January 2007

Published on 2 Feb 2007 at 11:24 am. Filed under News.

January is a “Gold Medal” Month!

Check out these Award-Winning Books at the Children’s Room.

Winner of the 2007 Caldecott Medal: Flotsam, by David Wiesner

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Winner of the 2007 Newbery Medal: The Higher Power of Lucky, by Susan Patron

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Winner of the 2007 Coretta Scott King Author Award: Copper Sun, by Sharon Draper

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Winner of the 2007 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award: Moses, illustrated by Kadir Nelson and written by Carole Boston Weatherford

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Winner of the 2007 Coretta Scott King, John Steptoe New Talent Award: Standing Agaionst the Wind by Traci L. Jones

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Winner of the 2006 Carolyn Field Award: Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler’s Shadow, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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Winner of the 2006 Pura Belpré Award for Narrative: The Tequila Worm by Viola Canales.

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Winner of the 2006 Pura Belpré Award for Illustration: Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart, illustrated by Raul Colón and written by Pat Mora.

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