And the winners are...

Today was the biggest in the world of children's book publishing, led by the announcement of the 2005 Caldecott and Newbery Award honors lists. Some patrons expressed an interest in hearing the news, so here with is a list of the winners. The Newbery is for young adult books and the Caldecott is for picture books.

John Newbery Medal
Cynthia Kadohata for Kira-Kira (ISBN 0689856393) $15.95
John Newbery Honors
Gennifer Choideko for Al Capone Does My Shirts (0399238611) $15.99
Russell Freedman for The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Andersen and the Struggle for Equal Rights (0618159762) $18
Gary D. Schmidt for Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy (0618439293) $15

Randolph Caldecott Medal
Kevin Henkes for Kitten's First Full Moon (0060588284) $15.99
Randolph Caldecott Honors
Barbara Lehman for The Red Book (0618428585) $12.95
E.B. Lewis, illustrator, and Jacqueline Lewis, writer for Coming On Home Soon (0399237488) $16.99
Mo Willems for Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale (0786818700) $15.99

Robert F. Sibert Award (distinguished informational book for children)
Russell Freedman for The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Andersen and the Struggle for Equal Rights (0618159762) $18
Robert F. Sibert Honors
James Rumford for Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave his People Writing (0618369473) $16
Sy Montgomery for The Tarantula Scientist (0618147993) $18
Barbara Kerley for Walt Whitman (0439357918) $16.95

Michael L. Printz Award (excellence in literature for young adults)
Meg Rosoff for How I Live Now (0385746776) $16.95
Michael L. Printz Honors
Allan Stratton for Chanda's Secret (1550378341) $8.95
Gary D. Schmidt for Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy (0618439293) $15
Kenneth Oppel for Airborn (0060531827) $6.99

Mildred L. Batchelder Award (for works of translation)
Joelle Stultz, translated by Catherine Temerson for The Shadows of Ghadames (0385731043) $15.95
Mildred L. Batchelder Honors
Bodil Bredsdorff, translated by Faith Ingwersen for The Crow Girl (0374312478) $16
David Chotjewitz, translated by Doris Orgel for Daniel Half Human and the Good Nazi (0689857470) $17.95

Coretta Scott King Author Award
Toni Morrison for Remember: The Journey to School Integration (061839740X) $18
Coretta Scott King Author Honors
Sheila P. Moses for The Legend of Buddy Bush (0689858396) $15.95
Sharon G. Flake for Who Am I Without Him? Short Stories About Girls and the Boys in Their Lives (0786806931) $15.99
Marilyn Nelson for Fortune's Bones (1932425128) $16.95

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
Ntozake Shange for Ellington Was Not a Street (0689828845) $15.95
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honors
Jerry Pinkney, illustrator and Billie Holliday, writer for God Bless the Child (0060287977) $16.99
Frank Morrison, illustrator and Brenda C. Roberts, writer for Jazzy Miz Mozetta (0374336741) $16.50
Leo and Diane Dillon, illustrators and Virginia Hamilton for The People Could Fly (0375824057) $16.95

John Steptoe Author Award (for new talent)
Barbara Hathaway for Missy Violet and Me (061837163X) $15
John Steptoe Illustrator Award (for new talent)
Frank Morrison, illustrator and Brenda C. Roberts, writer for Jazzy Miz Mozetta (0374336741) $16.50