If you're looking for some great kids' books, check out the winners of various kid lit prizes awarded annually by the American Library Association. The most famous awards are, of course, the Newbery Medal -- given to the best-written kids' book of the year -- and the Caldecott Medal -- given to the best-illustrated children's book of the year. But there are a number of other awards, and winners of those awards are worth checking out. To give you an idea of what's out there, here's an article about some of this year's winners that I wrote in my capacity as the children's book reviewer for Scripps Howard News Service. Our library either has all of these books, or will have them shortly: Children's Corner: A look at prize-winning books
Posted by at February 16, 2011 04:42 PM