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And the 2014 winners are.../Groundhog Day too!

Last Monday at the ALA Mid-winter Conference the Newbery, Caldecott, Michael L. Printz, Coretta Scott King, and several other book awards were announced.  These and other award winning books will be in the media centers soon!  These are great books to encourage students to read this year or over the summer.  

Newbery Medal Winner:
"Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, " by Kate DiCamillo

Newbery Honors:
"Doll Bones, " by Holly Black
"The Year of Billy Miller," by Kevin Henkes
"One Came Home," by Amy Timberlake
"Paperboy," by Vince Vawter

Caldecott Medal Winner:
"Locomotive," illustrated and written by Brian Floca

Caldecott Honors:
"Journey," illustrated and written by Aaron Becker
"Flora and the Flamingo," illustrated and written by Molly Idle
"Mr. Wuffles!" illustrated and written by David Wiesner

Michael L. Printz Winner: 
"Midwinterblood," by Marcus Sedgwick

Michael L. Printz Honors:
"Eleanor & Park," by Rainbow Rowell
"The Kingdom of Little Wounds," by Susann Cokal
"Maggot Moon," by Sally Gardner
"Navigating Early," by Clare Vanderpool

Coretta Scott King Winners:
"P.S. Be Eleven, " written by Rita Williams-Garcia 
"Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me," illustrated by Bryan Collier and written by Daniel 
     Beaty

Coretta Scott King Honors:
"March: Book One, " written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin and illustrated by Nate Powell
"Darius & Twig," by Walter Dean Myers
"Words with Wings," by Nikki Grimes
"Nelson Mandela," illustrated and written by Kadir Nelson

After posting about the award winning books above, I discovered this timely article about Groundhog Day!  Enjoy!

An Ed Tech Groundhog Day PBL Story: Translated from Groundhogese Using Google