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Alex Awards

The Alex Awards are given to the best adult books that have special appeal for a young adult audience.
Title Author  
SET (ten books) -----------
American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China Matthew Polly
Bad Monkeys Matt Ruff
Essex County Volume 1: Tales from the Farm Jeff Lemire
Genghis: Birth of an Empire Conn Iggulden
The God of Animals Aryn Kyle
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Ishmael Beah
Mister Pip Lloyd Jones
The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss
The Night Birds Thomas Maltman
The Spellman Files Lisa Lutz

Caldecott Medal

The Caldecott Medal is presented to the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Title Author
SET (five books and free poster) -----------
WINNER
The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick
HONORS
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad Ellen Levine
First the Egg Laura Vaccaro Seeger
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain Peter Sís
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity Mo Willems

Coretta Scott King Awards

The Coretta Scott King Awards recognize an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults that demonstrate sensitivity to "the true worth and value of all beings". The Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award is presented to a writer and/or illustrator at the beginning of their career as a published children's book creator.

Author Award

Title Author
SET (three books and free poster) -----------
WINNER
Elijah of Buxton Christopher Paul Curtis
HONORS
November Blues Sharon M. Draper
Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali Charles R. Smith Jr.

Illustrator Award

Title Author
SET (three books and free poster) -----------
WINNER
Let it Shine Ashley Bryan
HONORS
The Secret Olivia Told Me N. Joy
Jazz On A Saturday Night Leo and Diane Dillon

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award

Title Author
Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It Sundee T. Frazier

Michael L. Printz Award

The Michael L. Printz Award is presented to a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.

Title Author  
SET (five books) -----------
WINNER
The White Darkness Geraldine McCaughrean
HONORS
Dreamquake: Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet Elizabeth Knox
One Whole and Perfect Day Judith Clarke
Repossessed A. M. Jenkins
Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath Stephanie Hemphill

Newbery Medal

The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

Title Author
SET (four books and free poster) -----------
WINNER
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village Laura Amy Schlitz
HONORS
Elijah of Buxton Christopher Paul Curtis
The Wednesday Wars Gary D. Schmidt
Feathers Jacqueline Woodson

Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production

Title Publisher  
SET (six) -----------
WINNER
Jazz Live Oak Media
HONORS
Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary 'Jacky' Faber, Ship's Boy Listen & Live Audio
Dooby Dooby Moo Scholastic/Weston Woods
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Listening Library
Skulduggery Pleasant Harper Children's Audio
Treasure Island Listening Library

Pura Belpré

The Pura Belpré Award is presented 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.

Title Author
SET (three books) -----------
WINNER ILLUSTRATOR AWARD
Los Gatos Black on Halloween Marisa Montes
HONORS
My Name Is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez/Me llamo gabito: La vida de Gabriel García Márquez Monica Brown
My Colors, My World/Mis colores, mi mundo Maya Christina Gonzalez
Title Author
SET (four books) -----------
WINNER AUTHOR AWARD
The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano Margarita Engle
HONORS
Frida: ¡Viva la vida! Long Live Life! Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale Carmen Agra Deedy
Los Gatos Black on Halloween Marisa Montes

Robert F. Sibert Award

The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished informational book published in the English language during the preceding year.

Title Author  
SET (three books) -----------
WINNER
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain Peter Sís
HONORS
Lightship Brian Floca
Spiders Nic Bishop

Schneider Family Book Award

The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences. Three annual awards are given annually in each of the following categories: birth through grade school, middle school and teens.

  Title Author
SET (three books) -----------
CHILDREN'S
Kami and the Yaks Andrea Stenn Stryer
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Reaching for Sun Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
TEEN
Hurt Go Happy Ginny Rorby

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished contribution to beginning reader books published in the United States during the preceding year.

Title Author  
SET (five books) -----------
WINNER
There Is a Bird on Your Head! Mo Willems
HONORS
First the Egg Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Hello, Bumblebee Bat Darrin Lunde
Jazz Baby Lisa Wheeler
Vulture View April Pulley Sayre

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