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2015 MIDWINTER MEETING HIGHLIGHTS COGNOTES • 7

Awards

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Odyssey Award for best audiobook produced for children and/ or young adults, available in English in the United States:

H.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination, produced by Live Oak Media, is the 2015 Odyssey Award winner. The book is written by Christopher Myers and narrated by Dion Graham and Christopher Myers.

Three Odyssey Honor Recordings also were selected:

Five, Six, Seven, Nate! produced by Audio-works (Children's) an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc., written by Tim Federle, and narrated by Tim Federle.

The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place, produced by Listening Library, an imprint of the Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, written by Julie Berry, and narrated by Jayne Entwistle.

A Snicker of Magic, produced by Scholastic Audiobooks, written by Natalie Lloyd, and narrated by Cassandra Morris.

Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino writer and illustrator whose children's books best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience:

Viva Frida, illustrated by Yuyi Morales is the Belpré Illustrator Award winner. The book was written by Yuyi Morales and published by Roaring Brook Press, a Neal Porter Book.

Three Belpré Illustrator Honor Books were named:

Little Roja Riding Hood, illustrated by Susan Guevara, written by Susan Middleton Elya, and published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (U.S.A.) LLC.

Green Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors, illustrated by John Parra, written by Rose-anne Greenfield Thong, and published by Chronicle Books LLC.

Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation, illustrated and written by Duncan Tonatiuh and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS.

Pura Belpré (Author) Award honoring Latino authors whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience:

I Lived on Butterfly Hill is the 2015 Pura Belpré Author Award winner. The book is written by Marjorie Agosín, illustrated by Lee White, and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division.

One Belpré Author Honor Book was named:

Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes, written by Juan Felipe Herrera, illustrated by Raúl Colón, and published by Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (U.S.A.) LLC.

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children:

The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus, written by Jen Bryant is the Sibert Award winner. The book is published by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

Five Sibert Honor Books were named:

Brown Girl Dreaming, written by Jacqueline Woodson and published by Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (U.S.A.) LLC.

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, & the Fall of Imperial Russia, written by Candace Fleming and published by Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company.

Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker, written by Patricia Hruby Powell, illustrated by Christian Robinson, and published by Chronicle Books LLC.

Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands, written and illustrated by Katherine Roy and published by David Macaulay Studio, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press.

Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation, written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS.

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:

This Day in June, written by Gayle E. Pitman, Ph.D., illustrated by Kristyna Litten and published by Magination Press, an imprint of the American Psychological Association, is the winner of the 2015 Stonewall Children's & Young Adult Literature Award.

Three Honor Books were selected:

Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin, photographed by Susan Kuklin, and published by Candlewick Press.

I'll Give You the Sun, written by Jandy Nelson, published by Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (U.S.A.) LLC.

Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress, written by Christine Baldacchino, pictures by Isabelle Malenfant, published by Ground-wood Books / House of Anansi Press.

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished beginning reader book:

You Are (Not) Small, written by Anna Kang and illustrated by Christopher Weyant, is the Geisel Award winner. The book is published by Two Lions, New York.

Two Geisel Honor Books were named:

Mr. Putter & Tabby Turn the Page, written by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Arthur Howard, and published by Hough-ton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Waiting Is Not Easy! written by Mo Willems, illustrated by Mo Willems, and published by Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group.

William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens:

Gabi, a Girl in Pieces, written by Isabel Quintero, is the 2015 Morris Award winner. The book is published by Cinco Puntos Press.

Four other books were finalists for the award:

The Carnival at Bray: A Novel, written by Jessie Ann Foley and published by Elephant Rock Books.

The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim, written by E.K. Johnston and published by Carolrhoda Lab, an imprint of Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group.

The Scar Boys, written by Len Vlahos and published by Egmont Publishing.

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender, written by Leslye Walton and published by Candlewick Press.

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults:

Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek, written by Maya Van Wagenen, is the 2015 Excellence winner. The book is published by Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group.

Four other books were finalists for the award:

Laughing at My Nightmare, written by Shane Burcaw and published by Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan's Children's Publishing Group.

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia, written by Candace Fleming and published by Schwartz & Wade, an imprint of Random House Children's Books.

IdaM. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business — and Won! written by Emily Arnold McCully and published by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers.

The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights, written by Steve Sheinkin and published by Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group.


For more information on the ALA Youth Media Awards and notables, please visit http://www.ala.org/yma.