2009 Award-Winning Books

Randolph Caldecott Medal

The House in the Night

The House in the Night
by Susan Marie Swanson, illustrated by Beth Krommes

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John Newbery Medal

 

The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean

 

Coretta Scott King Book Award

We Are the Ship

We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson

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The Blacker the Berry
illustrated by Floyd Cooper

 

Michael L. Printz Award

 

Jellicoe Road
by Melinda Marchetta

 

Alex Awards

City of Thieves City of Thieves by David Benioff (Fic Benioff)
The Dragons of Babel by Michael Swanwick (Fic Swanwick)
Finding Nouf by Zoe Ferraris (Fic Ferraris)
The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti (Fic Tinti)
Just After Sunset by Stephen King (Fic King)
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan (Fic Jordan)
Over and Under by Todd Tucker
The Oxford Project by Peter Feldstein, photos by Stephen G. Bloom
Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow
Three Girls and Their Brother by Theresa Rebeck

Mildred L. Batchelder Award

 

Moribito
by Nahoko Uehashi

 

Pura Belpré Award

 

The Surrender Tree
by Margarita Engle

 

 

Just in Case
illustrated by Yuyi Morales

 

Andrew Carnegie Medal

 

March On!
from Weston Woods Studios

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Margaret A. Edwards Award

Twisted

Laurie Halse Anderson

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Odyssey Award

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
from Recorded Books

Read the book. (YA Fic Alexie)

Schneider Family Book Award

  Picture Book for Young Children:
Piano Starts Here
by Robert A. Parker
  Middle-School Award:
Waiting for Normal
by Leslie Connor
  Teen Award:
Jerk, California
by Jonathan Friesen

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award

We Are the Ship

We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson

j796.3576408996073 Nel

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

 

Are You Ready to Play Outside?
by Mo Willems

 

Laura Ingalls Wilder Award

Let It Shine

Ashley Bryan, Author and Illustrator

 

William C. Morris Award

 

A Curse Dark as Gold
by Elizabeth C. Bunce

 

 

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