ALA Youth Media Awards
Below is a video of the awards presentations at ALA Midwinter on Monday:
And the winners are:
Newbery Award
Medal Winner:
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, Kate DiCamilla, K.G. Campbell. Candlewick Press
Honor Books:
Doll Bones, Holly Black, S&S/ Margaret K. McElderry Books
The Year of Billy Miller, Kevin Henkes, HarperCollins/Greenwillow
One Came Home, Amy Timberlake, RH/Knopf
Paperboy, Vince Vawter, RH/Delacorte
Caldecott Award
Medal Winner:
Locomotive, Brian Floca, S&S/Atheneum
Honor Books:
Journey, Aaron Becker, Candlewick Press
Flora and the Flamingo, Milly Idle, Chronicle Books
Mr. Wuffles, David Wiesner, HMH/Clarion Books
Printz Award
Medal Winner:
Midwinterblood, Marcus Sedgwick, Macmillan/Roaring Brook
Honor Books:
Eleanor & Park, Rainbow Rowell, Macmillan/St. Martin’s Griffin Kingdom of Little Wounds, Susann Cokal, Candlewick
Maggot Moon, Sally Gardner, illus. Julian Crouch, Candlewick Press
Navigating Early, Clare Vanderpool, RH/ Delacorte Books
The rest of the awards, after the jump:
Theodore Seuss Geisel Award
The Watermelon Seed, Greg Pizzoli, Disney/Hyperion
Honor Books:
Ball, Mary Sullivan, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
A Big Guy Took My Ball!, Mo Willems, Disney/Hyperion
Penny and Her Marble, Kevin Henkes, HarperCollins/Greenwillow Books
Andrew Carnegie Awars for Excellence in Childrens Video
Bink & Gollie: Two for One, Weston Woods Studios, Inc., Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly Ellard, producers
Robert F. Sibert Award
Parrots Over Puerto Rico, Susan L. Roth & Cindy Trumer, Lee & Low Books
Honor Books
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin, Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, RH/Knopf
Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard, Annette LeBlanc Cate, Candlewick Press;
Locomotive, Brian Floca, S&S/Atheneum
The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius, Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan , Macmillan/Roaring Brook Press
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
Mister Orange, Truus Matti, translated by Laura Watkinson, Enchantioned Lion Books, originally published in Dutch
Honor Books :
The Bathing Costume or the Worst Vacation of My Life, Charlotte Moundlic, illustrated by Olivier Tallec, translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrick, Enchanted Lion Books
My Father’s Arms Are a Boat, Stein Erik Lunde, illustrated by Øyvind Torseter, translated by Kari Dickson, Enchanted Lion Books
The War Within These Walls, Aline Sax, illustrated by Caryl Strzelecki, translated by Laura Watkinson, Eerdmans Books
Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award
Brian Selznick, author and illustrator of many books for children, including the 2008 Caldecott Medalist, The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Odyssey Award for Audio
Scowler, Daniel Kraus, narrated by Kirby Heybourne, RH/Listening Library
Better Nate Than Ever, S&S Audio, written and narrated by Tim Federle
Creepy Carrots!, Scholastic/Weston Woods Studios; written by Aaron Reynolds
Eleanor & Park, RH/Listening Library, written by Rainbow Rowell, and narrated by Rebecca Lowman and Sunil Malhotra
Matilda , Penguin Audio, written by Roald Dahl, and narrated by Kate Winslet
Pura Belpre Award for Text
Yaqui Delgado Wants To Kick Your Ass, Meg Medina, Candlewick
Honor Books
The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba’s Greatest Abolitionist,Margarita Engleand. HMH/Harcourt
The Living, Matt de la Penaand, RH/Delacorte Press
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant’s Tale, Duncan Tonatiuh, Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pura Belpre Award for Illustration
Niño Wrestles the World, Yuyi Morales, Roaring Book Press
Honor Books
Maria Had a Little Llama / María Tenia una Llamita, Angela Dominguez and Macmillan/ Henry Holt
Tito Puente: Mambo King / Rey del Mambo, Rafael Lopez, HarperCollins/Rayo
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant’s Tale, Duncan Tonatiuh, Abrams Books for Young Readers
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction
The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World’s Most Notorious Nazi, Neal Bascomb, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
Fianlist:
Go: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design, Chip Kidd, Workman
Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans During World War II,” Martin W. Sandler, Bloomsbury/ Walker Books for Young Readers
Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America’s First Black Paratroopers, Tanya Lee Stone, Candlewick
The President Has Been Shot! The Assassination of John F. Kennedy, James L. Swanson, Scholastic Press
William Morris Award
Charm & Strange, Stephanie Kuehn, Macmillan/St. Martin’s Griffin [NOTE: apologies for listing the wrong title earlier and many thanks to those who pointed out the error. As much as we hate making errors, we appreciate corrections.]
Finalists;
Sex & Violence, Carrie Mesrobian, Lerner/Carolrhoda LAB
Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets, Evan Roskos, Houghton Mifflin
Belle Epoque, Elizabeth Ross, RHDelacorte Books for Young Readers
In the Shadow of Blackbirds, Cat Winters, Abrams/Amulet
Margaret A. Edwards Award
Markus Zusah, — his books include, The Book Thief and I Am the Messenger, both published by Random House Children’s Books, and Getting the Girl and Fighting Ruben Wolfe, both published by Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine
Coretta Scott King Award
P. S., Be Eleven, Rita William Garcia, HarperCollins/Amistad
Honor Books:
March: Book One, John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, illustrated by Nate Powell, Top Shelf Productions
Darius & Twig, Walter Dean Myers HarperCollins/Amistad
Words with Wings, Nikki Grimes, Highlights/WordSong
Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
Authors Patricia and Researcher Fredrick McKissack
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award
When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop, illustrated by Theodore Taylor III, Macmillan/Roaring Brook Press
Alex Award
for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences:
Brewster, Mark Slouka, W. W. Norton
The Death of Bees, Lisa O’Donnell, Harper
Golden Boy, Abigail Tarttelin, S&S/ATRIA Books
Help for the Haunted, John Searles, HarperCollins/Morrow
Lexicon: A Novel, Max Barry, Penguin
Lives of Tao, Wesley Chu Osprey Group/Angry Robot
Mother, Mother, Koren Zailckas, RH/Crown
Relish, Lucy Knisley, Macmillan/ First Second,
The Sea of Tranquility: A Novel, Katja Millay S&S/ATRIA
The Universe Versus Alex Woods, Gavin Extence, Hachette/Redhook Books
January 27th, 2014 at 12:11 pm
The winner of the Morris Award is titled Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn, published by St. Martin’s Griffin, an imprint of St. Martin’s Press, a division of Macmillan.
January 27th, 2014 at 1:34 pm
Hi, I just wanted to point out that the winner of the Morris Award is actually Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn. Thanks!