Children’s Book Award Winners, 2014
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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.