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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hello! Below is the list of the 2015 Youth Media Award Winners and honor books. You can watch the announcement download a .pdf of the winners and honors online:
<a href="http://live.webcastinc.com/ala/2015/live/">http://live.webcastinc.com/ala/2015/live/</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Laura Schulte-Cooper [mailto:lschulte@ala.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 02, 2015 7:13 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> alsc-l@lists.ala.org; pubyac@lists.lis.illinois.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [alsc-l] 2015 ALA YMA winners<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial-BoldItalicMT","serif";color:black">American Library Association announces 2015 youth media award winners<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">John Newbery Medal
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333">for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“The Crossover,” written by Kwame Alexander</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">,
is the 2015 Newbery Medal winner. The<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">book is published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Two Newbery Honor Books also were named:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“El Deafo” by Cece Bell, illustrated by Cece Bell and published by Amulet Books, an<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">imprint of ABRAMS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Brown Girl Dreaming,” written by Jacqueline Woodson and published by Nancy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">Randolph Caldecott Medal
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">for the most distinguished American picture book for<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">children</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend,” illustrated by Dan Santat</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">,
is the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">2015 Caldecott Medal winner. The book was written by Dan Santat and published by Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette
Book Group, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Six Caldecott Honor Books also were named:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Nana in the City,” illustrated by Lauren Castillo, written by Lauren Castillo and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">published by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#0D0D0D">Company.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#0D0D0D">“The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art,” illustrated<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#0D0D0D">by Mary GrandPré, written by Barb Rosenstock and published by
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#0D0D0D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#0D0D0D">“Sam & Dave Dig a Hole,” illustrated by Jon Klassen, written by Mac Barnett and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#0D0D0D">published by Candlewick Press.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#0D0D0D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#0D0D0D">“Viva Frida,” illustrated by Yuyi Morales, written by Yuyi Morales and published by<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#0D0D0D">Roaring Brook Press, a Neal Porter Book.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#0D0D0D">“The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus,” illustrated by Melissa Sweet, written by<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#0D0D0D">Jen Bryant, and published by
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#0D0D0D">Publishing Co.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#0D0D0D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#0D0D0D">“This One Summer,” illustrated by Jillian Tamaki, written by Mariko Tamaki and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#0D0D0D">published by First Second.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">recognizing an African American author and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Brown Girl Dreaming,” written by Jacqueline Woodson</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">,
is the King Author Book<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">winner. The book is published by Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Three King Author Honor Books were selected:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Kwame Alexander for “The Crossover,” published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Publishing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Marilyn Nelson for “How I Discovered Poetry,” illustrated by Hadley Hooper and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">published by Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Books (USA) LLC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Kekla Magoon for “How It Went Down,” published by Henry Holt and Company, LLC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Firebird,” illustrated by Christopher Myers</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">,
is the King Illustrator Book winner. The<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">book was written by Misty Copeland and published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Two King Illustrator Honor Book were selected:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Christian Robinson for “Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker,” by Patricia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Hruby Powell, published by Chronicle Books LLC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Frank Morrison for “Little Melba and Her Big Trombone,” by Katheryn Russell-Brown,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">published by Lee and Low Books, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“When I Was the Greatest,” written and illustrated by Jason Alexander</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">,
is the Steptoe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">winner. The book is published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Deborah D. Taylor is the winner of the Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">for Lifetime Achievement. The award pays tribute to the quality and magnitude of beloved children’s author Virginia Hamilton.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Taylor’s career in public service began more than 40 years ago with the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, where she is currently
coordinator of School and Student Services. Her career has been spent as mentor, educator and literacy advocate for young adults. As an inspiring young adult librarian, leader in national associations and university instructor, she has been distinctly effective
in introducing young people and her professional colleagues to the outstanding work of African American authors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">Michael L. Printz Award
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">for excellence in literature written for young adults</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“I’ll Give You the Sun,” written by Jandy Nelson</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">,
is the 2015 Printz Award winner. The<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">book is published by Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group USA, a Penguin Random House Company.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Four Printz Honor Books also were named:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“And We Stay,” by Jenny Hubbard, and published by Delacorte Press, an imprint of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., a Penguin Random House Company.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“The Carnival at Bray,” by Jessie Ann Foley, and published by Elephant Rock Books.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Grasshopper Jungle,” by Andrew Smith, and published by Dutton Books, an imprint of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Penguin Group USA, a Penguin Random House Company.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“This One Summer,” by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki, and published by<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">First Second.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">Schneider Family Book Award
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">for books that embody an artistic expression of the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">disability experience</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“A BOY AND A JAGUAR” written by Alan Rabinowitz</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">,
illustrated by Catia Chien and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, wins the award for children ages 0 to 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“RAIN REIGN” written by Ann M. Martin</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">
and published by A FEIWEL AND<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">FRIENDS BOOK, is the winner of the middle-school (ages 11-13).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">The teen (ages 13-18) award winner is “<b>Girls Like Us,” written by Gail Giles</b> and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">published by Candlewick Press.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">Alex Awards
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“All the Light We Cannot See,” by Anthony Doerr, published by Scribner, a division of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Simon & Schuster, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Bellweather Rhapsody,” by Kate Racculia, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Publishing Company.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Bingo’s Run,” by James A. Levine, published by Spiegel & Grau, an imprint of the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Confessions,” by Kanae Minato, translated by Stephen Snyder, published by Mulholland Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and
Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Everything I Never Told You,” by Celeste Ng, published by The Penguin Press, a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">member of Penguin Group LLC, a Penguin Random House Company.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Lock In,” by John Scalzi, a Tor Book published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“The Martian,” by Andy Weir, published by Crown Publishers, an imprint of the Crown<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Publishing Group, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“The Terrorist’s Son: A Story of Choice,” by Zak Ebrahim with Jeff Giles, published by<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">TED Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Those Who Wish Me Dead,” by Michael Koryta, published by Little, Brown and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Wolf in White Van,” by John Darnielle, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">Andrew Carnegie Medal
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">for excellence in children's video</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly Ellard, Weston Woods Studios, Inc., producers of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Me…Jane,” are the Carnegie Medal winners. This transcendent adaptation of Patrick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">McDonnell’s 2012 Caldecott Honor draws viewers into the childhood of a young Jane Goodall who, with beloved stuffed chimpanzee,
Jubilee, is transformed by what she observes in her own backyard, a “magical world full of joy and wonder.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">honors an author or illustrator whose books, published<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">The 2015 winner is Donald Crews, whose award-winning works include “Freight Train,”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">which was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1979, and “Truck,” a Caldecott Honor Book in 1981. He has been consistently excellent with
a wide range of titles, such as “Harbor,” “Parade,” “Shortcut” and “Bigmama’s,” all published by Greenwillow Books.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">Margaret A. Edwards Award
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">The 2015 winner is Sharon M. Draper, author of more than 20 books, including: “Tears<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">of a Tiger” (1994), “Forged by Fire” (1997), “Darkness Before Dawn” (2001), “Battle of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Jericho” (2004), “Copper Sun” (2006), and “November Blues” (2007), all published by<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">2016 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">recognizing an author, critic,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">librarian, historian or teacher of children's literature, who then presents a lecture at a winning host site</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">The 2016 Arbuthnot Lecture will be delivered by Pat Mora. Pioneering author and literacy advocate Pat Mora has written more than
three dozen books for young people that represent the Mexican American experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">Mildred L. Batchelder Award
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">for an outstanding children’s book translated from a foreign language and subsequently published in the United States</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Mikis and the Donkey” is the 2015 Batchelder Award winner. The book was written by Bibi Dumon Tak, illustrated by Philip Hopman,
translated by Laura Watkinson, and published by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Two Batchelder Honor Books also were selected:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Hidden: A Child’s Story of the Holocaust,” published by First Second an imprint of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership, written by Loic Dauvillier, illustrated
by Marc Lizano, color by Greg Salsedo, translated by Alexis Siegel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Nine Open Arms,” published by Enchanted Lion Books, written by Benny Lindelauf,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">illustrated by Dasha Tolstikova, translated by John Nieuwenhuizen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">Odyssey Award
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">for best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“H. O. R. S. E. A Game of Basketball and Imagination,” produced by Live Oak Media, is<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">the 2015 Odyssey Award winner. The book is written by Christopher Myers and narrated by Dion Graham and Christopher Myers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Three Odyssey Honor Recordings also were selected:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Five, Six, Seven, Nate!” produced by AUDIOWORKS (Children’s) an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster,
Inc., written by Tim Federle, and narrated by Tim Federle; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place,” produced by Listening Library, an imprint of the Penguin Random House Audio
Publishing Group, written by Julie Berry, and narrated by Jayne Entwistle;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“A Snicker of Magic,” produced by Scholastic Audiobooks, written by Natalie Lloyd,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">and narrated by Cassandra Morris.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">honoring a Latino writer and illustrator whose<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">children's books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Viva Frida,” illustrated by Yuyi Morales</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">,
is the Belpré Illustrator Award winner. The<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">book was written by Yuyi Morales and published by Roaring Brook Press, a Neal Porter Book.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Three Belpré Illustrator Honor Books were named:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Little Roja Riding Hood,” illustrated by Susan Guevara, written by Susan Middleton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Elya, and published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Green Is a Chile Pepper,” illustrated by John Parra, written by Roseanne Greenfield<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Thong, and published by Chronicle Books LLC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation,”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">illustrated and written by Duncan Tonatiuh, and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">Pura Belpré (Author) Award
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333">honoring Latino authors whose work best portrays,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333">affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">"I Lived on Butterfly Hill"
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">is the 2015 Pura Belpré (Author) Award winner. The book is<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">written by Marjorie Agosín, illustrated by Lee White and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon &
Schuster Children’s Publishing Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">One Belpr</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">é
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Author Honor Book was named:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">"Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes," written by Juan Felipe Herrera, illustrated by Raúl Colón and published by Dial Books
for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">for most distinguished informational<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">book for children</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus,” written by Jen Bryant</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">,
is the Sibert Award<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">winner. The book is published by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Five Sibert Honor Books were named:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Brown Girl Dreaming,” written by Jacqueline Woodson, and published by Nancy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, & the Fall of Imperial Russia,” written by<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Candace Fleming, and published by Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House
LLC, a Penguin Random House Company.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker,” written by Patricia Hruby Powell,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">illustrated by Christian Robinson and published by Chronicle Books LLC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California’s Farallon Islands,”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">written and illustrated by Katherine Roy, and published by David Macaulay Studio, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation,”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">written and illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh and published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">Stonewall Book Award - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">Literature Award
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">given annually to English-language children’s and young adult books of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“This Day in June,” written by Gayle E. Pitman, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">,
illustrated by Kristyna Litten and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">published by Magination Press, an imprint of the American Psychological Association, is the winner of the 2015 Stonewall Children’s
& Young Adult Literature Award.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Three Honor Books were selected:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out,” by Susan Kuklin, photographed by<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Susan Kuklin and published by Candlewick Press.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“I’ll give you the sun,” written by Jandy Nelson, published by Dial Books, an imprint of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Penguin Group (USA) LLC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress,” written by Christine Baldacchio, pictures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">by Isabelle Malenfant, published by Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">for the most distinguished beginning reader book:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“You Are (Not) Small,” written by Anna Kang</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">
and illustrated by Christopher Weyant, is<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">the Seuss Award winner. The book is published by Two Lions, New York.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Two Geisel Honor Books were named:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Mr. Putter & Tabby Turn the Page,” written by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Arthur<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Howard, and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Waiting Is Not Easy!” written by Mo Willems, illustrated by Mo Willems, and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">published by Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">William C. Morris Award
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">teens:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Gabi, a Girl in Pieces,” written by Isabel Quintero</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">,
is the 2015 Morris Award winner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">The book is published by Cinco Puntos Press.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Four other books were finalists for the award:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131">“The Carnival at Bray” written by Jessie Ann Foley and published by Elephant Rock<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131">Books.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131">“The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim” written by E.K. Johnston and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131">published by Carolrhoda Lab™, an imprint of Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131">Group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131">“The Scar Boys” written by Len Vlahos and published by Egmont Publishing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131">“The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender” written by Leslye Walton and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131">published by Candlewick Press.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT","serif";color:black">YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">“Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek,” written by Maya Van Wagenen</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">,
is the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">2015 Excellence winner. The book is published by
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131">Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:black">Four other books were finalists for the award:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131">“Laughing at My Nightmare” written by Shane Burcaw, and published by Roaring Brook<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131">Press, an imprint of Macmillan’s Children’s Publishing Group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131">“The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia” written by<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131">Candace Fleming, and published by Schwartz & Wade, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131">“Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business—and Won!” written by<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131">Emily Arnold McCully, and published by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131">Harcourt Books for Young Readers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131">“The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights” written by Steve<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPSMT","serif";color:#313131">Sheinkin, and published by Roaring Brook Press, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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