Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement

Walter Dean Myers (Lovely, lovely choice – and what a difficult decision to make with so many authors to choose from!)

New Talent Award

Kekla Magoon for The Rock and the River (already on my must-read list)

Illustrator Honor Books

E. B. Lewis for The Negro Speaks of Rivers (Hurrah!)

Illustrator Award Winner

Charles R. Smith Jr. for My People (Double cheer!  It’s such a beauty of a book!)

Author Honor Books

Tanita S. Davis for Mare’s War (Oh My!  Tanita!  Congratulations!!!!!!)

Author Award Winner

Vaunda M. Nelson for Bad News for Outlaws