Today was a huge day for authors, illustrators, librarians
and book lovers! The annual Youth
Media Awards were announced. We will link you to the winners and honor
books over the next few days. Take a look and see if you agree with the
choices.
First, the Newbery!
The Newbery
Medal honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American
literature for children.
WINNER: “The
One and Only Ivan” by Katherine
Applegate
When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived
for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant
that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better
life.
HONOR BOOKS:
“Splendors
and Glooms” by Laura
Amy Schlitz . When Clara vanishes after the puppeteer Grisini and two
orphaned assistants were at her twelfth birthday party, suspicion of kidnapping
chases the trio away from London and soon the two orphans are caught in a trap
set by Grisini's ancient rival, a witch with a deadly inheritance to shed
before it is too late.
“Bomb:
The Race to Build and Steal the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon” by Steve
Sheinkin. Recounts the scientific
discoveries that enabled atom splitting, the military intelligence operations
that occurred in rival countries, and the work of brilliant scientists hidden
at Los Alamos.
“Three
Times Lucky” by Sheila
Turnage. Washed ashore as a baby in
tiny Tupelo Landing, North Carolina, Mo LoBeau, now eleven, and her best friend
Dale turn detective when the amnesiac Colonel, owner of a café and co-parent of
Mo with his cook, Miss Lana, seems implicated in a murder.
And now, the Caldecott!
The Randolph
Caldecott Medal honors the artist of the most distinguished American
picture book for children.
WINNER: “This
is Not My Hat” by Jon
Klassen .
A tiny minnow wearing a
pale blue bowler hat has a thing or two up his fins in this underwater
light-on-dark chase scene.
HONOR BOOKS:
“Creepy
Carrots” pictures by Peter
Brown, words by Aaron
Reynolds. The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and
crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time
he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he
goes.
“Extra
Yarn” pictures by Jon
Klassen, words by Mac
Barnett . With a supply of yarn that never runs out, Annabelle knits for
everyone and everything in town until an evil archduke decides he wants the
yarn for himself.
“Green” words and pictures by Laura
Vaccaro Seeger. Illustrations and simple, rhyming
text explore the many shades of the color green.
“One
Cool Friend” pictures by David
Small, words by Toni
Buzzeo. Elliot, a very proper young man, feels a kinship with the
penguins at the aquarium and wants to take one home with him.
“Sleep
Like a Tiger” pictures by Pamela
Zagarenski, written by Mary
Logue. At bedtime a young
girl asks "Does everything in the world go to sleep?"
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