Caldecott, Newbery, and more...

Announced today at the American Library Association:


John Newbery Medal (distinguished writing for children) :
Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins. Greenwillow / HarperCollins, 2005
Newbery Honor Books: Whittington by Alan Armstrong. Illustrated by S.D. Schindler. Random House, 2005
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. Scholastic, Inc., 2005
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale. Bloomsbury, 2005
Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson. Illustrated by Hudson Talbott. Putnam, 2005

Randolph Caldecott Award (distinguished illustration for children) :
The Hello, Goodbye Window illustrated by Chris Raschka. Written by Norton Juster. Michael di Capua Books / Hyperion, 2005
Caldecott Honor Books: Rosa illustrated by Bryan Collier. Written by Nikki Giovanni. Henry Holt, 2005
Zen Shorts illustrated and written by Jon J Muth. Scholastic Press, 2005
Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride illustrated and written and illustrated by Marjorie Priceman. An Anne Schwartz Book / Atheneum, 2005
Song of the Water Boatman & Other Pond Poems illustrated by Beckie Prange. Written by Joyce Sidman. Houghton Mifflin, 2005

Also announced today: Coretta Scott King awards, Pura Belpre awards, Michael Printz, Mildred Batchelder awards, and many more....