Children's Book Awards Announced
The American Library Association announced the winners of several children's book awards this week.
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The John Newbery Medal for best children's book in the U.S.:When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead |
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The Randolph Caldecott award for best picture book: The Lion and the Mouse, by Jerry Pinkney |  |
The Theodore Seuss Geisel Award for "the most distinguished book for beginning readers": Benny and Penny in the Big No-No!, written and illustrated by Geoffrey Hayes |
2010 Honor Books
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, by Philip Hoose |
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The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, by Jacqueline Kelly |
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Where the Mountains Meet the Moon, by Grace Lin |
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The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg, by Rodman Philbrick |
