This morning I attended the ALSC Children's Book Awards press conference for the first time. I made it to the Convention Center by 7:15, and there was already a line! It was well worth the wait, though, to be able to hear the announcements firsthand.The prestigious Theodor Seuss Geisel Award went to one of my favorite children's books of the year: There is a Bird on Your Head by Mo Willems.
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz won the Newbery Medal, and the Caldecott went to The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick.
I'd write more, but I just flew in from Philadelphia . . . and boy, are my arms tired. Please visit ala.org for a complete list of this year's literary award winners. Happy reading!
