Congratulations to all the winners of the ALA awards today, especially long time squeetus friend Jenni Holm on her THIRD Newbery Honor! Also happy for Terry Pratchett winning the the Margaret A. Edwards award and The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex getting the Odyssey for audio book. I'm pretty certain calamity jack not getting the Caldecott was a clerical error since Nate Hale is clearly a genius. For a complete list of awards and winners go to the ala website.
Newbery Medal
“Moon over Manifest,” written by Clare Vanderpool
Newbery Honors
"Turtle in Paradise,” by Jennifer L. Holm
“Heart of a Samurai,” written by Margi Preus
“Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night,” written by Joyce Sidman
“One Crazy Summer,” by Rita Williams-Garcia
Caldecott Medal
“A Sick Day for Amos McGee,” illustrated by Erin E. Stead, written by Philip C. Stead
Caldecott Honor
“Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave,” illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Laban Carrick Hill
“Interrupting Chicken,” written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein
Michael L. Printz Award
“Ship Breaker,” written by Paolo Bacigalupi
Printz Honor Books
“Stolen,” by Lucy Christopher
“Please Ignore Vera Dietz,” by A.S. King
“Revolver,” by Marcus Sedgwick
“Nothing,” by Janne Teller
What is the difference between the Medal and the Honor?
Posted by: Amanda Norr | January 10, 2011 at 01:44 PM
I think this is the first time that I have not read ONe of the titles that won. Not even any honors!
Man, I feel so out of touch...
Yay For Terry Pratchett and Smekday!!! Two of my favorites!
Posted by: Chels | January 10, 2011 at 02:36 PM
I'll have to get reading... :)
Posted by: Christen | January 10, 2011 at 06:36 PM
Wow, the Newberry was very historical fiction heavy this year.
Posted by: andalucy | January 11, 2011 at 01:14 AM
I haven't read any of those books. I really need to get to the library.
Posted by: Elisabeth | January 11, 2011 at 03:13 PM
I love Newberry books! I always get one to read when I go to the library from their special shelf.
--Raindrops
Posted by: Raindrops | January 11, 2011 at 03:52 PM
There is definitely something wrong because I had NEVER read any of those books! Oh well, looks like I have to go to a stop at the library sooner or later anyway! Ummmm.... the difference between a Newbery award and the Newbery honor is that the award is better, right? All of them are probably good but those probably shine above the rest!
I agree that Calamity Jack should have gotten the Caldecott award because I absolutely LOVE the pictures and the story. Is it possible to get the Caldecott award and the Newbery award at the same time? Or for a bookto have both the Caldecott award and a Newbery award?
Anyway, congratulations to all of the winners!
Posted by: aax | January 11, 2011 at 04:08 PM
Are graphic novels considered for the Caldecott? I don't really know the rules. It would be nice to be up for both awards for the same book.
Posted by: Nancy | January 12, 2011 at 07:12 AM
From what I remember, the awards are meant to honor the highest achievement--but the committees that choose the awards may also choose honor books, and the number of honor books may vary from year to year.
:)
See this page on the Michael Printz award for more details on the award selection process:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/printzaward/aboutprintz/michaellprintz.cfm
Posted by: Opaleyz | January 12, 2011 at 09:44 PM