Top Shelf » newbery http://topshelf.edublogs.org the "best stuff" for school librarians Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:13:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 ALA Award Winners http://topshelf.edublogs.org/2009/01/27/ala-award-winners/ http://topshelf.edublogs.org/2009/01/27/ala-award-winners/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:34:19 +0000 Mary Woodard http://topshelf.edublogs.org/?p=138 The American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books, videos and audiobooks for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, King, Newbery, Schneider Family and Printz awards – at its Midwinter Meeting in Denver yesterday.

Newbery Medal – The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Newbery Honor Books:

The Underneath by Kathi Appelt

The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle

Savvy by Ingrid Law

After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson

Caldecott Medal – Beth Krommes, illustrator of The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson

Caldecott Honor Books:

A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever written and illustrated by Marla Frazee

How I Learned Geography written and illustrated by Uri Shulevitz

A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant

Printz Award – Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

Printz Honor Books:

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II, The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

Nation by Terry Pratchett

Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan

Coretta Scott King Author Award – We Are the Ship: The Story of the Negro League Baseball written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award – The Blacker the Berry illustrated by Floyd Cooper, written by Joyce Carol Thomas

Read the rest of the list here.


]]> http://topshelf.edublogs.org/2009/01/27/ala-award-winners/feed/ 0 Disappointing Tale of Despereaux movie trailer http://topshelf.edublogs.org/2008/06/27/disappointing-tale-of-despereaux-movie-trailer/ http://topshelf.edublogs.org/2008/06/27/disappointing-tale-of-despereaux-movie-trailer/#comments Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:46:36 +0000 Mary Woodard http://topshelf.edublogs.org/?p=15 Looks like The Tale of Despereaux, Kate Dicamillo’s sweet Newbery Award winner, has been turned into another slapsticky cartoon. This is not the Despereaux I remember. See what you think – watch the trailer here. Or better yet – do yourself a favor and read the book instead.

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