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The winners of the most prestigious awards in children's literature have been announced. The Caldecott Medal is awarded to the best picture book, and the Newbery to the best children's book. Before the awards, were announced, one Illinois school held its own mock competition.

Day to Day introduces listeners to Missy Higgins, a young singer-songwriter who has quickly become one of Australia's most popular musicians. Higgins began singing in her early teens, lying about her age to play at clubs. Hear her perform live at NPR West.

The trumpeter brings the biggest and boldest iteration of his genre-agnostic "stretch music" concept back to his old school in Boston. Watch his new band perform live.

Since breaking onto the music scene in 1997 with the song "All for You," Sister Hazel has charted five more hits and enjoyed gold or platinum sales. The pop-rock group comes to Mountain Stage in support of its latest album, Release, and plays a set of its best-known songs.

Florence Welch is a fashionable, artistic character with a big voice and beauty and charm to burn. In a session from WFUV, Welch gives an acoustic performance of her otherwise lush songs and talks about the movie The Little Mermaid.

We listen back to excerpts of interviews with and concerts by singer and guitarist Richard Thompson. A new box set collects more than 40 years of his work.

In a session from WXPN, Lovett showcases his inventive combination of folk, swing, blues, jazz and even gospel music. That mix pushed him to the forefront of country music, and he continues down that path on his new album, Natural Forces.

The remarkable young soul singer grew up in a strict Pentecostal family before discovering a fondness for the classic records of the '60s and '70s. He brings his timeless delivery to a live performance on Mountain Stage.

Though he remains a solo artist, LaMontagne branches out on his new album, Gossip in the Grain, taking some touring bandmates into the studio with him. In a session from WXPN, he reveals why he wrote a song about White Stripes drummer Meg White.

After winning the Juno Award in 2003, Sam Roberts' trajectory has gone nowhere but up. The Canadian rocker started as a humble self-recorded singer-songwriter and quickly found himself one of the country's biggest exports. He performs songs off his new riff-filled CD in a session from WXPN.