Breaking News: ALA Announces 2009 Youth Media Awards Including Newbery, Caldecott, and Printz
I’ve haven’t been this excited for award season before! Since the inception of this blog, I’ve been reading a lot more books that were published this past year. Although, I haven’t read nearly all the books getting Newbery buzz, I was curious to see how some of my favorites would do. So without further ado . . .
The American Library Association (ALA) made it’s announcement of the top books, video and audiobooks for children and young adults -including the Caldecott, King, Newbery, and Printz Awards this morning. And the winners are:
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature:
Newbery Medal winner:
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Newbery Medal honors:
- After Tupac and D. Foster by Jacqueline Woodson
- Savvy by Ingrid Law (Maw Books review)
- The Underneath by Kathi Appelt (Maw Books review)
- The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom by Margarita Engle
Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children:
Caldecott Medal winner:
- The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson illustrated by Beth Krommes
Caldecott Medal honors:
- A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever written and illustrated by Marla Frazee
- How I Learned Geography written and illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
- A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant
Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults:
Printz Award winner:
- Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
Printz Award honors:
- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II, The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson
- The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart (Maw Books review)
- Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
- Nation by Terry Pratchett
The 2009 Edwards Award which celebrates an author who makes a significant and lasting contribution to children’s literature:
- Laurie Halse Anderson! (see my review of Chains and Speak)
These were the awards that I was most curious about. It was fun to watch the awards with all of my Twitter friends and send congrat messages to the authors and hear their reactions. Fun!
The remaining list of winners as found on the ALA website:
2010 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecturer
Kathleen T. Horning, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC)
Batchelder Award
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc., publisher of “Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit” by Nahoko Uehashi, translated from the Japanese by Cathy Hirano
Batchelder Honor Books
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., publisher of “Garmann’s Summer” written and illustrated by Stian Hole, translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett
Amulet Books, an imprint of Harry N. Abrams, Inc., publisher of “Tiger Moon” written by Antonia Michaelis, translated from the German by Anthea Bell
Belpré Author Award
“The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom” by Margarita Engle, published by Henry Holt
Belpré Author Honor Books“Just in Case” by Yuyi Morales, a Neal Porter Book published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership
“Reaching Out” by Francisco Jiménez, Houghton Mifflin Co.
“The Storyteller’s Candle/La velita de los cuentos” by Lucia Gonzalez, illustrated by Lulu Delacre, Children’s Book Press
Belpré Illustrator Award
“Just in Case” by Yuyi Morales, a Neal Porter Book, published by Roaring Brook, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership Press
Belpré Illustrator Honor Books
“Papa and Me” illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez, written by Arthur Dorros, Rayo, and imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
“The Storyteller’s Candle/La velita de los cuentos” illustrated by Lulu Delacre, written by Lucia Gonzalez, Children’s Book Press
“What Can You Do with a Rebozo” illustrated by Amy Cordova, written by Carmen Tafolla, Tricycle Press, an imprint of Ten Speed Press
Carnegie Medal
Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly, Weston Woods Studios, producers of “March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World”Geisel Award
“Are You Ready to Play Outside?” written and illustrated by Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Geisel Honor Books“Chicken Said, ‘Cluck!’” written by Judyann Ackerman Grant, illustrated by Sue Truesdell, HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers
“One Boy” written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, a Neal Porter Book published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership
“Stinky” written and illustrated by Eleanor Davis, The Little Lit Library, a division of RAW Junior, LLC
“Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator” written by Sarah C. Campbell, photographs by Sarah C. Campbell and Richard P. Campbell, Boyds Mills Press
Odyssey Award
“The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” written and narrated by Sherman Alexie, produced by Recorded Books, LLC
Odyssey Honor Audiobooks“Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady,” written by L.A. Meyer, narrated by Katherine Kellgren, produced by Listen and Live Audio, Inc.
“Elijah of Buxton” written by Christopher Paul Curtis, narrated by Mirron Willis, produced by Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group
“I’m Dirty” written by Kate and Jim McMullan, narrated by Steve Buscemi, produced by Weston Woods Studios, Inc./Scholastic
“Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale” written and narrated by Carmen Agra Deedy, produced by Peachtree Publishers
“Nation” written by Terry Pratchett, narrated by Stephen Briggs, produced by Harper Children’s Audio/HarperCollins Publishers
Sibert Medal
“We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball” written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group
Sibert Honor Books
“Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and Rediscovery of the Past” written by James M. Deem, Houghton Mifflin Company
“What to Do about Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy!” written by Barbara Kerley, illusrated by Edwin Fotheringham, Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.
Wilder Medal
Ashley Bryan, author and illustrator of numerous books, including “Dancing Granny,” “Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum” and “Beautiful Blackbird.”
So what do I think? I guessed The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks correctly. I haven’t read the other Printz, although I have Jellicoe Road checked out right now from the library. A few surprises about the Newbery. Not surprised at all for Savvy and The Underneath, both of which I reviewed. I have The Graveyard Book checked out right now from the library. I guess I better read it – my first Neil Gaiman book. I love Jacqueline Woodson, but haven’t read After Tupac and D. Foster. As far as Caldecott, I haven’t followed new picture books that much this year but I LOVe Marla Frazee. So happy for her.
Today, in honor of these great awards I’ll be posting reviews of all Newbery and Caldecott Award winners and honors. So enjoy these looks into the past.
So what do you think of the books chosen?!
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You got this up fast!
What a crazy and exciting morning. Who gets this excited over book awards? It is like the Oscars for children’s book lovers/readers.
on January 26th, 2009 at 9:24 amJeanette – I even set my alarm to make sure I didn’t miss them! I had this post already written up and preformatted so all I had to do was insert the titles. I made a couple of guesses and linked them up. I got three right.
on January 26th, 2009 at 9:41 amI am beyond thrilled for Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett! Theirs were the only books I’ve actually read, but there are others I’m interested in (especially Tender Morsels, The Underneath and Frankie).
on January 26th, 2009 at 10:14 amJust wanted you to know that I saw it here first!
I tried going to the ALA page but it was loading too slow. Thanks for posting these.
on January 26th, 2009 at 10:29 am[...] MAW Books has been good enough to post news on all the winners here. [...]
on January 26th, 2009 at 11:13 amI’m so so excited for Gaiman!!! He definitely deserves the Newbery. That’s fantastic. And I’ve read Nation, but all of the other Printz books are on my wishlist! Big congrats to Terry Pratchett too! He certainly deserves that honor
Thanks for collection all of this here Natasha!
on January 26th, 2009 at 12:35 pmI posted links on my site to your reviews of Savvy and The Underneath. Hope you don’t mind!
on January 26th, 2009 at 12:41 pmI am so happy! I love love love the Printz winner, Jellicoe Road. And I am happy with all the Newbery choices–the winner and the honors. I’ve read them all this year…which isn’t usually the case.
on January 26th, 2009 at 1:46 pmThanks for sharing the list with us! I forgot this was happening this week.
on January 26th, 2009 at 1:53 pmHmmm–guess I’ll have to read The Graveyard Book afterall. Thanks for all the information, Natasha!
on January 26th, 2009 at 5:48 pmThis really is so very exciting! I have The Graveyard Book from the library right now – I’d better get to it! I loved Savvy, and have The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks in my TBR. But I am definitely going to be adding several of the award winners to my list of books I want to read.
on January 26th, 2009 at 6:52 pmI must have missed that Twitter party!
on January 27th, 2009 at 7:21 amHow does one watched the Newbery awards anyway?
I’ve only read The Graveyard Book. I’m so not with it I guess. I want to make a goal to read more Printz awards though. I’m sure there’s a challenge out there, right?
I know a lot of people wanted The Graveyard Book to win but didn’t think it was going to. I really can’t wait to read this one! They picked some great winners this year!
on January 28th, 2009 at 3:04 amNymeth – No Gaiman or Pratchett here yet. Slowly but surely, I’ll read them!
Em – Oh yay! I feel so special now!
Chris – You’re welcome. I have a couple of the winners already checked out from the library.
Jenn M. – Of course I don’t mind. I love link love!
Becky – Wow. How cool to already have read them all! I was excited that I had already read three. A big improvement for me.
Alyce – I’ve had it on my calender for awhile now.
Trish – I had The Graveyard Book already checked out from the library. Does that count?
Belle – Savvy and Frankie were two that I had already read as well. Graveyard I have in the house but haven’t read it yet.
Suey – The ALA website had a link to a live webcast. They also had a twitter and facebook stream. I’m sure there is a Printz challenge out there. I’d like to start going back and reading them as well.
Ladytink_534 – I know there was a question of eligibility. Obviously, there wasn’t a problem.
on January 28th, 2009 at 5:12 pmWe’ve linked to this post on our website. Hope that’s OK with you. If not, let us know and we’ll remove the link. Thanks for putting this information online.
on February 2nd, 2009 at 1:35 pm