It's that time again: the Oscars of children's literature.
A most exciting hour of announcements for a book nerd like me! I couldn't have been happier with the choices.
And the winners are . . .
SEATTLE — The American Library Association (
ALA)
today announced the top books, video and audiobooks for children and
young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and
Printz awards – at its Midwinter Meeting in Seattle.
A list of all the 2013 award winners follows:
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature:
“The One and Only Ivan,” written by Katherine
Applegate, is the 2013 Newbery Medal winner. The book is published by
HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers.
Three Newbery Honor Books also were named: “Splendors and Glooms” by
Laura Amy Schlitz and published by Candlewick Press; “Bomb: The Race to
Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon” by Steve Sheinkin and
published by Flash Point, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press; and “Three
Times Lucky” by Sheila Turnage and published by Dial Books for Young
Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group.
Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children
:
“This Is Not My Hat,” illustrated and written
by Jon Klassen, is the 2013 Caldecott Medal winner. The book is
published by Candlewick Press.
Five Caldecott Honor Books also were named: “Creepy Carrots!”
illustrated by Peter Brown, written by Aaron Reynolds and published by
Simon
& Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon
&
Schuster Children’s Publishing Division; “Extra Yarn,” illustrated by
Jon Klassen, written by Mac Barnett and published by Balzer + Bray, an
imprint of
HarperCollins Publishers; “Green,” illustrated and written by Laura
Vaccaro Seeger and published by Neal Porter Books, an imprint of Roaring
Brook Press; “One Cool Friend,” illustrated by David Small, written by
Toni Buzzeo and published by Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of
Penguin Young Readers Group; “Sleep Like a Tiger,” illustrated by
Pamela Zagarenski, written by Mary Logue and published by Houghton
Mifflin Books for Children, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publishing Company.
Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults
:
“Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed
America,” written by Andrea Davis Pinkney and illustrated by Brian
Pinkney is the King Author Book winner. The book is published by
Disney/Jump at the Sun Books, an imprint of Disney Book Group.
Two King Author Honor Books were selected: “Each Kindness” by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by
E. B.
Lewis and published by Nancy Paulsen Books, a division of Penguin Young
Readers Group; and “No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life
and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller” by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson,
illustrated by R. Gregory Christie and published by Carolrhoda Lab, an
imprint of Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award:
“I, Too, Am America,” illustrated by Bryan
Collier, is the King Illustrator Book winner. The book is written by
Langston Hughes and published by Simon
& Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon
& Schuster Children’s Publishing Division.
Three King Illustrator Honor Books were selected: “
H. O. R. S. E.,” illustrated and written by Christopher Myers, and published by Egmont
USA; “Ellen’s Broom,” illustrated by Daniel Minter, written by Kelly Starling Lyons and published by
G. P.
Putnam’s Sons, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group; and “I Have a
Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr.” illustrated by Kadir Nelson, written
by Martin Luther King, Jr. and published by Schwartz
& Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults
:
“In Darkness,” written by Nick Lake, is the
2013 Printz Award winner. The book is published by Bloomsbury Books for
Young Readers.
Four Printz Honor Books also were named: “Aristotle and Dante Discover
the Secrets of the Universe” by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, published by Simon
& Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon
&
Schuster Children’s Publishing Division; “Code Name Verity” by
Elizabeth Wein, published by Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Book Group;
“Dodger” by Terry Pratchett, published by HarperCollins Children’s
Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers; “The White Bicycle” by
Beverley Brenna, published by Red Deer Press.
Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience
:
“Back to Front and Upside Down!” written and
illustrated by Claire Alexander and published by Eerdmans Books for
Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., wins the
award for children ages 0 to 10.
“A Dog Called Homeless” written by Sarah Lean
and published by Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins
Publishers, is the winner of the middle-school (ages 11-13) award.
The teen (ages 13-18) award winner is “Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I
Am,” written by Harry Mazer and Peter Lerangis and published by Simon
& Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon
& Schuster Children’s Publishing Division.
Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences
:
“Caring is Creepy,” by David Zimmerman, published by Soho Press, Inc.
“Girlchild,” by Tupelo Hassman, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
“Juvenile in Justice,” by Richard Ross, published by Richard Ross
“Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore,” by Robin Sloan, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
“My Friend Dahmer,” by Derf Backderf, published by Abrams ComicArts, an imprint of Abrams
“One Shot at Forever,” by Chris Ballard, published by Hyperion
“Pure,” by Julianna Baggott, published by Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
“The Round House,” by Louise Erdrich, published by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
“Tell the Wolves I’m Home,” by Carol Rifka
Brunt, published by Dial Press, an imprint of the Random House
Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc.
“Where’d You Go, Bernadette?,” by Maria Semple, published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.
Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in children's video
:
Katja Torneman, producer of “Anna, Emma and the Condors,” is the Carnegie Medal winner.
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award honors an author or
illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over
a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature
for children. The 2013 winner is Katherine Paterson
. Paterson
was born in China in 1932 to missionary parents and grew up in the
American South, moving eighteen times before she was 18. After
graduating from King College in Bristol, Tennessee, she herself became a
missionary in Japan. She returned to the
U.S.
to attend the Union Theological Seminary in New York, where she met and
married John Paterson, a Presbyterian minister. Her first book, “The
Sign of the Chrysanthemum,” was published in 1973. Katherine Paterson
currently lives in Barre, Vermont.
Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement: Demetria Tucker is the 2013 recipient.
Tucker
has served as youth services coordinator within the Roanoke (Va.)
Public Library System and library media specialist at the Forest Park
Elementary School, where she was selected 2007 Teacher of the Year. As
family and youth services librarian for the Pearl Bailey Library, a
branch of the Newport News (Va.) Public Library System, Tucker now
coordinates a youth leadership program, a teen urban literature club and
many other programs that support the youth of her community.
Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults
:
Tamora Pierce is the 2013 Edwards Award winner. Pierce was born in
rural Western Pennsylvania in 1954. She knew from a young age she liked
stories and writing, and in 1983, she published her first book,
Song of the Lioness. She
continues to write and even record her own audiobooks. She currently
lives with her husband (spouse-creature) and a myriad of animals in
Syracuse, New York.
May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award recognizing an author,
critic, librarian, historian or teacher of children's literature, who
then presents a lecture at a winning host site
.
Andrea Davis Pinkney will deliver the 2014 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Andrea Davis Pinkney is a New York Times best-selling
writer of more than 20 books for children and young adults including
picture books, novels and nonfiction. During the course of her career,
Pinkney has launched many high-profile publishing and entertainment
entities, including Hyperion Books for Children/Disney Publishing’s Jump
at the Sun imprint, the first African American children’s book imprint
at a major publishing company.
Mildred L. Batchelder Award for an outstanding children's book
originally published in a language other than English in a country other
than the United States and subsequently translated into English for
publication in the United States
:
“My Family for the War” is the 2013
Batchelder Award winner. Originally published in Germany in 2007 as
“Liverpool Street,” the book was written by Anne C. Voorhoeve,
translated by Tammi Reichel and published by Dial Books, an imprint of
Penguin Group (
USA) Inc.
Two Batchelder Honor Books also were selected: “A Game for Swallows: To
Die, to Leave, to Return,” written and illustrated by Zeina Abirached,
translated by Edward Gauvin and published by Graphic Universe, a
division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.; and “Son of a Gun,” written
and translated by Anne de Graaf, and published by Eerdmans Books for
Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Odyssey Award for best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States
:
“The Fault in Our Stars,” produced by
Brilliance Audio, is the 2013 Odyssey Award winner. The book is written
by John Green and narrated by Kate Rudd.
Three Odyssey Honor Audiobooks also were selected: “Artemis Fowl: The
Last Guardian,” produced by Listening Library, written by Eoin Colfer
and narrated by Nathaniel Parker; “Ghost Knight,” produced by Listening
Library, written by Cornelia Funke and narrated by Elliot Hill; and
“Monstrous Beauty,” produced by Macmillian Audio, written by Elizabeth
Fama and narrated by Katherine Kellgren.
Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino writer and
illustrator whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate
the Latino cultural experience
:
“Martín de Porres: The Rose in the Desert,” illustrated by David D
iaz,
is the Belpré Illustrator Award winner. The book was written by Gary D.
Schmidt and published by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt Publishing Company.
No Belpré Illustrator Honor Books were selected this year.
Pura Belpré (Author) Award:
“Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of
the Universe,” written by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, is the Belpré Author
Award winner. The book is published by Simon
& Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon
& Schuster Children’s Publishing Division.
One Belpré
Author Honor Book was named: “The Revolution of
Evelyn Serrano” by Sonia Manzano, published by Scholastic Press, an
imprint of Scholastic Inc.
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children
:
“Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the
World’s Most Dangerous Weapon,” written by Steve Sheinkin, is the Sibert
Award winner. The book is published by Flash Point, an imprint of
Roaring Brook Press.
Three Sibert Honor Books were named: “Electric Ben: The Amazing Life
and Times of Benjamin Franklin,” written and illustrated by Robert Byrd
and published by Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin
Young Readers Group; “Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great
Survivor B95,” written by Phillip M. Hoose and published by Farrar
Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers; and “Titanic: Voices from the
Disaster,” written by Deborah Hopkinson and published by Scholastic
Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.
Stonewall Book Award - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award
given annually to English-language children’s and young adult books of
exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
experience:
“Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe,” written by Benjamin Alire Sáenz and published by Simon
& Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon
& Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, is the Stonewall Award winner
.
Four Stonewall Honor Books were selected:
“Drama,” written and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier and published by
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.; “Gone, Gone, Gone,” written by
Hannah Moskowitz and published by Simon Pulse, an imprint of Simon
&
Schuster Children’s Publishing Division; “October Mourning: A Song for
Matthew Shepard,” written by Lesléa Newman and published by Candlewick
Press; and “Sparks: The Epic, Completely True Blue, (Almost) Holy Quest
of Debbie,” written by
S. J. Adams and published by Flux, an imprint of Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd.
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book:
“Up, Tall and High!” written and illustrated by Ethan Long is the Seuss Award winner. The book is published by
G. P. Putnam’s Sons, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group.
Three Geisel Honor Books were named: “Let’s Go for a Drive!” written
and illustrated by Mo Willems, and published by Hyperion Books for
Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group; “Pete the Cat and His Four
Groovy Buttons” by Eric Litwin, created and illustrated by James Dean
and published by HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of
HarperCollins Publishers; and “Rabbit
& Robot: The Sleepover,” written and illustrated by Cece Bell and published by Candlewick Press.
William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens:
“Seraphina,” written by Rachel Hartman, is
the 2013 Morris Award winner. The book is published by Random House
Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
Four other books were finalists for the award: “Wonder Show,” written
by Hannah Barnaby, published by Houghton Mifflin, an imprint of Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers; “Love and Other Perishable
Items,” written by Laura Buzo, published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint
of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc.;
“After the Snow,” written by S. D. Crockett,
published by Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s
Publishing Group; and “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” written by
emily m. danforth, published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of
HarperCollins Publishers.
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults:
“Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the
World’s Most Dangerous Weapon,” written by Steve Sheinkin, is the 2013
Excellence winner. The book is published by Flash Point/Roaring Brook
Press, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group.
Four other books were finalists for the award: “Steve Jobs: The Man Who
Thought Different,” written by Karen Blumenthal, published by Feiwel
&
Friends, an imprint of (Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group;
“Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95,” written by
Phillip Hoose, published by Farrar Straus Giroux, an imprint of
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group; “Titanic: Voices from the
Disaster,” written by Deborah Hopkinson, published by Scholastic Press,
an imprint of Scholastic; and “We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham
Children’s March,” written by Cynthia Levinson, published by Peachtree
Publishers.
Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent,
ALA
awards guide parents, educators, librarians and others in selecting the
best materials for youth. Selected by judging committees of librarians
and other children’s literature experts, the awards encourage original
and creative work. For more information on the
ALA youth media awards and notables, please visit
www.ala.org/yma .
