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</div><div dir="ltr">SEATTLE - The American
Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, video
and audiobooks for children and young adults – including the
Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards – at
its Midwinter Meeting in Seattle.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">A list of all the 2013 award winners follows:</div>
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<div dir="ltr">John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding
contribution to children's literature:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">“The One and Only Ivan,” written by Katherine
Applegate, is the 2013 Newbery Medal winner. The book is
published by HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of
HarperCollins Publishers.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Three Newbery Honor Books also were named:
“Splendors and Glooms” by Laura Amy Schlitz and published by
Candlewick Press; “Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s
Most Dangerous Weapon” by Steve Sheinkin and published by Flash
Point, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press; and “Three Times
Lucky” by Sheila Turnage and published by Dial Books for Young
Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Randolph Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished
American picture book for children:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">“This Is Not My Hat,” illustrated and written by
Jon Klassen, is the 2013 Caldecott Medal winner. The book is
published by Candlewick Press.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Five Caldecott Honor Books also were named: “Creepy
Carrots!” illustrated by Peter Brown, written by Aaron Reynolds
and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,
an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
Division; “Extra Yarn,” illustrated by Jon Klassen, written by
Mac Barnett and published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of
HarperCollins Publishers; “Green,” illustrated and written by
Laura Vaccaro Seeger and published by Neal Porter Books, an
imprint of Roaring Brook Press; “One Cool Friend,” illustrated
by David Small, written by Toni Buzzeo and published by Dial
Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers
Group; “Sleep Like a Tiger,” illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski,
written by Mary Logue and published by Houghton Mifflin Books
for Children, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing
Company.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing
an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books
for children and young adults: </div>
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“Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America,” written by
Andrea Davis Pinkney and illustrated by Brian Pinkney is the
King Author Book winner. The book is published by Disney/Jump at
the Sun Books, an imprint of Disney Book Group. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Two King Author Honor Books were selected: “Each
Kindness” by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E. B. Lewis and
published by Nancy Paulsen Books, a division of Penguin Young
Readers Group; and “No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the
Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller” by Vaunda
Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie and
published by Carolrhoda Lab, an imprint of Carolrhoda Books, a
division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">“I, Too, Am America,” illustrated by Bryan Collier,
is the King Illustrator Book winner. The book is written by
Langston Hughes and published by Simon & Schuster Books for
Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s
Publishing Division.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Three King Illustrator Honor Books were selected:
“H. O. R. S. E.,” illustrated and written by Christopher Myers,
and published by Egmont USA; “Ellen’s Broom,” illustrated by
Daniel Minter, written by Kelly Starling Lyons and published by
G. P. Putnam’s Sons, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group;
and “I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr.” illustrated by
Kadir Nelson, written by Martin Luther King, Jr. and published
by Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House
Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in
literature written for young adults:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">“In Darkness,” written by Nick Lake, is the 2013
Printz Award winner. The book is published by Bloomsbury Books
for Young Readers.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Four Printz Honor Books also were named: “Aristotle
and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe” by Benjamin
Alire Sáenz, published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young
Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s
Publishing Division; “Code Name Verity” by Elizabeth Wein,
published by Hyperion, an imprint of Disney Book Group; “Dodger”
by Terry Pratchett, published by HarperCollins Children’s Books,
a division of HarperCollins Publishers; “The White Bicycle” by
Beverley Brenna, published by Red Deer Press.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody
an artistic expression of the disability experience:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">“Back to Front and Upside Down!” written and
illustrated by Claire Alexander and published by Eerdmans Books
for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.,
wins the award for children ages 0 to 10. <br>
“A Dog Called Homeless” written by Sarah Lean and published by
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
is the winner of the middle-school (ages 11-13) award.<br>
The teen (ages 13-18) award winner is “Somebody, Please Tell Me
Who I Am,” written by Harry Mazer and Peter Lerangis and
published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an
imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division.
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<div dir="ltr">Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal
to teen audiences:</div>
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<div dir="ltr">“Caring is Creepy,” by David Zimmerman, published
by Soho Press, Inc.<br>
“Girlchild,” by Tupelo Hassman, published by Farrar, Straus and
Giroux<br>
“Juvenile in Justice,” by Richard Ross, published by Richard
Ross<br>
“Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore,” by Robin Sloan, published by
Farrar, Straus and Giroux<br>
“My Friend Dahmer,” by Derf Backderf, published by Abrams
ComicArts, an imprint of Abrams<br>
“One Shot at Forever,” by Chris Ballard, published by Hyperion<br>
“Pure,” by Julianna Baggott, published by Grand Central
Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.<br>
“The Round House,” by Louise Erdrich, published by Harper, an
imprint of HarperCollins Publishers<br>
“Tell the Wolves I’m Home,” by Carol Rifka Brunt, published by
Dial Press, an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group, a
division of Random House, Inc.<br>
“Where’d You Go, Bernadette?,” by Maria Semple, published by
Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group,
Inc.</div>
<div dir="ltr">Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in children's
video:<br>
Katja Torneman, producer of “Anna, Emma and the Condors,” is the
Carnegie Medal winner. </div>
<div dir="ltr">Laura Ingalls 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. The 2013 winner is
Katherine Paterson. Paterson was born in China in 1932 to
missionary parents and grew up in the American South, moving
eighteen times before she was 18. After graduating from King
College in Bristol, Tennessee, she herself became a missionary
in Japan. She returned to the U.S. to attend the Union
Theological Seminary in New York, where she met and married John
Paterson, a Presbyterian minister. Her first book, “The Sign of
the Chrysanthemum,” was published in 1973. Katherine Paterson
currently lives in Barre, Vermont.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for
Lifetime Achievement: Demetria Tucker is the 2013 recipient.
Tucker has served as youth services coordinator within the
Roanoke (Va.) Public Library System and library media specialist
at the Forest Park Elementary School, where she was selected
2007 Teacher of the Year. As family and youth services librarian
for the Pearl Bailey Library, a branch of the Newport News (Va.)
Public Library System, Tucker now coordinates a youth leadership
program, a teen urban literature club and many other programs
that support the youth of her community.<br>
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Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing
for young adults:<br>
Tamora Pierce is the 2013 Edwards Award winner. Pierce was born
in rural Western Pennsylvania in 1954. She knew from a young age
she liked stories and writing, and in 1983, she published her
first book, Song of the Lioness. She continues to write and even
record her own audiobooks. She currently lives with her husband
(spouse-creature) and a myriad of animals in Syracuse, New
York. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award recognizing
an author, critic, librarian, historian or teacher of children's
literature, who then presents a lecture at a winning host site.
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<div dir="ltr">Andrea Davis Pinkney will deliver the 2014 May Hill
Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Andrea Davis Pinkney is a New York
Times best-selling writer of more than 20 books for children and
young adults including picture books, novels and nonfiction.
During the course of her career, Pinkney has launched many
high-profile publishing and entertainment entities, including
Hyperion Books for Children/Disney Publishing’s Jump at the Sun
imprint, the first African American children’s book imprint at a
major publishing company. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Mildred L. Batchelder Award for an 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:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">“My Family for the War” is the 2013 Batchelder
Award winner. Originally published in Germany in 2007 as
“Liverpool Street,” the book was written by Anne C. Voorhoeve,
translated by Tammi Reichel and published by Dial Books, an
imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Two Batchelder Honor Books also were selected: “A
Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return,” written and
illustrated by Zeina Abirached, translated by Edward Gauvin and
published by Graphic Universe, a division of Lerner Publishing
Group, Inc.; and “Son of a Gun,” written and translated by Anne
de Graaf, and published by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an
imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Odyssey Award for best audiobook produced for
children and/or young adults, available in English in the United
States:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">“The Fault in Our Stars,” produced by Brilliance
Audio, is the 2013 Odyssey Award winner. The book is written by
John Green and narrated by Kate Rudd.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Three Odyssey Honor Audiobooks also were selected:
“Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian,” produced by Listening
Library, written by Eoin Colfer and narrated by Nathaniel
Parker; “Ghost Knight,” produced by Listening Library, written
by Cornelia Funke and narrated by Elliot Hill; and “Monstrous
Beauty,” produced by Macmillian Audio, written by Elizabeth Fama
and narrated by Katherine Kellgren.</div>
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Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino writer and
illustrator whose children's books best portray, affirm and
celebrate the Latino cultural experience:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">“Martín de Porres: The Rose in the Desert,”
illustrated by David Diaz, is the Belpré Illustrator Award
winner. The book was written by Gary D. Schmidt and published by
Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publishing Company.<br>
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<div dir="ltr"> No Belpré Illustrator Honor Books were selected
this year. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Pura Belpré (Author) Award: <br>
“Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe,”
written by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, is the Belpré Author Award
winner. The book is published by Simon & Schuster Books for
Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s
Publishing Division.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">One Belpré Author Honor Book was named: “The
Revolution of Evelyn Serrano” by Sonia Manzano, published by
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award for most
distinguished informational book for children:<br>
“Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous
Weapon,” written by Steve Sheinkin, is the Sibert Award winner.
The book is published by Flash Point, an imprint of Roaring
Brook Press.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Three Sibert Honor Books were named: “Electric Ben:
The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin,” written and
illustrated by Robert Byrd and published by Dial Books for
Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group;
“Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95,”
written by Phillip M. Hoose and published by Farrar Straus
Giroux Books for Young Readers; and “Titanic: Voices from the
Disaster,” written by Deborah Hopkinson and published by
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Stonewall Book Award - Mike Morgan & Larry
Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award given
annually to English-language children’s and young adult books of
exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgender experience:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">“Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the
Universe,” written by Benjamin Alire Sáenz and published by
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, is the
Stonewall Award winner.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Four Stonewall Honor Books were selected: “Drama,”
written and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier and published by
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.; “Gone, Gone, Gone,”
written by Hannah Moskowitz and published by Simon Pulse, an
imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division;
“October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard,” written by
Lesléa Newman and published by Candlewick Press; and “Sparks:
The Epic, Completely True Blue, (Almost) Holy Quest of Debbie,”
written by S. J. Adams and published by Flux, an imprint of
Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for the most
distinguished beginning reader book:<br>
“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.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Three Geisel Honor Books were named: “Let’s Go for
a Drive!” written and illustrated by Mo Willems, and published
by Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group;
“Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons” by Eric Litwin,
created and illustrated by James Dean and published by
HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins
Publishers; and “Rabbit & Robot: The Sleepover,” written and
illustrated by Cece Bell and published by Candlewick Press.</div>
<div dir="ltr">William C. Morris Award for a debut book published
by a first-time author writing for teens:<br>
“Seraphina,” written by Rachel Hartman, is the 2013 Morris
Award winner. The book is published by Random House Children’s
Books, a division of Random House, Inc.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Four other books were finalists for the award:
“Wonder Show,” written by Hannah Barnaby, published by Houghton
Mifflin, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young
Readers; “Love and Other Perishable Items,” written by Laura
Buzo, published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House
Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc.; “After the
Snow,” written by S. D. Crockett, published by Feiwel and
Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group;
and “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” written by emily m.
danforth, published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of
HarperCollins Publishers.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young
Adults: <br>
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<div dir="ltr"> “Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s
Most Dangerous Weapon,” written by Steve Sheinkin, is the 2013
Excellence winner. The book is published by Flash Point/Roaring
Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing
Group.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Four other books were finalists for the award:
“Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different,” written by Karen
Blumenthal, published by Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group; “Moonbird: A Year on the
Wind with the Great Survivor B95,” written by Phillip Hoose,
published by Farrar Straus Giroux, an imprint of Macmillan
Children’s Publishing Group; “Titanic: Voices from the
Disaster,” written by Deborah Hopkinson, published by Scholastic
Press, an imprint of Scholastic; and “We’ve Got a Job: The 1963
Birmingham Children’s March,” written by Cynthia Levinson,
published by Peachtree Publishers.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Recognized worldwide for the high quality they
represent, ALA awards guide parents, educators, librarians and
others in selecting the best materials for youth. Selected by
judging committees of librarians and other children’s literature
experts, the awards encourage original and creative work. For
more information on the ALA youth media awards and notables,
please visit <a href="http://www.ala.org/yma" target="_blank">www.ala.org/yma</a> .</div>
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