Book Lovers News...
The Children's Book Council announced the winners of the 2009 Children's Choice Book Awards. There were over 220,000 online votes. The winners:
K - 2nd Grade Book of the Year
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy (Mo Willems)
3rd - 4th Grade Book of the Year
Spooky Cemeteries (Dinah Williams)
5th - 6th Grade Book of the Year
Thirteen (Lauren Myracle)
Teen Choice Book of the Year
Breaking Dawn (Stephanie Meyer)
Author of the Year: Stephanie Meyer
Illustrator of the Year: Jon J. Muth for Zen Ties
--as seen on the Dupage Library System Here and Now blog: http://dls.typepad.com/news/2009/05/cbc-childlrens-choice-book-awards.html