ALA Youth Media Awards
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ALEX AWARDS:
Lock Artist
Girl in Translation
House of Tomorrow
Boy who couldn't sleep and never had to
Breaking Night
Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
The Radleys
The Reapers are the Angels
Room
Vanishing of Katharina Linden
Schneider Family Awards:
Pirate of Kindergarten-George Ella Lyon
After Ever After-Jordan Sonnenblick!!!!
Five Flavors of Dumb-Antony John
Stonewall Award
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Love Drugged
Freaks and Revelations
Boy in the Dress
Winner: Almost Perfect
CSKing Awards:
HAMILTON Practitioner Award: Dr. Henrietta Mae Smith
Steptoe New Talent Award: VCictoria Bond and TR Simon for Zora and Me
Illus: Seeds of Change Sonia Lynn Sadler
Illustrator Honor: Javaka Steptoe
Illustrator Winner: Bryan Collier for Dave the Potter
CKS Author Honor: Ninth Ward, Lockdown, Yummy
Winner: One Crazy Summer
YALSA Awards--Kim Patton
Odyssey (Audio)
Honor: Will Grayson, Knife of Never Letting Go, Revolution, Alchemy and Meggy Swan
Winner: True Meaning of Smekday
Edwards: Terry Pratchett!!!!
Morris Award: The Freak Observer!!!!
Nonfiction: Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing
Printz Honor: Please Ignore Vera Dietz, Revolver, Stolen, Nothing
Winner: Ship Breaker
ALSC
Belpre:
Illus Honor: Fiesta Babies, Me, Frida, Dear Primo
Winner: Grandma's Gift Velasquez
Author Honor: Ole Flamenco, Firefly Letters, 90 Miles to Havana
Winner: The Dreamer
Arbuthnot Lecture Award:Peter Sis
Batchelder: Departure Time, Nothing are Honor; Winner: A Time of Miracles
Sibert Honor: Ballet for Martha, Lafayette and the American Revolution; Winner: Kakapo Rescue!!!
Wilder Award: Tomie de Paola!!!!
Carnegie (video): The Curious Garden, Weston Woods
Geisel: Ling and Ting, We are in a Book. Winner: Bink and Gollie
Caldecott Honor: Dave the Potter, Interrupting Chicken; Winner: Sick Day for Amos McGee
Newbery Honor: Heart of a Samurai, One Crazy Summer, Dark Emperor, Turtle in Paradise
Winner: Moon over Manifest
Now it is 5 minutes til announcements. Lots of buzz! Video playing about importance of libraries.
ALEX AWARDS:
Lock Artist
Girl in Translation
House of Tomorrow
Boy who couldn't sleep and never had to
Breaking Night
Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
The Radleys
The Reapers are the Angels
Room
Vanishing of Katharina Linden
Schneider Family Awards:
Pirate of Kindergarten-George Ella Lyon
After Ever After-Jordan Sonnenblick!!!!
Five Flavors of Dumb-Antony John
Stonewall Award
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Love Drugged
Freaks and Revelations
Boy in the Dress
Winner: Almost Perfect
CSKing Awards:
HAMILTON Practitioner Award: Dr. Henrietta Mae Smith
Steptoe New Talent Award: VCictoria Bond and TR Simon for Zora and Me
Illus: Seeds of Change Sonia Lynn Sadler
Illustrator Honor: Javaka Steptoe
Illustrator Winner: Bryan Collier for Dave the Potter
CKS Author Honor: Ninth Ward, Lockdown, Yummy
Winner: One Crazy Summer
YALSA Awards--Kim Patton
Odyssey (Audio)
Honor: Will Grayson, Knife of Never Letting Go, Revolution, Alchemy and Meggy Swan
Winner: True Meaning of Smekday
Edwards: Terry Pratchett!!!!
Morris Award: The Freak Observer!!!!
Nonfiction: Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing
Printz Honor: Please Ignore Vera Dietz, Revolver, Stolen, Nothing
Winner: Ship Breaker
ALSC
Belpre:
Illus Honor: Fiesta Babies, Me, Frida, Dear Primo
Winner: Grandma's Gift Velasquez
Author Honor: Ole Flamenco, Firefly Letters, 90 Miles to Havana
Winner: The Dreamer
Arbuthnot Lecture Award:Peter Sis
Batchelder: Departure Time, Nothing are Honor; Winner: A Time of Miracles
Sibert Honor: Ballet for Martha, Lafayette and the American Revolution; Winner: Kakapo Rescue!!!
Wilder Award: Tomie de Paola!!!!
Carnegie (video): The Curious Garden, Weston Woods
Geisel: Ling and Ting, We are in a Book. Winner: Bink and Gollie
Caldecott Honor: Dave the Potter, Interrupting Chicken; Winner: Sick Day for Amos McGee
Newbery Honor: Heart of a Samurai, One Crazy Summer, Dark Emperor, Turtle in Paradise
Winner: Moon over Manifest