Caldecott Award winner
The house in the night / written by Susan Marie Swanson and illustrated by Beth Krommes
A timeless good-night book for the very young, inspired by the pattern of the traditional poem, "This is the key of the kingdom”. What a lovely bedtime book, the illustrations were really amazing and I love the use of color (yellow) to highlight something in the darkness.


(Theodor Seuss) Geisel Award Winner
Are you ready to play outside? / by Mo Willems
Elephant and Piggy adventure. This adorable reader have to deal with a rainy day which at first seems like they won't have any fun but then becomes more fun than a sunny one. Mo Willems is excellent as always - he really knows the voice of preschoolers.


Newberry Award Winner
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
The story begins with a man named Jack who has just murdered 3 people and is looking for the 4th, a just walking toddler who escapes to the graveyard at the top of the hill. The ghosts of the graveyard protect the boy and name him Nobody Owens. Bod grows to be an unusual boy who is the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their timely ghostly teachings-like the ability to Fade. But when he tries to not stand out in the real world he finds it more difficult than he thinks it will be. Plus he is determined to find out who murdered his family.

Gaiman has this way of telling a story that is part horrific yet draws you in to find out the ending. I listened to this on CD and it was told by Gaiman and he did an excellent job telling the story. I liked the music as well as it has this folk like touch.