The Newbery and Caldecott Awards 2011: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books; Includes QR (Quick Response) Codes for use with Mobile Phones with Camera or Smartphones

Updated to include the 2011 award and honor books, this new edition of the annual guide to the Newbery and Caldecott awards gathers together the books deemed most distinguished in American children's literature and illustration since the inception of the renowned prizes. Librarians and teachers everywhere rely on this guidebook for quick reference and collection development and also a resource for curriculum links and readers' advisory. Retaining the streamlined look and format of recent editions, the 2011 guide also includes * A thoughtful essay on children's literature today, by Barbara Kiefer, Professor of Children's Literature at Ohio State University * Explanations of criteria used to select the awards *Updated bibliographic citations and indexes for the award winners Locating information about the best in children's books has never been easier.

For more than eight decades, librarians from the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) have intensely scrutinized the children's books published each year, selecting the winning and honor books for the Newbery and Caldecott Awards. In addition, the ALSC division of the ALA is committed to creating a nation of readers, starting with the youngest. ALSC supports all those providing library services to children, including youth librarians, teachers, families, literature experts, publishers, and child advocates.