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Prize Winners in Children's Literature

On Monday, January 18 the American Library Association announced the winners of the two most prestigious prizes in children's literature. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead won the Newbery Medal for best children's book and Jerry Pinkney's The Lion and the Mouse won the Caldecott Prize for best picture book. When You Reach Me was inspired by Madeleine L'Engle's timeless classic and previous Newbery winner, A Wrinkle in Time. It is a time-traveling story about a sixth-grader named Miranda, set in New York City in the 1970s. The Lion and the Mouse is a wordless retelling of the classic Aesop fable about a mouse who helps a lion, proving that an underdog can be as mighty as a king.

lionandmouse whenyoureachme On Monday, January 18 the American Library Association announced the winners of the two most prestigious prizes in children's literature. When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead won the Newbery Medal for best children's book and Jerry Pinkney's The Lion and the Mouse won the Caldecott Prize for best picture book. When You Reach Me was inspired by Madeleine L'Engle's timeless classic and previous Newbery winner, A Wrinkle in Time. It is a time-traveling story about a sixth-grader named Miranda, set in New York City in the 1970s. The Lion and the Mouse is a wordless retelling of the classic Aesop fable about a mouse who helps a lion, proving that an underdog can be as mighty as a king.

New Books for a New Year - 2010!

For those of you who made a New Year's resolution to read more, we have good news! There is a long list of new releases due out this month that should whet any appetite. From memoirs to historical fiction to short story collections, we will have the latest from the likes of Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love), Anne Tyler (Breathing Lessons), Tracy Chevalier (Girl With a Pearl Earring), Roberto Bolano (2666) and Amy Bloom (Away), to name but a few. Give us a call, or watch your weekly email for exact release dates. If you can't come by the store that day, call or email us and we will put your heart's desire on hold, or mail it to you! Happy New Year of Reading to All!!

National Book Awards

Let the Great World Spin, by Colum McCann, has been named the 2009 winner of The National Book Award for Fiction. The novel focuses on the lives of various New Yorkers on the day in 1974 when French trapeze artist Phillip Petit walked a tight rope between the World Trade Center towers. McCann, who has called his book an act of hope written in part as a response to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, praised the generosity of American fiction and of the American people, and dedicated his prize to a fellow Irish-American writer, Frank McCourt. T.J. Stiles' biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt, The First Tycoon, was the Nonfiction winner and Keith Waldrop's Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy won for Poetry. The Young People's Award went to Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, by Phillip Hoose, a true story of an early civil rights heroine, who joined Hoose on the stage. A special prize, voted on by the public, was given to The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor as the best of all fiction winners in the National Book Award's 60-year history. The 2009 Literarian Award for outstanding service to the American literary community went to Dave Eggers, author and co-founder of McSweeney’s, a literary journal. Eggers, who teaches writing to high school students, quoted some of his students’ enthusiastic comments on the subject of reading, including their total disdain for electronic readers!

National Bookstore Day

We recently celebrated National Bookstore Day, a day devoted to the celebration of bookselling and the vibrant culture of bookstores! Village Books is fortunate to be located in a supportive community that values what we do and offer, and we so appreciate the loyal patronage of the community. But the realities of technology make it a continuing challenge to compete with booksellers on the internet and in the big-box stores. We think the unique and personal atmosphere we provide, the diversity of the titles we stock, the very special community we are a part of, and the unparalleled customer service we offer, set us apart. If you agree, please help us celebrate Village Books, and National Bookstore Day, throughout the holiday season by stopping by and showing your support!