Month: February 2015

2015 Coretta Scott King / John Steptoe New Talent Author Award

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When I Was the Greatest

When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds

2015 Printz Award

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WINNER

I'll Give You the Sun

I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

 

HONOR BOOKS

And We Stay The Carnival at Bray

And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard

The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley

Grasshopper Jungle This One Summer

Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith

This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki

2015 Schneider Family Book Award

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“For books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience:”

WINNER FOR AGES 0-10

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A Boy and a Jaguar by Alan Rabinowitz, illustrated by Catia Chien

 

WINNER FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL

Rain Reign

Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin

 

WINNER FOR TEEN

Girls Like Us

Girls Like Us by Gail Giles

2015 Mildred L. Bathelder Award

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Given for outstanding children’s book translated from a foreign language and subsequently published in the US.

WINNER

Mikis and the Donkey

Mikis and the Donkey by Bibi Dumon Tak, illustrated by Philip Hopman, translated by Laura Watkinson

 

HONOR BOOKS

Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust Nine Open Arms

Hidden: A Child’s Story of the Holocaust by Loic Dauvillier, illustrated by Marc Lizano, color by Greg Salsedo, translated by Alexis Siegel

Nine Open Arms by Benny Lindelauf, illustrated by Dasha Tolstikova, translated by John Nieuwenhuizen

2015 Odyssey Award

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Given to the best audiobook produced for children and or teens available in English in the United States:

WINNER

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H. O. R. S. E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination by Christopher Myers

 

HONOR RECORDINGS

Five, Six, Seven, Nate! The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place

Five, Six, Seven, Nate! by Tim Federle

The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by July Berry

A Snicker of Magic

A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd

2015 Pura Belpre Illustrator Award

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“Honoring a Latino writer and illustrator whose children’s books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience”

WINNER

Viva Frida

Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales

 

HONOR BOOKS

Green Is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors Little Roja Riding Hood

Green Is a Chile Pepper illustrated by John Parra, written by Roseanne Greenfield Thong

Little Roja Riding Hood illustrated by Susan Guevara, written by Susan Middleton Elya

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation illustrated and written by Duncan Tonatiuh

2015 Pura Belpre Author Award

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Honoring Latino authors “whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience”

WINNER

I Lived on Butterfly Hill

I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosin, illustrated by Lee White

 

HONOR BOOK

Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes

Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes by Juan Felipe Herrera, illustrated by Raúl Colón

2015 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award

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WINNER

The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus

The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet

 

HONOR BOOKS

Brown Girl Dreaming The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, & the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming

Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands

Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell, illustrated by Christian Robinson

Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California’s Farallon Islands by Katherine Roy

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh

2015 Stonewall Book Award

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Awarded annually to English-language children’s and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience:

WINNER

This Day in June

This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman, Ph.D., illustrated by Kristyna Litten

 

HONOR BOOKS

Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out I'll Give You the Sun

Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin

I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress

Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchio, illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant