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ALA Announces 2018 Youth Book and Media Awards

One Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, the American Library Association announced the annual children’s and young adult book and media awards.

 Newbery:

Winner – Kelly, Erin Estrada. Hello, Universe. Greenwillow.

Honor – Barnes, Derrick. Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut. Illus. by Gordon C. James. Bolden, an Agate Imprint.

Reynolds, Jason. A Long Way Down. Atheneum.

Watson, Renèe. Piecing Me Together. Bloomsbury.

 Caldecott:

Winner – Cordell, Matthew. Wolf in the Snow. Feiwel.

Honor – Cooper, Elisha. Big Cat, little cat. Roaring Brook.

Barnes, Derrick. Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut. Illus. by Gordon C. James. Bolden, an Agate Imprint.

Phi, Bao. A Different Pond. Illus. by Thi Bui. Capstone.

Chin, Jason. Grand Canyon. Roaring Brook.

Sibert:

Winner – Brimner, Larry Dane. Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961. Calkins Creek.

Honor – Martin, Jacqueline Briggs and June Lo Lee. Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix. Illus. by Man One. Readers to Eaters.

Chin, Jason. Grand Canyon. Roaring Brook.

Burcaw, Shane. Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask about Having a Disability. Illus. by Matt Carr. Roaring Brook.

Newman, Patricia. Sea Otter Heroes: The Predators That Saved an Ecosystem. Millbrook.

 Geisel:

Winner – Snyder, Laurel. Charlie & Mouse. Illus. by Emily Hughes. Chronicle.

Honor – Meisel, Paul. I See a Cat. Holiday House.

Butler, Dori Hillestad. King & Kayla and the Case of the Missing Dog Treats. Illus. by Nancy Meyers. Peachtree.

Yoon, Salina. My Kite Is Stuck! And Other Stories. Bloomsbury.

Arnold, Tedd, Martha Hamilton, and Mitch Weiss. Noodleheads See the Future. Illus. by Tedd Arnold. Holiday House.

Kugler, Tina. Snail & Worm Again. Houghton.

Coretta Scott King Author:

Winner – Watson, Renèe. Piecing Me Together. Bloomsbury.

Honor – Barnes, Derrick. Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut. Illus. by Gordon C. James. Bolden, an Agate Imprint.

Reynolds, Jason. A Long Way Down. Atheneum.

Thomas, Angie. The Hate U Give. Balzer + Bray.

 Coretta Scott King Illustrator:

Winner – Alexander, Kwame with Chris Colderly and Marjory Wentworth. Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets. Illus. by Ekua Holmes. Candlewick.

Honor – Barnes, Derrick. Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut. Illus. by Gordon C. James. Bolden, an Agate Imprint.

Cline-Ransome, Lesa. Before She Was Harriet: The Story of Harriet Tubman. Illus. by James Ransome. Holiday House.

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent:

Moore, David Barclay. The Stars Beneath Our Feet. Knopf. (author)

Erskine, Kathryn. Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song. Illus. by Charly Palmer. FSG. (illustrator)

Coretta Scott King/Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement:

Eloise Greenfield

Pura Belpre Author:

Winner – Behar, Ruth. Lucky Broken Girl. Penguin.

Honor – Cartaya, Pablo. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora. Viking.

Pèrez, Celia C. The First Rule of Punk. Viking.

 Pura Belpre Illustrator:

Winner – Elya, Susan Middleton. La Princesa and the Pea. Illus. by Juana Martinez-Neal. Putnam.

Honor – Gonzàlez, Xelena. All Around Us. Illus. by Adriana M. Garcia. Cinco Puntos.

Brown, Monica. Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos. Illus. by John Parra. NorthSouth.

Printz:

Winner – LaCour, Nina. We Are Okay. Dutton.

Honor – Thomas, Angie. The Hate U Give. Balzer + Bray.

Reynolds, Jason. Long Way Down. Atheneum.

Taylor, Laini. Strange the Dreamer. Little Brown.

Heiligman, Deborah. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers. Godwin/Holt.

Schneider Family:  

Say, Allen. Silent Days, Silent Dreams. Levine/Scholastic. (young children)

Green, Shari. Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess. Pajama Press. (middle grades)

Gardner, Whitney. You’re Welcome Universe. Knopf. (teens)

Laura Ingalls Wilder: Jacqueline Woodson

Margaret A. Edwards: Angela Johnson

May Hill Arbuthnot: Debbie Reese

Mildred L. Batchelder:

Winner – Wegelius, Jakob. The Murderer’s Ape. Delacorte.

Honor – Frier, Raphaele. Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education. Illus. by Aurelia Fronty. Charlesbridge.

Naumann-Villemin, Christine. When a Wolf Is Hungry. Illus. by Kris DiGiacomo. Eerdmans.

Mello, Roger. You Can’t Be Too Careful! Elsewhere Editions.

Odyssey:

Winner – Thomas, Angie. The Hate U Give. HarperAudio. 

Honor – Pullman, Philip. The Book of Dust. Listening Library.

Haig, Matt. A Boy Called Christmas. Listening Library.

Reynolds, Jason. Long Way Down. S & S Audio.

Andrews, ‘Troy Trombone Shorty’. Trombone Shorty. Live Oak Media.

Cowell, Cressida. The Wizards of Once. Hachette Audio. 

Stonewall:

Winner – Colbert, Brandy. Little & Lion. Little Brown.

Honor – Gillman, Melanie. As the Crow Flies. Iron Circus Comics.

Lee, Mackenzi. The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue. HarperCollins. 

Morris:

Winner – Thomas, Angie. The Hate U Give. Balzer + Bray.

Finalists – Stone, Nic. Dear Martin. Crown.

Henson, S.F. Devils Within. Sky Pony Press.

Ali, S.K. Saints and Misfits. Salaam Reads/S&S.

Bowman, Akemi Dawn. Starfish. Simon Pulse. 

YALSA Nonfiction:

Winner – Heiligman, Deborah. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers. Godwin/Holt.

Honor – Leatherdale, Mary Beth and Lisa Charleyboy, ed. #Not Your Princess: Voices of Native American Women. Annick.

Aronson, Marc and Marina Budhos. Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism. Holt.

Slater, Dashka. The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives. FSG.

Sandler, Martin W. The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found. Candlewick.

www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2018/02/american-library-association-announces-2018-youth-media-award-winners

Published on Feb 13, 2018
Posted by: pennypeck
Categories: Awards
Tags: ALA Awards, Caldecott Medal, Newbery Medal

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