm
ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN CHILDREN'S VIDEO: Michael Sporn, of Michael Sporn Animation, Inc., and Paul Gagne and Melissa Reilly, of Weston Woods Studios, producers of The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, based on the book by Mordicai Gerstein and is narrated by Jake Gyllenhaal, with music by Michael Bacon.
