Today was the day when the American Library Association announced the top books, videos, and audiobooks of 2009 for children and young adults. Receiving the John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to children's literature was The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Illustrator Beth Krommes won the Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distingished American picture book for children for The House in the Night, written by Susan Marie Swanson.The Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature was presented to Melina Marchetta for Jellicoe Road. The Coretta Scott King Author Book Award was given to We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson. The Blacker the Berry, illustrated by Floyd Cooper and written by Joyce Carol Thomas, is the King Illustrator Book winner.
Click here to read about the other awards presented in Denver today. No matter your age, there are some great titles here that you're sure to enjoy, and all are available for holds at owwl.org.
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