She's a Winner!

I hate to say "I told you so" (that's a lie - I actually LOVE to say "I told you so") but -

I TOLD YOU JACQUELINE WOODSON'S BROWN GIRL DREAMING WAS DA BOMB!!!

Thrilled, excited, delighted, and absolutely chuffed-out-of-my-mind that Jackie Woodson's memoir in verse has won

THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

for

Young People's Literature

Congratulations, Jacqueline Woodson! Long may you write!