The Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards “reward excellence in children’s and young adult literature.”  They are given in three categories and have one award winner and two honor books in each category:

Fiction and Poetry

Winner

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Honor Books

The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan, illustrated by Peter Sis

A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner

 

Nonfiction

 

Winner

Marching for Freedom by Elizabeth Partridge

Honor Books

Anne Frank: Her Life in Words and Pictures by Menno Metselaar and Ruud van der Rol

Smile by Raina Telgemeier

 

Picture Book

Winner

I Know Here by Laurel Croza, illustrated by Matt James

Honor Books

It’s a Secret by John Burningham

The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney

 

An amazing list of books.  I’ve read most of them and loved all that I have read.  Great stuff!

The 2010 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award has been given to Belgian illustrator, Kitty Crowther.  This Swedish award is the world’s largest prize for children and young adult literature.  The award money equates to about 490,000 Euros. 

Here is a quote about Crowther’s work from the award’s website:

Kitty Crowther is the master of line but also of atmosphere. She maintains the tradition of the picture book while transforming and renewing it. In her world, the door between imagination and reality is wide open. She addresses the reader gently and personally, but with profound effect. In her deeply felt empathy with people in difficulty, she shows ways in which weakness can be turned into strength. Humanism and sympathy permeate and unify her artistry.

For the first time, the Bank Street College of Education is offering their list of the best books of the year online.  You can check out the books included in the list on their website.  The lists are nicely arranged by age.  They are in pdf format which is nice for those of us who would like to refer to them again and again.

One nice feature of the list is that even for teens, some of the books are marked as good read alouds.  I can see teachers and parents finding that very useful. 

The 2010 Guardian children’s fiction prize longlist has been announced:

 

Prisoner of the Inquisition by Theresa Breslin

Now by Morris Gleitzman

Unhooking the Moon by Gregory Hughes

The Ogre of Oglefort by Eva Ibbotson

Sparks by Ally Kennen

Lob by Linda Newbery

Ghost Hunter by Michelle Paver

White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick

 

Thanks to ACHOCKABLOG for the link.

The winners of the third annual Children’s Choice Book Awards have been announced by The Children’s Book Council in association with Every Child a Reader, Inc.  Children from across the nation voted for their favorite books, author and illustrator.  Here are the results:

Author of the Year – JAMES PATTERSON

Illustrator of the Year – PETER BROWN (The Curious Garden)

Books of the Year

Kindergarten to 2nd Grade – Lulu the Big Little Chick by Paulette Bogan

3rd Grade to 4th Grade – Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

5th Grade to 6th Grade – Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renee Russell

Teen Choice – Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

The Jane Addams Peace Association has announced the winners of their 2010 awards.

Younger Children

Award Winner

Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan by Jeanette Winter

Honor Books

Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney

You and Me and Home Sweet Home by George Ella Lyon and Stephanie Anderson

Older Children

Award Winner

Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don’t You Grow Weary by Elizabeth Partridge

Honor Books

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

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Philllip Hoose

The 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were announced on April 23rd.  They honor the best books of 2009.

The winner for best in Young Adult Literature is

Elizabeth Partridge for Marching for Freedom: Walk Together Children and Don’t You Grow Weary

The Carnegie Medal is the premiere UK award for children’s book writing.  Here is the shortlist:

Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant

Rowan the Strange by Julie Hearn

The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness

Nation by Terry Pratchett

Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve

Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick

The Kate Greenaway Medal is a British award given for “outstanding illustration in a children’s book.”  The award will be announced on June 24th.  Here is the shortlist:

Leon and the Place Between by Angela McAllister, illustrated by Grahame Baker-Smith

Harry & Hopper by Margaret Wild, illustrated by Freya Blackwood

The Great Paper Caper by Oliver Jeffers

Millie’s Marvelous Hat by Satoshi Kitamura

Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Chris Riddell

The Dunderheads by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by David Roberts

There Are Cats in This Book by Viviane Schwartz