2009+E.B.+White+Awards

=2009 E.B. White Read Aloud Award Winner and Honor Books=

WINNER: __Masterpiece__ by Elise Broach (FIC BRO)
Marvin, a beetle, and James, a human, team up to find a Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[] The author's website, including information about her other novels and picture books. [] The website for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [] This information includes information about the artist Albrecht Durer, including images of many of his works.

__Honor Books__
__The Magic Thief__ by Sarah Prineas (FIC PRI) A young thief enters a life of magic and adventure after stealing from Nevery Flinglas, a wizard who has returned from exile to reverse the troubling decline of magic in Wellmet City.

[] The author's website, including information about other books in the series.

__The Willoughbys__ by Lois Lowry (FIC LOW) A tongue-in-cheek take on classic themes in children's literature, in which the four Willoughby children set out to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny.

[] The author's website, including information on all of her books, awards, speeches, and a blog.

__Zorgamazoo__ by Robert Paul Weston (FIC WES) Imaginative and adventurous Katrina eludes her maniacal guardian to help Morty, a member of a vanishing breed of zorgles, with his quest to uncover the fate of the fabled zorgles of Zorgmazoo as well as of other creatures that seem to have disappeared from the Earth.

[] The author's website [] The official website for the book


 * Call numbers refer to the call number for the Cedar Ridge IMC (or other Unit 5 elementary IMC if the title is not available at Cedar Ridge).
 * Plot synopsis taken from KidZviZ, Unit 5's electronic card catalog.
 * Book cover images taken from NoveList Plus.