Our winners from the American Library Association Awards:

Newbery Honor: Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by By Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Rick Allen

Coretta Scott King Honor for Illustrator: Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow by Gary Golio, illustrated by Javaka Steptoe

2011 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal: Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World’s Strangest Parrot by Sy Montgomery, photos by Nic Bishop

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