The chairs are on the platform and we are minutes from the start of this conference. Lights are dimming, music is coming up........
ALEX awards were announced first.
BOOK OF LOST THINGS
THE WHISTLING SEASON
EAGLE BLUE
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
COLOR OF THE SEA
FLOOR OF THE SKY
BLIND SIDE: THE EVOLUTION OF A GAME
BLACK SWAN GREEN
THE WORLD MADE STRAIGHT
THE THIRTEENTH TALE
Schneider Family Awards:
Deaf Musicians (children)
Rules (middle school)
Small Steps (teen)
CORETTA SCOTT KING:
STEPTOE: TRACI L JONES FOR STANDING AGAINST THE WIND
Wilder: James Marshall
Carnegie: Knufflebunny
Geisel:
honor: MOVE OVER ROVER, MERCY WATSON GOES FOR A RIDE, NOT A BOX
winner: ZELDA AND VIY: THE RUNAWAYS
Illustrator honor:
JAZZ
POETRY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE: LANGSTON HUGHES
WINNER: MOSES
Book Honor:
The Road to Paris
Winner:
COPPER SUN by Draper
Magaret edwards: Lois Lowry
PRINTZ:
honor: OCTAVIAN NOTHING, ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES, SURRENDER, BOOK THIEF
winner: AMERICAN BORN CHINESE
ARBUTHNOT: DAVID MACAULAY
BATCHELDER:
honor: LAST DRAGON, KILLER'S TEARS
winner PULL OF THE OCEAN
SIBERT:
honor: FREEDOM RIDERS, QUEST FOR THE TREE KANGAROO, TO DANCE
winner: TEAM MOON
CALDECOTT:
HONOR: GONE WILD, MOSES
WINNER: FLOTSAM
NEWBERY:
honor: PENNY FROM HEAVEN, HATTIE BIG SKY, RULES
winner: HIGHER POWER OF LUCKY