Today the American Library Association announced their 2006 award winners. Among the authors/books honored:

• Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins was awarded the John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature.
• The Hello, Goodbye Window, illustrated by Chris Raschka, was awarded the Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children.
• Jacqueline Woodson was awarded the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults.

What has me doing the happy dance though, is that John Green was awarded the Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults for his novel Looking for Alaska. I loooooooved Looking for Alaska. If you like YA literature and haven't read it, get yourself to a library and check it out. You won't be disappointed.

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