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From: Megan Schliesman <schliesman>
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 09:24:26 -0600

During the first three months of 2007, we will discussion several of the recently announced major children's and young adult literature award winners. The specific schedule for each month is below, along with links to more information on each of the awards.

Please note that the 2007 American Library Association (ALA) Children's and Young Adult Literature Awards that we will be discussing will not be announced until January 22, 2007, at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. We will post the winners and honor books on CCBC-Net as soon as we can on January 22.

January 2007:

January 1-5: Announcements

**January 5-21: 2006 National Book Award 2006 Youth LiteratureWinner and Nominees:

Winner: The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing by M.T. Anderson
(Candlewick Presss) Nominees: Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt (Front Street) Sold by Patricia McCormick (Hyperion) The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin (Dial) American Born Chines by Gene Luen Yang (First Second/Roaring Brook Press)


January 22-23: Initial reaction to the 2007 American Library Association Children's and Young Adult Literature Award Winners, including the Newbery, Caldecott, Geisel, Printz, Sibert, Batchelder, and Coretta Scott King Awards. The awards will be announced the morning of January 22.

**January 24-31: 2007 Caldecott AwardWinner and Honor Books


February 2007:

February 1-5:** Announcements
** February 6-12: 2007 Newbery AwardWinner and Honor Books
** February 13-19: 2007 Geisel Award Winner and Honor Books
** February 20-28: 2007 Printz Award Winners and Honor Books


March 2007:
** March 1-5:Announcements

March 6-12: 2007 Sibert Award Winner and Honor Books

March 13-19: **2007
<http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/batchelderaward/batchelderaward.htm> Batcheder Award Winner and Honor Books

March 20-30: **2007
<http://www.ala.org/ala/emiert/corettascottkingbookawards/corettascott.htm>Coretta Scott King Award Winners and Honor Books


Megan

-- 
Megan Schliesman, Librarian
Cooperative Children's Book Center
School of Education, UW-Madison
600 N. Park St., Room 4290
Madison, WI  53706
ph: 608-262-9503
fax: 608-262-4933
schliesman at education.wisc.edu 
Received on Tue 02 Jan 2007 09:24:26 AM CST