Maurice Sendak and Austrian author Christine Noestlinger are co-winners of the first Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for literature. The two received the $553,000 prize from the Swedish government in March. Noestlinger is the author of the German-language children's books The Fiery Frederica and Conrad, the Factory-Made Boy. The award is named for Pippi Longstocking author Lindgren, who died last year at 94.
2009 National Book Awards On the red carpet with nominees in the Young People's Literature category.
Photos by Rocco Staino.
SLJ Covers 2009 A bigger and better view of SLJ's covers from 2009
BookExpo America 2009: SLJ's Day of Dialog School Library Journal held a Day of Dialog in conjunction with the annual BookExpo America on May 28, 2009 at the Brooklyn Public Library. Full story: bit.ly/1a0G7o