The Winners

It's what you've been waiting for! You bet! The GRAND Announcements! On the other post (The one before this one, BTW the post below) were the winners we chose for our class, but on this post, are the real winners! I bet when you're reading this post right now, you might be hoping it is one of the books you like. "Will see!" (I will also be announcing/letting you know winners for other awards also, such as: The Carn Award, Newberry Award, etc.)There are lots, lots, many awards, some of them are weird, and some I bet you didn't even know it was a award! 

Well, here's what you've been waiting for! The GRAND Announcements!

The Caldecott Winners Click Here To See More Information! Click Here To See Extra Information!

Honor Goes To: "They all saw a cat" (Also Our Honor)

Honor Goes To: "Leave Me Alone!"

Honor Goes To: "Du Iz Tak?

Honor Goes To: "Freedom In Congo Square" (Also Our Honor)

The Determined Caldecott Winner Is: "Radiant Child" (Our Honor)
Members of the 2017 Caldecott Medal Selection Committee are: Chair Rhonda K. Gould, Walla Walla County Rural Library District, Walla Walla, Wash.; artín Blasco, Washington County Cooperative Library Services, Hillsboro, Ore.; Miriam Lang Budin, Chappaqua (N.Y.) Library; Marian L. Creamer, Children's Literature Alive!, Portland, Ore.; Erica Dean Glenn, Berkeley (Calif.) Public Library; Stacy Dillon, LREI, New York;  Brian D. Hart, EveryLibrary, Macon, Ga.; Holly Jin, Skokie (Ill.) Public Library; Lauren Aimonette Liang, University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Susan Z. Melcher, Jefferson County Public Schools, Louisville, Ky,; Janet C. Mumford, James McKinney Elementary School Library, Richmond, B.C., Canada;  Laurie Reese,  Los Angeles Public Library; Lisa Von Drasek, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Ashley Waring, Reading (Mass.) Public Library; and Brian E. Wilson, Evanston (Ill.) Public Library. 

  The Newbery Winners  Click Here To See More Information! Click Here To See Extra Information!

Honor Goes To: " The Inquistor Tale

Honor Goes To: "Freedom Over Me"

Honor Goes To: "Wolf Hollow"

The Determined Newbery Winner Is: "The Girl Who Drank The Moon"

Members of the 2017 Newbery Medal Selection Committee are: Chair Thom Barthelmess, Whatcom County Library System, Bellingham, Wash.; Tony A. Carmack, Placer County Library, Auburn, Calif.; Kimberly Castle-Alberts, Akron-Summit (Ohio) County Public Library; Betsy Fraser, Calgary Public Library, Alberta, Canada; Elaine M. Fultz, Madison Local Schools, Middletown, Ohio; Krishna Grady, Darien (Conn.) Library; Matthew Krueger, Irondequoit Public Library, Rochester, N.Y.; Laura Lutz, Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York; April Mazza, Massachusetts Library System, Marlborough, Mass.; Daniel L. Meyer, Queens Borough Public Library, Kew Gardens Hills, N.Y.; Gene Nelson, Provo (Utah) City Library; Maryann H. Owen, Oak Creek (Wis.) Public Library; Brandy Sanchez, Daniel Boone Regional Library, Columbia, Mo.; Shana M. Sojoyner, California Library Association, Pasadena, Calif.;  and Jamie Watson, Baltimore County Public Library, Towson, Md.

 

Coretta Scott King (Author) Winners Click Here For More Information!

Honor Goes To: "Freedom Over Me"
Honor Goes To: "As Brave As You"
The Determined Coretta Scott King (Author) Winner Is: "March-Book Three"

Coretta Scott King (lllustrator) Winners Click Here For More Information!

Honor Goes To: "In Plain Sight"

Honor Goes To: "Freedom In Congo Square" (Our Caldecott Honor)

Honor Goes To: "Freedom Over Me"

The Determined Coretta Scott King (lllustrator) Winner Is: "Radiant Child" (Our Caldecott Honor)

      Odessey Award         Click Here For More Information!

Honor Goes To: "Nimona"

Honor Goes To: "Dream On, Amber"

Honor Goes To: "Ghost"

The Determined Odessy Award Winner Is: "Anna And The Swallow Man"

Members of the 2017 Odyssey Award Committee are: Chair Lynn Piper Carpenter, Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, Ala.; Kelley Beeson, Western Allegheny Community Library, Pittsburg, Pa.; Roxanne Hsu Feldman, The Dalton School, New York; Sarah Hashimoto, Jackson District Library, Jackson, Mich.; Christina Keasler, Glen Ellyn Public Library (Ill.);  Natalie Marshall, Flint River Regional Library, Griffin, Ga.; Amanda L. S. Murphy, Warren-Trumbull County  Public Library (Ohio); Lizzie Nolan, San José Public Library (Calif.); Toby Rajput, National Louis University Library, Skokie, Ill.;  and Award Administrative Assistant Mariela Siegert, Westfield Middle School, Bloomingdale, Ill.

 

          Sibert Award      Click Here For More Information!

Honor Goes To: "We Will Not Be Silent"

Honor Goes To: "Sachiko"

Honor Goes To: "Giant Squid"

Honor Goes To: "Uprooted"

The Determined Winner Of The Sibert Award Is: "March- Book Three"

Members of the 2017 Sibert Medal Committee are: Chair Caitlin D. Jacobson, Ketchikan (Alaska.) High School Library; Louise A. Capizzo, Scarborough (Maine) Public Library; Elise DeGuiseppi, Pierce County Library System, Tacoma, Wash.; Jean B. Gaffney, Dayton (Ohio) Metro Library; Elisa Gall, Latin School of Chicago; Marge Loch-Wouters, Loch-Works Consulting, La Crescent, Minn.; Ted McCoy, Leeds Elementary and Ryan Road Elementary, Northampton, Mass.; Gail Nordstrom, Viking Library System, Fergus Falls, Minn.; and Michael A. Rogalla, Champaign (Ill.) Public Library.