A huge THANK YOU!  to ALA for broadcasting the award ceremony on the web!  It made me feel like I was a part of the it.  Wonderfully done, it worked flawlessly.

Honors:

Whittington by Alan Armstrong.
Hitler Youth by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson

Winner:

Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins.  (Now moved to the top of my must-read pile!)

Here come the big ones!

Honor Books:

Rosa by Bryan Collier, written by Nikki Giovanni
Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth
Hot Air by Marjorie Priceman
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems by Becki Prange written by Joyce Sidman.

Winner:

Hello, Goodbye Window by Chris Raschka, written by Norton Juster.

Great choices!!

Outstanding Beginning Reader Award:  This is the first year for this award!

Honor Books:

Hi Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold (Yes!)
A Splendid Friend Indeed by Suzanne Bloom (Yes!)
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa by Erica Silverman
Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day by Jean Van Leeuwen.

Winner:

Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas by Cynthia Rylant (How wonderful!)

Outstanding Children’s Video:

Man Who Walked Between the Towers

Outstanding Latino Writer:

Honor Books:

Cesar:  Si, Se Puede: Yes We Can! by Carmen Bernier-Grand.
Dona Flor by Raul Colon, written by Pat Mora.
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan. (Yes!!)

Winner:

Tequila Worm by Viola Canales.

(Nicely mirrored in Spanish as well.)

Outstanding Latino Writer/Illustrator:

Illustrator Honor Books:

Arrorro, Mi Nino by Lulu Delacre.
Cesar:  Si, Se Puede: Yes We Can! by David Diaz.
My Name is Celia by Rafael Lopez.

Illustrator Winner:

Dona Flor by Raul Colon, written by Pat Mora. (Yes!!!)

Information book for children:

(This was a crowded field this year)

Honor:

Hitler Youth by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.

Winner:

Secrets of a Civil War Submarine by Sally M. Walker

(Interesting, no John Lennon!  Maybe it was considered for too old an audience?)

Foreign Language/Foreign Publisher Award:

Honor Books:

Nicholas by Rene Goscinny
When I Was a Soldier by Valerie Zenatti

Winner:

An Innocent Soldier by Josef Holub.