Neil Gaiman's novel The Graveyard Book, won the American Library Association's Newberry Medal while the Caldecott Medal for children's book illustration went to Beth Krommes for The House in the Night, written by Susan Marie Swanson. The Coretta Scott King Award for best author was given to Kadir Nelson, for We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball. The illustrator award went to Floyd Cooper for The Blacker the Berry. The King prizes were founded 40 years ago to honor the works of black Americans. They will be in the Goodwin library soon!
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