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Youth Literature Awards- Announced Monday January 14. View Today Show Clip.

John Newbery Medal

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval VillagebyLaura Amy Schlitz (Candlewick)

Newbery Honor Books

Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis (Scholastic/Scholastic Press)
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt (Clarion)
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson (Putnam/GP Putnam's Sons)

Randolph Caldecott Medal

The Invention of Hugo Cabretby Brian Selznick (Scholastic)

Caldecott Honor Books

Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written byEllen Levine(Scholastic/Scholastic Press)
First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Roaring Brook/Neal Porter)
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtin by Peter Sís (Farrar/Frances Foster)
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems (Hyperion)

2009 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecturer

Walter Dean Myers

Mildred L. Batchelder Award

VIZ Media, publisher of Brave Story, by Miyuki Miyabe, translated from the Japanese by Alexander O. Smith

Batchelder Honor Books

Milkweed Editions, publisher of The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity, by Jutta Richter, illustrated by Rotraut Susanne Berner, andtranslated from the German by Anna Brailovsky
Phaidon Press, publisher of Nicholas and the Gang, written by René Goscinny, illustrated by Jacques Sempé, and translated from the French by Anthea Bell

Pura BelpréAuthor Award

The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Sean Qualls(Holt)

BelpréAuthor Honor Books

Frida: ¡Viva la vida! Long Live Life!by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand (Marshall Cavendish)
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale, retold by Carmen Agra Deedy, illustrated by Michael Austin (Peachtree)
Los Gatos Black on Halloween, written by Marisa Montes, illustrated by Yuyi Morales (Holt)

Pura BelpréIllustrator Award

Los Gatos Black on Halloween, illustrated by Yuyi Morales, written by Marisa Montes (Holt)

Belpré Illustrator Honor Books

My Name Is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez/Me llamo Gabito: la vida de Gabriel García Márquez, illustrated by Raúl Colón, written by Monica Brown (Luna Rising)
My Colors, My World/Mis colores, mi mundo, written and illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez (Children's Book Press)

Andrew Carnegie Medal

Kevin Lafferty, producer, John Davis, executive producer, and Amy Palmer Robertson and Danielle Sterling, co-producers, of Jump In: Freestyle Edition

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

There Is a Bird on Your Head! by Mo Willems (Hyperion)

Geisel Honor Books

First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Roaring Brook/Neal Porter)
Hello, Bumblebee Bat, written by Darrin Lunde, illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne (Charlesbridge)
Jazz Baby, written by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie (Harcourt)
Vulture View, written by April Pulley Sayre, illustrated by Steve Jenkins (Holt)

Odyssey Award

Jazz, Live Oak Media

Odyssey Honor Audiobooks

Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy, Listen & Live Audio
Dooby Dooby Moo, Weston Woods/Scholastic
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Listening Library
Skulduggery Pleasant, HarperCollins Audio
Treasure Island, Listening Library

Sibert Medal

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtin byPeter Sís (Farrar/Frances Foster)

Sibert Honor Books

Lightship by Brian Floca (Simon & Schuster/Richard Jackson)
Nic Bishop Spiders by Nic Bishop (Scholastic/Scholastic Nonfiction)

Golden Compass movie and books discussed on "On Point" radio program. I caught part of this in my car yesterday (12/11/07). There are tons of news stories about the books, the movie and the author going on. This program in particular has a good mix of perspectives.

2007 National Book Award Winners & Finalists. In case you missed it.
Congratulations to Sherman Alexie!

Quills Book Awards Announced.
Congratulations to this year's Book of the Year winner, Angels Fall!
Teen winner: Sold by Patricia McCormick
Picture book winner: Flotsam by David Wiesner
Children's chapter book winner: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick.

BookMarks: A Celebration of the Art of the Book -September 2007-January 2008. http://www.museums10.org/BookMarks/

Check out Museums10 Presents Books Out Loud Weekend Oct. 11 - 14
Readings by 23 Writers Over 4 Days

Madeleine L'Engle Remembered-- Publishers Weekly, 9/13/2007
Madeleine L’Engle, author of more than 60 books for adults and children, including A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels, passed away on September 6, at the age of 88. Here some of those who worked with her and were close to her pay tribute.

2007 Carnegie and Greenaway Medal Announced.
The Carnegie Medal is awarded by children's librarians for an outstanding book for children and young people.
The Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded by children's librarians for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children and young people. In 2007 the CILIP Carnegie Medal celebrates its 70th Anniversary and the CILIP Kate Greenaway its 50th.
View winners and more information here.

Al Roker's Book Club for Children
Al Roker (in partnership with Scholastic) is starting a children's book club on the Today Show. I saw the first episode yesterday and the book was Brian Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Al interviewed the kids who read the book (they were very cute) and they also talked with Brian Selznick. Here is a link to a news story from the Book Standard.
And here is a link to the program where you can clips about the book club. Next week is The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.