The longlist for the 2013 CILIP Carnegie Medal has been announced.  The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by British children’s librarians for an outstanding book for children and young people.  Here are the nominees:

  

Goldilocks on CCTV by John Agard
The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean by David Almond
Soldier Dog by Sam Angus

  

The No. 1 Car Spotter and the Firebird by Atinuke
The Traitors by Tom Becker
The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket by John Boyne

  

Jasmine Skies by Sita Brahmachari
Spy For The Queen of Scots by Theresa Breslin
Naked by Kevin Brooks

  
Kill All Enemies by Melvin Burgess
Dead Time by Anne Cassidy
VIII by H.M. Castor

Dying To Know You by Aidan Chambers
The Broken Road by B.R. Collins
The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce

  
15 Days Without a Head by Dave Cousins
After the Snow by S.D. Crockett
The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan

  
Scramasax by Kevin Crossley-Holland
Mortal Chaos by Matt Dickinson
Sektion 20 by Paul Dowswell

  

A Greyhound of a Girl by Roddy Doyle
Saving Daisy by Phil Earle
Buzzing! by Anneliese Emmans Dean

 

The Things We Did For Love by Natasha Farrant
Trouble in Toadpool by Anne Fine
Call Down Thunder by Daniel Finn

  
Far Rockaway by Charlie Fletcher
The Double Shadow by Sally Gardner
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner

  
After by Morris Gleitzman
To Be A Cat by Matt Haig
A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge

  
Unrest by Michelle Harrison
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
The Seeing by Diana Hendry

  
Daylight Saving by Edward Hogan
Hero on a Bicycle by Shirley Hughes
The Abominables by Eva Ibbotson

  
The Girl in the Mask by Marie-Louise Jensen
The Prince Who Walked With Lions by Elizabeth Laird
In Darkness by Nick Lake

  
The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan
Skulduggery Pleasant: Death Bringer by Derek Landy
Itch by Simon Mayo

  
At Yellow Lake by Jane McLoughlin
The Apothecary by Maile Meloy
The Treasure House by Linda Newbery

  
All Fall Down by Sally Nicholls
This Dark Endeavour by Kenneth Oppel
Hitler’s Angel by William Osborne

  
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Gods and Warriors by Michelle Paver
Burn Mark by Laura Powell

  
Black Arts: The Books of Pandemonium by Andrew Prentice and Jonathan Weil
Mister Creecher by Chris Priestley
This is Not Forgiveness by Celia Rees

  
Goblins by Philip Reeve
Black Heart Blue by Louisa Reid
Pendragon Legacy: Sword of Light by Katherine Roberts

  
Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
A Boy and a Bear in a Boat by Dave Shelton
The Sleeping Army by Francesca Simon

  
The Flask by Nicky Singer
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
A Skull in Shadows Lane by Robert Swindells

A Waste of Good Paper by Sean Taylor
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Frank Cottrell Boyce has won the 2012 Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize for The Unforgotten Coat.  It was a book that according to the Guardian came about in an unusual way: it was commissioned for charity rather than for commercial purposes.

“It wasn’t a commercial book at all – it came from a very different place,” he said. “The Reader Organisation promotes reading to all kinds of different groups, from kids with difficulties to alcoholics, and they were looking for a book which would cross all the groups. They found it very difficult to find, so I wrote this as a gift.”

The Guardian Prize is given out by other writers, making the award all the more special.

The Teens’ Top Ten is a book list where teens themselves nominate and choose their favorite books from the previous year.  You can see the full list of nominated titles here.  But the winners have been chosen now and here are the top ten for 2012:

  

Abandon by Meg Cabot

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

   

Divergent by Veronica Roth

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Legend by Marie Lu

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

  

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen

Where She Went by Gayle Forman

The 2012 Shorlist for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize has been announced.  There are two age categories with six books in each vying for the final prize of being the funniest British books of the year.

Here is the shortlist:

AGES 6 & UNDER

  

The Baby That Roared by Simon Puttock, illustrated by Nadia Shireen

My Big Shouting Day by Rebecca Patterson (US Title is My No No No Day)

Oh No, George by Chris Haughton

  

The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle

Stuck by Oliver Jeffers

The Worst Princess by Anna Kemp, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie

 

AGES 7-14

  

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again by Frank Cottrell Boyce, illustrated by Joe Berger

Dark Lord: The Teenage Years by Jamie Thomson, illustrated by Freya Hartas

The Dragonsitter by Josh Lacey, illustrated by Garry Parsons

  

Gangsta Granny by David Walliams, illustrated by Tony Ross

Goblins by Philip Reeve

Socks Are Not Enough by Mark Lowery

The Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) has announced the finalists for their seven major children’s book awards.  I will list below the ones that are for English-language titles.  There is an additional prize, Prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l’enfance et la jeunesse.

TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award

  

The Dragon Turn by Shane Peacock

No Ordinary Day by Deborah Ellis

Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools around the World by Susan Hughes

 

Seal Song by Andrea Spalding

Stones for My Father by Trilby Kent

 

Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award

  

Cinnamon Baby by Nicola Winstanley, illustrated by Janice Nadeau

Picture a Tree by Barbara Reid

Pussycat, Pussycat, Where Have You Been? by Dan Bar-el, illustrated by Rae Mate

 

Small Saul by Ashley Spires

Without You by Genevieve Cote

 

Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction

  

Beyond Bullets: A Photo Journal of Afghanistan by Rafal Gerszak with Dawn Hunter

Biomimicry: Inventions Inspired by Nature by Dora Lee, illustrated by Margot Thompson

Loon by Susan Vande Griek, illustrated by Karen Reczuch

 

Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools around the World by Susan Hughes

Scribbling Women: True Tales from Astonishing Lives by Marthe Jocelyn

 

Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for young People

  

The Hangman in the Mirror by Kate Cayley

I’ll Be Watching by Pamela Porter

Shot at Dawn: World War I by John Wilson

 

This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel

The Whole Truth by Kit Pearson

 

John Spray Mystery Award

  

The Case of the Missing Deed by Ellen Schwartz

Charlie’s Key by Rob Mills

The Dragon Turn by Shane Peacock

 

Held by Edeet Ravel

True Blue by Deborah Ellis

 

Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy

  

Dreamline by Nicole Luiken

Hunted by Cheryl Rainfield

Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier

 

Tempestuous by Lesley Livingston

What Happened to Serenity by P.J. Sarah Collins

Patrick Ness has won a second consecutive Carnegie Medal for A Monster Calls.  He won last year for Monsters of Men, the third book in his Chaos Walking trilogy.  His entire trilogy was prize-winning with the first book winning both the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and the Booktrust Teenage Prize.  The second book in the trilogy won the Costa Book Award.

In a unique twist, A Monster Calls has also won the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration.  Jim Kay’s evocative, dark and powerful art added so much to the skilled writing of Ness.  This is the first time that the same book has won both awards.

I always look forward to the list of titles under consideration for the Notable Children’s Book list from ALSC. Notable books must be “worthy of note or notice, important, distinguished, outstanding.” The list includes books for birth through age 14.

Here are the informational and nonfiction titles that will be discussed at the upcoming ALA Annual Conference.

INFORMATIONAL PICTURE BOOKS

  

Bird Talk: What Birds Are Saying and Why by Lita Judge

The Camping Trip That Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir and Our National Parks by Barb Rosenstock, illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein

Just Behave, Pablo Picasso! by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

  

Mrs. Harkness and the Panda by Alicia Potter, illustrated by Melissa Sweet

Queen of the Track: Alice Coachman Olympic High-Jump Champion by Heather Lang, illustrated by Floyd Cooper

Stay: the True Story of Ten Dogs by Michaela Muntean, illustrated by KC Bailey and Stephen Kazmierski

 

NONFICTION POETRY

 

Forget-Me-Nots: Poems to Learn by Heart selected by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Michael Emberley

Freedom’s A-Calling Me by Ntozake Shange, illustrated by Rod Brown

  

I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery by Cynthia Grady, illustrated by Michele Wood

In the Sea by David Elliott, illustrated by Holly Meade

Outside Your Window: A First Book of Nature by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Mark Hearld

  

Step Gently Out by Helen Frost

A Stick Is an Excellent Thing: Poems Celebrating Outdoor Play by Marilyn Singer, illustrated by LeUyen Pham

Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems by Kate Coombs, illustrated by Meilo So

 

NONFICTION BIOGRAPHY

  

Best Shot in the West: The Adventures of Nat Love by Patricia C. McKissack and Frederick L. McKissack, illustrated by Randy DuBurke

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

Chuck Close: Face Book by Chuck Close

 

Steve Jobs: The Man Who Though Different by Karen Blumenthal

Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World by Sy Montgomery

 

NONFICTION

 

The Beetle Book by Steve Jenkins

Citizen Scientists: Be a Part of Scientific Discovery from Your Own Backyard by Loree Griffin Burns

 

First Girl Scout: the Life of Juliette Gordon Low by Ginger Wadsworth

Hope and Tears: Ellis Island Voices by Gwenyth Swain

 

Titanic: Voices from the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson

We’ve Got a Job: the 1963 Birmingham Children’s March by Cynthia Levinson

I always look forward to the list of titles under consideration for the Notable Children’s Book list from ALSC. Notable books must be “worthy of note or notice, important, distinguished, outstanding.” The list includes books for birth through age 14.

Here are the fiction titles that will be discussed at the upcoming ALA Annual Conference.

FICTION

   

Bink and Gollie: Two for One by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee

Crow by Barbara Wright

A Diamond in the Desert by Kathryn Fitzmaurice

Freaky Fast Frankie Joe by Lutricia Clifton

   

Kepler’s Dream by Juliet Bell

Kindred Souls by Patricia MacLachlan

The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine

May B. by Caroline Starr Rose

  

Mr. and Mrs. Bunny – Detectives Extraordinaire by Polly Horvath

No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

  

One Dog and His Boy by Eva Ibbotson

Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage

Wonder by RJ Palacio

 

PICTURE BOOKS

  

And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano

A Bus Called Heaven by Bob Graham

Demolition by Sally Sutton, illustrated by Brian Lovelock

  

Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems

Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen

Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors by Hena Khan, illustrated by Merhdokht Amini

  

Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

The Hero of Little Street by Gregory Rogers

Just Ducks by Nicola Davies

 

Oh, No George! by Chris Haughton

One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo

  

Pip’s Trip by Janet Morgan Stoeke

We March by Shane W. Evans

Z Is for Moose by Kelly Bingham

The Longlist for the UK’s 2012 Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize has been announced.  The eight finalists are:

   

The Abominables by Eva Ibbotson

A Boy and a Bear in a Boat by Dave Shelton

Bullet Boys by Ally Kennen

Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos

   

Dying to Know You by Aidan Chambers

A Greyhound of a Girl by Roddy Doyle

Soonchild by Russell Hoban

The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce