Prepare yourselves

for some first class freaking out-- Sti Style!

Guess who won the Newbery Medal this year?! That's right, the author I spend the majority of my time talking about: NEIL GAIMAN! For his awesome book The Graveyard Book. Oh lordy I am soooo excited you can not believe it, I don't know if I'll get any real work done today because of this!

If you haven't read The Graveyard Book yet, what are you waiting for? :) Well, it could be that it's checked out right now but don't let that stop you! After you've put it on hold you can watch/listen to the author read it right here: http://www.mousecircus.com/videotour.aspx

The other Newbery Honors go to:

The Underneath by Kathi Appelt, illustrated by David Small
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle
Savvy by Ingrid Law
After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson

Okay, now off to do happy dances around the library! :)

DFTBA,
Sti

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