Today the biggest awards in youth literature and media were announced at the 2009 ALA Midwinter meeting. Take a look at all of the winners at ala.org. For those interested in multicultural books check out the Coretta Scott King Award Winner about the story of Negro League Baseball, the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, the Pura Belpre Author Award and the Schneider Family Book Award. Kudos again to Sherman Alexie! Recorded Books recording of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian received the Odyssey Award for the best-recorded book.

Several ALA units also announced their latest awards. See the 2009 Literary Award Winners of the Black Caucus of ALA and the Stonewall Book Awards from the GLBTRT.