The winners of the 2012 Newbery and Caldecott awards have been announced. The Newbery medal was awarded to author Jack Gantos for Dead End in Norvelt. The Caldecott medal was awarded to illustrator Chris Raschka for A Ball for Daisy. Congratulations to both of these men who have given us many great children's books.
Below is the list of award winners and honor books along with some other award winners. A special note of congratulations goes out to local Kansas City author/illustrator Shane Evans who won the Coretta Scott King illustrator award for his book Underground.
NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER (Author)
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
NEWBERY HONOR BOOKS
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER (Illustrator)
A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka
CALDECOTT HONOR BOOKS
Blackout by John Rocco
Grandpa Green by Lane Smith
Me...Jane by Patrick McDonnell
GEISEL AWARD (Easy Reader)
Tales for Very Picky Eaters by Josh Schneider
SIBERT MEDAL (Nonfiction)
Balloons over Broadway by Melissa Sweet
CORETTA SCOTT KING AUTHOR AWARD (African American author)
Heart and Soul by Kadir Neslon
CORETTA SCOTT KING ILLUSTRATOR AWARD (African American illustrator)
Underground by Shane W. Evans
BELPRÉ AUTHOR AWARD (Latino author)
Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
BELPRÉ ILLUSTRATOR AWARD (Latino illustrator)
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours by Duncan Tonatiuh