From: Debra Nelson <Debra.Nelson>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:45:52 -0500

The results of the Prince George's County Memorial Library System (MD) mock award discussions are --

Mock Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award

    Winner: /We are the Ship/ by Kadir Nelson
    Honors: /Abe's Honest Words/ by Doreen Rappaport; illus. by Kadir Nelson
                   /The Blacker the Berry: Poems/ by Joyce Carol Thomas; illus. by Floyd Cooper

Other titles discussed were --

               / Moon over Star/ by Dianna Hutts Aston; illus. by Jerry Pinkney
                /Boycott Blues/ by Andrea Davis Pinkney; illus. by Brian Pinkney
                /Before John was a Jazz Giant /by Carole Boston Weatherford; illus. by Sean Qualls
                /Barack Obama/ by Nikki Grimes; illus.by Bryan Collier
                 Mock Caldecott Award

    Winner: /Wabi Sabi /by Mark Reibstein; illus. by Ed Young
    Honors: /The House in the Night /by Susan Marie Swanson; illus. by Beth Krommes
                   /We are the Ship/ by Kadir Nelson
                   /In a Blue Room/ by Jim Averbeck; illus.by Tricia Tusa

Other titles discussed were --

                /Silent Music/ by James Rumford
             / A River of Words/ by Jen Bryant; illus. by Melissa Sweet
                /On the Farm/ by David Elliott; illus. by Holly Meade
                /Last Night /by Hyewon Yum

-- 
Debra Nelson
Children's Selection Librarian
Prince George's County Memorial Library (MD)
9601 Capital Lane
Largo, MD  20774
301 336 4244

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