And the Winner Is......

This past Monday the American Library Association's annual awards were announced. Each year, ALA recognize children's and young adult authors, illustrators and media producers in a  variety of categories including the Caldecott for best illustrations and the Newbery Award for outstanding contribution to literature.
This year the Caldecott Award went to:
LOCOMOTIVE written and illustrated by Brian Floca

 

Caldecott Honor Books include:
Mr. Wuffles written and illustrated by David Wiesner
"Flora and the Flamingo," written and illustrated by Molly Idle
"Journey," written and illustrated by Aaron Becker


The Coretta Scott King Award goes to an African American writer and illustrator. This years winners were:

Author award: "P.S. Be Eleven," written by Rita Williams-Garcia

Illustrator award: "Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me," illustrated by Bryan Collier and written by Daniel Beaty

Honor books

Author: "March: Book One," written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin and illustrated by Nate Powell

Author: "Darius & Twig," written by Walter Dean Myers

Author: "Words with Wings," written by Nikki Grimes

Illustrator: "Nelson Mandela," written by Kadir Nelson

We have many of the winner and honor books already in the library and will be purchasing many of the others! Both preschoolers (Caldecott) and high schoolers have read many of the award winners!