Monday, February 3, 2014

Youth Media Award Winners (for Kids)

A week ago the 2014 Youth Media Awards were announced at the American Library Association's midwinter meeting in Philadelphia. These prestigious awards are chosen by committee and awarded to the best new titles in children's and young adult literature.

We've listed the award winners and honor recipients below - all of the titles held by Eager Free Public Library are in bold. Check out one of these wonderful books today!

Newbery Medal
Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo

Newbery Medal Honor Books
Doll Bones by Holly Black
The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes
One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
Paperboy by Vince Vawter

Caldecott Medal
Locomotive illustrated and written by Brian Floca

Caldecott Medal Honor Books
Journey illustrated and written by Aaron Becker
Flora and the Flamingo illustrated and written by Molly Idle
Mr. Wuffles illustrated and written by David Weisner

Batchelder Award
Mister Orange by Truus Matti, translated from the Dutch by Laura Watkinson

Batchelder Award Honor Books
The Bathing Costume, or, the Worst Vacation of My Life written by Charlotte Mound, illustrated by Olivier Tallec, translated by Claudia Zoe Bedrick
My Father's Arms are a Boat written by Stein Erik Lunde, illustrated by Øyvind Torseter, translated by Kari Dickson
The War Within These Walls written by Aline Sax, illustrated by Cary Strzelecki, translated by Laura Watkinson

Belpre Author Award
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina

Belpre Author Honor Books
The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba's Greatest Abolitionist by Margarita Engle
The Living written by Matt de la Peñ
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh

Belpre Illustrator Award
Niño Wrestles the World illustrated and written by Yuyi Morales

Belpre Illustrated Honor Books
Maria Had a Little Llama / María Tenía una Llamita Pequeña illustrated and written by Angela Dominguez
Tito Puente: Mambo King / Rey del Mambo illustrated by Rafael López, written by Monica Brown
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh

Carnegie Medal
Bink and Gollie: Two for One by Kate DiCamillo

Geisel Medal
The Watermelon Seed written and illustrated by Greg Pizzoli

Geisel Honor Books
Ball written and illustrated by Mary Sullivan
A Big Guy Took My Ball! written and illustrated by Mo Willems
Penny and Her Marble written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes 

Odyssey Award
Scowler produced by Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group, written by Daniel Kraus and narrated by Kirby Heyborne

Odyssey Honor Audiobooks
Better Nate Than Ever produced by Simon and Schuster Audio, written and narrated by Tim Federle
Creepy Carrots! produced by Weston Woods Studios, Inc., and written by Aaron Reynolds
Eleanor & Park produced by Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group, written by Rainbow Rowell, and narrated by Rebecca Lowman and Sunil Malhotra
Matilda produced by Penguin Audio, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., written by Roald Dahl, and narrated by Kate Winslet

Sibert Medal
Parrots over Puerto Rico written by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore, illustrated by Susan L. Roth

Sibert Honor Books
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin written by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard written and illustrated by Annette LeBlanc Cate
Locomotive written and illustrated by Brian Floca
The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius written by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan

For more information about the Association for Library Service to Children and the ALSC Awards, please visit the ALSC website.

Check back next week when we feature the 2014 award-winning young adult titles!

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