The American Library Association announced the 2011 book award winners earlier this month and the list looks great! I can't wait to read them all.
Which new award-winner do you want to read first?
A Sick Day for Amos McGee illustrated by Erin Stead, written by William Stead
Caldecott Honor Books
Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Newbery Honor Books
Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Rick Allen
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Bird by Sy Montgomery, illustrated by Nic Bishop
Sibert Honor Books
Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, illustrated by Brian Floca
Lafayette and the American Revolution by Russell Freedman
Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGee, illustrated by Tony Fucile
Geisel Honor Books
Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same! by Grace Lin
We Are in a Book! by Mo Willems
What are your thoughts on the winners this year?
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