So Many Awards...

...today! Susan at Chicken Spaghetti has the full rundown, but I wanted to pay particular attention to the Jane Addams Children's Books Awards, presented annually by the Jane Addams Peace Association. The 2006 winners are:

• Delivering Justice: W. W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights, by Jim Haskins, illustrated by Benny Andrews
• Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX, the Law that Changed the Future of Girls in America, by Karen Blumenthal
• Poems to Dream Together=Poemas Para Soñar Juntos, by Francisco X. Alarcón, illustrated by Paula Barragán
• The Crazy Man, by Pamela Porter
• Sweetgrass Basket, by Marlene Carvell

One of the winners, Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX, the Law that Changed the Future of Girls in America, was recently reviewed by Liz Burns at The Edge of the Forest.