Manchester City Library

Today is an exciting day in the world of children’s literature—the American Library Association’s youth media awards were announced this morning!  Below are some of the big ones.  Follow the links to the library’s catalog if you’d like to reserve any of these titles, or give us a call and we can place a hold for you.

The Caldecott Medal for children’s book illustration

• The House in the Night illustrated by Beth Krommes

Caldecott Honor Books

• A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee
• How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz
• River of Words illustrated by Melissa Sweet

The Newbery Medal for children’s fiction

• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Newbery Honor Books

• The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
• The Surrender Tree by Margarita Engle
• Savvy by Ingrid Law
• After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson

The Printz Award for young adult fiction

• Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

Printz Honor Books

• The Kingdom on the Waves (Octavian Nothing II) by M.T. Anderson
• The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
• Nation by Terry Pratchett
• Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan

You can read about the rest of the awards at ala.org/yma.

-Amy G.