children’s book award winners, 2014

CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD WINNERS,

2014By

Donna Bulatowicz

ORBIS PICTUS AWARD

This award “recogniz[es] excellence in nonfiction writing for children.”

http://www.ncte.org/awards/orbispictus

WINNER 2014

A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jan Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet

http://asplashofredbook.com/

NEWBERY AWARD

This award is given “to the author for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.”

http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal

WINNER 2014

Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo.

http://www.katedicamillo.com/books/flora.html

CALDECOTT AWARD

This award is given “to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.”

http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal

WINNER 2014

Locomotive by Brian Floca (author and illustrator)

http://www.brianfloca.com/Locomotive.html

CORET TA SCOT T K ING B OOK AWARD

This award “to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.”

http://www.ala.org/emiert/cskbookawards

AUTHOR WINNER

P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia

http://www.ritawg.com/new-p-s-be-eleven/

ILLUSTRATOR AWARD

Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Me illustrated by Bryan Collier (written by Daniel Beaty)

http://danielbeaty.com/wordpress/knock-knock-my-dads-dream-for-me-hardcover/

http://www.bryancollier.com/index.php

SCHNEIDER FAMILY B OOK AWARD

This award is given to “an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.”

http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/schneider-family-book-award

WINNER 2014

A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jan Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet

http://asplashofredbook.com/

BATCHELDER AWARDThis award is “given to the most outstanding children’s book originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States.”

http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward

WINNER 2014

Mister Orange  by Truus Matti, translated by Laura Watkinson

http://www.laurawatkinson.com/2013/01/31/mister-orange/

PURA BELPRE AWARD

This award is given to “to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.”

http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal

WINNER 2014

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina

http://megmedina.com/booksandreviews/

THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL AWARD

This award is given to “to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year.”

http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/geiselaward

2014 WINNER

The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli (author and illustrator)

http://gregpizzoli.blogspot.com/2013/07/making-my-first-picture-book-watermelon.html

AMERICAN IND IAN YO UTH L ITERATU RE AWAR D

This award is given once every two

years to books that are “by and about

American Indians...[and] present

American Indians in the fullness of

their humanity in the present and past

contexts.”

http://ailanet.org/activities/american-

indian-youth-literature-award/

2014 PICTURE BOOK

Caribou Song: Atikho Nikamon by Tomson Highway and illustrated by John Rombough

http://www.tomsonhighway.com/

http://www.redskyperformance.com/videos-tomson-highway

2014 MIDDLE GRADES WINNER

How I Became a Ghost: A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story by Tim Tingle

http://www.timtingle.com/bio.html

SCOTT O’DELL AWARD

This award is given “to an author for a meritorious book published in the previous year for children or young adults.”

http://www.scottodell.com/pages/ScottO'DellAwardforHistoricalFiction.aspx

2014 WINNER

Bo at Ballard Creek by Kirkpatrick Hill and illustrated by Leuyen Pham

http://kirkpatrickhill.com/books/bo-at-ballard-creek/

IMPORTANT NOTESThis slide show lists only the awards we discuss in class. If you would like to view other ALA award winners, here is the website: http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/01/american-library-association-announces-2014-youth-media-award-winners

All quotations are taken from the award websites listed on the slides for each award.

These are the awards given as of January 27, 2014.