YALSA has announced the nominees for this year’s Teens’ Top Ten.  The list is nominated and voted on by teens.  The nominees are announced now, so that teens can read the books this summer and vote on them in August and September. 

Here are the 2012 nominees (so many great titles!):

  

Abandon by Meg Cabot

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

All Good Children by Catherine Austen

  

All These Things I’ve Done by Gabrielle Zevin

Ashes by Ilsa Bick

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Septys

  

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Divergent by Veronica Ross

Eona: The Last Dragoneye by Alison Goodman

  

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Hourglass by Myra McEntire

How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr

  

Legend by Marie Lu

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, illustrated by Jim Kay

  

Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge

Scarlet by A. C. Gaughen

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Steifvater

  

Shine by Lauren Myracle

Tempest by Julie Cross

This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel

  

What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen

Where She Went by Gayle Forman

Wither by Lauren DeStefano

 

Do you have a favorite among the nominees?  Any favorite of the year that isn’t nominated?

The overall winner of the 2012 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize has been announced.  The overall winner was selected from among the top book in each of three age categories: picture book, 5-12 and teen. 

And the winner is:

The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle

The shortlist for the 2012 Carnegie Medal has been announced.  The UK Carnegie Medal is awarded each year for outstanding writing in a children’s book. 

Here are the titles on the shortlist:

  

Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Septys

Everybody Jam by Ali Lewis

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

  

The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett

My Name is Mina by David Almond

My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher

 

Small Change for Stuart by Lissa Evans

Trash by Andy Mulligan

The Kate Greenaway Medal shortlist for 2012 has been announced.  The UK medal is awarded annually for outstanding illustration in books for children and young people.

Here are the titles:

  

Can We Save the Tiger? by Vicky White

The Gift by Rob Ryan, text by Carol Anne Duffy

A Monster Calls by Jim Kay, text by Patrick Ness

  

Puffin Peter by Petr Horáček

Slog’s Dad by Dave McKean, text by David Almond

Solomon Crocodile by Catherine Rayner

 

There Are No Cats in This Book by Viviane Schwarz

Wolf Won’t Bite by Emily Gravett

Dutch author, Guus Kuijer has won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.  The award carries the large prize of 5m Swedish kronor or over $700,000. 

According to The Guardian:

The 12-member international jury of children’s literature experts said the award-winning Dutch author combined "serious subject matter and razor-sharp realism with warmth, subtle humour and visionary flights of fancy" in his writing. "With an unprejudiced gaze and a sharp intellect, Guus Kuijer portrays both the problems facing contemporary society and life’s big questions. Respect for children is as self-evident in his works as his rejection of intolerance and oppression," they said in their citation. "His simple, clear and precise style accommodates both deep philosophical insight and graceful poetic expression."

Kuijer has written over 30 books, mostly for teens.  He has won the German children’s literature award twice and is a four-time recipient of the Netherland’s children’s literature prize, the Gouden Griffel.

The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) has announced the winners of the 2012 Hans Christian Andersen Awards. 

 

The winner for writing is Maria Teresa Andruetto from Argentina.

 

Illustrator Peter Sis from the Czech Republic won the illustration category.

The International Board on Books for Young People has announced the short list for the 2012 Hans Christian Andersen Award.  The award is given biennially “to a living author and illustrator whose complete works have made lasting contributions to children’s literature.”  The winners will be announced on March 19th at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.

The Author Finalists are:

  

Maria Teresa Andruetto (Argentina)

 

Paul Fleischman (US)

  

Bart Moeyaert (Belgium)

  

Jean-Claude Mourlevat (France)

  

Bianca Pitzorno (Italy)

 

The Illustrator Finalists are:

 

Mohammad Ali Beniasadi (Iran)

 

John Burningham (UK)

 

Roger Mello (Brazil)

 

Peter Sis (Czech Republic)

 

Javier Zabala (Spain)

A survey of teachers in the UK found their top authors and favorite children’s books:

Favorite Authors

  

1. Roald Dahl

 

2. Julia Donaldson

  

3. JK Rowling

  

4. Michael Morpurgo

  

5. Louis Sachar

  

6. CS Lewis

  

7. Philip Pullman

  

8. Enid Blyton

  

9. Maurice Sendak

  

10. David Walliams

 

Favorite Books

  

1. The Gruffalo – Julia Donaldson

2. Holes – Louis Sachar

3. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl

   

4. Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe – CS Lewis

5. The Twits – Roald Dahl

6. Danny The Champion Of The World – Roald Dahl

7. The BFG – Roald Dahl

  

8. George’s Marvelous Medicine – Roald Dahl

9. Where The Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak

10. Kensuke’s Kingdom – Michael Morpurgo

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators have announced the winners of the 2012 Golden Kite Awards which are given to the best in children’s books.  Awards are given in four categories and each category also has an honor award as well.

WINNERS

Fiction:

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

Nonfiction:

Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming

Picture Book Text:

Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner, illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal

Picture Book Illustration:

Balloons over Broadway by Melissa Sweet

 

HONOR BOOKS

Fiction:

Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy

Nonfiction:

Mysterious Bones: the Story of Kennewick Man by Katherine Kirkpatrick, illustrated by Emma Stevenson

Picture Book Text:

These Hands by Margaret H. Mason, illustrated by Floyd Cooper

Picture Book Illustration:

Follow Me by Tricia Tusa