AND THE WINNERS ARE!

If you watch the awards, they save the biggies for last but I'm going to start with the Newbery, Caldecott, and Geisel!

 

 

The Eyes and The Impossible by Dave Eggers won the Newbery. I haven't read it because my library does not own it. Yet. They will soon! And Big by Vashti Harrison won the Caldecott. It is a great book and definitely deserves the award! 

And Fox Has A Problem by Corey R. Tabor won the Geisel. Can you help Fox solve his stuck kite problem?

NEWBERY HONORS - all FIVE of them!

   

Eagle Drums by Nasugraq Rainey Hopson - I have not read it but I should be receiving it soon! It's fantasy/mythology about the origin storyof the Iñupiaq Messenger Feast, a Native Alaskan tradition..

Elf Dog & Owl Head by M. T. Anderson - This is a great book and I should have included it on my list of possible winners. It's set during the pandemic and it is a really great fantasy dog story!

Mexikid: by Pedro Martín - Graphic novel memoir! Mexikid got a lot of love today. All well deserved. Happy to see a graphic novel on the Newbery list.

Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow - Thrilled this won an honor! It deal with serious stuff but it also has emu farms, holy squirrels, and bodies falling out of hearses. 

The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams by Daniel Nayeri - I own this! I just haven't finished reading it. My bad.

CALDECOTT HONORS - FOUR of them

 

 

In Every Life by Marla Frazee - A beautiful book based on a Jewish call and response blessing.

Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter by Aida Salazar; illustrated by Molly Mendoza - a picture book biography.

There Was a Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds; illustrated by Jerome and Jarrett Pumphrey - great book! Very happy this won an Honor.

The Truth About Dragons by Julie Leung; illustrated by Hanna Cha - celebrating biracial identity with dragons!

GEISEL HONORS - Two!

 

 

Henry, Like Always by Jenn Bailey and illustrated by Mika Song about Henry! Who is on the autism spectrum and is having a challenging week at school. It's the first in a new series.

Worm and Caterpillar Are Friends! by Kaz Windness - a beginning to read graphic novel! 

I am sad Klassen's The Skull did not win anything. But happy with the other all the others and looking forward to reading a few new books.