Showing posts with label Award Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Award Books. Show all posts

March 17, 2023

2023 Youth Media Award Winners

Watch the Announcements (Recording)

ALA's 2023 Youth Media Awards were announced on January 30th. Included were the annual announcements of Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King Author and Illustrator, Pura Belpre, Seibert Informational, Schneider Family Book, Stonewall Book, and Geisel Awards.

The following award winning titles have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. If you don't see an award winner on this list, it was already part of our collection.  You will find these titles shelved in the new books display on the second floor, outside of the IRC, or in their regular location.

Caldecott • Medal

Newbery • Medal & Honor

CSK Award • Illustrator & Author Honor

Pure Belpre • Illustrator & Author, Honor & Medal

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January 24, 2022

2022 ALA Youth Media Awards

The ALA 2022 Youth Media Awards are streaming live NOW! 

"Recognized worldwide for the high quality they represent, the American Library Association's Youth Media Awards guide parents, educators, library workers and others in selecting the best materials and media for youth. Selected by committees composed of librarians and other literature and media experts, the awards encourage original and creative work in children's and young adult literature and media. The event is part of ALA's LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience event, held virtually from Jan. 21 - 24, 2022" - ALA on YouTube

Learn more about the ALA Youth Media Awards here.

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July 7, 2021

Juvenile Books: Award Books

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection; they are 2021 ALA Youth Media Award Winners that were back-ordered. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the second floor, outside of the IRC, or in their regular location within the juvenile collection.

CSK Illustrator / Honor Book
Pura Belpre Award Winner & Honor Book
Geisel Award Winner & Honor Book
Newbery Winner & Honor Books
Batchelder Honor Book
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February 12, 2019

2019 Alex Awards

The following titles have been recognized with ALA's Alex Award distinction; they have have been added to the library's recreational reading collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display or in their regular location on AU Library main floor.

"The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing. The Alex Awards were first given annually beginning in 1998 and became an official ALA award in 2002." - Alex Awards, YALSA




Alex Award winners are featured on the IRC's Alex Award Winners Pinterest board.


Follow IRC's board Alex Award Winners on Pinterest.

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February 16, 2016

Main Recreational Reading: Alex Awards

The following Alex Award winning books have been added to the library's main collection and recreational reading collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display in the reference area on the main floor of the library or in their regular location.
"The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing." - About the Alex Awards, YALSA 
These titles were purchased with library funds from the Dean endowment for juvenile fiction. Sue Ellen Ronk selects juvenile and young adult titles for this endowment
Alex Award winners are also featured on the IRC's Alex Award Winners Pinterest board.

Follow IRC's board Alex Award Winners on Pinterest.
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March 11, 2015

2015 Alex Award Winners

The following Alex Award winning books have been added to the library's main, recreational reading, and juvenile circulating collections. You will find them shelved in the new books display in the reference area on the main floor of the library or in their regular location.
"The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing." - About the Alex Awards, YALSA 
These titles are also featured on the IRC Pinterest board Alex Award Winners.


These titles were purchased with library funds from the Dean endowment for juvenile fiction. Sue Ellen Ronk selects juvenile and young adult titles for this endowment
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March 9, 2015

Juvenile Books: Nonfiction

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, or in their regular location within the juvenile collection.

Included here are  YALSA Award for Excellence in Non-fiction, Siebert Award, and Stonewall Award winners and honor books. For more information about these titles, visit the ALA 2015 Youth Media Awards web site.


These titles were purchased with library funds from the Dean endowment for juvenile fiction. Sue Ellen Ronk selects juvenile and young adult titles for this endowment
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Juvenile Books: Picture Books

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, or in their regular location within the juvenile collection.

Included here are Theodor Seuss Geisel and Stonewall Book Award winners and honor books. For more information about these titles, visit the ALA 2015 Youth Media Awards web site.


These titles were purchased with library funds from the Dean endowment for juvenile fiction. Sue Ellen Ronk selects juvenile and young adult titles for this endowment
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Juvenile Books: Fiction

The following books have been added to the juvenile circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, or in their regular location within the juvenile collection.

Included here are Morris Award, Printz Award, and Batchelder Award winners and honor books. For more information about these titles, visit the ALA 2015 Youth Media Awards web site.


These titles were purchased with library funds from the Dean endowment for juvenile fiction. Sue Ellen Ronk selects juvenile and young adult titles for this endowment
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June 7, 2012

2012 Boston Globe Horn-Book Awards

"Since 1967, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards have honored excellence in writing and illustrating books for young people." -- The Horn Book
The 2012 Boston Globe Horn-Book Awards were announced at BookExpo America today. For more information, titles owned by AU Library link from this post to the library catalog.

Picture Book Winner
Extra Yarn  -  Mac Barnett; illustrator Jon Klassen

     Honor Books
     And Then It's Spring - Julie Fogliano; illustrator Erin E. Stead
     And the Soldier Sang - J. Patrick Lewis; illustrator Gary Kelley

Fiction Winner
No Crystal Stair - Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrator R. Gregory

     Honor Books
     Life: An Exploded Diagram -  Mal Peet
     Code Name Verity - Elizabeth Wein

Non-fiction Winner
Chuck Close, Face Book - Chuck Close

     Honor Books
     Georgia in Hawaii - Amy Novesky; illustrator Yuyi Morales
     The Elephant Scientist - Caitlin O’Connell & Donna M. Jackson
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June 13, 2011

2011 Boston Globe Horn-Book Awards

From Read Roger, the Horn-Book editor's blog, the 2011 Boston Globe Horn-Book Awards:

About the Boston Globe Horn-Book Awards:
"First presented in 1967 and customarily announced in June, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards are among the most prestigious honors in the field of children’s and young adult literature. Winners are selected in three categories: Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction. Two Honor Books may be named in each category. On occasion, a book will receive a special citation for its high quality and overall creative excellence. The winning titles must be published in the United States but they may be written or illustrated by citizens of any country. The awards are chosen by an independent panel of three judges who are annually appointed by the Editor of the Horn Book." -- Boston Globe Horn-Book Awards
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January 11, 2011

2011 Caldecott & Newbery Awards

The 2011 ALA Youth Media Awards were announced Monday, January 10th at the ALA Midwinter Meetings in San Diego. Among the ALSC awards are the John Newbery Medal and Randolph Caldecott Medals.

The 2011 John Newbery Medal winner is Moon Over Manifest, written by Clare Vanderpool.

The town of Manifest is based on Frontenac, Kan., the home of debut author Clare Vanderpool’s maternal grandparents. Vanderpool was inspired to write about what the idea of “home” might look like to a girl who had grown up riding the rails. She lives in Wichita with her husband and four children.

“Vanderpool illustrates the importance of stories as a way for children to understand the past, inform the present and provide hope for the future,” said Newbery Medal Committee Chair Cynthia K. Richey.

Four Newbery Honor Books for 2011 were named:


The 2011 Randolph Caldecott Medal winner is A Sick Day for Amos McGee, illustrated by Erin E. Stead.

In this tender tale of reciprocity and friendship, zookeeper Amos McGee gets the sniffles and receives a surprise visit from his caring animal friends. Erin Stead’s delicate woodblock prints and fine pencil work complement Philip Stead’s understated, spare and humorous text to create a well-paced, gentle and satisfying book, perfect for sharing with friends.

“Endearing, expressive characterization in spare illustrations rendered in muted tones distinguish this timeless picture book. It’s a great day for Amos McGee!” said Caldecott Medal Committee Chair Judy Zuckerman.

Two Caldecott Honor Books for 2011 were named:

Book titls link directly to the library catalog. Any titles not currently part of the juvenile collection have been ordered; orders for second copies of the Caldecott and Newbery award winners have been placed.

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June 3, 2009

2009 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards

The 2009 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards were announced June 2, 2009. "Presented annually since 1967, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards reward excellence in children’s and young adult literature and are given in three categories: Fiction and Poetry, Nonfiction, and Picture Book."

All three of the winning authors are widely renowned. Mr. Pratchett, perhaps best known for his raucous comic fantasies for children and adults, displays a philosophical bent with Nation, a young adult novel about two nineteenth-century children who create a new society from the ground up. Candace Fleming’s dual biography of the President and Mrs. Lincoln employs the intricate scrapbook format that distinguished her earlier Ben Franklin’s Almanac and Our Eleanor. Margaret Mahy, winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award and a two-time recipient of Boston Globe–Horn Book Award honor book citations, has written scores of novels, easy readers, and picture books. Bubble Trouble, a tongue-twisting tale about an airborne baby, marks the New Zealander’s second collaboration with English illustrator Polly Dunbar.

Fiction and Poetry Winner:

Nation
Terry Pratchett
PZ7.P8865 Nat 2008

Nonfiction Winner:

The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at
Abraham and Mary
Candace Fleming
E457.905 .F58 2008

Picture Book Winner:

Bubble Trouble
Margaret Mahy
PZ8.3.M278 Bu 2009


This year the judges selected two honor books for each category.

Fiction and Poetry:

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing,
Traitor to the Nation: Volume 2,
The Kingdom on the Waves
M.T. Anderson
PZ7.A54395 Asu 2008

The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
PZ7.G1273 Gr 2008

Nonfiction:

The Way We Work
David Macaulay
QP37.M28 2008

Almost Astronauts:
13 Women Who Dared to Dream
Tanya Lee Stone
TL789.85.A1 S79 2008

Picture Books:

Old Bear
Kevin Henkes
PZ7.H389 Okd 2008

Higher, Higher
Leslie Patricelli
PZ7.P2472 Hi 2009

All of the above titles are part of the AU library juvenile collection; all title links go to the library catalog.

Visit the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards web site for more information about past and present award winners, audio and video of acceptance speeches, and criteria and submission guidelines.

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March 20, 2009

AU Circulating: Recreational

The following books have been added to the circulating collection. You will find them shelved in the new books display in the reference area on the main floor of the library or in their regular location.

This group of books are 2009 Alex Award winners. "The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. The winning titles are selected from the previous year's publishing."
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January 7, 2009

SLJ Best Books of 2008

School Library Journal's December 2008 issue features their choice for the Best Books of 2008. Included within their rankings are picture books, non-fiction, and fiction. The review editors introduce their choices:

"Of the more than 5000 books reviewed in SLJ’s pages in 2008, the 67 books listed below stood out as having distinctive voices, singular vision, and/or innovative approaches. They include books for toddlers and preschoolers, terrific picture books and easy readers, and some highly original novels. Fantasy, historical fiction, science fiction, humor, mystery, affecting family stories, and adventure all make an appearance. It was an amazingly strong year for YA novels, several with hard-hitting, powerful themes. There’s also some spectacular science and history. Deciding among all of the books about Lincoln published this year was not easy; we selected two that we felt were the most unusual and creative. The arts fared well also, with lively titles aboutAlexander Calder, Mark Twain, Billie Holiday, and William Carlos Williams. We believe that there are some stellar choices here so read, enjoy, and recommend.-T.J." - SLJ, December 2008, v. 54, no. 12

Of the nineteen picture books selected by the SLJ editorial staff, the following titles are currently part of the library's juvenile collection. View the entire SLJ Best Books 2008 list online at School Library Journal, or via Academic Search Complete (login to view from off-campus).

Picture books link to AU catalog:

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October 16, 2008

National Book Awards

From The Horn Book web site via Read Roger, The Horn Book editor's blog, information about the National Book Award Finalists for young adults:


2008 National Book Award Finalists

"Five novels, four of them written for young adults, have been selected as finalists for the 2008 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. The winner will announced on November 19th at a dinner and ceremony in New York City. Daniel Handler chairs the judging committee, which also includes Holly Black, Angela Johnson, Carolyn Mackler, and Cynthia Voigt."
  1. Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
    (Simon and Schuster) review
  2. The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
    (Atheneum) review
  3. What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
    (Scholastic)
  4. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
    by E. Lockhart (Hyperion) review
  5. The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp
    (Knopf)

The Horn Book, 10/16/08

Interested? Two of these books are currently part of the juvenile collection:

Check them out!

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February 11, 2008

2008 Outstanding International Books

The February 2008 issue of School Library Journal presents a listing of the 2008 USBBY Outstanding International International Books. Forty books are represented on the list and include "titles from France, Iceland, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Korea."

"Our committee ended up reading 380 books published in 2007 in an effort to narrow down the best of children’s literature from other nations—books that introduce American readers to outstanding artists and writers from other countries, help them see the world from other points of view, and provide a perspective or topic that was otherwise missing from children’s literature in the United States." - C. Angus, SLJ, 2/1/08


The full list is avaialbe from SLJ online, via AU library's Academic Search Complete database (off campus authentication required), and from SLJ in the library periodical stacks.

The following titles are featured in the 2008 list and are part of the library juvenile collection:

For more information: USBBY United States Board on Books for Young People. "The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) serves as the U.S. national section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), which was founded to promote international understanding and good will through books for children and teenagers."

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January 30, 2008

Juvenile Books

The following books have been added to the juvenile collection. They will be initially placed in the new book shelves on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, and then located within the juvenile collection.

Caldecott Award, 2nd copy

Mildred L. Batchelder Award & Honor Book

Theodor Seuss Giesel Award & Honor Book

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January 22, 2008

2008 Coretta Scott King: Author & Illustrator Awards

"Given to African American authors and illustrator for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions, the Coretta Scott King Book Award titles promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream." - ALA Coretta Scott King Book Award 2008 King Author Award

2008 King Author Award Honor Books

  • November Blues PZ7.D78325 No 2007
  • Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali

2008 King Illustrator Award Book

  • Let it Shine

2008 King Illustrator Award Books

Book titles on this post link directly to the AU catalog; award winners not currently part of the juvenile collection have been ordered.

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2008 ALSC Awards

The 2008 ALSC, Association for Library Services for Children, awards were announced at the ALA Midwinter Meetings, January 14, 2008. Noted children's award winners, the Randolph Caldecott Medal and the John Newbery Medal, are posted below. A complete list of 2008 ALSC Literary and Related Award Winners may be found on the ALA web site.

2008 Randolph Caldecott Medal

"From an opening shot of the full moon setting over an awakening Paris in 1931, this tale casts a new light on the picture book form. Hugo is a young orphan secretly living in the walls of a train station where he labors to complete a mysterious invention left by his father. In a work of more than 500 pages, the suspenseful text and wordless double-page spreads narrate the tale in turns. Neither words nor pictures alone tell this story, which is filled with cinematic intrigue. Black & white pencil illustrations evoke the flickering images of the silent films to which the book pays homage." - ALA Caldecott Medal Page

2008 Caldecott Honor Books



2008 John Newbery Medal

"In “Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village,” thirteenth-century England springs to life using 21 dramatic individual narratives that introduce young inhabitants of village and manor; from Hugo, the lord's nephew, to Nelly, the sniggler. Schlitz's elegant monologues and dialogues draw back the curtain on the period, revealing character and relationships, hinting at stories untold. Explanatory interludes add information and round out this historical and theatrical presentation.

“Schlitz adds a new dimension to books for young readers - performance,” said Committee Chair Nina Lindsay. “Varied poetic forms and styles offer humor, pathos and true insight into the human condition. Each entry is superb in itself, and together the pieces create a pageant that transports readers to a different time and place.” - ALA Newbery Medal Page

2008 Newbery Honor Books

Book title links from this post go directly to the library catalog. Second copies of the Caldecott and Newbery award winners have been ordered for the juvenile collection.

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