Awards
2006 American Library Association Awards!
John Newbery Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Children™ Literature:
Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
Honor Books:
Whittington by Alan Armstrong Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler™ Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson
Randolph Caldecott Medal for Most Distinguished American Picture Book:
Winner: The Hello, Goodbye Window illustrated by Chris Raschka
Honor Books:
Rosa illustrated by Bryan Collier
Zen Shorts written & illustrated by Jon J. Muth
Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride written & illustrated by Marjorie Priceman
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems illustrated by Beckie Prange
Michael Printz Award for Excellence in Literature for Young Adults:
Winner: Looking for Alaska by John Green
Honor Books:
Black Juice by Margo Lanagan
I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
John Lennon: All I Want is the Truth, A Photographic Biography by Elizabeth Partridge
A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson
Coretta Scott King African-American Author Book Award:
Winner: Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue by Julius Lester
Honor Books:
Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl by Tonya Bolden
Dark Sons by Nikki Grimes
A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson
Coretta Scott King African-American Illustrator Book Award:
Winner: Rosa illustrated by Bryan Collier
Honor Book:
Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan by R. Gregory Christie
King/Steptoe New Talent African-American Author Award Winner:
Jimi & Me by Jaime Adoff
Pura Belpre Latino Illustrator Award:
Winner: Dona Flor: A Tall tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart illustrated by Raul Colon.
Honor Books:
Arrorro, Mi Nino: Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games illustrated by Lulu Delacre
Cesar: Si, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! illustrated by David Diaz
My Name is Celia/Me Llamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/La Vida de Celia Cruz illustrated by Rafael Lopez
Pura Belpre Latino Author Award:
Winner: The Tequila Worm by Viola Canales
Honor Books:
Cesar: Si, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
Dona Flor: A Tall tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart by Pat Mora
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz-Ryan
Schneider Family Book Award for Artistic Expression of the Disability Experience:
Books for Ages 0-10 Winner: Dad, Jackie and Me by Myron Uhlberg
Books for Ages 11-13 Winner: Tending to Grace by Kimberly Newton Fusco
Books for Ages 13-18 Winner: Under the Wolf, Under the Dog by Adam Rapp
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for Most Distinguished Beginning Reader Book:
Winner: Henry & Mudge and the Great-Grandpas by Cynthia Rylant
Honor Books:
Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
A Splendid Friend Indeed by Suzanne Bloom
Cowgirl Kate & Cocoa by Erica Silverman
Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day by Jean Van Leeuwen
Robert Sibert Award for Most Distinguished Informational Book for Children:
Winner: Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries if the H. L. Hunley by Sally M. Walker
Honor Book:
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler™s Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Mildred Batchelder Award for Outstanding Book Translated from a Foreign Language and Published in the United States:
Winner: An Innocent Soldier written by Josef Holub, translated by Michael Hofmann, published by Arthur A Levine Books.
Honor Books:
Nicholas published by Phaidon Press Limited
When I Was a Soldier published by Bloomsbury Children™s Books
Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement in Writing for Young Adults:
2006 Winner: Jacqueline Woodson
May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award Winner: Kevin Henkes
THE MONARCH AWARD
2007 Monarch Award Nominees
Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award 2007 Nominees List
- THE TALE OF TRICKY FOX: A NEW ENGLAND TRICKSTER TALE by Jim Aylesworth
- MY LIGHT by Molly Bang
- I AIN'T GONNA PAINT NO MORE by Karen Beaumont
- SUPERDOG: THE HEART OF A HERO by Caralyn Buehner
- WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD BOOK? by Lauren Child
- MERCY WATSON TO THE RESCUE by Kate DiCamillo
- ELISA MICHAELS, BIGGER AND BETTER by Johanna Hurwitz
- WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A TAIL LIKE THIS? by Steve Jenkins
- JUDY MOODY GETS FAMOUS! by Megan McDonald
- MRS. WATSON WANTS YOUR TEETH by Alison McGhee
- GOIN' SOMEPLACE SPECIAL by Patricia McKissack
- GUS AND GRANDPA AT BASKETBALL by Claudia Mills
- MIGHTY JACKIE: THE STRIKE OUT QUEEN by Marissa Moss
- MANANA IGUANA by Ann Whitford Paul
- COME TO MY PARTY AND OTHER SHAPE POEMS by Heidi Roemer
- ALMOST LATE TO SCHOOL AND MORE SCHOOL POEMS by Carol Diggory Shields
- WILD ABOUT BOOKS by Judy Sierra
- FALLING FOR RAPUNZEL by Leah Wilcox
- CLEVER BEATRICE: AN UPPER PENINSULA CONTE by Margaret Willey
- COMING ON HOME SOON by Jacqueline Woodson
2007 Caudill Award Nominees List!
- AIRBORN by Kenneth Oppel
- BECOMING NAOMI LEON by Pam Munoz Ryan
- CHASING VERMEER by Blue Balliett
- EACH LITTLE BIRD THAT SINGS by Deborah Wiles
- GREGOR THE OVERLANDER by Suzanne Collins
- HACHIKO WAITS by Leslea Newman
- HANA'S SUITCASE: A TRUE STORY by Karen Levine
- HEARTBEAT by Sharon Creech
- IDA B: AND HER PLANS TO MAXIMIZE FUN, AVOID DISASTER, AND (POSSIBLY) SAVE THE WORLD by Katherine Hannigan
- LAST SHOT by John Feinstein
- LOCOMOTION by Jacqueline Woodson
- ONCE UPON A MARIGOLD by Jean Ferris
- PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
- RED KAYAK by Priscilla Cummings
- THE SEA OF TROLLS by Nancy Farmer
- SECRETS OF A CIVIL WAR SUBMARINE: SOLVING THE MYSTERIES OF THE H.L. HUNLEY by Sally M. Walker
- SHACKLETON'S STOWAWAY by Victoria McKernan
- SO B. IT by Sarah Weeks
- STAR OF KAZAN by Eva Ibbotson
- THIN WOOD WALLS by David Patneaude
- ACCELERATION by Graham McNamee
- ACROSS THE NIGHTINGALE FLOOR by Lian Hearn
- ALL-AMERICAN GIRL by Meg Cabot
- THE AMAZING MAURICE AND HIS EDUCATED RODENTS by Terry Pratchett
- BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE by Aron Ralston
- BLOOD RED HORSE by K.M. Grant
- THE BURN JOURNALS by Brent Runyon
- DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER by Jeff Lindsay
- DONORBOY by Brendan Halpin
- FLESHMARKET by Nicola Morgan
- GODLESS by Pete Hautman
- A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY by Libba Bray
- GUTS: THE TRUE STORIES BEHIND HATCHET AND THE BRIAN BOOKS by Gary Paulsen
- HIGH HEAT by Carl Deuker
- A HOLE IN MY LIFE by Jack Gantos JUDE by Kate Morgenroth
- REDEMPTION by Julie Chibbaro
- SHATTERING GLASS by GAil Giles
- SICKENED by Julie Gregory
- THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS by Ann Brashares
- UGLIES by Scott Westerfeld
- WHO AM I WITHOUT HIM?: SHORT STORIES ABOUT GIRLS AND THE BOYS IN THEIR LIVES by Sharon G. Flake
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