>ALA Awards

by Roger Sutton
Jan 26, 2009 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
>All hail designer Lolly, Twitter-tracker Claire, copy editor Jen and fact-checker Martha, who bring you our webpage on the ALA awards in record time.
Roger Sutton
Roger Sutton

Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton was editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996-2021. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his MA in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a BA from Pitzer College in 1978.

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melanie

>Thanks, I just looked. My L is going glitter :)

Posted : Jan 29, 2009 11:41

Roger Sutton

>the Notables and Best Books lists are now up at the ALA website: ala.org

Posted : Jan 29, 2009 10:05

melanie

>Hi Roger,
How can we find the list of Notable winners?
I'm wondering if I need to walk around with a big L on my forehead for loser, on the book I lost brain cells, life cells and a great deal of social life for while scurrying to meet a deadline that kept getting stuck midway.
Melanie Hope Greenberg
http://mermaidsonparade.blogspot.com

Posted : Jan 29, 2009 08:56

victoria thorne

>twitter-tracking is twough work. you guys/gals = great team. nice job.

Posted : Jan 28, 2009 07:56

Anonymous

>Sorry to have not posted this yesterday but I am just waking up from the smelling salts ...

Did anyone else notice that we have a male Newbery winner and three out of the four Caldecott winners are women (with two author-illustrator pairs)?

Posted : Jan 27, 2009 02:36

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