Monday, February 02, 2009

Happy Monday Morning!

A few items of note this morning:

1. The website to learn about the U.S. Presidents has moved here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/

2. We are still accepting book donations for the Winterfest Book Sale.

3. The Newbery and Caldecott Award winners were announced last week.

The 2009 Newbery Medal winner is The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean, and published by HarperCollins Children's Books. More information can be found at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm
The 2009 Caldecott Medal winner is The House in the Night, illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson (Houghton Mifflin Company). More information can be found at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.cfm


Read on!