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2010 Newbery Award

cover of bookWINNER:
When You Reach Me
by Rebecca Stead
As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.
cover of bookHONOR BOOK:
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip M. Hoose
Based on extensive interviews with Claudette Colvin and many others, Phillip Hoose presents the first in-depth account of an important yet largely unknown civil rights figure, skillfully weaving her dramatic story into the fabric of the historic Montgomery bus boycott and court case that would change the course of American history.
cover of bookHONOR BOOK:
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
As 11-year-old Callie Tate explores the natural world around her in 1899 Texas, she develops a close relationship with her grandfather, navigates living with six brothers, and comes up against just what it means to be a girl at the turn of the century.
cover of bookHONOR BOOK:
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then joins a dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of bringing life to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade River.
cover of bookHONOR BOOK:
The Mostly True Adventure of Homer P. Figg
by Rodman Philbrick
Twelve-year-old Homer, a poor but clever orphan, has extraordinary adventures after running away from his evil uncle to rescue his brother, who has been sold into service in the Civil War.
 

2010 Caldecott Award

cover of bookWINNER:
The Lion and the Mouse
illustrated and written by Jerry Pinkney
In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.
cover of bookHONOR BOOK:
All the World
illustrated by Marla Frazee, written by Liz Garton Scanlon
Following a circle of family and friends through the course of a day from morning till night, this book affirms the importance of all things great and small in our world, from the tiniest shell on the beach, to warm family connections, to the widest sunset sky
cover of bookHONOR BOOK:
Red Sings from Treetops
illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski, written by Joyce Sidman
The names of colors are woven into unrhymed poems that celebrate the seasons.
Past Caldecott Medal and Honor books, 1938 - present.
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