From: Sharon Grover <sgrover>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 10:35:02 EST

The Arlington County Department of Libraries conducted their mock Newbery/Caldecott Award discussion yesterday and here are the results. The books, chosen by the members of the Children's Services team, were:

**NEWBERY**

THE BALLAD OF LUCY WHIPPLE by Karen Cushman; A GIRL NAMED DISASTER by Nancy Farmer; THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CRAZY HORSE by Russell Freedman; THE CUCKOO'S CHILD by Suzanne Freeman; THE MOORCHILD by Suzanne Freeman; JIP: HIS STORY by Katherine Paterson; ORPHAN TRAIN RIDER by Andrea Warren; and BELLE PRATER'S BOY by Ruth White.

      The winner was THE MOORCHILD, and the honor books were THE LIFE
      AND DEATH OF CRAZY HORSE and BELLE PRATER'S BOY.

**CALDECOTT**

CHATTANOOGA SLUDGE by Molly Bang; GOING HOME by Eve Bunting, illustrations by David Diaz; ELEANOR by Barbara Cooney; LILLY'S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE by Kevin Henkes; WILMA UNLIMITED: HOW WILMA RUDOLPH BECAME THE WORLD'S FASTEST WOMAN by Kathleen Krull, illustrations by David Diaz; ONE POTATO; A COUNTING BOOK OF POTATO PRINTS by Diana Pomeroy; GOLEM by David Wisniewski. We had also nominated THIS AND THAT by Julie Sykes, illustrations by Tanya Linch, but then determined it was first printed in Great Britain, so it wasn't eligible.

      The winner was LILLY'S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE, and the honor
      books were WILMA UNLIMITED and GOLEM.

Now we all can't wait to see what is chosen by the "real" committees!

Sharon Grover Youth Services Selection Specialist Arlington County Department of Libraries Arlington, VA sgrover at leo.vsla.edu
Received on Wed 22 Jan 1997 09:35:02 AM CST