The American Library Association announced their youth media award winners in San Diego on Monday, January 10, 2011. Due to inclement weather, the Hoover Public Library is a day late getting this information to our patrons. But we are open for business today, so without further delay . . .

John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

Newbery Honor
Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children
A Sick Day of Amos McGee illustrated by Erin E. Stead

Caldecott Honor
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave illustrated by Bryan Collier
Interrupting Chicken written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein

Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature for young adults
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bagicalupi

Printz Honor
Stolen by Lucy Christopher
Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
Nothing by Janne Teller

Coretta Scott King Author Book Award recognizing an African America author of outstanding books for children and young adults
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

King Author Honor
Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Book Award recognizing an African American illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave illustrated by Brayn Collier

King Illustrator Honor
Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix illustrated by Javaka Steptoe

Pura Belpre Author Award honoring a Latino writer whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience
The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan

Pura Belpre Illustrator Award honoring a Latino illustrator whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience
Grandma's Gift written and illustrated by Erica Velasquez

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguised beginning reader book
Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo & Alison McGhee

Robert F. Sibert Medal for most distinguished informational book for children
Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot by Sy Montgomery

Mildred L. Batchelder Award for outstanding children's book translated from a language other than English and subsequently published in the United States
A Time of Miracles by Ann-Laure Bondoux, translated from French by Y. Maudet

For a complete list of winners and honors, go to ALA's website.