I found myself typing up a list of award winners, even though the list will be easy enough to find elsewhere. Also remembering my first ALA when it was a case of finding an unoccupied telephone to let the people back home know what had won. This year I watched from the comfort of my library. ;)
I’m currently cursing myself. I cataloged the Printz (Jellicoe Road) two weeks ago and then let it slip out of my hands. I do own a copy of the Newbery, though. YAY, The Graveyard Book! :) For those of you who don’t follow Neil Gaiman’s blog, his reaction post is here. I don’t know the Caldecott (The House in the Night) at all.
Other awards:
I’m very happy with the recognition for We Are the Ship by Kadir Nelson (winning both the Coretta Scott King Author and the Sibert award and on the list of honor books for the CSK illustrator). That was just an amazing book. And I’m thrilled with the choices for the Geisel. The Elephant and Piggie books deserved to be noticed for being so different from anythign that’s come before. I have no real quibbles about the list as a whole – either I really liked everything on it or I haven’t seen them yet.
