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2017 MIDWINTER HIGHLIGHTS ISSUE COGNOTES 9
2017 ALA YOUTH MEDIA AWARDS
Author
John Lewis and Andrew Aydin, coauthors of March: Book Three (Top Shelf Productions).
Illustrator
Javaka Steptoe, illustrator of Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (Little Brown Books for Young Readers).
John Steptoe New Talent
Nicola Yoon, author of The Sun Is Also a Star (Delacorte Press).
Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, paying tribute to the quality and magnitude of beloved children’s author Virginia Hamilton
Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop, professor emerita at The Ohio State University.
William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens
Winner
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner (Crown Books for Young Readers).
Finalists
Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard (HarperTeen).
Rani Patel in Full Effect by Sonia Patel (Cinco Puntos Press).
The Smell of Other People’s Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock (Wendy Lamb Books).
Tell Me Something Real by Calla Devlin (Atheneum Books for Young Readers).
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill (Algonquin Young Readers).
Newbery Honor Books
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dream Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan by Ashley Bryan (Atheneum Books for Young Readers).
The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz and illustrated by Hatem Aly (Dutton Children’s Books).
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk (Dutton Children’s Books).
Odyssey Award for best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States
Winner
Listening Library, producer of audiobook Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit, narrated by Allan Corduner.
Odyssey Award Honor Audiobook
Simon and Schuster Audio, producer of Ghost by Jason Reynolds, narrated by Guy Lockard.
Recorded Books, producer of Dream On, Amber by Emma Shevah, narrated by Laura Kirman.
Harper Audio, producer of Nimona by Noelle Stevenso, narrated by Rebecca Soler, Jonathan Davis, Marc Thompson, January LaVoy, Natalie Gold, Peter Bradbury, and David Pittu.
Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults
March: Book Three, created by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf Productions).
Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience
Birth – grade school (age 0 – 8)
Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille by Jen Bryant and illustrated by Boris Kulikov (Alfred A. Knopf).
Middle grades (age 9 – 13)
as brave as you by Jason Reynolds (Atheneum Books for Young Readers).
Teens (age 14 – 18)
When We Collided by Emery Lord (Bloomsbury Children’s Books).
Robert F. Sibert Medal
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell, authors and illustrator of March: Book Three (Top Shelf Productions).
Sibert Honor Books
Giant Squid by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Eric Rohmann (Roaring Brook Press).
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story by Caren Stelson (Carolrhoda Books).
Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II by Albert Marrin (Alfred A. Knopf).
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler by Russell Freedman (Clarion Books).
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
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan (Disney Hyperion).
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo (Flatiron Books).
Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Award Honor Books
When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore (Thomas Dunne Books).
Unbecoming by Jenny Downham (Scholastic Inc.).
Pride: Celebrating Diversity & Community by Robin Stevenson (Orca Book Publishers).
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award honoring 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
Nikki Grimes for works including Talking About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Colman and Danitra Brown, Class Clown.
YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults
Winner
March: Book Three, created by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf Productions).
Finalists
Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History by Karen Blumenthal (Feiwel and Friends).
In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives by Kenneth C. Davis (Henry Holt).
Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune by Pamela S. Turner, illustrated by Gareth Hinds (Charlesbridge).
This Land Is Our Land: A History of American Immigration by Linda Barrett Osborne (Abrams Books for Young Readers).
