2009 Newbery Medal Winner

• The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean

Newbery Honor Books

• 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

2009 Caldecott Winner

• The House in the Night,  illustrated by Beth Krommes, written by Susan Marie Swanson

Caldecott Honor Books

• A couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, by Marla Frazee
• How I Learned Geography, by Uri Shulevitz
• A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by  Jen Bryant

Coretta Scott King Award, 2009

• We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson