Guess what! Award season has begun and the newest award winners in books and media for Youth and Teens were announced at the American Library Association Mid-winter Conference yesterday morning. The 2011 winners can be found at the ALA website but some of the highlights include:

• 2011 Newbery Winner — Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
• 2011 Caldecott Winner — A Sick Day for Amos McGee illustrated by Erin E. Stead
• 2011 Printz Winnter — Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
• 2011 Odyssey Award for Best Audiobook — The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
• 2011 Coretta Scott King Award — One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

Click on the titles to see which ones we have available for checkout. Enjoy!