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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