Awarded

Monday, January 23, 2012

7:23am.


The coffee was made, breakfast started, everyone was up and awake (two entirely different states of being by the way..)


The computer was powered up.


At attention.


Because this morning wasn't our everyday morning. This morning at 7:48am, the 2012 ALA Youth Media Awards were announced live online at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Dallas, Texas.


After much review of potential Caldecott and Corretta Scott King books and potential Newbery books, for the Printz, the Schneider, the Geisel, William C. Morris, and the list goes on..... For librarians, educators, and the highly praised authors and illustrators of 2011, this morning like Christmas morning. But better.


Without much further ado...


The Best of the Best of 2012 include:



Newbery Award Winner


"For the most outstanding contribution to children's literature"



Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos



Newbery Honor Books



Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai




Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Velchin





Caldecott Award Winner


" For the most distinguished American picture book for children"



A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka



Caldecott Honor Books



Blackout by John Rocco



Grandpa Green by Lane Smith



Me... Jane by Patrick McDonnell





Corretta Scott King (Author) Award Winner


"Recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults"



Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson



Honor Books



The Great Migration: Journey to the North by Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist



Never Forgotten by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrations by Leo & Diane Dillon



Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Award Winner



Underground by Shane W. Evans



Honor Book



Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson





Michael L. Printz Award Winner


"For excellence in literature written for young adults"



Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley


(Where Things Come Back also claimed the 2012 William C. Morris Award)



Printz Honor Books



Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler, illustrated by Maira Kalman



The Returning by Christine Hinwood



Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey



The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater


The entire list of award winners can be found here.


How do you feel about the results?


I'm happy  Dead End in Norvelt won the Newbery, but am quite heart-broken Okay for Now by Gary Schmidt didn't even take home an honor...







image sources: dead end in norvelt, inside out, stalin's nose, ball for daisy, blackout, grandpa green, me..jane, heart and soul, great migration, never forgotten, underground, where things come back, why we broke up, the returning, jasper jones, scorpio races

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