Cognotes 2018 Midwinter Meeting Denver Highlights - 6

COGNOTES

DENVER

MIDWINTER MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

American Library Association Announces
2018 Youth Media Award Winners

he American Library Association announced the top books, video, and audio
books for children and young adults
- including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King,
Newbery, and Printz awards - at its Midwinter
Meeting in Denver, Colorado.
A list of the 2018 award winners follows:

ALA President
Jim Neal (from
left), REFORMA
President Tess
Tobin, ALSC
President Nina
Lindsay, Coretta
Scott King Chair
Dr. Claudette
McLinn, and
YALSA President
Sandra Hughes-
Hassell display
winners during
the Youth Media
Awards.

John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature:
Hello, Universe, written by Erin Entrada Kelly
(Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers).
Newbery Honor Books
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, written by
Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Gordon C. James
(Bolden, an Agate Imprint, a Denene Millner
Book).
Long Way Down, written by Jason Reynolds
(Atheneum, an imprint of Simon & Schuster
Children's Publishing Division, a Caitlyn Dlouhy
Book).
Piecing Me Together, written by Renée Watson
(Bloomsbury Children's Books).
Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children:
WOLF IN THE SNOW, illustrated and written by Matthew Cordell (Feiwel and Friends, an
Imprint of Macmillan).
Caldecott Honor Books
Big Cat, little cat, illustrated and written by
Elisha Cooper (Roaring Brook Press, a division
of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited
Partnership).
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, illustrated
by Gordon C. James, written by Derrick Barnes
(Bolden, an Agate Imprint, a Denene Millner
Book).
A Different Pond, illustrated by Thi Bui,
written by Bao Phi (Capstone Young Readers, a
Capstone imprint).
Grand Canyon, illustrated and written by
Jason Chin (Neal Porter Book, published by
Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck
Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership).
Coretta Scott King Book Awards recognizing African American authors and illustrators of
outstanding books for children and young adults:
Author
Piecing Me Together, written by Renée Watson
(Bloomsbury Children's Books).

Author Honor Books
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, written by
Derrick Barnes (Bolden, an Agate Imprint, a
Denene Millner Book).
Long Way Down, written by Jason Reynolds
(Atheneum, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster
Children's Publishing Division, a Caitlyn Dlouhy
Book).
The Hate U Give, written by Angie Thomas
(Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins
Publishers).
Illustrator Award
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets, illustrated by Ekua Holmes, written by Kwame
Alexander with Chris Colderly and Marjory
Wentworth (Candlewick Press).
Illustrator Honor Books
Crown: An Ode to a Fresh Cut, illustrated by
Gordon C. James, written by Derrick Barnes
(Bolden, an Agate Imprint, a Denene Millner
Book).
Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet
Tubman, illustrated by James E. Ransome, written by Lesa Cline-Ransome (Holiday House).

Stephanie Bange (from left), Ellen Myrick, and Michaela Whatnall applaud as the
ALA Youth Media Awards are announced Februrary 12 in Denver.

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award to affirm new talent:
Author
The Stars Beneath Our Feet, written by David
Barclay Moore (Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of
Random House Children's Books, a division of
Penguin Random House LLC).
Illustrator
Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread
Hope with Her Song, illustrated by Charly Palmer,
written by Kathryn Erskine (Farrar, Straus and
Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of
Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC).
Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton
Award for Lifetime Achievement paying tribute to the quality and magnitude of beloved
children's author Virginia Hamilton:
Eloise Greenfield, who published her first
book in 1972 and went on to write and publish
more than 40 books.
Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in
literature written for young adults:
We Are Okay, written by Nina LaCour (Dutton Books for Young Readers, an imprint of
Penguin Young Readers).
Printz Honor Books
The Hate U Give, written by Angie Thomas
(Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins
Publishers).
Long Way Down, written by Jason Reynolds
(Caitlyn Dlouhy Books/Atheneum Books for
Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster
Children's Publishing).
Strange the Dreamer, written by Laini Taylor
(Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, a division of Hachette Book Group).
Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers,
written by Deborah Heiligman (Godwin Books/
Henry Holt, an imprint of Macmillan Children's
Publishing Group).
Schneider Family Book Award for books
that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience:
Young Children
Silent Days, Silent Dreams, written and illustrated by Allen Say (Arthur A. Levine Books, an

Imprint of Scholastic Inc.)
Middle Grades
Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess,
written by Shari Green (Pajama Press Inc.)
Teens
You're Welcome, Universe, written and illustrated by Whitney Gardner (Alfred A. Knopf,
an imprint of Random House Children's Books,
a division of Penguin Random House LLC).
Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that
appeal to teen audiences:
All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries, written by Martha Wells (a Tor.com Book, published
by Thomas Doherty Associates).
The Clockwork Dynasty, written by Daniel
H. Wilson (Doubleday, a division of Penguin
Random House LLC).
Down Among the Sticks and Bones, written by
Seanan McGuire (Tor.com Book, published by
Thomas Doherty Associates).
Electric Arches, written by Eve L. Ewing
(Haymarket Books).
A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea, written
by Melissa Fleming (Flatiron Books).
Malagash, written by Joey Comeau (ECW
Press).
Roughneck, written by Jeff Lemire (Gallery 13,
an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.).
She Rides Shotgun, written by Jordan Harper
(Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers).
Things We Have in Common, written by Tasha
Kavanagh (MIRA Books).
An Unkindness of Magicians, written by Kat
Howard (SAGA Press, an imprint of Simon &
Schuster, Inc.)
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the
United States, have made, over a period of years,
a substantial and lasting contribution to literature
for children:
Jacqueline Woodson, whose award-winning
works include Brown Girl Dreaming, Locomotion,
and Show Way.

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