The Little Reviewer

Quick reviews on Middle Grade and Young Adult fiction

The Winners

Sorry I’ve been AWOL lately.

Busy, busy, busy.

But I wanted to tell you the winner’s for the Caldecott 2012 Medal and Newbery 2012 Medal!

(You can check out the full list of winners from the other awards here)

Caldecott Honors:

Blackout
Illustrated & Written by: John Rocco

Grandpa Green
Illustrated & Written by: Lane Smith

Me…Jane
Illustrated & Written by: Patrick McDonnell

Caldecott Winner:

A Ball for Daisy
Illustrated & Written by: Chris Raschka

Newbery Honors:

Inside Out & Back Again
Written by: Thanha Lai

Breaking Stalin’s Nose
Written & Illustrated by:  Eugene Yelchin

Newbery Winner:

Dead End in Norvelt
Written by: Jack Gantos

YEAH!! So excited!

Filed under: Caldecott, Newbery

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The Little Reviewer’s Rating System

10 Best book in the world
9 Close to perfection
8 Fantastic
7 Couldn't put it down
6 Interesting
5 Pretty good
4 Mediocre
3 I've read worse
2 Meh
1 So bad I couldn't finish it

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The Floating Islands
0 of 5 stars
tagged: currently-reading
Icefall
0 of 5 stars
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In the Path of Falling Objects
0 of 5 stars
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