Honor Books Illustration

Papa and Me by Rudy Gutierrez
The Storyteller’s Candle by Lulu Delacre
What Can You Do with a Rebozo by Cordova

Award Winner Illustration

Just in Case by Yuyi Morales

Honor Books Author

Reaching Out by Francisco Jimenez
Yuyi Morales for Just in Case
Storyteller’s Candle by Gonzalez

Award Winner Writing

The Surrender Tree by Margarita Engle (Oh yes!  Superb! )

Excellence in teen literature:

Honor Books

Astonish Life of Octavian Nothing II by MT Anderson
Disreputable History of Frankie LAndau- Banks
Nation by Terry Pratchett
Tender Morsels by Lanagan

Award Winner

Jellicoe Road by Marchetta (never read it!)

For significant and lasting contribution –

LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON!!!!!  Hurrah!

Audio book award.

Honor Books

Curse of the Blue Tattoo by LA Meyer
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
I’m Dirty by Kate & Jim McMullen
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach by Deedy
Nation by Terry Pratchett

Award Book

Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (YES!!!!)

New Talent Award

Shandra Strickland for Bird (HOORAH!)

Illustrator Honor Books

We Are the Ship by Kadir Nelson
Sean Qualls for Before John Was a Jazz Giant
Jerry Pinkney for The Moon Over Star

Illustrator Award Book

Floyd Cooper for The Blacker the Berry

Author Honor Books

Hope Anita Smith for Keeping the Night Watch
Joyce Carol Thomas for The Blacker the Berry
Carol Boston Weatherford for Becoming Billie Holiday

Author Award Book

Kadir Nelson for We Are the Ship

Best Young Children

Piano Starts Here The Young Art Tatum by Robert Andrew Parker

Best Middle School

Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor (YEAH!!!!!!) 

Best Teen

Jerk, California by Jonathan Friesen (Ooo!  Haven’t read this one!)

Forgive my miss-spellings and the items I miss, I’m doing this live from the webcast.

Adult books with teen appeal.  10 books chosen each year.

City of Thieves
Dragons of Babel
Finding Nouf
Good Thief
Just After Sunset
Mudbound
Over and Under
Oxford Project
Sharp Teeth
Three Girls and Their Brother