Monday, January 18, 2010

2010 Literary Award Winners

Today, the ALA's 2010 Literary Awards for Youth have been announced! To learn more about the awards, visit the ALA website.

John Newbery Medal - “When You Reach Me,” written by Rebecca Stead

Newbery Honor Books - “Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice” by Phillip Hoose; “The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate” by Jacqueline Kelly; “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” by Grace Lin; and “The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg” by Rodman Philbrick.


Randolph Caldecott Medal - “The Lion & the Mouse,” illustrated and written by Jerry Pinkney.

Caldecott Honor Books - “All the World,” illustrated by Marla Frazee, written by Liz Garton Scanlon; and “Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors,” illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski, written by Joyce Sidman.

Michael L. Printz Award - “Going Bovine,” written by Libba Bray.

Printz Honor Books - “Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith” by Deborah Heiligman; “The Monstrumologist” by Rick Yancey; “Punkzilla” by Adam Rapp; and “Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973” by John Barnes.

Coretta Scott King Book Award (Author) -“Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal,” written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson.

Coretta Scott King Honor Book (Author) - “Mare’s War” by Tanita S. Davis.

Coretta Scott King Book Award (Illustrator) - “My People,” illustrated by Charles R. Smith Jr.

Coretta Scott King Honor Book (Illustrator) - “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” illustrated by E. B. Lewis, written by Langston Hughes.

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award - “The Rock and the River,” written by Kekla Magoon.

Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement - Walter Dean Myers

Pura Belpré Award (Illustrator) - “Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day; Celebremos El día de los niños/El día de los libros,” illustrated by Rafael López.

Pura Belpré Honor Books (Illustrator) - “Diego: Bigger Than Life,” illustrated by David Diaz, written by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand; “My Abuelita,” illustrated by Yuyi Morales, written by Tony Johnston; and “Gracias Thanks,” illustrated by John Parra, written by Pat Mora.

Pura Belpré Award (Author) - “Return to Sender,” written by Julia Alvarez

Pura Belpré Honor Books (Author) - “Diego: Bigger Than Life,” written by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, illustrated by David Diaz; and “Federico García Lorca,” written by Georgina Lázaro, illustrated by Enrique S. Moreiro.

Schneider Family Book Award - Ages 0-10: “Django” written and illustrated by Bonnie Christensen.

Ages 11-13: “Anything but Typical” written by Nora Raleigh Baskin.

Ages 13-18: “Marcelo in the Real World,” written by Francisco X. Stork.

William C. Morris Award - “Flash Burnout,” written by L.K. Madigan.

Odyssey Award (Audiobook) - “Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken” by Kate DiCamillo and narrated by Barbara Rosenblat.

Odyssey Honor Audiobooks -“In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber,” produced by Listen & Live Audio, Inc., written by L. A. Meyer and narrated by Katherine Kellgren; “Peace, Locomotion,” produced by Brilliance Audio, written by Jacqueline Woodson and narrated by Dion Graham; and “We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball,” produced by Brilliance Audio, written by Kadir Nelson and narrated by Dion Graham.

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award - “Benny and Penny in the Big No-No!,” written and illustrated by Geoffrey Hayes.

Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Books - “I Spy Fly Guy!” written and illustrated by Tedd Arnold; “Little Mouse Gets Ready,” written and illustrated by Jeff Smith; “Mouse and Mole: Fine Feathered Friends,” written and illustrated by Wong Herbert Yeet; and “Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day,” written by Kate McMullan, illustrated by R. W. Alley.

Margaret A. Edwards Award - Jim Murphy

Robert F. Sibert Medal (Informational Book) - “Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream,” written by Tanya Lee Stone.

Robert F. Sibert Honor Books - “The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors,” written by Chris Barton, illustrated by Tony Persiani; “Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11,” written and illustrated by Brian Floca; and “Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice,” written by Phillip Hoose.

YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award - “Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith,” written by Deborah Heiligman.

Andrew Carnegie Medal (Video) - Paul R. Gagne and Mo Willems of Weston Woods, producers of “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!,” based on the book written and illustrated by Willems; it was narrated by Willems and Jon Scieszka with animation by Pete List.

Mildred L. Batchelder Award -“A Faraway Island” is the 2010 Batchelder Award winner. Originally published in Swedish in 1996 as “En ö i havet,” the book was written by Annika Thor, translated by Linda Schenck.

Alex Awards (Teens) -

  • “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope” by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
  • “The Bride’s Farewell” by Meg Rosoff
  • “Everything Matters!” by Ron Currie, Jr.
  • “The Good Soldiers” by David Finkel
  • “The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir” by Diana Welch and Liz Welch with Amanda Welch and Dan Welch
  • “The Magicians,” by Lev Grossman
  • “My Abandonment” by Peter Rock
  • “Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel,” by Gail Carriger
  • “Stitches: A Memoir” by David Small
  • “Tunneling to the Center of the Earth” by Kevin Wilson

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