ALA Awards for 2012 - Newbery and Caldecott Winners and More

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Newbery Award Winner

Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos





Newbery Honor Winners:


Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai


Breaking Stalin's Nose By Eugene Yelchin






A Ball for Daisy 
Written and illustrated by Chris Raschka






Caldecott Honor Winners

Blackout written and illustrated by John Rocco



Grandpa Green written and illustrated by Lane Smith 



Me . . . Jane written and illustrated by Patrick McDonnell



This award is given to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers.



Winner:

Tales for Very Picky Eaters by Josh Schneider


Honorees:






I Broke My Trunk by Mo Willems




I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen




See Me Run by Paul Meisel






recognize outstanding books for young adults and children by African American authors and illustrators that reflect the African American experience.

Coretta Scott King Author Book Award Winner: 

Heart and Soul by Kadir Nelson


Author Honors: 
The Great Migration: Journey to the North by Eloise Greenfield 


Never Forgotten by Patricia C McKissak 



Coretta Scott King Illustrator Book Award Winner:



Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom 
by Shane Evans


Illustrator Honor:


Heart and Soul by Kadir Nelson




Ashley Bryan 

In 1962 Bryan was first African American to write and illustrate a children's book.







for a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience with an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.

Text: 
Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall



Illustration Winner: 
Diego Rivera: His World and Ours by Duncan Tonatiuh

Diego Rivera









honors an author as well as a specific body or his/her work that has proven popular over a period of time.  It recognizes an author's work in helping adolescents become aware of themselves and addressing questions about their role and importance in relationships, society and the world.

2012 Winner: Susan Cooper



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William C Morris Award

honors a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature.

Winner
Where Things Come Back John Coery Whaley
Nominees:

Girl of Fire Thorns by Rae Carson





Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard



Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia Mccall




Between Shades of Gray by Rutya Sepetys







is given to a book that exemplifies literary excellence in Young Adult Literature.



Where Things Come Back John Coery Whaley


Nominees:


Why We We Broke Up by Daniel Handler with illustrations by Maira Kalman




The Returning by Christine Hinwood




Jasper Jones by Craig SIlvey




The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefavter

The Scorpio Races







Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal image

The Sibert Award honors the most distinguished informational book published in English in the preceding year for its significant contribution to children’s literature.



Winner:
Balloons Over Broadway written and illustrated by Melissa Sweet


Honors:
Black & White: The Confrontation between Revernd Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor by Larry Dane Brimmer





Drawing from Memory written and illustrated by Alan Say










The Elephant Scientist written by Caitlin O'Connell and Donna M Jackson 





Witches! The Absolutey True Tale of Disaster in Salem 
written and illustrated by Rosalyn Schanzer




recognizes originally published in a Language other than English.

Winner:

Soldier Bear 
written by Bibi Dumon Tak, illustrated by Philip Hopman, 
translated by Laura Watkinson



The Lily Pond by Annika Thor, translated by Linda Schneck






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Stonewall Book Award
The Stonewall Book Award-Barbara Gittings Literature Award and theStonewall Book Award-Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award are presented to English language books that have exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered experience.


Putting Makeup on a Fat Boy by Bill Wright

Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy



Stonewall Honor Books:


a + e 4ever by Ilike Merey
A+E 4ever

Money Boy by Paul Yee

Money Boy


Pink by Lili Wilkinson

Pink

with or without you by Brian Farrey
With or Without You





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Odyssey Award
This annual award will be given to the producer of the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States.

Winner:
Rotters by Daniel Kraus
Narrated by Kirby Heyborn

Nominees:

Ghetto Cowboy by G Neri, narrated by JD Jackson

Ghetto Cowboy


Okay for Now by Gary D Schmidt, narrated by Lincoln Hoppe

Okay for Now


The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefavter, 
narrated by Steve West and Fiona Hardingham
The Scorpio Races


Young Fredle by Cynthia Voigt, narrated by Wendy Carter

Young Fredle



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