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'Lucky' Winner: Newbery, Caldecott Awards Announced

Illustrator David Wiesner has won the Caldecott Medal for a third time, this year for
Illustrator David Wiesner has won the Caldecott Medal for a third time, this year for "Flotsam," the story of a boy who explores the ocean. (American Library Association)
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Patron said she worked on "Lucky" over the course of perhaps 10 years. For a long time she had the characters in her head but didn't know what they would go on to do. After her mother died a few years ago, she realized that her title character "was really dealing with losing her mom." The writing started to go faster at that point.

She was booked on a flight to New York yesterday, for a "Today" show appearance this morning that seemed to her a mixed blessing. "I'm not a good flier," she said -- not to mention that she has never even seen"Today" before. Still, she was a believer in the American Library Association's awards long before she won hers, and she appreciates the chance to talk them up.

The association announced numerous other youth media awards yesterday. Among these, Lois Lowry ("The Giver," "Number the Stars") and the late James Marshall (author and illustrator of the "George and Martha" books, among many others) were recognized for their lasting contributions to young adult and children's literature, respectively.

Folk singer Pete Seeger, along with two collaborators, was honored for embodying "the artistic expression of the disability experience" in a book called "The Deaf Musicians."

The award winners:

John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature: "The Higher Power of Lucky" by Susan Patron. Illustrated by Matt Phelan and published by Simon & Schuster/Richard Jackson.

Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children: "Flotsam," illustrated by David Wiesner and published by Clarion.

Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults: "American Born Chinese" by Gene Luen Yang and published by First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press.

Coretta Scott King Book Award recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults: "Copper Sun," by Sharon Draper and published by Simon & Schuster/Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

King Illustrator Book Award: "Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom," illustrated by Kadir Nelson. The book was written by Carole Boston Weatherford and published by Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children.

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award: "Standing Against the Wind," by Traci L. Jones, and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.


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