Caldecott and Newbery Award Winners
and Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominees
 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.The 2009 winner is:
* The House In The Night by Susan M. Swanson, illustrated by Beth Krommes
The Honor books are:
* A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, written and illustrated by Marla Frazee
* How I Learned Geography, written and illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
* A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant
 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 2009 winner is:
* The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean
The Honor books are:
* The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
* The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle
* Savvy by Ingrid Law
* After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson
 Grand Canyon Reader Award BooksGCRA books are the newest, best, most fun books for kids! They were written in the past 5 years and nominated by teachers and librarians all over Arizona.
We'll be reading all of the picture books to see new trends and ideas in kids' books. Look at the lists to find other great reading!
Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominees for 2009
Non-Fiction Books:
· Ant, Ant, Ant: An Insect Chant by April Pulley Sayre (2005)
· Beachcombing: Exploring the Seashore by Jim Arnosky (2004)
· Boy Were We Wrong About the Dinosaurs! By Kathleen Kudlinski (2005)
· Built to Last: Building AmericaÕs Amazing Bridges, Dams, Tunnels and Skyscrapers by George Sullivan (2005)
· Cookies: Bite-Size Lessons by Amy Krouse Rosenthal (2006)
· Eat, Shoots, and Leaves: Why Commas Really Do Make a Difference by Lynne Truss (2006)
· An Egg is Quiet by Diana Huts Aston (2006)
· Great Estimations by Bruce Goldstone (2006)
· Monkey Business by Wallace Edwards (2004)
· Theodore by Frank Keating (2006)
Picture Books:
· Bats at the Beach by Brian Lies (2006)
· But Excuse Me That is My Book by Lauren Child (2005)
· Chicks and Salsa by Aaron Reynolds (2005)
· Duck at the Door by Jackie Urbanovic (2007)
· MaxÕs Words by Kate Banks (2006)
· The Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend (2007)
· Phoebe and Chub by Matthew Henry Hall (2005)
· The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School by Judy Sierra (2006)
· Some Dog! By Mary Casanova (2007)
· There Was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea by Jennifer Ward (2007)
Intermediate Books:
· Blood on the River: James Town, 1607 by Elisa Carbone (2007)
· Clementine by Sara Pennypacker (2006)
· Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop (2006)
· Deep and Dark and Dangerous: a Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn (2007)
· The Invention of Hugo Cabret: a Novel in Words and Pictures by Brian Selznick (2007)
· Lunch Money by Andrew Clements (2007)
· Phineas L. MacguireÑErupts!: the First Experiment by Frances OÕRoark Dowell (2006)
·The Sisters Grimm. Book One, Fairy-Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley (2005)
· Yellow Star by Jennifer Rozines Roy (2006)
· Younguncle Comes to Town by Vandana Singh (2006)
Tween Books:
· Bella at Midnight by Diane Stanley (2006)
· Black Duck by Janet Taylor Lisle (2006)
· Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs (2006)
· Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick (2004)
· The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Richard Yancey (2005)
· Eyes of the Emperor by Graham Salisbury (2005)
· Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass (2006)
· The Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson (2005)
· Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (2006)
· Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083 by Andrea White (2005)
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