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Award-Winning Children's Books and Materials
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Are you looking for high-quality, award-winning materials for children? Then you are in the
right place! Here you will find links to award-winning titles, as well as information about children's
book awards from the U.S. and around the world. |
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2012 American Library Association Award Winners
2012 CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER
A Ball for Daisy
written and illustrated by Chris Raschka
Schwartz and Wade Books
2012 CALDECOTT HONOR BOOKS (in no particular order)
Blackout
written and illustrated by John Rocco
Disney-Hyperion
Grandpa Green
written and illustrated by Lane Smith
Roaring Brook Press
Me...Jane
written and illustrated by Patrick McDonnell
Little, Brown & Company
2012 CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD WINNERS
AUTHOR AWARD:
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Balzer + Bray
ILLUSTRATOR AWARD:
Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom
written and illustrated by Shane W. Evans
Roaring Brook Press
2012 CORETTA SCOTT KING HONORS (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)
AUTHOR HONOR BOOKS:
The Great Migration: Journey to the North
written by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
Amistad
Never Forgotten
written by Patricia McKissack, illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon
Schwartz & Wade
ILLUSTRATOR HONOR BOOK:
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Balzer + Bray
2012 NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER
Dead End in Norvelt
written by Jack Gantos
Farrar Straus Giroux
2012 NEWBERY HONOR BOOKS (in no particular order)
Inside Out and Back Again
written by Thanhha Lai
HarperCollins Children's Books
Breaking Stalin's Nose
written & illustrated by Eugene Yelchin
Henry Holt & Company
2012 PURA BELPRÉ AWARD WINNERS
AUTHOR AWARD:
Under the Mesquite
written by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Lee and Low Books
ILLUSTRATOR AWARD:
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours
illustrated and written by Duncan Tonatiuh
Abrams Books for Young Readers
2012 PURA BELPRÉ HONORS (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER)
AUTHOR HONOR BOOKS:
Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck
written by Margarita Engle
Henry Holt and Company
Maximilian and the Mystery of the Guardian Angel: A Bilingual Lucha Libre Thriller
written by Xavier Garza
Cinco Puntos Press
ILLUSTRATOR HONOR BOOKS:
The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred
illustrated by Rafael López, written by Samantha R. Vamos
Charlesbridge
Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match /Marisol McDonald no combina
illustrated by Sara Palacios, written by Monica Brown
Children's Book Press
2012 SIBERT MEDAL WINNER
Balloons Over Broadway
written by Melissa Sweet
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
2012 SIBERT HONOR BOOKS (in no particular order)
Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene 'Bull' Connor
written by Larry Dane Brimner
Calkins Creek
Drawing from Memory
written and illustrated by Allen Say
Scholastic Press
The Elephant Scientist
written by Caitlin O’Connell and Donna M. Jackson, photographs byCaitlin O’Connell and Timothy Rodwell
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Witches!: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem
written and illustrated by Rosalyn Schanzer
National Geographic Society
2012 THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL AWARD WINNER
Tales for Picky Eaters
written and illustrated by Josh Schneider
Clarion Books
2012 THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL HONOR BOOKS (in no particular order)
I Broke My Trunk
written and illustrated by Mo Willems
Hyperion Books
I Want My Hat Back
written and illustrated by Jon Klassen
Candlewick Press
See Me Run
written and illustrated by Paul Meisel
Holiday House
More Awards for Children's Books and Materials
American Awards
Andrew Carnegie Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/carnegiemedal/carnegieabout/index.cfm
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/emiert/cskbookawards/johnsteptoe.cfm
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/wildermedal/index.cfm
Mackin's Interactive Booktalks - State Awards
http://www.mackinbooktalk.com/
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward/index.cfm
Regional Awards in the U.S., Listed by State
http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/awards/stateawards.html
Schneider Family Book Awards
http://www.ala.org/ala/awardsgrants/awardsrecords/schneideraward/schneiderfamily.cfm
Other American Awards
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/usawards.html
Australian Awards
Children's Book of the Year Awards
http://cbca.org.au/awards.htm
Other Australian Awards
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/austawards.html
British Awards
Carnegie Medal
http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/carnegie/
Kate Greenaway Medal
http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/greenaway/
Other British Awards
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/britawards.html
Canadian Awards
Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator Award
http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Amelia_Frances_Howard_Gibbon_Illustrator_s_Award
CLA Book of the Year for Children
http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Book_of_the_Year_for_Children_Award&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=28&ContentID=3726
Other Canadian Awards
http://www.ucalgary.ca/%7Edkbrown/canawards.html
International Awards
Hans Christian Andersen Award
http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=273
Phoenix Award
http://chla.wikispaces.com/Phoenix+Award
Web Resources
Association of Library Service
to Children
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/index.cfm
This division of the American Library Association
gives out the Newbery and Caldecott Medals each year to noteworthy
contributions to children's literature and illustration. This is their
official home page -- click here for more information about this year's
awards.
Children's
Literature Web Guide
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
In addition to links to all kinds of Children's
Literature related sites, this site links to other Newbery and Caldecott
information, as well as information on children's literature awards
from around the world.
Database of Award-Winning
Children's Literature
http://www.dawcl.com/
A searchable database consisting of almost 6,000
records from 72 different children's book awards, compiled by librarian Lisa
R. Bartle.
Newbery Medal Winners - Ranked!
http://www.acpl.info/children/newberyranking.html
An Award list unlike any you've seen
before! This site gives a subjective ranking of previous Newbery award
winners, decided on by Allen County Public Library staff.
Clip art licensed from the Clip Art Gallery on DiscoverySchool.com.
This page is maintained by Becky White, Children's Services. Comments
and suggestions can be sent to Becky White at bwhite@acpl.lib.in.us,
or to Mary R. Voors, Manager, Children's Services at mvoors@acpl.lib.in.us.
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