Newbery and Caldecott wins

Author Kate DiCamillo and illustrator Mordicai Gerstein are among this year’s winners of the Newbery and Caldecott awards for children’s literature.

Ursula K. Le Guin, whose many books include “The Left Hand of Darkness” and “The Beginning Place,” received a lifetime achievement prize.

The awards were announced Monday by the American Library Assn., which is meeting this week in San Diego.

DiCamillo received the Newbery, given for the year’s best writing, for “The Tale of Despereaux,” the story of a small mouse in love with a princess. The Caldecott prize, given for the best illustration, went to Gerstein for “The Man Who Walked Between the Towers,” the story of a young Frenchman who in 1974 walked on a tightrope between the World Trade Center twin towers.

From Associated Press