Congratulations to the authors and illustrators of our 2014 ALA Youth Media Award Winners and Honor Books! Kate DiCamillo has won the Newbery Medal for Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenthcentury British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. (Hardcover illustrated middle-grade fiction HC: 978-0-7636-6040-6 E-book: 978-0-7636-6724-5 $17.99 U.S. ($20.00 CAN) 240 pages Ages 8 12) Aaron Becker has received a Caldecott Honor for Journey. The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. (Hardcover picture book HC: 978-0-7636-6053-6 $15.99 U.S. ($18.00 CAN) 40 pages Ages 4 8)
The Kingdom of Little Wounds by Susann Cokal and Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner were named Michael L. Printz Honor Books. The Michael L. Printz Award annually honors the best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit. In addition, the Printz Committee names up to four honor books, which also represent the best writing in young adult literature. The award s namesake was a school librarian in Topeka, Kansas, and an active member of YALSA. He had a passion for books and reading. He also appreciated the authors who wrote books for young adults and demonstrated this by initiating an author-in-residence program at his high school. (The Kingdom of Little Wounds: Hardcover young adult fiction HC: 978-0-7636-6694-1 E-book: 978-0-7636-6907-2 $22.99 U.S. ($26.00 CAN) Also available in audio 576 pages Age 16 and up) (Maggot Moon: Hardcover young adult fiction HC: 978-0-7636-6553-1 E-book: 978-0-7636-6573-9 $16.99 U.S. Also available in audio 288 pages Age 12 and up)
Meg Medina has won the Pura Belpré Author Award for Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass. The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. The award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. (Hardcover young adult fiction HC ISBN: 978-0-7636-5859-5 E-book: 978-0-7636-6354-4 $16.99 U.S. ($19.00 CAN) Also available in audio 272 pages Age 14 and up) e.e. Charlton-Trujillo has won a Stonewall Book Award for Fat Angie. The first and most enduring award for GLBT books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table. (Hardcover young adult fiction HC ISBN: 978-0-7636-6119-9 E-book: 978-0- 7636-6373-5 $16.99 U.S. ($19.00 CAN) Also available in audio 272 pages Age 14 and up)
Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard by Annette LeBlanc Cate has been named a Sibert Honor Book. The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in English during the preceding year. The award is named in honor of Robert F. Sibert, the long-time president of Bound to Stay Bound Books. (Hardcover nonfiction HC: 978-0-7636-4561-8 $15.99 U.S. ($18.00 CAN) 64 pages Ages 8 12) Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America s First Black Paratroopers by Tanya Lee Stone has been named a YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist. The YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12 18) during a November 1 October 31 publishing year. (Hardcover nonfiction HC: 978-0-7636-5117-6 E-book: 978-0-7636-6820-4 $24.99 U.S. ($28.00 CAN) Also available in audio 160 pages Age 10 and up)
In addition, Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly Ellard of Weston Woods Studios, Inc., producers of the video animation of Bink & Gollie: Two for One have won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children s Video. The Andrew Carnegie Medal honors the most outstanding video productions for children released during the previous year.