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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 "Flotsam," the story of a boy who explores the ocean.
(American Library Association)
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Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody the artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences:
For ages 10 and young: "The Deaf Musicians," written by Pete Seeger and poet Paul DuBois Jacobs, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie and published by G.P. Putnam's Sons.
For ages 11 to 13: "Rules," written by Cynthia Lord and published by Scholastic Press.
For teens: "Small Steps," written by Louis Sachar and published by Delacorte Press.
Theodor Seuss Geisel Beginning Reader Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book: "Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways," written and illustrated by Laura McGee Kvasnosky and published by Candlewick Press.
Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults: Lois Lowry, author of "The Giver," published by Walter Lorraine Books/Houghton Mifflin Co.
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children: "Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon," written by Catherine Thimmesh and published by Houghton.
Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in children's video: Author/illustrator Mo Willems and Weston Woods Studios, producers of "Knuffle Bunny."
Mildred L. Batchelder Award for the most outstanding children's book translated from a foreign language and published in the United States: Delacorte Press, for "The Pull of the Ocean" by Jean-Claude Mourlevat, translated by Y. Maudet.


