A medal in the graveyard

So, The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman, which I gave my niece for her birthday, won the Newbery Medal. The purpose of this medal is:

"To encourage original creative work in the field of books for children. To emphasize to the public that contributions to the literature for children deserve similar recognition to poetry, plays, or novels. To give those librarians, who make it their life work to serve children's reading interests, an opportunity to encourage good writing in this field."

Very good!