Here is some information about this year’s Newbery Award and Honor books. The American Library Association’s Association for Library Service to Children gives out these awards every year. I was in Seattle for the conference until this weekend, but I didn’t get to see them announce the winners. The winner and honor books are:

The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron, illustrated by Matt Phelan (Simon & Schuster/Richard Jackson)

Honor Books

Penny from Heaven by Jennifer L. Holm (Random House)
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson (Delacorte Press)
Rules by Cynthia Lord (Scholastic)

My Cub Scout den is finishing up the last few requirements before they cross over into Boy Scouts. They’re finishing up their Showman badge this week. Here is an interesting site from the Folger Shakespeare library. This will help them for at least a few parts of the Showman badge. If you want to learn more about William Shakespeare, the Folger site would be a good place to go. I found it by searching Yahooligans.