Kids' Award Winners Announced

The American Library Association announced award-winning children's books this morning at their Midwinter meeting.
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Winning titles:
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Coretta Scott King Author Award: Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans (Kadir Nelson)
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Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award: Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom (Shane W. Evans)
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John Newbery Medal: Dead End in Norvelt (Jack Gantos)
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Michael L. Printz Award: Where Things Come Back (John Corey Whaley)
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Pura Belpré Author Award: Under the Mesquite (Guadalupe Garcia McCall)
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Pura Belpré Illustrator Award: Diego Rivera: His World and Ours (Duncan Tonatiuh)
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Randolph Caldecott Medal: A Ball for Daisy (Chris Raschka)
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Robert F. Sibert Medal: Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade (Melissa Sweet)
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Theodor Seuss Geisel Award: Tales for Very Picky Eaters (Josh Schneider)