Okay, folks, as you know, the big news this week is that the Newbury Winner has been announced—the award give for the most significant contribution to children's literature in North American.  This year the award, which includes such past winners as Sarah, Plain and Tall, Johny Tremain, and Holes, went to Laura Amy Schlitz, a school librarian from Baltimore for her book, Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From a Medieval Village.  This just proves that librarians do indeed Rock!  Last year's Newbury Medal also went to a librarian.

And get this, Ms. Schlitz's book (you gotta love someone named after malt liquor) is a collection of theatrical monologues originally written as a performance piece for fifth-grade students studying the Middle Ages.  But teachers and parents at her school loved it so much that they encouraged her to try to get it published.  Candlewick plucked it from the slush pile, and the rest, as they say, is history.  Many congrats to Laura! 

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