Honor Books

Dark Emperor by Joyce Sidman (Yeah for poetry!)

Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (Whoa, it didn’t win!)

Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm (Hurrah!)

 

Winner

Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool (haven’t read it!)

Honor Books

Dave the Potter by Bryan Collier (Hurrah!!!)

Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein (I can’t stop smiling about this one!)

 

Winner

A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Erin E. Stead (Bravo!  Bravo!)

Beginning reader award.

Honor Books

Ling & Ting by Grace Lin (Great pick!  I actually thought it would win the medal!)

We Are in a Book by Mo Willems (He OWNS this category!)

 

Winner

Bink & Gollie by Kate DiCamillo (Yes!  Hurrah!!!!!)

Children’s video award.

Winner

The Curious Garden

Lifetime achievement for children’s literature.

Tomie dePaola

 

Great and iconic choice!

Author and illustrator of informational book for children.

Honor Books

Ballet for Martha by Jan Greenberg (lovely!)

Lafayette and the American Revolution by Russell Freedman

Winner

Kakapo Rescue by Sy Montgomery

Originally published in a language other than English and outside the US.  Then translated into English in the US.

Honor Books

Departure Time by Matti

Nothing by Janne Teller (lovely!)

Winner

A Time of Miracles by Anne-Laure Bondoux

Peter Sis

Awards for best author and illustrator of Latina descent.

Illustrator Honor Books

Fiesta Babies by Amy Cordova

Me Frida by David Diaz

Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin by Duncan Tonatiuh

Illustrator Winner

Grandma’s Gift by Eric Velasquez

 

Author Honor Books

Ole Flamenco by George Ancona

The Firefly Letters by Margarita Engle (Hurrah!)

90 Miles to Havana by Fores-Galbis

Author Winner

The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan (Yes!!!)