Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Award Winners and Poetry

I know everyone is writing about ALA midwinter and all the awards announced yesterday. Have you taken stock of the poetry on the list? Here's a recap from a poetry perspective.
Coretta Scott King Book Awards - Author Honors
The Great Migration: Journey to the North, written by Eloise Greenfield and illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Never Forgotten, written by Patricia C. McKissack and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon 

Pura Belpré Author Award Winner AND William C. Morris Finalist
Under the Mesquite, written by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Pura Belpré Author Honor Book 
Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck, by Margarita Engle

John Newbery Medal Honor Book
Inside Out and Back Again, by Thanhha Lai
This is not a bad showing for poetry. Check out all the winners at the 20102 ALA Youth Media Awards page.

2 comments:

  1. Enjoyed them, thanks for sharing with us :)

    Warmly
    Marinela

    Short Poems

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  2. Inside Out and Back Again was my favorite book of the year. Beautiful!

    http://literarylunchbox.blogspot.com/2012/01/inside-out-back-again.html

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