ALA presents Newbery, Caldecott, and other children’s book awards

The American Library Association (ALA) has announced its 2007 awards honoring the best of children’s literature. The full list of award winners is long and varied, and we’ve highlighted our favorites below:

• Newbery Medal: The Higher Power of Lucky, by Susan Patron
• Caldecott Medal: Flotsam, by David Wiesner
• Carnegie Medal: Mo Willems (author/illustrator)
• Geisel Medal: Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways, by Laura McGee Kvasnosky
• Sibert Medal: Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon, by Catherine Thimmesh

The ALA’s children’s book awards present the perfect opportunity each year to grab a stack of books for the kids in your life—books that are certain to be winners in their hearts and minds.