GEN: When's ALA Midwinter? What's Your Cald./Newb. Pick?

[Judy Freeman <BKWSSF@AOL.COM>]

Hi Folks--
Do you know the date of ALA Midwinter in New Orleans this year? Specifically,
I need to know when the Newbery/Caldecott awards will be announced. Also, do
you know the 800 number to call that day to find out the winners?
TIA.
(And, by the way, what are your choices this year? Here's my list.:
NEWBERY:
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine; Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
(HarperCollins).
CALDECOTT:
The Paper Dragon by Marguerite W. Davol, ill. by Robert Sabuda (Atheneum);
Snapshots of the Wedding by Gary Soto, ill. by Stephanie Garcia (Putnam); My
Life with the Wave by Catherine Cowan, ill. by Mark Buehner (Lothrop).
NOTABLE BOOKS WE SHOULDN'T BE WITHOUT (All are FABULOUS read-alouds):
PICTURE BOOKS-Bearsie Bear and the Surprise Sleepover Party by Bernard Waber
(Houghton); Burnt Toast on Davenport Street by Tim Egen (Houghton); Library
Lil by Suzanne Williams (Dial); There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by
Simms Taback (Viking); Verdi by Janell Cannon (Harcourt)
FICTION-Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel (Simon & Schuster)
NONFICTION-A Drop of Water by Walter Wick (Scholastic); Lou Gehrig: The
Luckiest Man by David A. Adler (Harcourt); Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang
(HarperCollins); Love Letters by Arnold Adoff (Scholastic)

Judy Freeman, Librarian <BKWSSF@aol.com>
Van Holten School
Bridgewater, NJ

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