From: Kathleen T. Horning <horning_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:59:12 -0600

This week we'll be discussing the books that won the 2010 Newbery and Caldecott Awards. This year, the awards went to:

NEWBERY MEDAL Winner: "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead. (Wendy Lamb/Random House)

Caldecott Honors: "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice," by Phillip Hoose. (Melanie Kroupa/Farrar) "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly. (Henry Holt) "The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg" by Rodman Philbrick (Blue Sky/Scholastic) "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin (Little, Brown)

CALDECOTT MEDAL "The Lion and the Mouse" by Jerry Pinkney (Little, Brown)

Caldecott Honors: "All the World," illustrated by Marla Frazee; written by Liz Garton Scanlon (Beach Lane) "Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors," illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski; written by Joyce Sidman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

I don't think either the Newbery or the Caldecott were a surprise when the awards were announced, since they both won so many of the mock award discussions and had long been discussed as the year's best books. What were your own reactions when you heard the announcement? What is it that you think makes either of them particularly distinctive? Also, if you have read any of the honor books, please let us know what you think about them.

Cheers, KT

-- Kathleen T. Horning Director Cooperative Children's Book Center 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 N. Park St Madison, WI 53706

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