Reading between the lines

Publishers Weekly has posted a list of the winners of the 2009 "Off the Cuff" awards, and it's worth taking a gander at--for the publishing gossip, if nothing else. (Blueberries for Sal went out of print this year! And Hachette screwed up the print run for the Twilight books!) The winners are selected by children's book retailers, and I think they give a much more accurate reflection of what books will actually enter into the realm of "classic kid books" than some of the more high-falutin' awards out there.