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Youth Media Awards

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I Am the Messenger, Getting the Girl. and Fighting Ruben Wolfe.

The winner of the May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award, recognizing an author, critic, librarian, historian, or teacher of children's literature, is Brian Selznick. Selznick will present the 2015 lecture at a winning host site. Selznick, an author and illustrator, graduated from Rhode Island School of Design intending to be a set designer for the theater. He left to pursue a full-time career in children's book illustration, but he still designs theater sets and is a professional puppeteer. Among his award-winning works are illustrations for The Invention of Hugo Cabret, which was awarded the 2008 Caldecott Medal.

The Mildred L. Batchelder Award for an outstanding children's book originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States, is Mister Orange. Originally published in Dutch in 2011, the book was written by Truus Matti and translated by Laura Watkinson. Three Batchelder Honor Books also were selected: The Bathing Costume: Or the Worst Vacation of My Life by Charlotte Mound-lie, illustrated by Olivier Tallec and translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrick; My Father's Arms Are a Boat by Stein Erik Lunde, illustrated by Oyvind Torseter and translated by Kari Dickson; and The War Within These Walls by Aline Sax, illustrated by Caryl Strzelecki and translated by Laura Watkinson.

The Odyssey Award winner for best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States, is Scowler produced by Listening Library. The book is written by Daniel Kraus and narrated by Kirby Heyborne. Four Odyssey Honor Recordings also were selected: Better Nate Than Ever, produced by Simon and Schuster Audio, written and narrated by Tim Federle; Creepy Carrots! produced by Weston Woods Studios, Inc. and written by Aaron Reynolds; Eleanor & Park produced by Listening Library, written by Rainbow Rowell and narrated by Rebecca Lowman and Sunil Malhotra: and Matilda produced by Penguin Audio, written by Roald Dahl, and narrated by Kate Winslet.

The winner of the Pura Belpre (Illustrator) Award, honoring a Latino illustrator whose children's books best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience, is Nino Wrestles the World, illustrated by Yuyi Morales. The book was also written by Yuyi Morales. Three Belpre Illustrator Honor Books were selected: Maria Had a Little Llama I Maria Tenia una Llamita, illustrated and written by Angela Dominguez; Tito Puente: Mambo King I Rey del Mambo, illustrated by Rafael Lopez and written by Monica Brown; and Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale, illustrated and written by Duncan Tonatiuh.

The winner of the Pura Belpre (Author) Award honoring a Latino writer whose children's books best portray, affirm, and celebrate the Latino cultural experience is Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina. Three Belpre Author Honor Books were named: The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist by Margarita Engle; The Living by Matt de la Peiia; and Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale, written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh.

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most distinguished informational book for children is Parrots over Puerto Rico by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore, illustrated by Susan L. Roth. Four Sibert Honor Books were named: A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet; Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard, written and illustrated by Annette LeBlanc Cate; Locomotive, written and illustrated by Brian Floca; and The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan.

Stonewall Book Award - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Award, given annually to English-language works of exceptional merit for children or teens relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender experience:

Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills and Fat Angie by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo are the winners of the 2014 Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature Award.

Three Honor Books were selected: Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle; Branded by the Pink Triangle by Ken Setterington; and Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan.

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

The Watermelon Seed, written and illustrated by Greg Pizzoli, is the Geisel Award winner. Three Geisel Honor Books were named: Ball, written and illustrated by Mary; A Big Guy Took My Ball! written and illustrated by Mo Willems; and Penny and Her Marble, written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes.

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

Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn is the 2014 Morris Award winner.

The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi by Neal Bascomb is the 2014 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults winner.

For more information on the ALA youth media awards and notables, please visit www.ala.org/yma.

Barry Goldblatt, Barry Goldblatt Literary LLC, Brooklyn, NY, left, and Susannah Richards, Penguin Group, New York, NY, high five as the Youth Media Awards are announced at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on January 27.

Kevin King, Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI, participates in the discussion during the update on the Libraries Transforming Communities initiative January 26.

Over the Rainbow List Recognizes Quality GLBT Fiction and Nonfiction Titles

The 2014 Over the Rainbow Project book list, sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) of the American Library Association (ALA), was announced at ALA's Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia.

The bibliography features quality fiction and nonfiction books for adults that are recognized by the Over the Rainbow Project, an ad hoc committee of GLBTRT for their authentic expression of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender experiences. Each year, the Over the Rainbow Project releases its annotated bibliography to aid librarians and patrons in selecting quality books released over the past 18 months. This year's list includes titles published between July 1, 2012 and December 31, 2013.

To view the 2014 bibliography, please visit www.glbtrt.ala.org/over-therainbow.

Freedom to Read Foundation Holds Memorial Reception

The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) held a memorial reception on January 24 during the Midwinter Meeting for Carolyn Forsman, the librarian and jeweler who passed away shortly before the 2013 Midwinter Meeting. The reception honored Forsman, who was known by countless ALA Conference attendees for her wonderful jewelry (and purple hair)! Forsman exhibited nearly every year, with proceeds going to benefit the Freedom to Read Foundation. Over the years she raised more than $150,000 for the Foundation and received the FTRF Roll of Honor Award in 2001. Forsman grew up in the Bronx and attended Hunter College High School and New York University. She received her MLS from the University of California Berkeley and was in the first class of doctoral students at the University of Maryland in the late 1960s. Following a career as a librarian and activist, Carolyn made the move to creating imaginative, affordable, kinetic jewelry that found its way into more than 120 museum shops around the world, including the MoMA Design Store, the Smithsonian Institution and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

For more information about FTRF, contact Jonathan Kelley at jokelley® ala.org.