"It's like trying to drive a species to extinction." - Luke

"Evil plans for happiness." - Nialle, RE: the purpose of her evil plans

Caldecott and Newberry Award Winners 2010

The children's book awards given by the American Library Association have been announced, including the Caldecott, Newberry and the Michael L Printz Award for Young Adult Fiction.

The Caldecott winner was awarded to Jerry Pinkey for The Lion and the Mouse.

The Newberry award was awarded to Rebecca Stead for When You Reach Me.

The Michael L Printz Award is for outstanding young adult fiction, and was awarded to Libba Bray (A Great and Terrible Beauty) for her new novel Going Bovine.

"There is no 'Q' in Karl Marx!" - Ali, to the computer screen

Unpacked: Anthropology, archaeology, film, philosophy (about half done), some small press, a bunch of maritime / nautical, some ancient and medieval history - two thousand books added since we began moving the Bookery in!

"You know you're a geek when you look for a square root button on your phone." - Anna