ALA Press Release
Clare Vanderpool, Erin E. Stead win Newbery, Caldecott Medals
SAN DIEGO
- Clare Vanderpool, author of “Moon Over Manifest”and Erin E. Stead,
illustrator of“A Sick Day for Amos McGee,”are the 2011 winners of the
John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott Medals, the most prestigious awards
in children’s literature.
Clare Vanderpooland Erin E. Stead were among the award winners
announced January 10, by the Association for Library Service to Children
(ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), during the ALA
Midwinter Meeting in San Diego, Jan. 7 - 11. The Newbery and Caldecott
Medals honor outstanding writing and illustration of works published in
the United States during the previous year.
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