2006 Printz, etc.

As I wasn't at work yesterday, I had to wait an extra 24 hours to find out who the 2006 winners were -- it was agony:

2006 Printz winner:  Looking for Alaska, by John Green  (Printz Honor books listed here)

2006 Margaret A. Edwards Award:  Jacqueline Woodson

2006 Alex Awards:  I've read and reviewed four of the ten:  Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys, Gregory Galloway's As Simple As Snow, Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, and Jeanette Walls' The Glass Castle.  (The rest are listed here.)

2006 Newbery Medal:  Criss Cross, by Lynne Rae Perkins  (Newbery Honor books listed here)

2006 Caldecott:  The Hello, Goodbye Window, illustrated by Chris Raschka (Honor books listed here)

Without having read any of the Printz Honor books, I feel slightly guilty saying this, but Chris Lynch totally got robbed.  Inexcusable should have at least made the cut.  On the other hand, GOOD JOB, Newbery judges!  I'm very happy to (for once!) see a non-Avi list!  And hooray for Chris Raschka!  You rock.