Last night, the inimitable Brian Selznick took home the Children’s Choice Book Award for Illustrator of the Year for Wonderstruck!

The Children’s Choice Book Awards are run by the Children’s Book Council. Children all over the country vote for their favorite books and authors. This year, a record-breaking 900,000 votes were cast. Whoa!

Luckily, the entire awards ceremony was captured on film. Check out Brian’s acceptance speech here. And, for a laugh, check out this video of Brian with one of our Scholastic Kid Reporters, filmed last year, if you’re curious about his sandwich-eating preferences.

Our sincere congratulations to Brian!