Childrens Book Awards

Newbery, Caldecott and other ALA Awards - Current Winners

The ALSC media awards below are announced every January at a Monday morning press conference that takes place during the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting.
For additional details, check the Association for Library Services to Children website, and the ALA Press Release


2006 Newbery Medal

Lynne Rae Perkins, Criss Cross
(Greenwillow Books / Harper Collins Publishers)

2006 Newbery Honor Books

Alan Armstrong, Whittington
illus. by S.D. Schindler
(Random House)

Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
(Scholastic Nonfiction, an imprint of Scholastic)

Shannon Hale, Princess Academy
(Bloomsbury Children's Books)

Jacqueline Woodson, Show Way
illus. by Hudson Talbott
(G.P. Putnam's Sons)

For more information, check the official ALSC Newbery Medal page.

For a Full list of  Newbery Winners.



2006 Caldecott Medal

Chris Raschka, The Hello, Goodbye Window
written by Norton Juster
(Michael di Capua Books/ Hyperion Books for Children)

2006 Caldecott Honor Books

Bryan Collier, Rosa
written by Nikki Giovanni
(Henry Holt and Company)

Jon J. Muth, Zen Shorts
(Scholastic Press)

Marjorie Priceman, Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride
(An Anne Schwartz Book from Atheneum Books for Young Readers/ Simon & Schuster)

Beckie Prange, Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems
written by Joyce Sidman
(Houghton Mifflin Company)

For more information, check the official ALSC Caldecott Medal page.

For a Full list of Caldecott Winners.



Pura Belprè Author Award

Viola Canales, The Tequila Worm
(Wendy Lamb Books/ Random House)

Pura Belprè Author Honor Books

Carmen T. Bernier-Grand, Cèsar: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can!
Illus. David Diaz
(Marshall Cavendish)

Pat Mora, Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart
Illus. by Raul Colón
(Alfred A. Knopf/ Random House)

Pam Muñoz, Becoming Naomi León
(Scholastic Press)

Pura Belprè Illustrator Award

Lulu Delacre, Arrorró, Mi Niño: Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games
(Lee & Low Books, Inc.)

Pura Belprè Illustrator Honor Books

David Diaz, Cèsar: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can!
Written by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand.
(Marshall Cavendish)

Rafael López, My Name Is Celia/ Me Llamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/ La Vida de Celia Cruz
Written by: Monica Brown
(Luna Rising/ Rising Moon)

Full list of Pura Belprè Winners


Coretta Scott King Author Award

Julius Lester, Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue
(Jump at the Sun/ Hyperion Books for Children)

Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books

Tonya Bolden, Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl
(Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers)

Nikki Grimes, Dark Sons
(Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children)

Marilyn Nelson, A Wreath for Emmett Till
Illus. byPhilippe Lardy
Houghton Mifflin Company

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award

Bryan Collier, Rosa
Written by Nikki Giovanni (Henry Holt and Company)

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book

R. Gregory Christie, Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan,
(Lee and Low Books)

Coretta Scott King New Talent Award - Author

Jamie Adoff, Jimi & Me,
(Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children)

Correta Scott King Award Page

Full List of Coretta Scott King Award Winners


Other Awards and Honors

The Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal

Honoring an author or illustrator whose books, published in the U.S., have over the years made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.

Laurence Yep

The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video.

Michael Sporn, Paul Gagne, and Melissa Reilly, The Man Who Walked Between the Towers,
based on the book by Mordicai Gerstein, Narrated by Jake Gyllenhaal
Distributed by Weston Woods Studios

The May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture (Read the Press Release)

Kevin Henkes, Caldecott Award medalist and renowned author of picture books and novels for children, will deliver the 2007 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture.



William Allen White Award

The William Allen White Children's Book Award, established and directed by Emporia State University, was founded in 1952 by the late Ruth Garver Gagliardo, a specialist in Children's Literature, to honor the memory of one of the state's most distinguished citizens by encouraging the boys and girls of Kansas to read and enjoy good books. The White Awards Program is supported in part by the Trusler Foundation.

By M. E. Bogan.
From W.A. W. Award Page

3rd - 5th Grade Winner:

Sue Stauffacher, Donuthead
Yearling

6th - 8th Grade Winner:

Jeanne DuPrau, The City of Ember
Yearling

William Allen White Award Webpage



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Last Modified 07-16-2006