National Award Winners
Caldecott Awards 2009
An award for the most distinguished American picture book
Caldecott Medal Winner
- The House in the Night (Picture Books/E/Swanson) by Susan Marie Swanson, illustrated by Beth Krommes
Caldecott Honor Books
- Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever (Picture Books/E/Frazee) by Marla Frazee
- How I Learned Geography (Picture Books/E/Shulevitz) by Uri Shulevitz
- A River of Words (Juvenile Nonfiction/J811.52/Williams) by Jen Bryant
Past Caldecott Winners
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Newbery Awards 2009
An award for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children
Newbery Medal Winner
- The Graveyard Book (Teen Fiction/Gaiman) by Neil Gaiman
Newbery Honor Books
- The Underneath (Juvenile Fiction/J/Appelt) by Kathi Appelt
- The Surrender Tree (Juvenile Nonfiction/J811.54/Eng) by Margarita Engle
- Savvy (Juvenile Fiction/J/Law) by Ingrid Law
- After Tupac & D Foster (TeenFiction/Woodson) by Jacqueline Woodson
Past Newbery Winners
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Robert F. Sibert Awards 2009
An award for the most distinguished informational book
Medal Winner
*We Are the Ship (Juvenile Nonfiction/J796.357/Nel) by Kadir Nelson
Honor Books
- Bodies from the Ice (Juvenile Nonfiction/J599.9/Dee) by by James M. Deem
- What To Do About Alice? (Juvenile Biographies/J973.911/Longworth) by Barbara Kerley
Past Sibert Winners
About the Sibert Award
Coretta Scott King Awards 2009
An award for the outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution by an African American author and illustrator
Author Medal Winner
- We Are the Ship (Juvenile Nonfiction/J796.357/Nel) by Kadir Nelson
Illustrator Medal Winner
- The Blacker the Berry (Juvenile Nonfiction/J811.54/Tho) illustrated by Floyd Cooper
Past Coretta Scott King Award Winners
About the Coretta Scott King Award
More Children’s Book Awards
Find more award winner lists (with handy catalog links) on the Good Reads Award List page.
