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The ALSC media awards below are announced every January at a Monday morning press conference that takes place during the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting. Use the left-hand navigation for more detailed information regarding ALSC's book and media awards.
(John) Newbery Medal - The Newbery Medal honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
Winner: Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Honor Books: Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm, Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus, Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman, One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
(Randolph) Caldecott Medal - The Caldecott Medal honors the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Winner: A Sick Day for Amos McGee, illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead
Honor Books: Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill, Interrupting Chicken, written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein.
Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults
Winner: "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
Honor Books: Stolen by Lucy Christopher
Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A.S. King
Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick
Nothing by Janne Teller
Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences
The Reapers Are the Angels: A Novel by Alden Bell
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake: A Novel by Aimee Bender
The House of Tomorrow by Peter Bognanni
Room: A Novel by Emma Donoghue
The Vanishing of Katharina Linden: A Novel by Helen Grant
The Radleys by Matt Haig,
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard by Liz Murray
The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To by DC Pierson
(Mildred L.) Batchelder Award - The Batchelder Award is given to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States.
Winner: A Time of Miracles, written by Anne-Bondoux, translated by Y. Maudet.
Originally published in French in 2009 as “Le Temps des Miracles,” the book was written by Anne-Laure Bondoux and translated by Y. Maudet. This sweeping novel tells about a young refugee as he searches for identity, safe haven and truth, from the war-torn Caucasus to the freedom of France, over five arduous years. Both people and places are rendered fully with telling detail. Love and hope run deep through this layered examination of the human spirit.
Honor Books: Departure Time, written by Truus Matti, translated by Nancy Forest-Flier. Originally published in Dutch in 2009 as “Vertrektijd,” “Departure Time” was written by Truus Matti and translated by Nancy Forest-Flier. An eleven-year-old mourns the death of her father in chapters set alternately in the real world and a dreamlike hotel staffed by odd creatures. She struggles to escape the snares of grief and regret, growing toward wholeness and acceptance.
Nothing, written by Janne Teller, translated by Martin Aitken.
Originally published in Danish in 2000 as “Intet,” “Nothing,” was written by Janne Teller and translated by Martin Aitken. Fourteen-year-old Pierre Anthon declares that “Nothing matters….so nothing’s worth doing.” He thereby incites an intense philosophical struggle among his classmates that moves from innocent to insidious. As they force each other to prove and provide meaning, the consequences are deep, dark and disastrous.
(Pura) Belpré Medal - The Belpré Medal honors a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose works best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
Author Award Winner: The Dreamer, written by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Illustrator Award Winner: Grandma's Gift, illustrated and written by Eric Velasquez
Author Honor Books: ¡Ole! Flamenco, written by George Ancona, illustrated by George Ancona, The Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba, written by Margarita Engle, 90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores-Galbis
(Theodor Seuss) Geisel Medal The Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal honors the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished contribution to the body of American children’s literature known as beginning reader books published in the United States during the preceding year.
Winner: Bink and Gollie, written by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGee, illustrated by Tony Fucile
Honor Books: Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!, written and illustrated by Grace Lin
We Are in a Book!, written and illustrated by Mo Willems
(Robert F.) Sibert Informational Book Medal The Sibert Medal honors the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published during the preceding year.
Winner: Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Bird, written by Sy Montgomery, illustrated by Nic Bishop
Honor Books: Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring, written by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, illustrated by Brian Floca, Lafayette and the American Revolution, written by Russell Freedman
Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an African American author of outstanding books for children and young adults
Winner: One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Author Honor Books: Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty written by G. Neri
Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award recognizing an African American illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults
Winner: Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill
Illustrator Honor Book: Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix illustrated by Javaka Steptoe, written by Gary Golio
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent (Author) Award
Zora and Me written by Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent (Illustrator) Award
Seeds of Change illustrated by Sonia Lynn Sadler, written by Jen Cullerton Johnson
William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens
Winner: The Freak Observer written by Blythe Woolston
Other finalists for the award: Hush by Eishes Chayil
Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride
Crossing the Tracks byBarbara Stuber
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults during a November 1 – October 31 publishing year.
Winner: Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing written by Ann Angel
Other finalists: They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement by Rick Bowers
The Dark Game: True Spy Stories by Paul Janeczko
Every Bone Tells a Story: Hominin Discoveries, Deductions, and Debates by Jill Rubalcaba and Peter Robertshaw
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