The 2005 Caldecott & Newbery Medal Winners
The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. This year, Cynthia Kadohata's Kira-Kira was awarded the top honors.
The Caldecott Medal is also awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. Kitten's First Full Moon, illustrated and written by Kevin Henkes was this year's winner.
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2005 Caldecott Medal Winner
 Kitten's First Full Moon
Kevin Henkes (Author & Ill.)
From one of the most beloved picture book creators of today comes a memorable new character and a suspenseful adventure. Kitten sees her first full moon, but she thinks it's a bowl of milk and tries to get at it. Full color.
All Editions: $14.07 - $175.00
2005 Honor Books
 The Red Book
Barbara Lehman (Author & Ill.)
This book is about a book. A magical red book without any words. When you turn the pages you'll experience a new kind of adventure through the power of story. In illustrations of rare detail and surprise, The Red Book crosses oceans and continents to deliver one girl into a new world of possibility, where a friend she's never met is waiting. And as with the best of books, at the conclusion of the story, the journey is not over.
All Editions: $8.79 - $12.95
 Coming On Home Soon
Jacqueline Woodson, E. B. Lewis (Ill.)
Ada Ruth's mama must go away to Chicago to work, leaving Ada Ruth and Grandma behind. It's war time, and women are needed to fill the men's jobs. As winter sets in, Ada Ruth and her grandma keep up their daily routine, missing Mama all the time. They find strength in each other, and a stray kitten even arrives one day to keep them company, but nothing can fill the hole Mama left. Every day they wait, watching for the letter that says Mama will be coming on home soon.
All Editions: $14.44 - $60.00
 Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
Mo Willems (Author & Ill.)
Trixie, Daddy, and Knuffle Bunny take a trip to the neighborhood Laundromat. But the exciting adventure takes a dramatic turn when Trixie realizes somebunny was left behind… Using a combination of muted black-and-white photographs and expressive illustrations, this stunning book tells a brilliantly true-to-life tale about what happens when Daddy's in charge and things go terribly, hilariously wrong.
All Editions: $10.86 - $60.00
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2005 Newbery Medal Winner
 Kira-Kira
Cynthia Kadohata
Glittering. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is kira-kira for the same reason. And so are people's eyes. When Katie and her family move from a Japanese community in Iowa to the Deep South of Georgia, it's Lynn who explains to her why people stop them on the street to stare. And it's Lynn who, with her special way of viewing the world, teaches Katie to look beyond tomorrow. But when Lynn becomes desperately ill, and the whole family begins to fall apart, it is up to Katie to find a way to remind them all that there is always something glittering -- kira-kira -- in the future.
2005 Honor Books
 Al Capone Does My Shirts
Gennifer Choldenko
Set in 1935, when guards actually lived on Alcatraz Island with their families, Choldenko’s second novel brings humor to the complexities of family dynamics and illuminates the real struggle of a kid trying to free himself from the "good boy" stance he’s taken his whole life.
All Editions: $5.41 - $50.00
 The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
Russell Freedman
This insightful account of the great African American vocalist considers her life and musical career in the context of the history of civil rights in this country. Drawing on Anderson's own writings and other contemporary accounts, Russell Freedman shows readers a singer pursuing her art despite the social constraints that limited the careers of black performers in the 1920s and 1930s.
All Editions: $10.00 - $18.00
 Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
Gary Schmidt
It only takes a few hours for Turner Buckminster to start hating Phippsburg, Maine. No one in town will let him forget that he's a minister's son, even if he doesn't act like one. But then he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a smart and sassy girl from a poor nearby island community founded by former slaves. Despite his father's-and the town's-disapproval of their friendship, Turner spends time with Lizzie, and it opens up a whole new world to him, filled with the mystery and wonder of Maine's rocky coast.
All Editions: $10.19 - $15.00
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