Newbery and Caldecott winners announced

The 2007 winner of the John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children is Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village, written by Laura Amy Schlitz and published by Candlewick. The Newbery Honor Books (ie, runners-up) are Elijah of Buxton, by Christopher Paul Curtis, The Wednesday Wars, by Gary D Schmidt, and Feathers, by Jacqueline Woodson.

Amazon and Barnes & Noble both have it, of course.*

The Randolph Caldecott Medal, for a distinguished American picture book, was awarded to The Invention of Hugo Cabret, written and illustrated by Brian Selznick, and published by Scholastic. The Caldecott Honor Books are Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad, illustrated by Kadir Nelson and written by Ellen Levine, First the Egg, by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, by Peter Sís, and Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity, by Mo Willems.

Amazon and Barnes & Noble both have this one, too.*

(I'll let you do your own searches for the Honor Books.)

The American Library Association (ALA), who give both of the above awards, also announced a few others, including:

The Michael L Printz Award, for excellence in young-adult literature: The White Darkness, by Geraldine McCaughrean.

The Coretta Scott King Book Award, recognizing an African-American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults: Elijah of Buxton, by Christopher Paul Curtis.

The Margaret A Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement, for contribution to writing for teens: Orson Scott Card

The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, for the most distinguished book for beginning readers: There Is a Bird on Your Head!, written and illustrated by Mo Willems.

The Robert F Sibert Medal, for the most distinguished informational book for children: The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, written and illustrated by Peter Sís.

The Mildred L Batchelder Award, for the most outstanding children's book translated from a foreign language and subsequently published in the United States: Brave Story, by Miyuki Miyabe (translated by Alexander O Smith).

The Book Standard has the complete list of awards, winners, and Honor Books here.


* Patronising your local bookseller is a really good idea, too!