The Caldecott and Newbery award winners have been announced for 2011! The winners are:
The 2011 Randolph Caldecott Medal Award Winner:
“A Sick Day for Amos McGee” illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead

…2011 Caldecott Honor(s):
“Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet Slave” illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick

“Interrupting Chicken” written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein

The 2011 John Newbery Medal Award Winner:
“Moon Over Manifest” by Clare Vanderpool

2011 Newbery Honor(s):
“Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night” by Joyce Sidman

“Heart of a Samurai” by Margi Preus






