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Youth Media Awards

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discovered the magic of storytelling and began writing. His books are noted for their imagination, power and grace. In 1976, he and his wife established the charity Farms for City Children. He is an officer of the Order of the British Empire and served as Britain’s third Children’s Laureate. His novel, War Horse, has wowed theater audiences in London and New York and movie audiences all over.

Mildred L. Batchelder Award for an outstanding children’s book translated from a foreign language and subsequently published in the United States:

Soldier Bear is the 2012 Batchelder Award winner. Originally published in Dutch in 2008 as Soldaat Wojtek, written by Bibi Dumon Tak, illustrated by Philip Hopman, translated by Laura Watkinson and published by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

One Batchelder Honor Book also was selected: The Lily Pond, published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., written by Annika Thor, and translated by Linda Schenck.

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

Rotters, produced by Listening Library, an imprint of Random House Audio Publishing Group, Random House, Inc., is the 2012 Odyssey Award winner. The book is written by Daniel Kraus and narrated by Kirby Heyborne.

Four Odyssey Honor audiobooks also were selected: Ghetto Cowboy, produced by Brilliance Audio, written by G. Neri and narrated by JD Jackson; Okay for Now, produced by Listening Library, an imprint of Random House Audio Publishing Group, Random House, Inc., written by Gary D. Schmidt and narrated by Lincoln Hoppe; The Scorpio Races, produced by Scholastic Inc., Scholastic Audiobooks, written by Maggie Stiefvater and narrated by Steve West and Fiona Hardingham; and Young Fredle, produced by Listening Library, an imprint of Random House Audio Publishing Group, Random House, Inc., written by Cynthia Voigt and narrated by Wendy Carter.

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

Diego Rivera: His World and Ours, illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh, is the Belpré Illustrator Award winner. The book was written by Duncan Tonatiuh and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS.

Two Belpré Illustrator Honor Books were selected: The Cazuela that the Farm Maiden Stirred, illustrated by Rafael López, written by Samantha R. Vamos and published by Charlesbridge; and Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match /Marisol McDonald no combina, illustrated by Sara Palacios, written by Monica Brown and published by Children’s Book Press, an imprint of Lee and Low Books Inc.

Pura Belpré (Author) Award: Under the Mesquite, written by Guadalupe Garcia McCall, is the Belpré Author Award winner. The book is published by Lee and Low Books Inc.

Two Belpré Author Honor Books were named: Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck, written by Margarita Engle and published by Henry Holt and Company, LLC.; and Maximilian and the Mystery of the Guardian Angel: A Bilingual Lucha Libre Thriller, written by Xavier Garza and published by Cinco Puntos Press.

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

Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade, written by Melissa Sweet, is the Sibert Award winner. The book is published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Four Sibert Honor Book were named: Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor, written by Larry Dane Brimner and published by Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills Press, Inc.; Drawing from Memory, written and illustrated by Allen Say and published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.; The Elephant Scientist, written by Caitlin O’Connell and Donna M. Jackson, photographs by Caitlin O’Connell and Timothy Rodwell and published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company; and Witches!: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem written and illustrated by Rosalyn Schanzer and published by the National Geographic Society.

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:

Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy, written by Bil Wright and published by Simon & Schuster BFYR, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, is the winner of the 2012 Stonewall Award.

Four Honor Books were selected: a + e 4ever, drawn and written by Ilike Merey and published by Lethe Press, Inc.; Money Boy, written by Paul Yee and published by Groundwood Books, an imprint of House of Anansi Press; Pink, written by Lili Wilkinson and published by HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins; and with or without you, written by Brian Farrey and published by Simon Pulse, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division.

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

Tales for Very Picky Eaters, written and illustrated by Josh Schneider, is the Geisel Award winner. The book is published by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Three Geisel Honor Books were named: I Broke My Trunk, written and illustrated by Mo Willems, and published by Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group; I Want My Hat Back, written and illustrated by Jon Klassen, and published by Candlewick Press; and See Me Run, written and illustrated by Paul Meisel, and published by Holiday House.

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Ed Spicer, reviewer, Michigan Reading Journal, Allegan, Mich., reacts as the Youth Media Awards are announced on Monday, January 23.

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