The Booktrust Teenage Prize shortlist for 2010 has been announced.  Actually, I was announced a bit ago, but I managed to overlook it.  Here it is, just in case you missed it too:

The Enemy by Charlie Higson

Nobody’s Girl by Sarra Manning

Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace

 

Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick

Unhooking the Moon by Gregory Hughes

The short list for the 2010 Guardian Children’s Fiction award has been announced.  It includes one debut author and four veterans:

Ghost Hunter by Michelle Paver

Now by Morris Gleitzman

The Ogre of Oglefort by Eva Ibbotson

Unhooking the Moon by Gregory Hughes

These top picks for teen readers were selected from 150 nominations.

Allen, Thomas B., and Roger MacBride Allen. Mr. Lincoln’s High-Tech War: How the North Used the Telegraph, Railroads, Surveillance Balloons, Ironclads, High-Powered Weapons, and More to Win the Civil War.

Barnhill, Kelly Regan. Do You Know Where Your Water Has Been? The Disgusting Story Behind What You’re Drinking.

Benson, Michael. Beyond: A Solar System Voyage.

Bryant, Megan E. Oh My Gods! A Look-It-Up Guide to the Gods of Mythology.

Bryant, Megan E. She’s All That! A Look-It-Up Guide to the Goddesses of Mythology.

Buller, Laura, and Richard Walker. Open Me Up.

Butcher, Kristin, and Martha Newbigging. Pharaohs and Foot Soldiers: One Hundred Ancient Egyptian Jobs You Might Have Desired or Dreaded.

Cotter, Charis. Born to Write: The Remarkable Lives of Six Famous Authors.

Ferris, Julie. Ask Me Anything: Every Fact You Ever Wanted to Know.

Franco, Betsy, and Michael Wertz. A Curious Collection of Cats.

Gold, Rozanne, and Phil Mansfield. Eat Fresh Food: Awesome Recipes for Teen Chefs.

Grant, Reg. Slavery: Real People and Their Stories of Enslavement.

Hillstrom, Kevin. The Dream of America: Immigration, 1870-1920.

Hillstrom, Laurie Collier. The Attack on Pearl Harbor.

Hines-Stephens, Sarah, and Bethany Mann. Show Off: How to Do Absolutely Everything One Step at a Time.

Johnson, Jennifer. Gettysburg: The Bloodiest Battle of the Civil War.

Lewis, Barbara A. The Kid’s Guide to Service Projects: Over 500 Service Ideas for Young People Who Want to Make a Difference.

Mann, Charles C., and Rebecca Stefoff. Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491.

Miller, Brandon Marie. Benjamin Franklin, American Genius: His Life and Ideas, with 21 Activities.

Pluto, Terry, and Brian Windhorst. Lebron James: The Making of an MVP.

Salinger, Michael, and Sam Henderson. Well Defined: Vocabulary in Rhyme.

Smith, David J., and Shelagh Armstrong. If America Were a Village: A Book About the People of the United States.

Smith, Hope Anita. Mother Poems.

Stone, Tanya Lee. Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream.

Swanson, James L. Chasing Lincoln’s Killer.

Turner, Tracey, and Ben Hasler. Deadly Perils: And How to Avoid Them.

Walker, Paul Robert. Remember Little Rock: The Time, The People, The Stories.

Wallach, Marlene, and Grace Norwich. My Self: A Guide to Me.

Wilson, Hannah, Catherine Brereton, and Philip Steele. Warriors: Morituri Te Salutamus = We, Who Are About to Die, Salute You.

Winston, Robert M. L. Evolution Revolution.

The Booktrust Early Years Award winners were announced last night.  The UK awards recognize excellence in books for children under five years old.

Best Book for Up to Five Year Olds

One Smart Fish by Chris Wormell

Best Emerging Illustrator for Children Up to Five

Levi Pinfold for The Django

Best Book for Babies Under One

I Love My Mummy by Giles Andreae

 

Fire by Kristin Cashore has won the 2010 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award.  This award is given to a book for teens as “demonstrating a positive approach to life, widespread teen appeal, and literary merit.”

The 2010 finalists are:

Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork

The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey

North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley

The Sweetheart of Prosper County by Jill S. Alexander

The 2010 finalists for the awards given out by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre have been announced.  The winners will be revealed on November 9, 2010 in Toronto.

TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award

Dragon Seer by Janet McNaughton

Home Free by Sharon Jennings

The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade

 

A Thousand Years of Pirates by William Gilkerson

Watching Jimmy by Nancy Hartry

 

Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award

The Delicious Bug by Janet Perlman

Me and You by Geneviève Côté

Our Corner Grocery Store by Joanne Schwartz

Timmerman Was Here by Colleen Sydor

You’re Mean, Lily Jean by Frieda Wishinsky

 

Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction

Adventures on the Ancient Silk Road by Priscilla Galloway

Born to Write: The Remarkable Lives of Six Famous Authors by Charis Cotter

Follow That Map! A First Book of Mapping Skills by Scot Ritchie

A Thousand Years of Pirates by William Gilkerson

Whispers from the Ghettos by Kathy Kacer

 

Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People

Bitter, Sweet by Laura Best

Crusade by John Wilson

Haunted by Barbara Haworth-Attard

  

Vanishing Girl by Shane Peacock

Watching Jimmy by Nancy Hartry

 

The 2010 Locus Award winners were announced this weekend. 

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld won for Best Young Adult Book

Boneshaker by Cherie Priest won for Best Science Fiction Novel (It is a steampunk novel for both teens and adults.)

File this under Unsurprising News of the Decade.  Neil Gaiman has won the Carnegie Medal for The Graveyard Book.  I’m a great lover of the book, but really, enough already.  Isn’t this getting to be a bit much?

The Greenaway Medal for illustration (which thankfully The Graveyard book did not win – seriously, it was nominated) went to Freya Blackwood for Harry & Hopper. 

Check out the news in the Guardian for a full scoop on the awards and much less snark.  I know, I should be being much nicer about it because Gaiman truly is a super hero for libraries.

The Americas Award is given for works in the US published in the previous year in either English or Spanish that “authentically and engagingly portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or
Latinos in the United States.”

“The award winners and commended titles are selected for their 1) distinctive literary quality; 2)
cultural contextualization; 3) exceptional integration of text, illustration and design; and 4)
potential for classroom use.”

Winners

Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez

What Can You Do with a Paleta? / ¿Qué puedes hacer con una paleta? By Carmen
Tafolla, Illustrated by Magaly Morales.

 

Honorable Mentions

Gringolandia by Lyn Miller-Lachmann

I Know the River Loves Me / Yo sé que el río me ama by Maya Christina González

My Papa Diego and Me: Memories of My Father and His Art / Mi papa Diego y yo:
Recuerdos de mi padre y su arte by Guadalupe Rivera Marín and Diego Rivera