2006 Literary Award Winners

The American Library Association has announced the 2006 Newberry and Caldecott award winners! The awards and the winners:

• The Newbery Medal winner is Criss Cross, written by Lynne Rae Perkins.
• The Hello, Goodbye Window, illustrated by Chris Raschka, is the Caldecott Medal winner.
• Looking for Alaska, written by John Green, is the Printz Award winner.
• Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue, written by Julius Lester, is the King Author Book winner.
• Rosa, illustrated by Bryan Collier, is the King Illustrator Book winner.
• Jimi & Me, written by Jaime Adoff, is the Steptoe winner.
• Dona Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart, illustrated by Raul Colon, is the Belpre Illustrator Award winner.
• The Tequila Worm, written by Viola Canales, is the Belpre Author Award winner.
• Jacqueline Woodson is the Edwards Award winner. Margaret A. Edwards Award is for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults
• Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley, written by Sally M. Walker, is the Sibert Award winner.

If you are interested in learning more about these awards or interested in learning what other titles were honored you can go read the press release from the American Library Association.

Some of these award winning books are already available at the Pinckney Library, some of them we will be buying in the next several weeks. Let us know if there is a title you are interested in!