OCTOBER Author Birthdays

October 3: Natalie Savage Carlson, Molly Cone
October 4: Robert Lawson, Donald J. Sobol, Munro Leaf
October 5: David Shannon
October 6: Steven Kellog
October 8: Johanna Hurwitz, Barthe DeClements
October 10: James Marshall
October 14: Polly Cameron, Miriam Cohen
October 16: Noah Webster
October 19: Ed Emberley
October 24: Barbara Robinson
October 28 Leonard Kessler
October 31: Katherine Paterson



2010 CALDECOTT & NEWBURY AWARD WINNERS

NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER: When You Reach Me, written by Rebecca Stead

NEWBERY HONOR WINNERS: Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, by Phillip Hoose

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, by Jacqueline Kelly

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, by Grace Lin

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg, by Rodman Philbrick

CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER: The Lion & the Mouse, illustrated and written by Jerry Pinkney

CALDECOTT HONOR WINNERS: All the World, illustrated by Marla Frazee, written by Liz Garton Scanlon

Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski, written by Joyce Sidman

For more information on each of the winners and a complete listing of all Newbery and Caldecott winners throughout the ages, go to www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.cfm and www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.cfm

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