The 2012 winners of the Caldecott Medal and Newbery Medal were announced yesterday at the American Library Association’s Midwinter Conference here in Dallas! We hope you are as excited as we are here at the library to read these great books.
The winner of the Caldecott Medal, awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American Picture Book for Children published in the United States during the preceding year, is A Ball for Daisy, written and illustrated by Chris Raschka.
Three Caldecott Honors were given to Grandpa Green written and illustrated by Lane Smith, Blackout written and illustrated by John Rocco, and Me…Jane written and illustrated by Patrick McDonnell.
The Newberry Medal, awarded for the most distinguished American children’s book published the previous year, went to Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos.
Newbery Honors were given to Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai and to Breaking Stalin’s Nose by Eugene Yelchin.
Check out all these great books at your Plano Library!
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