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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...
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
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.
Jamie Ford, author of HOTEL AT THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET, exposes his inner "alpha-geek" by revealing the unlikely book that claimed the top spot on his Christmas wish list one year.
