Monday, January 10, 2011

ALA Announces Awards for Children and Teen Titles


From Barb Huntington, DPI 

ALA has announced the winning children and teen book and media awards this morning. Below is a list of the winners that have been announced so far taken from various blogs. A complete list will be available later in the day at www.ala.org/yma.

The 2011 Caldecott Winner is: : "A Sick Day for Amos McGee," illustrated by Erin E. Stead

The 2011 Newbery Winner is: "Moon over Manifest," written by Clare Vanderpool

Short List of the 2011 Youth Media Awards

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Batchelder 2011: "A Time of Miracles," written by Anne-Laure Bondoux, translated by Y. Maudet

Belpré Illustrator 2011: "Grandma's Gift," illustrated and written by Eric Velasquez

Pura Belpré Honor Award for Illustrator 2011: "Fiesta Babies," written by Carmen Tafolla; illustrated by Amy Cordova

Caldecott 2011: "A Sick Day for Amos McGee," illustrated by Erin E. Stead

Carnegie 2011: Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly Ellard of Weston Woods, for the "The Curious Garden,"

Coretta Scott King Author 2011: "One Crazy Summer," written by Rita Williams-Garcia

Coretta Scott King Illustrator 2011: "Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave," illustrated by Bryan Collier

Coretta Scott King Steptoe Illustrator 2011: "Seeds of Change," illustrated by Sonia Lynn Sadler

Coretta Scott King Steptoe Author 2011: "Zora and Me," written by Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon

Coretta Scott King Virginia Hamilton 2011: Dr. Henrietta Mays Smith

Edwards Award 2011: Sir Terry Pratchett is the 2011 Edwards Award winner

Geisel 2011: "Bink and Gollie," written by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee

Morris Award 2011: "The Freak Observer," written by Blythe Woolston

Newbery 2011:"Moon over Manifest," written by Clare Vanderpool

Odyssey 2011: "The True Meaning of Smekday," produced by Listening Library, an imprint of Random House Audio Pub. Group

Printz 2011: "Ship Breaker," written by Paolo Bacigalupi

Schneider 2011 Teen: "Five Flavors of Dumb," written by Antony John

Schneider 2011 Middle: "After Ever After," written by Jordan Sonnenblick

Schneider 2011 Children's: "The Pirate of Kindergarten," written by George Ella Lyon, illustrated by Lynne Avril.

Sibert 2011: "Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot," written by Sy Montgomery

Stonewall 2011: "Almost Perfect," written by Brian Katcher

Wilder 2011: Tomie dePaola is the 2011 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award winner

YALSA Nonfiction 2011: "Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing," written by Ann Angel