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January 18, 2010

Youth Awards Announced at ALA

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I was at The American Library Association (ALA) Youth Media Awards ceremony in Boston this morning where the top books, audiobooks and video for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, King, Newbery and Printz awards – were announced. The following is from the press release as I sit in the airport in Boston. Following from the press release is a list of all the 2010 literary award winners:
Walter Isaacson (EINSTEIN and AMERICAN SKETCHES) will be on CBS Sunday Morning show...always a thoughtful, interesting interview...
A heartfelt thanks from all of us to all of you! Kathryn Stockett's THE HELP was our first ever Book of the Year, and it looks and sounds like many of you agree!
This Christmas Eve, Susan Arnout Smith --- author of THE TIMER GAME and OUT AT NIGHT --- shares a moving story about the selflessness and generosity of one young child to another during a time of need, while also passing on one of
Sandra Dallas --- author of eight novels including NEW MERCIES, TALLGRASS and
Bestselling novelist Barbara Delinsky --- author of WHILE MY SISTER SLEEPS,
Lynne Hinton --- author of THE THINGS I KNOW BEST, FRIENDSHIP CAKE, and the newly released CHRISTMAS CAKE --- revisits childhood memories of her grandfather, and the literary legacy he'd bequeathed to her after his passing.