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ALA's book and media awards represent some of the best works of the year. In this video, the chairs of many of the committees charged with choosing the award winners discuss the winning books and why they were selected. For more information, see the accompanying "Read This Now" article in the May 2009 issue of American Libraries, as well as ALA's main awards page at ala.org/ala/awardsgrants/. For more ALA videos, see alfocus.ala.org. Transcript (Opens in new tab or window).

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No Caldecott??

No Caldecott??

The Caldecott committee

The Caldecott committee chair declined to speak on camera.

more awards ...

This is great but I wish you had included both the Notable Book list and the Reading List. Maybe next year!


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