penmage | ALA awards!

It's the ALA awards! It will surprise no one that I am watching the Twitter feed and the webcast and also liveblogging.

Okay, first up, the Alex Award--adult books that also work for teens. Yay, Dragons of Babel!The Good Thief! Sharp Teeth!

I am pleased.

YAY! Waiting for Normal won the Shneider!

Okay, Coretta Scott King. Here we go.

We Are the Ship! Yes!

YES! Kadir! YES! I would rather it be for Change Has Come, of course, but still! Kadir! AWESOME. So well deserved.

Okay, the Odyssey Award for audiobooks. Awww, Elijah of Buxton. And I'm Dirty. And NATION, yeah! And of course, Sherman Alexie. :D

I didn't think I would be as excited for this one (as

fox1013 knows) but I TOTALLY AM.

YES! LAURIE YES! Margaret A. Edwards! I'mr eading Wintergirls now and Chains is AMAZING, so YEAH!

Okay, William A. Morris. No one is surprised that I am crossing fingers for CURSE DARK AS GOLD. please please please.

YAAAAAAAAAAY! Cybils committee! You know I am jumping up and down right now! CURSE! YEAH, CURSE!

OKAY THE PRINTZ WE CAN DO THIS.

YEAH OCTAVIAN TWO PRINTZES!

Eh. Frankie.

YAY NATION NATION NATION NATION NATION!

Um. Now I need to read Tender Morsel, don't I.

I HAVE JELLICOE ROAD IN MY BAG RIGHT NOW! For reading after Wintergirls. YEAH!

Okay, the Belpre is taking a really long time.

Okay, the Sibert. We are the Ship is really cleaning up this year! Kadir, will you be able to carry all those medals? What do you think? Do you think there's going to be space for them on the jacket?

YAY! Ashley Bryan won the Wilder! There is not a sweeter, nicer and more talented man.

By the way, I just want to take a moment to be amazed at how on top of things ALA is this year. I recall prevous years when it was impossible to get in to the webcast. This year, the webcast was easy to get into, and the twitter feed is really on top of things. Rock on, ALA.

Okay, here comes the Giesel! I'm calling Mo Willems!

HA! I totally called it, you guys! Are You Ready to Play Outside FTW!

CALDECOT OKAY YOU GUYS HERE WE GO.

A Couple of Boys YAY! Marla Frazee!

A River of Words awesome yay!

...The House of the Night? Seriously, I have never heard of this one. It's this year's Higher Power of Lucky.

OKAY. THE CALDECOTT. WE CAN DO THIS YOU GUYS.

YAY KATHI! YAY UNDERNEATH!

Aww, Savvy!

Tupac and D Foster! Yay!

THE GRAVEYARD BOOK! YES YES YES YES YES!

I am so happy right now.

Whew. I'm shaking. Good show, ALA. Good choices.

I'm so happy I've read most of the winning novels. Otherwise I would never get copies in the mad dash.

Edit: The ALA website is apparently down, so full list of awards and honors here.