Wednesday, January 25, 2012

2012 Newbery and Caldecott Award Winners



 The 2012 Newbery Medal winner is Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos. 
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

The 2012 Caldecott Medal winner is A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.


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