Each year, on a Monday in January, the American Library Association bestows the Newbery Medal, the Caldecott Medal and other awards on different books and authors. The Newbery Medal is awarded for story while the Caldecott Medal is awarded for a book’s illustrations. Each Medal has a winner and a few Honor books but we don’t always own every book named for the awards. This year, the announcements were made this morning, we already own the Caldecott Medal winner (The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick) and two of the honor books (Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine, illustrated by Kadir Nelson and Knuffle Bunny Too by Mo Willems.)  We do not currently own any of the Newbery Medal books but I will look into whether any are appropriate for our school. Happy Reading!