Awards Presentation
Transcript: 1992 John Newbery Winner: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor published in 1991 The 2012 Winner: Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly Ellard, Weston Woods producers of “Children Make Terrible Pets” Geisel Honor Books Awards for Literature for Children and Young Adults We know that children love to read interesting and entertaining books. Well, someone has to write them. These authors are selected for various awards for doing just that; writing interesting and entertaining books. Let us dig in and discover what some of those awards are. Awards Presentation Randolph Caldecott Medal Coretta Scott King Award The 2007 Printz Award Winner: American Born Chinese By Gene Luen Yang First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrink Published in 2006 The 2013 Geisel Honor Book Winner: Up, Tall and High!, written and illustrated by Ethan Long is the Seuss Award winner. The book is published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group in 2012 The 2013 Coretta Scott King Award Winner: Andrea Davis Pinkney, author of Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America published October 2012 Bryan Collier, illustrator of I, Too, Am America Published May 2012 Printz Award According to the American Library Association (ALA), the John Newbery award is awarded yearly by the library association "to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American Literature for Children" (1999). 2013 John Newbery Winner: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate published in 2013 "The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a Topeka, Kansas school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association" (ALA, 1999). The Caldecott medal was named after an illustrator named Randolph Caldecott. ALA states that it is awarded yearly by the Library Association for"the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children" (1999). "The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award is given annually 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" (ALA, 1999). This award is given to authors that use creativity to captivate young readers. The 2011 Geisel Honor Book Winner: Bink and Gollie, written by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, illustrated by Tony Fucile (Candlewick Press) Published November 2010 John Newbery Award The 2013 Printz Award Winner: In Darkness By Nick Lake Published by Bloomsbury Books for Young Readers in January 2012. Book Synopsis: "Fifteen-year-old Shorty awakens beneath the ruins of a crumbled hospital in Haiti, where his weakening mind begins flashing back through his own violent history, the loss of his twin sister, and his mystical connection to Toussaint Louverture, the nineteenth-century revolutionary who helped liberate his country" (ALA, 1999) The 2013 Laura Ingalls Award Winner: Katherine Paterson an author that leaves her readers feeling hope. Laura Ingalls Award The 2003 Laura Ingalls Award Winner: Eric Carle an author of creative children's books. According to the ALA website, "The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually 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" (2009). Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children’s Video The 2011 Coretta Scott King Award Winner: Rita Williams-Garcia, author of One Crazy Summer (Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers) Published January 2010 According to ALA, "The Andrew Carnegie Medal honors the most outstanding video productions for children released during the previous year" (1999). The 2013 Winner: Katja Torneman, producer of “Anna, Emma and the Condors" Video Synopsis: "Anna and Emma, along with their parents, work to bring the amazing and magnificent California condor back from the brink of extinction. The girls are articulate and caring, sometimes silly and always engaging as they assist their parents with this important work" (ALA, 1999). ALA states that "The Wilder Award honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children" (1999). The 2004 Caldecott Winner: The Man Who Walked Between the Towers illustrated and written by Mordicai Gerstein (Roaring Brook Press/Millbrook Press) published in 2003 The 2013 Caldecott Winner: This Is Not My Hat, written and illustrated by Jon Klassen, published by Candlewick Press in October 2012