The 2015 American Library Association’s Youth Media Award Winners
By Lisa
Patrick, Literacy Collaborative Trainer
According to the American Library Association:
“Each year the American Library
Association honors books, videos, and other outstanding materials for children
and teens. Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent, the ALA
Youth Media Awards, including the prestigious Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, and
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, guide parents, educators, librarians, and
others in selecting the best materials for youth. Selected by committees
composed of librarians and other literature and media experts, the awards
encourage original and creative work in the field of children’s and young adult
literature and media.”
The 2015 American Library Association’s youth media award winners
are compiled below from the ALA
John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to
children’s literature:
Winner
The
Crossover, written by Kwame Alexander.
Honors
El
Deafo, written and
illustrated by Cece Bell.
Brown
Girl Dreaming, written
by Jacqueline Woodson.
Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American
picture book for children:
Winner
The
Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, illustrated and
written by Dan Santat.
Honors
Nana
in the City,
illustrated and written by Lauren Castillo.
The Noisy Paint Box:
The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art, illustrated by Mary GrandPré, written by Barb Rosenstock.
Sam
& Dave Dig a Hole,
illustrated by Jon Klassen, written by Mac Barnett.
Viva
Frida, illustrated by
Yuyi Morales, written by Yuyi Morales.
The
Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by Jen Bryant.
This
One Summer, illustrated
by Jillian Tamaki, written by Mariko Tamaki.
Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an
African American author of outstanding books for children and young adults:
Winner
Brown
Girl Dreaming, written
by Jacqueline Woodson.
Honors
The
Crossover, written by
Kwame Alexander.
How
I Discovered Poetry,
written by Marilyn Nelson, illustrated by Hadley Hooper.
How
It Went Down, written by
Kekla Magoon.
Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award: recognizing an
African American illustrator of outstanding books for children and young
adults:
Winner
Firebird,
illustrated by Christopher Myers, written by Misty Copeland.
Honors
Josephine: The Dazzling
Life of Josephine Baker,
illustrated by Christian Robinson, written by Patricia Hruby Powell.
Little
Melba and Her Big Trombone,
illustrated by Frank Morrison, written by Katheryn Russell-Brown.
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award:
When
I Was the Greatest, written by Jason Reynolds.
Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime
Achievement:
Deborah D. Taylor
Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults:
Winner
I’ll
Give You the Sun, written by Jandy Nelson.
Honors
And
We Stay, written by
Jenny Hubbard.
The
Carnival at Bray,
written by Jessie Ann Foley.
Grasshopper
Jungle, written by
Andrew Smith.
This
One Summer, written by
Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki.
Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic
expression of the disability experience:
Winner (ages 0-10)
A Boy and Jaguar, written by Alan Rabinowitz, illustrated by Catia Chien.
Winner (ages 11-13)
Rain Reign, written by Ann M. Martin.
Winner (ages 13-18)
Girls Like Us, written by Gail Giles.
Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that
appeal to teen audiences:
All
the Light We Cannot See,
written by Anthony Doerr.
Bellweather
Rhapsody, written by
Kate Racculia.
Bingo’s
Run, written by James
A. Levine.
Confessions, written by Kanae Minato, translated by
Stephen Snyder.
Everything
I Never Told You,
written by Celeste Ng.
Lock
In, written by John
Scalzi.
The
Martian, written by
Andy Weir.
The
Terrorist’s Son: A Story of Choice, written by Zak Ebrahim with Jeff Giles.
Those
Who Wish Me Dead,
written by Michael Koryta.
Wolf
in White Van, written
by John Darnielle.
Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in children's video:
Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly Ellard, Weston
Woods Studios, Inc., producers of Me…Jane,
are the Carnegie Medal winners. This transcendent adaptation of Patrick
McDonnell’s 2012 Caldecott Honor draws viewers into the childhood of a young
Jane Goodall who, with beloved stuffed chimpanzee, Jubilee, is transformed by
what she observes in her own backyard, a “magical world full of joy and
wonder.”
Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in
writing for young adults:
Sharon M. Draper
May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award recognizing an
author, critic, librarian, historian or teacher of children's literature, who
then presents a lecture at a winning host site:
Pat Mora will deliver the 2016 Arbuthnot Lecture.
Mildred L. Batchelder Award for an outstanding children's book
originally published in a language other than English in a country other than
the United States , and
subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States :
Winner
Mikis and the Donkey,
written by Bibi Dumon Tak, illustrated by Philip Hopman, translated by Laura
Watkinson.
Honors
Hidden: A Child’s Story of
the Holocaust, written
by Loic Dauvillier, illustrated by Marc Lizano, color by Greg Salsedo,
translated by Alexis Siegel.
Nine Open Arms, written by Benny Lindelauf,
illustrated by Dasha Tolstikova, translated by John Nieuwenhuizen.
Odyssey Award for best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults,
available in English in the United States :
Winner
H. O. R. S. E. A Game of
Basketball and Imagination,
produced by Live Oak Media, written and illustrated by Christopher Myers,
narrated by Dion Graham and Christopher Myers.
Honors
Five, Six, Seven, Nate! produced by AUDIOWORKS (Children’s) an
imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc.,
written by Tim Federle, narrated by Tim Federle.
The Scandalous Sisterhood
of Prickwillow Place,
produced by Listening Library, an imprint of the Penguin Random House Audio
Publishing Group, written by Julie Berry, narrated by Jayne Entwistle.
A Snicker of Magic, produced by Scholastic Audiobooks,
written by Natalie Lloyd, narrated by Cassandra Morris.
Pura Belpré (Author) Award honoring a Latino writer whose
children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural
experience:
Winner
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, written by Meg
Medina.
Honors
The Lightning Dreamer: Cuba ’s
Greatest Abolitionist, written by Margarita Engle.
The Living, written by Matt de la Peña.
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant’s Tale, written and
illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh.
Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino
illustrator whose children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the
Latino cultural experience:
Winner
I
Lived on Butterfly Hill,
written by Marjorie Agosín, illustrated by Lee White.
Honor
Portraits
of Hispanic American Heroes,
written by Juan Felipe Herrera, illustrated by Raúl Colón.
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most
distinguished informational book for children:
Winner
The
Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus, written by Jen Bryant, illustrated by
Melissa Sweet.
Honors
Brown
Girl Dreaming, written
by Jacqueline Woodson.
The
Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, & the Fall of Imperial Russia , written by Candace Fleming.
Josephine: The Dazzling
Life of Josephine Baker,
written by Patricia Hruby Powell, illustrated by Christian Robinson.
Neighborhood Sharks:
Hunting with the Great Whites of California ’s
Farallon
Islands
Separate Is Never Equal:
Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation, written and illustrated by Duncan
Tonatiuh.
Stonewall Book Award - Mike
Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award given annually to
English-language works of exceptional merit for children or teens relating to
the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience:
Winner
This
Day in June, written by
Gayle E. Pitman, Ph.D., illustrated by Kristyna Litten.
Honors
Beyond
Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out, written and photographed by Susan Kuklin.
I’ll
Give You the Sun,
written by Jandy Nelson.
Morris Micklewhite and the
Tangerine Dress,
written by Christine Baldacchino, illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant.
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most distinguished book
for beginning readers:
Winner
You
Are (Not) Small,
written by Anna Kang, illustrated by Christopher Weyant.
Honors
Mr.
Putter & Tabby Turn the Page, written by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Arthur Howard.
Waiting
Is Not Easy! written
and illustrated by Mo Willems.
William C. Morris Award for a debut book published by a
first-time author writing for
teens:
Winner
Gabi,
a Girl in Pieces, written by Isabel Quintero.
Honors
The
Carnival at Bray, written
by Jessie Ann Foley.
The
Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim, written by E.K. Johnston.
The
Scar Boys, written
by Len Vlahos.
The
Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender, written by Leslye Walton.
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults:
Winner
Popular:
Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek, written by Maya Van Wagenen.
Honors
Laughing
at My Nightmare,
written by Shane Burcaw.
The
Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia, written by Candace Fleming.
Ida
M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business-and Won! written by Emily Arnold McCully.
The
Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights, written by Steve Sheinkin.
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