ALA Cognotes Midwinter Highlights 2010 - (Page 10)

Page 10 • Cognotes BOSTON • 2010 Midwinter Meeting Highlights tor whose children’s books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience: Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children’s Day/Book Day; Celebremos El día de los niños/El día de los libros, illustrated by Rafael López, is the Belpré Illustrator Award winner. The book was written by Pat Mora and published by Rayo, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Three Belpré Illustrator Honor Books were selected: Diego: Bigger Than Life,” illustrated by David Diaz, written by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand and published by Marshall Cavendish Children; My Abuelita, illustrated by Yuyi Morales, written by Tony Johnston and published by Harcourt Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. William C. Morris Award honors a book written by a first-time author for young adults: Flash Burnout, written by L.K. Madigan, is the Morris Award winner. The book is published by Houghton Mifflin, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Odyssey Award for excellence in audiobook production: Live Oak Media, producer of the audiobook Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken is the winner of the Odyssey Award. The book was written by Kate DiCamillo and narrated by Barbara Rosenblat. Three Odyssey Honor Audiobooks were named: In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber, produced by Listen & Live Audio, Inc., written by L. A. Meyer and narrated by Katherine Kellgren; Peace, Locomotion, produced by Brilliance Audio, written by Jacqueline Woodson and narrated by Dion Graham; and We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, produced by Brilliance Audio, written by Kadir Nelson and narrated by Dion Graham. Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for most distinguished beginning reader book: Benny and Penny in the Big NoNo!, written and illustrated by Geoffrey Hayes is the Geisel Award winner. The book is published by TOON BOOKS, a division of RAW Junior, LLC. Four Geisel Honor Books were named: I Spy Fly Guy! written and illustrated by Tedd Arnold and published by Scholastic; Little Mouse Gets Ready, written and illustrated by Jeff Smith and published by TOON BOOKS, a division of RAW Junior, LLC; Mouse and Mole: Fine Feathered Friends, written and illustrated by Wong Herbert Yee and published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; and Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day, written by Kate McMullan, illustrated by R. W. Alley and published by Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group. Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults: Jim Murphy is the 2010 Edwards Award winner. His books include: An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793, published by Clarion Books; Blizzard! The Storm That Changed America, published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic; The Great Fire, published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic; The Long Road to Gettysburg, published by Clarion Books; and A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy, published by Clarion Books. Robert F. Sibert Medal for most distinguished informational book for children: Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream, written by Tanya Lee Stone, is the Sibert Award winner. The book is published by Candlewick Press. Three Sibert Honor Books were named: The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer’s Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors, written by Chris Barton, illustrated by Tony Persiani and published by Charlesbridge; Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, written and illustrated by Brian Floca, and published by Richard Jackson/Atheneum Books for Young Readers; and Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice, written by Phillip Hoose and published by Melanie Kroupa/Farrar Straus Giroux, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group. YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award: Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith, written by Deborah Heiligman, is the winner of the first-ever YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award. The book is published by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group. Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in children’s video: Paul R. Gagne and Mo Willems of Weston Woods, producers of Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, are the Carnegie Medal winners. The video is based on the book of the same name written and illustrated by Willems; it was narrated by Willems and Jon Scieszka with animation by Pete List. Mildred L. Batchelder Award for an outstanding children’s book translated from a foreign language and subsequently published in the United States: A Faraway Island is the 2010 Batchelder Award winner. Originally published in Swedish in 1996 as En ö i havet, the book was written by Annika Thor, translated by Linda Schenck, and published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books. Three Batchelder Honor Books also were selected: Big Wolf and Little Wolf, written by Nadine Brun-Cosme, illustrated by Olivier Tallec, translated by Claudia Bedrick and published by Enchanted Lion Books; Eidi, written by Bodil Bredsdorff, translated by Kathryn Mahaffy and published by Farrar Straus Giroux; and Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness, written by Nahoko Uehashi, illustrated by Yuko Shimizu, translated by Cathy Hirano and published by Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, published by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers; The Bride’s Farewell by Meg Rosoff, published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group; Everything Matters! by Ron Currie, Jr., published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group; The Good Soldiers by David Finkel, published by Sarah Crichton Books, an imprint of Farrar, Straus and Giroux; The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir by Diana Welch and Liz Welch with Amanda Welch and Dan Welch, published by Harmony Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House; The Magicians, by Lev Grossman, published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group; My Abandonment by Peter Rock, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel, by Gail Carriger, published by Orbit, an imprint of Hachette Book Group; Stitches: A Memoir by David Small, » see page 11 Awards » from page 1 Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults: Going Bovine, written by Libba Bray, is the 2010 Printz Award winner. The book is published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House. Four Printz Honor Books also were named: Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman, published by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group; The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey, published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Group; Punkzilla by Adam Rapp, published by Candlewick Press; and Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973 by John Barnes, published by Viking Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group. Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults: Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal, written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, is the King Author Book winner. The book is illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, published by Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. One King Author Honor Book was selected: Mare’s War by tanita s. davis and published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc. Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award: My People, illustrated by Charles R. Smith Jr., is the King Illustrator Book winner. The book was written by Langston Hughes and published by ginee seo books, Atheneum Books for Young Readers. One King Illustrator Honor Book was selected: The Negro Speaks of Rivers illustrated by E. B. Lewis, written by Langston Hughes and published by Disney-Jump at the Sun Books, an imprint of Disney Book Group. Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award: The Rock and the River, written by kekla magoon, is the Steptoe winner. The book is published by Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. Coretta Scott King — Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement: Walter Dean Myers is the winner of this first-ever Coretta Scott King — Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award pays tribute to the quality and magnitude of beloved children’s author Virginia Hamilton. Myers’ books include: Amiri & Odette: A Love Story, published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic; Fallen Angels, published by Scholastic Press; Monster, published by Amistad and HarperTeen, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers; and Sunrise Over Fallujah, published by Scholastic Press. Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino writer and illustra- Ed Spicer, Spicy Reads, Allegan, Mich., reacts as the Caldecott Medal winner is announced at the ALA Youth Media Awards event January 18. Children’s Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; and Gracias Thanks, illustrated by John Parra, written by Pat Mora and published by Lee & Low Books Inc. Pura Belpré (Author) Award: Return to Sender, written by Julia Alvarez, is the Belpré Author Award winner. The book is published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books. Two Belpré Author Honor Books were named: Diego: Bigger Than Life, written by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, illustrated by David Diaz and published by Marshall Cavendish Children; and Federico

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of ALA Cognotes Midwinter Highlights 2010

ALA Cognotes Highlights Issue 2010

ALA Cognotes Midwinter Highlights 2010