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American Library Association 2012 Children’s and Young Adult Literature Awards www.ala.org/yma

2012 ASSOCIATION FOR LIBRARY SERVICE TO CHILDREN (ALSC) AWARDS

John Newbery Medal (distinguished writing for children)

Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos. Farrar Straus Giroux, 2011

Honor Books Breaking Stalin’s Nose written and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin. Henry Holt, 2011 Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai. Harper / HarperCollins, 2011

Randolph Caldecott Award (distinguished illustration for children)

A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka. Schwartz & Wade, 2011

Honor Books Blackout written and illustrated by John Rocco. Disney / Hyperion, 2011. Grandpa Green written and illustrated by Lane Smith. Roaring Brook Press, 2011 Me … Jane written and illustrated by Patrick McDonnell. Little, Brown, 2011

Mildred L. Batchelder Award (to the publisher of the outstanding translated book)

Soldier Bear written by Bibi Dumon Tak. Illustrated by Philip Hopman. Translated by Laura Watkinson. U.S. ed.: Eerdmans, 2011

Honor Book The Lily Pond by Annika Thor. Translated from the Swedish by Linda Schenck. U.S. edition: Delacorte Press, 2011

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award (author and illustrator of distinguished beginning reader book)

Tales for Very Picky Eaters written and illustrated by Josh Schneider. Clarion, 2011

Honor Books I Broke My Trunk! written and illustrated by Mo Willems. Hyperion / Disney, 2011 I Want My Hat Back written and illustrated by Jon Klassen. Candlewick Press, 2011 See Me Run written and illustrated by Paul Meisel. Holiday House, 2011

Pura Belpré Author Award (cosponsored by REFORMA) (outstanding writing by a Latino author)

Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall. Lee & Low, 2011

Honor Books Hurricane Dancers by Margarita Engle. Henry Holt, 2011 Maximilian & the Mystery of the Guardian Angel: A Bilingual Lucha Libre Thriller written and illustrated by Xavier Garza. Cinco Puntos Press, 2011

Pura Belpré Illustrator Award (cosponsored by REFORMA) (Outstanding illustration by a Latino artist)

Diego Rivera: His World and Ours written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh. Abrams, 2011

Honor Books The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred illustrated by Rafael López. Written by Samantha R. Vamos. Charlesbridge, 2011 Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match illustrated by Sara Palacios. Written by Monica Brown. Children’s Book Press, 2011

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award (outstanding book of information)

Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade by Melissa Sweet. Houghton Mifflin, 2011

Honor Books Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene “Bull” Connor by Larry Dane Brimmer. Calkins Creek, 2011 Drawing From Memory by Allen Say. Scholastic Press, 2011 The Elephant Scientist written by Caitlin O’Connell and Donna M. Jackson. Photographs by Caitlin O’Connell and Timothy Rodwell. (Scientists in the Field) Houghton Mifflin, 2011 Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer. National Geographic, 2011 2012 ALA Awards, page 2

2012 YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION (YALSA) AWARDS

Michael L. Printz Award (literary excellence in young adult literature)

Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley. Atheneum, 2011

Honor Books Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey. Alfred A. Knopf, 2011 The Returning by Christine Hinwood. Dial, 2011 The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater. Scholastic Press, 2011 Why We Broke Up written by Daniel Handler. Illustrated by Maira Kalman. Little, Brown, 2011

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction

The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, and Treachery by Steve Sheinkin. Roaring Brook, 2011

William C. Morris Award (honoring a young adult book by a first-time author):

Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley. Atheneum, 2011

2012 ETHNIC MULTICULTURAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE ROUND TABLE (EMIERT) AWARDS

Coretta Scott King Author Award (outstanding writing by an African American author)

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson. Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins, 2011

Honor Books The Great Migration: Journey to the North written by Eloise Greenfield. Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. Amistad / HarperCollins, 2011 Never Forgotten by Patricia C. McKissack. Illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2011

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award (outstanding illustrations by an African American artist)

Underground illustrated by written by Shane W. Evans. A Neal Porter Book / Roaring Brook Press, 2011

Honor Book Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans illustrated and written by Kadir Nelson. Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins, 2011

Coretta Scott King Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement: Ashley Bryan

2012 ALA AWARDS

Schneider Family Book Award (to an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences)

Young Children’s Book: No submission deemed worthy Middle School Books: Close to Famous by Joan Bauer. Viking, 2011 Wonderstruck written and illustrated by Brian Selznick. Scholastic Press, 2011 Teen Book: The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen. Alfred A. Knopf, 2011

Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award (to work of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender experience)

Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy by Bill Wright. Simon & Schuster, 2011

Honor Books A + E 4ever written and illustrated by Ilike Merey. Lethe Press, 2011 Money Boy by Paul Yee. Groundwood, 2011 Pink by Lili Wilkinson. HarperTeen / HarperCollins, 2011 With or Without You by Brian Farrey. Simon Pulse / Simon & Schuster, 2011

Compiled by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/