Finalists:
Almost Astronauts
Charles and Emma
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
The Great and Only Barnum
Written in Bone
Winner
Charles and Emma by Deborah Heiligman
Author: Tasha
2010 William C. Morris Award – Live Blog
Debut author for YA books award:
Finalists:
Ash
Beautiful Creatures
The Everafter
Flash Burnout
Hold Still
Winner
Flash Burnout by LK Madigan
2010 Edwards Award – Live Blog
Significant and lasting contribution to to YA Lit:
Jim Murphy – How superb for a nonfiction author to get this!
2010 Coretta Scott King – Live Blog
Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
Walter Dean Myers (Lovely, lovely choice – and what a difficult decision to make with so many authors to choose from!)
New Talent Award
Kekla Magoon for The Rock and the River (already on my must-read list)
Illustrator Honor Books
E. B. Lewis for The Negro Speaks of Rivers (Hurrah!)
Illustrator Award Winner
Charles R. Smith Jr. for My People (Double cheer! It’s such a beauty of a book!)
Author Honor Books
Tanita S. Davis for Mare’s War (Oh My! Tanita! Congratulations!!!!!!)
Author Award Winner
Vaunda M. Nelson for Bad News for Outlaws
2010 Schneider Family Book Award – Live Blog
Young Children
Django by Bonnie Christensen
Middle School
Anything but Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Teen
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork (Hurrah!!)
2010 Alex Awards – Live Blog
Adult books with teen appeal – 10 book selected each year:
Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Bride’s Farewell by Meg Rosoff
Everything Matters
Good Soldiers by David Finkel
The Kids Are All Right
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
My Abandonment by Peter Rock
Soulless
Stitches by David Small (YEAH!)
Tunneling to the Center of the Earth
ALA Youth Media Awards
I’ve blogged the ALA Awards every year that I’ve been able to, so despite ALA having a strong Facebook, Twitter and webcast presence this year, it didn’t feel right not to do it anyway. Makes me feel like I am part of the excitement even sitting in my living room in Wisconsin. 🙂
I will be typing live, including my reactions as I can. So expect plenty of missing authors, mis-spellings and gaps.
Smile!
Smile! by Leigh Hodgkinson
Though Sunny is almost always smiling, today she isn’t. In fact, she has lost her smile. It all happened when she was definitely not sulking after her mother told her she couldn’t have any more cookies until dinner. Sunny’s dad says she should try to remember where she had it last. Sunny looks all over for her smile, even cleaning up her room in the process. She finally has a quick game of cards with her dog before continuing the search. And guess what happens to appear!
Sunny has a very unique and personal voice that really makes this book special. Combined with the vibrant and child-like art, this book has plenty of energy and spark. Hodgkinson also uses fonts to help emphasize certain words rather like Lauren Child’s books. This book is filled with a wry humor, making it a pleasure to read aloud.
This one won’t sit on the shelf long with its bright yellow cover and friendly illustrations! Snatch it up quickly! Appropriate for ages 4-7.
Reviewed from library copy.
You can check out the book trailer below which gives a great sense of the illustration style as well as Leigh Hodgkinson’s own blog.
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All Things Bright and Beautiful by Ashley Bryan
Renowned illustrator, Ashley Bryan, takes the beloved hymn by Cecil F. Alexander and adds cut-paper illustrations. Starting with the sun as a Ferris wheel, he creates entire ecosystems in paper. Readers will see a huge whale, people of every color, fantastically detailed flowers and birds, mountains, rivers, and much more. This book is a feast for the eye, filled with bright colors and smiling faces.
This book will work well paired with Bryan’s other book, Let It Shine, which has a similar style. Bryan did the entire book with his mother’s sewing scissors, as he mentions in the first pages. This book is a true tribute to the vividness of life, the wonder of our land, and the diversity of our planet.
Highly recommended for every library collection, this book is a feast of color, art and song. Appropriate for ages 3-6.
Reviewed from copy received from publisher.
