To save the Oscar gabbers from having to sift through our children’s book gabbing in the Oscar thread, here is a quick and dirty rundown of the major children’s book awards announced yesterday at ALA Midwinter:
Printz: American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang! Big win for new imprint First Second and graphic novels everywhere! The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak, widely buzzed to be the winner, got an honor.
Caldecott: David Wiesner for his wordless picture book Flotsam. No big surprises there. It’s his third medal.
Newbery: The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron, which no one I know had heard of before yesterday. General consensus: at least it wasn’t The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (which did not even get an honor).
Here’s the full list of winners and honorees.
You will undoubtedly find more specific hemming and hawing from me in the comments thread. Oh, and this post does not reflect the opinions of my employer. Not that I’m going to tell you who my employer is.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
DON'T BLAME ME; I VOTED FOR KEVIN HENKES: By popular demand, guest-blogger Christy, who lives in NYC and works in children's publishing, weighs on the latest children's book awards:
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